Course Description:
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An in-depth introduction to the field of biotechnology designed to familiarize students with research and production techniques commonplace in the biotechnology industry. This course provides students with a strong understanding of the philosophical principles underlying each technique and establishes a scientific foundation upon which future techniques can easily be learned. The laboratory portion of he course reinforces material discussed in lecture and offers hands-on experience with contemporary protocols in an industry setting. Students also become familiar with many electronic technologies routinely used in biotechnology including the use of computer databases and the Internet. PREREQUISITES: BIOL106, CHEM103. Offered spring semester only. |
an artist's rendering of DNA
For Spring 2010: You need to purchase the following:
Required text: will be available in
bookstore fairly late, but should be there by the start of the semester
Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA
(Hardcover)
Bernard R. Glick (Author), Jack J. Pasternak (Author), Cheryl L.Patten (Author)
Publisher: ASM Press; 4 edition (December 31, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1555814980
ISBN-13: 978-1555814984
1 pair of safety glasses (available in bookstore)
box of gloves for lab (available in bookstore)
Calculator
2 Three-ring binders to hold class handouts and lab handouts
1 bound, numbered, laboratory notebook with duplicate sheets. See links
below for example:
http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p1__139685_Business_Supplies_10051_SEARCH
