CSUMB Bio 310L - "Biochemical Systems Lab"  Spring 2009
Henrik Kibak, Ph.D. Course Syllabus Student Participants   Bio 310L is the laboratory course for Bio 310. This upper division lab meets from 3-6pm on Mondays right after the lecture, sometimes in a computer lab but most often in a wet lab. Topics include protein structure and function, bioinformatics, enzyme purification from animal mitochondria, specific activity of enzymes, recombinant protein expression and purification, enzyme assays, and drug discovery.	Jan 27 - Set up student websites, safety.
	Jan 27 - Studying Soluble Proteins - Myoglobin
	Feb  3 - Protein Similarity Searching
	Feb 10 - Protein Structure Comparison
	Feb 17 - Fold It!
	Feb 24 - Isolating Mitochondria from Mussel Gill Tissue
	Mar  3 - Measuring Mitochondrial ATPase Activity
	Mar 10 - Measuring Protein Concentration
	Spring Break
	Mar 24 - Specific Activity and Protein Gel Electrophoresis
	Mar 31 - Cesar Chavez Holiday
	Apr  7 - Gel Analysis
	Apr 14 - Recombinant Protein Purification
	Apr 21 - Column Chromatography of Proteins
	Apr 28 - DNA Polymerase Assay
	May  5 - Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of Assay Products
	May 12 - Units of Enzyme Activity