Bio 50 — Microbiology — Spring 2012 Course Calendar — W. Dirk Sikkema

	Tuesday	Thursday
Lec Lab	1/24 Introduction Lab 1 – Welcome to Microbiology Lab 2 – Microbes Are Everywhere	1/26 Microscopy Lab 2 – (continued) Lab 3 – Microscopy
Lec Lab	1/31 Bacterial Structure Lab 4 – Simple Stain	2/2 Bacterial Structure Lab 5 – Gram Stain
Lec Lab	2/7 Bacterial Structure Lab 6 – Culturing Bacteria	2/9 Bacterial Structure & Eukaryotes Lab 6 – (continued) Lab 7 – Structural Stains
Lec Lab	2/14 Metabolism Lab 6 – (continued) Techniques Test	2/16 Metabolism Test #1
Lec Lab	2/21 Metabolism Lab 8 – Unknown Lab 9 – Sugars	2/23 Metabolism Labs 8 & 9 – (continued) Lab 10 – Amino Acids & other molecules Lab 11 – Exoenzymes
Lec Lab	2/28 Metabolism Lab 9 – (continued) (day 3) Labs 10 & 11 – (continued) Lab 12 – Respiration	3/1 Metabolism Lab 12 – (continued) Lab 13 – Enzymes
Lec Lab	3/6 Bacterial Growth Lab 8 – (continued)	3/8 Bacterial Growth Test #2
Lec Lab	3/13 Note! Lab starts at 6:00 P.M. Today Lab 14 – Bacterial Growth Curves	3/15 Bacterial Growth Lab 15 – Plate Counts of Bacteria Lab 16 – Selective Media
Lec Lab	3/20 Control of Growth – Physical Labs 15 & 16 – (continued) Lab 17 – Heat Lab 18 – UV Radiation	3/22 Control of Growth – Chemical Labs 17 & 18 – (continued) Lab 19 – Disinfectants Lab 20 – Antibiotics

	Tuesday	Thursday
Lec Lab	3/27 Bacterial Genetics – Intro/Replication Labs 19 & 20 – (continued) Lab 21 – DNA Isolation	3/29 Replication Test #3
	4/3 Spring Break – No Classes	4/5 Spring Break – No Classes
Lec Lab	4/10 Restriction Enzymes/Electrophoresis Lab 24 – (continued) (Day 2) Lab 25 – Restriction Analysis of DNA	4/12 Note! Lab Starts at 6:00 P.M. Today Lab 24 – (continued) (Day 3) Lab 25 – (continued) (Day 2)
Lec Lab	4/17 How Bacteria Get New Genes Lab 22 – Transformation Lab 23 – DNA Replication	4/19 Transcription/Translation Lab 22 – (continued) Lab 24 – Mutation
Lec Lab	4/24 Cloning/DNA Analysis Lab 25 – (continued) (Day 3)	4/26 Viruses Lab 26 – Bacteriophages
Lec Lab	5/1 Viruses Test #4	5/3 Disease Lab 26 – (continued) Lab 27 – Disease
Lec Lab	5/8 Disease Lab 27 – (continued) Lab 28 – Pathogens	5/10 Immune System Lab 28 – (continued) Lab 29 – Non-specific defenses
Lec Lab	5/15 Immune System Lab 29 – (continued)	5/17 Immune System Open for catch-up and review
	5/22 Final Exam