Bio 6B Calendar (old)
This is the calendar for McCauley's Winter 2020 Bio 6B, taught in person on campus. It's no longer valid. Don't use this calendar if you're a current 6B student.
The schedule for Bio 6B online will be very different. I'm leaving this old schedule online for now only as a reference. This old calendar also includes some dates when classes were canceled due to the pandemic.
This calendar gives only a general summary of the lab schedule; read the lab guide before each day's lab to prepare you for lab.
Reading: I've added some readings from Campbell. Refer to my lecture downloads to see which sections you should study in detail.
| Week | Day | Date | Lecture | Lab |
| 1 | Mo | Jan 6 | Intro; Chemistry review. Reading in Campbell: Skim chapters 1-4; read ch 5, Biological Molecules, in detail. | |
| We | Jan 7 | Start cultures: S17/pARO & HB101. | ||
| Tu | Jan 8 | Water; Organic chem & macromol. | ||
| Th | Jan 9 | Conjugation and pGLO transformation. | ||
| 2 | Mo | Jan 13 | Tour of the cell; Membranes. Reading: Ch. 6: Tour of the Cell; Ch. 7: Membranes. | |
| Tu | Jan 14 | Plate results: conjugation and pGLO. Restreak. Total nucleic acid preparation. | ||
| We | Jan 15 | Energy & metabolism. Ch. 8: Metabolism. | ||
| Th | Jan 16 | Conjugation: total nucleic acid gel. Start cultures for plasmid prep. | ||
| 3 | Mo | Jan 20 | Holiday | |
| Tu | Jan 21 | Plasmid purification: both pGLO and pARO. | ||
| We | Jan 22 | Midterm 1 | ||
| Th | Jan 23 | pGLO/Conj DNA assay. Virtual digest. | ||
| 4 | Mo | Jan 27 | Cellular respiration. Ch. 9 | |
| Tu | Jan 28 | pGLO/Conj Plasmid restriction digest. | ||
| We | Jan 29 | Cellular respiration | ||
| Th | Jan 30 | pGLO 7: Plasmid DNA gel. Start protein cultures. | ||
| 5 | Mo | Feb 3 | Photosynthesis Ch. 10 | |
| Tu | Feb 4 | HIC | ||
| We | Feb 5 | Molecular Genetics. | ||
| Th | Feb 6 | Protein assay | ||
| 6 | Mo | Feb 10 | Midterm 2 | |
| Tu | Feb 11 | Protein Gel | ||
| We | Feb 12 | Molecular Genetics. Ch. 16: Molecular Basis of Inheritance; ch. 17: From Gene to Protein. | ||
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Th |
Feb 13 | Finish protein gel. PV92: DNA prep & PCR | ||
| 7 | Mo | Feb 17 | Holiday | |
| Tu | Feb 18 | PV92: gel | ||
| We | Feb 19 | Molecular Genetics. Ch. 18: Regulation of Gene Expression. | ||
| Th | Feb 20 | PTC PCR 1: Taste test & Reactions | ||
| 8 | Mo | Feb 24 | Viruses. 07 Cell cycle. | |
| Tu | Feb 25 | PTC PCR 2: Restriction digest | ||
| We | Feb 26 | Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology | ||
| Th | Feb 27 | PTC PCR 3: Gel | ||
| 9 | Mo | Mar 2 | Meiosis & Mendelian Genetics | |
| Tu | Mar 3 | Phage 1: Infect. | ||
| We | Mar 4 | Meiosis & Mendelian Genetics | ||
| Th | Mar 5 | Phage 2: PCR | ||
| 10 | Mo | Mar 9 | Midterm 3 | |
| Tu | Mar 10 | Phage 3: PCR gel | ||
| We | Mar 11 | Cell Communication | ||
| Th | Mar 12 | TBA | ||
| 11 | Mo | Mar 16 | Class canceled. | |
| Tu | Mar 17 | Class canceled. | ||
| We | Mar 18 | Class canceled. | ||
| Th | Mar 19 | Lab Final | ||
| Mo | Mar 23 | |||
| Tu | Mar 24 | |||
| We | Mar 25 | Lecture Final 11:30-1:30 |