BMB483 Laboratory in Radiation Biology Techniques and practices of radioisotope methodology. Emphasis on timely applications, such as liquid scintillation counting techniques, and on biological systems and safety practices. Accompanies BMB481 but may be taken separately. Seminar in Computer Applications in the Biochemical Sciences Students prepare written reports on computer techniques as applied to biochemical research and give formal talks on t his material before an audience of classmates and faculty. Laboratory A lecture and laboratory chiefly in the genetics of Escherichia coli, its bacteriophages, and mechanisms of genetic exchange among prokaryotes.
Lectures cover all materials and problems presented in the text.
Laboratory sessions may include chemical mutagenesis, transposon mutagenesis, in vitro mutagenesis, transduction, conjugation, transformation, genetic mapping, physical mapping, complementation analyses, maxi cell expression of proteins, and regulatory studies using gene fusions and operon fusions. BMB491 Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Research Research in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. A comprehensive report is required. Seniors and graduate students only. Independent Study A laboratory and conference for students desiring to pursue some particular line of investigation.