Sunday, April 23, 2017

Know Thyself. Genetics Students Performing Genetic Testing on Themselves.

In the second semester of genetics, students have performed several experiments analyzing their own DNA.  In one test, students looked at a variation in a non-coding part of a gene and in another experiment, they looked at a variation in a coding part of a gene.  Students first extracted their own DNA and then they performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in order to amplify specific DNA sequences.

Using a saline mouth wash to get those epithelial cells. 

Mouthwashing for science!

Chillin' cells for the DNA extraction.

Loading samples!

Happy pipetting and sample prepping.

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