Biotechnology/Genetics Students are Learning Advanced Microbiology and DNA Technology

Since February, genetics students have been learning about microbiology and genetics.  They have learned how to manipulate DNA and transfer DNA into organisms, conferring new traits.  They have also learned how to isolate the protein products of interest. Upcoming labs will build upon these foundations and they will amplify and analyzed their own DNA.

Successful transformation!  Glowing colonies under UV light indicate transformed bacteria.

Cell pellet of transformed cells glowingly showing their traits.

Learning and practicing aseptic technique.

Teamwork prepping and plating out cells.

Column chromatography showing isolation of protein product from transformed cells.

Biotechnology/Chemistry Students Learning About Chemical Reactions

Mapping out their experiments.

Happy Chemists!

Did they get the correct results?  Thumbs up!

Teamwork sign?

CSI Ballard

Biotechnology/Biology students recently helped crack a murder case using forensic science.  Students learned essential lab skills in micropipetting and gel electrophoresis.  They then conducted restriction enzyme digests of DNA and compared their evidence samples to suspect samples.  Case closed!

Team work! Prepping samples.

Steady hands.  Learning how to load an agarose gel.

Nice technique!  Mastering loading an agarose gel.

Supportive team work!

Careful and precise technique.

Removing gel for staining.