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Summer Enrichment: Biotechnology Boot Camp- Description
- DNA extraction, polymerase chain reactions, gel electrophoresis, laboratory skills - do it all! See Class Sessions below for details.
Please note: Class includes lunch period, bring your own lunch from Monday through Thursday. Lunch is included on Friday. Registration includes cost of all lab supplies and evaluation lunch.
- Instructor
- Jimmy Ikeda
- Fee
- $485.00, Early Registration: $400.00
- Maximum Students
- 30
- Registration Dates
- All Student Registration Period
- 4/15/2019 through 6/11/2019
- Enrollment Period
- 4/15/2019 through 6/11/2019
- Fee Dates
- Discounted Fee Registration Period
- 4/15/2019 through 4/28/2019
- Regular Fee Registration Period
- 4/29/2019 through 6/11/2019
- Class Sessions
Title | Day | Date | Time | Location | Description |
Day | Mon | 6/17/2019 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | San Mateo High School | Micropipetting skills/ Pipetting Secret Code DNA Spooling from Salmon Sperm DNA and strawberries Solution and Media Prep (LB Agar and LB Broth) Electrophoresis basics and gel electrophoresis Poster Introduction and preparation – choice of drug research or application of Biotechnology |
Day | Tue | 6/18/2019 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | San Mateo High School | Cheek Cell Sterile technique introduction Pour LB plates for bacteria cell culture Natural Products Drug Discovery (NPDD) Bioassays Introduction Plant protein extract DNA extraction introduction Cheek cell DNA extraction Polymerase Chain Reaction – Searching for the ALU DNA insert introduction Thin layer chromatography of plant extracts Agarose prep for Alu PCR gel electrophoresis Poster preparation – choice of drug research or application of Biotechnology |
Day | Wed | 6/19/2019 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | San Mateo High School | Gel Electrophoresis of Alu DNA and research NPDD extract preparation Bacterial transformation of pGLO Plate bacteria and incubate Results of ALU PCR Wolbachia PCR introduction Insect search and DNA removal Wolbachia PCR Poster preparation – choice of drug research or application of Biotechnology |
Day | Thu | 6/20/2019 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | San Mateo High School | Wolbachia PCR gel electrophoresis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA) background ELISA of animal proteins Protein extraction from meat samples and dilutions Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) of protein samples Wolabchia PCR results Guest Speaker Poster preparation – choice of drug research or application of Biotechnology |
Day | Fri | 6/21/2019 | 9:00 am to 3:00 pm | San Mateo High School | Gel electrophoresis of protein results pGLO Transformation results Summarize results, Lab notebooks Lab cleanup, Evaluation Lunch – Parents, please join us! Poster presentation on drug research, company, career path |
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