PřF:Bi6405 Molecular Methods - practice - Course Information
Bi6405 Methods of Molecular Biology - practice
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Beneš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc. - Prerequisites
- ( Ex_3065 Molekulární biologie || Imp_9115 Molekulární biologie || B3120 Molecular and cell biology || B4030 Molecular biology || B5740 Molecular biology || B6130 Molecular biology || B7940 Molecular biology || B4020 Molecular biology || Bi4020 Molecular biology || Bi4035 Molecular biology - lab.pract. ) && NOW( Bi6400 Methods of molecular biology ) && ! B6405 Molecular Methods - practice
The course requires basic practical skills in microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology as, for example, preparation of buffers, cultivation media, sterile liquide handling, inoculation, centrifugation and so on. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biophysics (programme PřF, M-FY)
- Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to learn the basic techniques of DNA manipulation in vitro to obtain recombinant DNA molecules to learn the ways of successful purification of plasmid DNA from bacterial cells; to cut the purified plasmid DNA using various restriction enzymes; to become familiar with approaches to modify recessed termini of DNA to seal DNA molecules using DNA ligaes; to perform separation of DNA molecules by agarose gel electrophoresis to elute DNA molecules out of a agarose gels
- Syllabus
- 1. Inoculation and cultivation of bacterial cells having appropriate plasmids. 2. Isolation of plasmid DNA from bacterial cells using Qiagen columns. 3. Restriction analysis of plasmid DNA and modification of 5 overhang termini using DNA polymerase. 4. Agarose electrophoresis of fragmented DNA. 5. Elution of appropriate fragments from a gel. 6. Ligation of appropriate DNA molecules. 7. Transformation of competent bacterial cells with ligation mixture. 8. Selection of transformants. 9. Screening of transformants for the presence of recombinant plasmid (plasmid minipreparation, restriction analysis, electrophoresis).
- Literature
- SAMBROOK, J., E.F. FRITSCH and T. MANIATIS. Molecular Cloning. A laboratory Manual. Second Edition. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989. ISBN 0-87969-309-6. info
- Assessment methods
- Credits are given for active work at a bench, for participation in each lesson and for elaborating detailed protocols of each step of the procedure used, including results and conclusions obtained.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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