Week A Microbiology#

The Week A lab manual is held on Google Docs

Overview of Week A#

weekA timetable

Goals of Week A#

This week you will:

  • Learn about bacterial genome sequencing through seminars and study

  • Culture medically relevant bacteria

  • Gram stain bacteria

  • Prepare DNA from bacterial isolates

  • Assess the quality and quantity of your DNA extraction

Learning and Study#

We will teach seminars on bacterial genome sequencing. You will have to read around this topic. We will set reading on Tuesday and hold a journal club to discuss the papers on Thursday. You must have read your papers and be prepared to discuss for this to work. Journal clubs are a great way to get taught a lot of information very quickly but you will have to contribute.

Assessed Portfolio Activities#

Electronic Lab Notebook#

This week you will begin your Google Docs electronic lab notebook. You will familiarise yourself with how to keep a notebook, what to record and when by viewing examples and discussion with academic staff.

Competency Portfolio#

This week you will have two competencies to document.

  • Bacterial Identification Figure

  • DNA Extraction (quantity/quality/length) Figures

These are described in more detail in the manual.