WSSP-06 Lecture and Lab Files

This web page provides links to materials for the Waksman Student Scholars Program-2006. This information is intended for the students and faculty participating in the program during the 2006 summer and through the 2006-2007 academic year. This material is not intended for general public use and access is password protected. The material on these pages is provided for educational purposes only. Unauthorized use of this material is prohibited. If you wish to download the files or have comments or questions about the material please contact Sue Coletta, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University.

WSSP-06 Lecture notes and figures

Ch.
Topic
Notes (.doc)
Figures (.ppt)
  Introduction and overview of project   Ch.0.ppt (5M)
1
Vectors: Plasmids, Phage, and Plasmid DNA preps Ch. 1 272K Ch1.ppt (284K)
2
Libraries Ch. 2 428K Ch2.ppt (800K)
3
Restriction enzymes and PCR Ch. 3 348K Ch3.ppt (760K)
4
Mapping: Determining the size of a plasmid insert Ch. 4 632K Ch4.ppt (XM)
5
DNA Sequencing, Logging onto DSAP Ch. 5 1.9M Ch5.ppt (XM)
6
Sequence quality cropping Ch. 6 2.4M Ch6.ppt (XM)
7
Editing the waveform Ch. 7 1.1M Ch7.ppt (XM)
8
BLASTN (DNA vs DNA search) Ch. 8 1.3M Ch8.ppt (XM)
9
BLASTX (Translated DNA vs Protein search) Ch. 9 4.8M Ch9.ppt (XM)
10
Determining ORFs, BLASTP (Protein vs Protein search) Ch. 10 604K Ch10.ppt (XM)
11
Literature Search Ch. 11 1.1M Ch11.ppt (XM)
12
Analysis of XP sequences: determine overlap, construct contigs Ch. 12 1.9M Ch12.ppt (XM)
13
Spanning the gap between SP and XP sequences Ch. 13 XXK Ch13.ppt (XM)
14
Multiple Sequence alignment and structure analysis Ch. 14 2.3M Ch14.ppt (XM)

WSSP-06 Lab protocols and notes

Lab
Topic .doc File (Size)
1
Introduction to the WSSP laboratory Lab 1 (120K)
2
Pipeting and weighing Lab 2 (360K)
3
Sterile technique and setting up ON cultures Lab 3 (92K)
4
Plasmid DNA minipreps (Detailed protocol) Lab 4 (168K)
5
Plasmid DNA minipreps (Short protocol) Lab 5 (88K)
6
Restriction enzymes and PCR (Detailed protocol) Lab 6 (92K)
7
Restriction enzymes and PCR (Short protocol) Lab 7 (92K)
8
Preparing an agarose gel (Detailed protocol) Lab 8 (40K)
9
Running an agarose gel Lab 9 (180K)
10
DNA Sequencing Lab 10 (40K)
  Recipe for 1X TBE + EtBr (.doc)
Fall 2006 Supply list and instructions for experiments at the schools (.doc)

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