62121 Biological Methods Dr Mike Kotiw

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62121 Biological MethodsDr Mike Kotiw

• Lecture 1
• Aims
• Assessment
• Resources
• Course structure overview

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A. Assessment

• Lab reports 10
• Investigative report 15
• Open book prac exam 25
• Closed theory exam 50

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B. Resources

• Lectures (MKs , ALB and probably McC) will be
  placed on the web
• Access by URL or
• ancillary items in usq.connect
• URL http//www.usq.edu.au/ancil/fos/b-62121
• Depending on browser being used you may need to
  download file to read it
• If there are problems I will put a hard copy in
  the library

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Course overview

• Structure
• 2 modules
• Part 1
• 7 weeks lectures
• Individual technical lab sessions
• Part 2
• No lectures
• Project (implementation of techniques in part 1

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• Lecture and Practical Schedule
• Week 1
• L1 Course Outline MK
• L2 Introduction to Clinical Biology MK
• Labs Nil
• Week 2
• L3 Data management ALB
• L4 Data management ALB
• Labs Problem management, graphs error

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• Week 3
• L5 Microscopy BMc
• L6 Microscopy BMc
• Lab Gross drawing Microscopic
• Measurement
• Week 4
• L7 Microbiology MK
• L8 Microbiology MK
• Lab Staining, Oil immersion Cultures
• measurement, pipette use

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• Week 5
• L9 Spectrophotometry BMc
• L10 Spectrophotometry BMc
• Lab Glucose assay
• Week 6
• L11 Separation columns BMc
• L12 Chromatography BMc
• Lab Separation chromatography

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• Week 7
• L13 Report Presentation MK
• L14 Course review MK
• Labs No Labs

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Module 2

• Week 8
• No lectures
• Labs Project
• Week 9
• Lecture session Wednesday 5-6pm
• Theory Examination (Closed book)
• Labs Project

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• Week 10
• Data collation
• Week 11
• No labs
• Week 12
• Practical examination (open book)
• Week 13
• No labs. Investigative report due
• (4.00pm Friday may 26, 2000, assignment boxes
  outside department office in C block)

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The Project

• Will look at measuring the growth of a bacterial
  culture
• Use viable counts
• Spectrophotometry

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Lecture 2

• This lecture consists of a slide presentation on
  clinical microbiology