May 23rd and 25th, 2017

Agenda

• Meets/Exceeds Practice

Meets

Question 1- pGLO procedures

Question 2- Amino acid bonds

                 - Purification of GFP

Question 3- End stage renal disease

o  Medicinenet.com – Kidney Failurehttp://www.medicinenet.com/kidney_failure/article.htm

o  National Kidney Foundation – Dialysishttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/dialysisinfo.cfm

o  National Kidney Foundation – Kidney Transplanthttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneytransnewlease.cfm

o  NIDDK – Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for Youhttp://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/choosingtreatment/

Exceeds

Question 1- pGLO plasmid and plates

                  - more pGLO

 

Friday May 19th, 2017

Agenda:
Activity 4.4.1 Replacement Parts:

History of Transplants:
The Gift of a Lifetime – The Interactive Body: Organs and tissue for transplant http://www.organtransplants.org/understanding/interactivebody/index.html

CBSNews.com – Transplant History http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/transplants/framesource_time.html

Xenotransplantation:
 Secrets of the Sequence Video Series – Xenografts: Alternative Transplants. Click on the Videos button in the upper right portion of the screen and type in Xenografts into the Keywords search box. http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/videos.aspx

Frontline – Organ Farm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/organfarm/

CBS Interactive Inc. - Interactive: Organ Transplants http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/transplants/framesource_pig.html

Pig Heart Transplants for Humans are on the Way– Popular Science article http://www.popsci.com/article/science/pig-heart-transplants-humans-are-way

Tissue Engineering:
Secrets of the Sequence Video Series – Tissue Engineering: Building Body Parts. Type Tissue Engineering into the Keywords search box. http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/videos.aspx

The Science of Growing Body Parts – Times article http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1679115,00.html

Doctors Grow Organs From Patient’s Own Cells – CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/engineered.organs/index.html

Could We Clone Our Organs to be Used in a Transplant – HowStuffWorks.com http://science.howstuffworks.com/genetic-science/cloned-organ-transplant.htm

4.4.2: The Bionic Human

Pt. 2 

Note - you must do your own research!!

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-insane-and-exciting-future-of-the-bionic-body-918868/?no-ist
• http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/opinion/bionic-superhumans-ramez-naam/
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14256-do-we-have-the-technology-to-build-a-bionic-human/

Monday, May 15th 2017

• TSA Skills Test

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-uPIvmZGNt-aWxmMFptU0RqNDA/view?usp=sharing

Unit 4.2.1: Medical Detectives

1.    Review the structure and function of the kidneys. Use the following website as well as other reliable websites to begin. Pay particular attention to the action of the nephron. Take notes in your laboratory journal.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/kidney.html 

2. 1.    Use the following websites as well as other reliable websites to research the interventions available for patients with ESRD and fill-out the chart in your laboratory packet.


o  Medicinenet.com – Kidney Failurehttp://www.medicinenet.com/kidney_failure/article.htm
o  National Kidney Foundation – Dialysishttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/dialysisinfo.cfm
o  National Kidney Foundation – Kidney Transplanthttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneytransnewlease.cfm
o  NIDDK – Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for Youhttp://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/choosingtreatment/

• Unit 4.2.1: Medical Detectives

1.    Review the structure and function of the kidneys. Use the following website as well as other reliable websites to begin. Pay particular attention to the action of the nephron. Take notes in your laboratory journal.

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/kidney.html 

2. 1.    Use the following websites as well as other reliable websites to research the interventions available for patients with ESRD and fill-out the chart in your laboratory packet.

o  Medicinenet.com – Kidney Failurehttp://www.medicinenet.com/kidney_failure/article.htm

o  National Kidney Foundation – Dialysishttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/dialysisinfo.cfm

o  National Kidney Foundation – Kidney Transplanthttp://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneytransnewlease.cfm

o  NIDDK – Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for Youhttp://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/choosingtreatment/

ALL Biomed Students please fill in the link below

Agenda:

• Biomedical TSA Test:  PLEASE FILL-IN!!! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-NhAjlLgyuLGjMpAnawq1YE-0rgvToSvtuUHt1xHLXQ/edit?usp=sharing

• Activity 4.1.4: Protein Electrophoresis

Links:

How does SDS Works: http://ed.ted.com/on/NmOa5nCL#watch

Second link: http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/flashfiles/GE.swf

Taking your molecular weight to a log number:
Log Calculator

Predicting your GFP Protein MW: 
http://www.bio-rad.com/LifeScience/pdf/Bulletin_3133.pdf

Learning Target:

• I can examine how Protein electrophoresis works in order to examine the purity of my GFP sample. 

Biomedical TSA Test:  PLEASE FILL-IN!!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-NhAjlLgyuLGjMpAnawq1YE-0rgvToSvtuUHt1xHLXQ/edit?usp=sharing

4.1.3 Protein Purification Lab SRS

Go to slides #26-35