Biomed Internship with Vernier

All MI students are encouraged to apply to a summer internship with Vernier!

Applications are due by Sat, March 31st, 2018.

• Log on to www.becpdx2.org/openings to apply
• You must apply for the position by clicking on and completing the highlighted "online application" link on the top of the webpage AND send your resume to Courtney Gibb at cgibb.becpdx@gmail.com

Activity 4.1.3 GFP Protein Purification

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

Agenda:

• Activity 4.1.3 GFP Protein Purification

Student Handout: https://www.3dmoleculardesigns.com/3DMD-Files/AASK/PDFs/Student-Handouts/AASKStudentHandout1.pdf?

Slideshow about Protein Folding: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15Og550GdeYuBE9DEs9tZZyYFID5pWbFMno8WnLROhW4/edit?usp=sharing

Resources for Part I: Review of Protein Structure

• Understanding Amino Acid Side Chains: http://leah4sci.com/understanding-amino-acid-side-chain-characteristics-for-the-mcat/
• Chromatography: https://www.chromatographytoday.com/news/industrial-news/39/breaking-news/5-uses-of-chromatography-in-everyday-life/32639
• Protein Folding: https://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Biological_Chemistry/Proteins/Protein_Structure/Protein_Folding

Activity 4.1.2 Protein Factories

Wed/Fri, March 14th/16th, 2018

Agenda:

• Activity 4.1.2 Protein Factories

**pGLO Plasmid Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Bq7gItPrcX1VMhrkvlsQIl2fG7J_-bsGSciuSigx2Xs/edit?usp=sharing

Resources:

• Plasmids: http://blog.addgene.org/plasmids-simplified
• Kahn Academy - Bacterial Transformation: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/biotech-dna-technology/dna-cloning-tutorial/a/bacterial-transformation-selection
• Lecture 7 - Genetic Transformation: http://www.mikeblaber.org/oldwine/BCH4053l/Lecture07/Lecture07.htm
• pGLO Plasmid Map: http://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/applications-technologies/pglo-plasmid-map-resources?ID=NISQOC15#1
• DNA: http://www.dnai.org/b/index.html
• pGLO: http://www.biomedheads.com/pglo.html

Activity 4.1.1 All About Insulin

Monday, March 12th, 2018

Agenda

• Activity 4.1.1 All About Insulin

Resources:

• PBS's Doctor Over Time: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/doctor/indext.html
• Diabetic Lifestyle: https://www.ontrackdiabetes.com/live-well/diabetes-management/insulin-its-history-future
• PBS: People and Discoveries - Banting and Best Isolate Insulin 1922: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm22in.html
• Insulin Pathway: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/tlw3/eBridge/Chp27/animations/ch27/1_glucose_regulation.swf

Activity 3.3.3 Prosthetic Arm

Friday/Tuesday, March 2nd/6th, 2018

Agenda:

• Activity 3.3.3 Prosthetic Arm

Resources:

Part I: Design of a Prosthetic Arm- Online Resources:

• Design 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEo-deD_MqQ
• Design 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGL7HcGcXls
• Design 3:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGS1qMXJ-k

Part III: Myoeletric Arm 

• Read Jeremy Dailami’s article The Myoelectric Arm: It’s Electrifying, found at http://illumin.usc.edu/111/the-myoelectric-arm-it39s-electrifying/