Lab one links


Video of today's class: click here

Strawberries are an octoploid, which means they have 8 sets of chromosomes. We are diploid since we have two sets.

So in the example below I'm extracting the DNA from strawberries because it will produce a lot of DNA.

Image of materials for extracting DNA from fruit:click here

Protocol for DNA extraction:click here

Here's the video of extracting DNA from strawberries (octoploids):click here

Lexicon:click here

James Watson reprising his February 28, 1953 DNA discovery:click here

You can reenact his discovery with this program. click here

Here's a rare video of an interview with both Francis Crick and James Watson.click here

Elderly James Watson describing the circumstances surrounding his discovery:click here


Jennifer Doudna early introduction to crispr:click here

Jennifer Doudna more detailed introduction to crispr:click here

Paul Anderson's very simple explanation of crispr:click here

Here's a web page that is interactive. It explains the chemisitry of base pairing (ie how nucleotides bond together in DNA)click here

Here is the genebuilder program we'll use in class to construct DNA and RNA molecules:click here

Eric Lander MIT professor explains the 'central dogma' for DNA and adds newer developments: click here

Here's an image of the simulated lab tools we'll be using in our online crispr experiment:click here

Are K-12 bacteria safe for recombinant DNA projects?click here

James Wilson former grad student at UAA works with crispr:click here

An explanation of why DNA precipitates in alcohol but not in water:click here

How to do recombinant DNA experiments on plants using plasmids:click here

Here's a complete list of the 20 human amino acids:click here