Brebeuf Jesuit Biotechnology

Fri, May 16:  Students in periods 1 and 5 finished analyzing the fiber.  Period 7 students discovered the identity of the mysterious white powder. 

Thurs, May 15:  Students in period 1 analyzed the glass fragments and identified the white powder.  Period 5 students analyzed the fiber while students in period 7 completed the glass analysis.

Wed, May 14:  Students analyzed the blood found at the crime scene. 

Tues, May 13:  Students in period 1 began to analyze fiber, students in period 5 analyzed glass and the mysterious white powder, and students in period 7 analyzed the white powder and fingerprints.

Mon, May 12:  Students analyzed hair samples and fingerprints.

Fri, May 9:  Students studied the CSI wanted posters and devised a list of Major Suspects.  Students began analyzing the hair found on the radiator.

Thurs, May 8:  Students completed the GFP lab and submitted their lab analysis to Mrs. Annee. 

Wed, May 7: Biotech detectives interview suspects.  See Edline for photos of the crime scene and Wanted Posters!

Tues, May 6: CSI Event begins!  Students finish Lesson 4 of the GFP lab.

Mon, May 5:  Mr. Mark Banks is a guest speaker about forensic entomology.

Fri, May 2:  Students continued working on the GFP lab. 

Thurs, May 1: Students took the ELISA quiz and watched an episode of CSI in preparation for next week’s CSI event. 

Wed, Apr 30:  Mrs. Annee reviewed for tomorrow’s ELISA quiz.  Students completed part of the GFP analysis and continued the pGLO lab questions. 

Tues, Apr 29: Students completed the Virtual Immunology Lab online and continued working on pGLO lab questions. 

Mon, Apr 28:  No school.

Fri, Apr 25:  Students completed the Purification of GFP lab. 

Thurs, Apr 24:  Students took a Hardy-Weinberg quiz and continued the Purification of GFP lab. 

Wed, Apr 23: Students began the Purification of GFP lab. 

Tues, Apr 22: Students performed the pGLO Transformation lab. 

Mon, Apr 21:  Students made starter plates in preparation of tomorrow’s pGLO Transformation lab.  Mrs. Annee began the pGLO lab notes.

Fri, Apr 18:  Students submitted their ELISA labs and the second part of the Alu insert lab analysis. 

Thurs, Apr 17:  Students conducted the ELISA lab (Mrs. Annee gave a pre-lab lecture in periods 1 and 7). 

Wed, Apr 16: Students in periods 1 and 7 analyzed gels and completed the first part of the Alu Insertion lab and submitted it to Mrs. Annee.  Period 5 students learned about upcoming ELISA lab via a pre-lab lecture. 

Tues, Apr 15: Students took a quiz over the Got Protein? lab, isoelectric point, and serum proteins.  Students also participated in a Hardy-Weinberg activity by calculating the allele frequencies of some human characteristics.  Period 5 students completed the first portion of their PV92 Alu Insertion lab and submitted it to Mrs. Annee.

Mon, Apr 14: Students loaded their PV92 Alu Insertion gels.

Fri, Apr 11:  Students participated in a bioethics debate about prenatal genetic testing. 

Thurs, Apr 10: Students isolated DNA from cheek cells and amplified a portion of the PV92 section of chromosome 16.  Students in periods 1 and 7 completed their research for the bioethics debate.

Wed, Apr 9:  Students in period 1 finished their research in preparation for Friday’s debate.  Mrs. Annee gave a pre-lab lecture over the PV92 Alu Insertion lab to students in periods 5 and 7. 

Tues, Apr 8:  Mrs. Annee gave a brief lecture over Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in preparation for this week’s PV92 Chromosome 16 (Alu Insertion) lab.  After being presented with a bioethical scenario, students conducted research for an upcoming debate (students in periods 1 and 7 started the research while students in period 5 completed their research). 

Mon, Apr 7:  Mrs. Annee returned some papers, distributed the PV92 lab for Wednesday, and announced a quiz for next Monday.  The quiz will cover the Got Protein? lab, Serum Proteins lab, and isoelectic point.  Students completed and submitted their Serum Proteins lab.

Friday, Mar 28:  Mrs. Annee returned the pedigree quizzes and discussed the Discover article, “Whose Life Would You Save?”

Thurs, Mar 27: Students took a pedigree quiz and began to analyze the results of the Serum Proteins lab.

Wed, Mar 26: Students analyzed the results of the Sickle Cell: Am I a Carrier? lab and loaded gels for the Serum Proteins lab.

Tues, Mar 25: Students worked on th Sickle Cell: Am I a Carrier? lab and loaded gels. 

Mon, Mar 24:  Mrs. Annee discussed the remainder of the pedigree practice problems and announced a quiz over pedigrees will take place on Thursday, March 27.  Students in periods 1 and 5 completed and submitted their Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins labs.  Students in all classes began working on the Sickle Cell: Am I a Carrier? lab.

Thurs, Mar 20:  Students ran the gel for the Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins lab.  Mrs. Annee discussed the answers to the first three pedigree practice problems and students in periods 1 and 7 completed the “Exploration of Isoelectric Point” Internet activity. 

Wed, Mar 19:  Students took a quiz on X-linked traits and multiple alleles.     

Tues, Mar 18:  Students took a quiz about mutations, discussed and studied pedigrees, and discussed isoelectric point of proteins.  Students in period 5 also submitted their Got Protein? labs and completed the “Exploration of Isoelectric Point” Internet activity.

Mon, Mar 17: Happy St. Patrick’s DNA!  Mrs. Annee distributed third quarter grades and discussed the answers to the multiple allele practice problems.

Fri, Mar 14: Mrs. Annee went over the X-linked practice problems and discussed multiple alleles (practice problems were distributed). 

Thurs, Mar 13:  Mrs. Annee discussed X-linked inheritance and distributed practice problems.  Students in periods 1 and 7 diluted milk samples, loaded vertical gels, and submitted their Got Protein? lab to Mrs Annee.   Students in period 5 completed data collection and standard curve construction for the Got Protein? lab.

Wed, Mar 12:  Students took a quiz over monohybrid, dihybrid, and polyhybrid crosses. 

Tues, Mar 11:  Students finished watching Three Sisters: Searching for a Cure.  Mrs. Annee gave students a self-quiz over monohybrid, dihybrid, and polyhybrid crosses.  Students in periods 1 and 7 constructed a standard curve for the Got Protein? lab while students in period 5 diluted milk samples and loaded them into polyacrylamide gels.

Mon, Mar 10:  Students watched the HBO documenary called Three Sisters: Searching for a Cure about Jenifer Estess and her sisters. 

Fri, Mar 7:  Mrs. Annee went over the answers to the dihybrid and polyhybrid practice problems.  She also announced a quiz covering monohybrid, dihybrid, and polyhybrid crosses will take place on Wednesday, Mar 12.  Students calculated the concetration of milk in mg/mL for whole, soy, skim, and 2% milk in preparation for the Got Protein? lab analysis. 

Thurs, Mar 6:  Students prepared samples and collected data for the Got Protein? (Bradford assay) lab. 

Wed, Mar 5:  Mrs. Annee went over the answers to the monohybrid practice problems and then discussed dihybrid and polyhybrid crosses.  She distributed practice problems for both types of crosses.  Students in period 1 submitted the Analysis of a Mutant Hemoglobin lab to Mrs. Annee.

Tues, Mar 4: Students watched the film, The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off.  Students in period 5 submitted the Analysis of a Mutant Hemoglobin lab to Mrs. Annee.

Mon, Mar 3:  Mrs. Annee returned the Unit 4 quizzes and discussed the CSI Event Student Committee expectations.  Mrs. Annee began the Unit 6 notes be reviewing important genetics terms and monohybrid crosses.  Students received monohybrid practice probems (Mrs. Annee will go over the answers in class tomorrow).