BIOL 522 - Advances in Research Techniques

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course provides the first-year graduate student with an intensive hands-on approach to modern techniques and methodologies of biomedical research. Students will be introduced to theories and practices of qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins, gel electrophoresis, enzyme assays, column chromatography, nucleic acid “blot-and-probe” techniques, differential centrifugation, cell culturing, and radioisotope methodology.