Introduction to Laboratory Skills

Lab skills students.

2018 fellow hard at work.

Introduction to Laboratory Skills (1-Week Mini Course) Instructors: Dr. David Shubert/Debbie Timineri

CLIMB UP Fellows participate in a 1-week intensive laboratory training course to prepare them with skills they will utilize in their summer research projects and in the future. Students will take a Laboratory Safety training, Lab Animal Facility and Rodent Handling Orientation, and a half-day intensive on Responsible Conduct of Research. 

Coming Soon: Summer 2024 Schedule

Previous Schedule - Summer 2022

 

Date/Time/Room

 

 

Topics Discussed

   June 2 (Thursday)

   8:30-4:00pm

   119 BEB   

 

 

Rodent Handling & Euthanasia

LAF Orientation

 

   June 3 (Friday)

   8:30AM - 12:00PM

   150 Farber Hall

 

Responsible Conduct of Research and Ethics Training 

 

   June 6 (Monday)

   8:30am-12pm

   1:00pm-4:30pm

   144 Farber Hall

 

General Waste Practices

Autoclaving

Calculations

Labelling Samples

Laboratory Notebooks

Sterline Technique

   June 7 (Tuesday)
   8:30am

   117 Farber Hall

 

Buffer Preparation

Weighing

Measuring Liquids

pH meter

   June 8 (Wednesday)

   8:30am-12pm: Group 1

   1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2

   117 Farber Hall

Pipetting

Protein Assay

Spectrophotometer

Microsoft Excel

  June 9 (Thursday)

   8:30am-12pm: Group 1a

   1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 1b

   117 Farber Hall

 

Sterile Technique

Cell Counting

Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay

   June 10 (Friday)

   8:30am-12pm: Group 2a

   1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2b

   117 Farber Hall

 

Sterile Technique

Cell Counting

Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay

 

   June 13 (Monday)

   8:30am-12 pm: Group 1

   1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2

   117 Farber Hall

 

 

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Poly Acryilamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)

   June 14 (Tuesday)
   8:30am-12 pm: Group 1

   1:00pm-4:30pm: Group 2

   117 Farber Hall

De-stain Gel

H and E staining

Review