MICR 4252 - Cell Culture

Credits: (2)
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Course Fee: $30.00
Course Fee Purpose: Consumable laboratory supplies including, but not limited to, culture tubes, Petri plates, broth and agar media, gloves, pipets, staining reagents, microscope slides and coverslips, disinfectant, swabs, and chemicals and reagents used in media preparation.
Description: Introduction to core skills used in the biotechnology industry for culturing animal, insect, and plant cells in vitro. Skills include sterile technique, cell counts, and the culture, maintenance, and preservation of cell lines. Specialized experiences include transfections with foreign DNA, confocal microscopy, real-time PCR and viral infections.
This course consists of 2 two-hour combined lecture and laboratory sessions per week.
Pre-requisite(s): MICR 2054 or BTNY 2104 and BTNY 2121 and CHEM 1220 /CHEM 1225.