Bacteriophages

Animal viruses

Fruitfly, E.coli, and the humble yeast: organisms used for molecular biology and genetics research.

Bacterial vs eukaryotic chromosomes

Types of chromatin

Brief summary of mitosis/meiosis

Nucleosomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSIBhFwQ4s

Electrophoresis, ultracentrifugation, PCR, restriction enzymes, DNA sequencing, examples of mol bio techniques often used in a lab.

We talk about some general aspects of DNA structure, denaturation, Tm, and renaturation.

Helicases, topoisomerases, gyrase.

Positive and negative supercoil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hwaDamU-jo&t=219s

Playdoh of DNA coiling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QWA-tFdGN8

Dr. B talks protein structural levels and enzymes.

Check out the Foldit game: https://fold.it/

Dr. B talks about amino acids and some protein purification techniques.

Check these out:

Video about aspartame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92r1oOul0kM

Amino acid summary: https://youtu.be/shM19vvmhWE?si=erXDL-e0oLNeIUVz

SDS-PAGE information:

•https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:1aba8e2f:video:1

Cool animation: https://youtu.be/jlO8NiPbgrk?si=PIC15dKBkbCDtlvS

Lab girl: an excellent book about being a female scientist and plants, helped me to appreciate plants much more: https://www.amazon.com/Lab-Girl-Hope-Jahren/dp/1101873728

Quick review of the importance of safety in the microbiology lab

Salmonella infection from teaching labs: https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typhimurium-07-17/index.html#:~:text=CDC%20and%20public%20health%20officials,were%20reported%20from%2016%20states.

Dr. B explains why she started this podcast and what to expect content wise in the near future.