Laboratory Exercises for an Undergraduate Course in Cell Biology

正在开发一系列的实验室练习，为学生提供广泛的实践经验，目前在细胞生物学研究中使用的技术。这些练习的目的是让学生对这些技术有足够的经验，这样他们就可以超越这些技术，看到所研究的原理和这些技术的实际应用。为此，实验室被组织成持续2 - 4周的小型项目部分。在每个部分中，学生在一个单独的准备上做几个连续的步骤。微小的差异（例如，分离不同的质粒，测定不同的标记酶）使每个学生的结果都是独一无二的，提供了一种发现和成就感。对这些结果的讨论丰富了总体经验，并为讨论这些技术的应用提供了一种格式。这些技术与实验形式的结合将帮助学生体验科学研究的兴奋。

A series of laboratory exercises are being developed that provide students extensive hands-on experience with techniques that are currently used in cell biology research. The goal of these exercises is to give students sufficient experience with these techniques so they can look beyond the techniques and see the principles being examined and practical applications for these techniques. To this end, the labs are organized into mini-project sections lasting two-four weeks. During each section, students do several sequential steps on a single preparation. Slight variations (e.g., isolation of different plasmids, assay for different marker enzyme) make the results of each student unique, providing a sense of discovery and accomplishment. Discussion of these results enriches the overall experience and provides a format for discussing applications of these techniques. The coupling of these techniques to this lab format will help students experience the excitement of scientific research.