Graduate-level Lab ExperienceThe Biotechnology graduate degree/certificate offers incredible laboratory training in molecular biology, protein chemistry and more. Unlike a standard undergraduate lab, the projects covered in BTEC 620/619 give students much more freedom to think, troubleshoot, and gain real-world experience.
In the first semester, you'll be immersed in molecular biology, working on 8 separate projects once a week from about 9am-5pm. In the second semester, you'll be in the lab twice a week (either in the morning or afternoon) gaining experience in various topics ranging from proteomics to hybridoma techniques. Both of these labs provide students with a large variety of experience that wouldn't normally be available to graduate students in a single discipline. Not only will you learn industry-relevant laboratory techniques, you will gain experience in proper bookkeeping, method development, analysis, writing, and more! |
Semester 1: BTEC 620 |
Practical training in contemporary methods of molecular and cellular biology including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), methods for gene cloning and mutagenesis, eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene expression systems, protein purification and methods of eukaryotic cell culture. This course is vital for anyone interested in working in a biotech-related laboratory. It is impossible to express how much experience students will gain in one semester from BTEC620!
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Semester 2: BTEC 619 |
A laboratory-based course in a variety of topics including: proteomics, protein expression and purification, conventional and HPLC chromatography, protein-protein interactions, ELISA, and Western blot analysis and hybridoma techniques. This course truly emulates a real-world laboratory in which students are continuously challenged. You will be expected to understand the details of the methods you are learning and the theory behind them, just as you would in industry and academia. This lab helps students develop their analytical thinking skills as well as their technical skills!
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