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Orange Coast College

Please note: this program is "Under construction".

File Name

Description                               

Submitted by College/Center
Contact Information

Biotechnology Certificate Program at Orange Coast College.

Electronic file name: bcpocc.doc (21kb)
bcpocc.rtf
(10kb)
bcpocc.pdf
(5kb)
bcpocc.htm

Biotechnology Certificate Program at Orange Coast College.

Orange Coast College

Biology 199

biology199outline.doc (31kb)
biology199outline.rtf (22kb)
biology199outline.pdf (10kb)
biology199outline.htm

Orange Coast College Course Outline of Record

Special Topics in Biotechnology

Biology 230

biology230outline.doc (45 kb)
biology230outline.rtf (72kb)
biology230outline.pdf (22kb)
biology230outline.htm

Orange Coast College Course Outline of Record

Structure and Function of Cells

Biology 250

biology250outline.doc (45kb)
biology250outline.rtf (57kb)
biology250outline.pdf (24kb)
biology250outline.htm

Orange Coast College Course Outline of Record

Laboratory Methods in Biotechnology

Biology 251

biology251outline.doc (42kb)
biology251outline.rtf (52kb)
biology251outline.pdf (22kb)
biology251outline.htm

Orange Coast College Course Outline of Record

Advanced Laboratory Methods in Biotechnology

Biology 281L

biology281loutline.doc (39kb)
biology281loutline.rtf
(35kb)
biology281loutline.pdf (17kb)
biology281loutline.htm

Orange Coast College Course Outline of Record

Protein Chemistry Laboratory

 

Faculty Curriculum Day on Biotechnology

February 26, 1999

File Name

Description                               

Submitted by College/Center
Contact Information

New!
Biotech Program

Electronic file name:
mccmodules.pdf (17kb)

Biotechnology Program New Module Format
To be offered in the Fall, 2000 Semester

Caryn Neiswender

Southern California Biotechnology Center

Cneiswender
@mcc.miracosta
.cc.ca.us

760 795-6648

Note: Anyone interested in obtaining a complete copy of the protocols may contact the SCBC.Their website address is:
http://www.miracosta
.cc.ca.us/ scbc

Note: Anyone interested in more information about our new Modules, they can visit this site:
http://www.miracosta
.cc.ca.us/ biotech

Miramar College web site:
http://www.miramar
.sdccd .net/programs
/biol/ biotechind.htm

Easy Classroom Column Chromatography

Electronic file name: Col_Chrom1.doc (1286kb)
Col_Chrom1.PDF (384kb)
Col_Chrom1.htm

Laboratory activity. To demonstrate the principle and practice of size exclusion column chromatography, a technique that is routinely used in the separation and purification of proteins

Non-radioactive colony hybridization to detect a foreign protein

Electronic file name: Cover_Sheets1.doc (212kb)
Cover_Sheets1.PDF
(34kb)
Cover_Sheets1.htm

Laboratory protocol. The specificity of antibody-antigen interactions will be used to detect those bacterial cells in a mixed population that produce a foreign protein.

Egg White Lysozyme: Purification and Assay by Ion Exchange chromatography

Electronic file name: DNA_Sequencing.doc (1174kb)
DNA_Sequencing.PDF
(21kb)
DNA_Sequencing.htm

Laboratory activity. Lysozyme, a protein enzyme, will be purified from chicken egg whites using ion exchange column chromatography.

New!
Egg White Lysozyme:
Purification and Assay by Size Exclusion Chromatography

Electronic file name:
sizeexclusion.pdf
(226kb)

Full Protocol
Laboratory activity. Lysozyme, a protein enzyme, will be purified using size exclusion column chromatography from chicken egg whites.

Egg White Lysozyme: Purification and Assay by Size Exclusion Chromatography

Electronic file name: DNA_Sequencing.doc (1174kb)
DNA_Sequencing.PDF
(21kb)
DNA_Sequencing.htm

Laboratory activity. Lysozyme, a protein enzyme, will be purified using size exclusion column chromatography from chicken egg whites.

Easy Classroom PCR

Electronic file name: DNA_Sequencing.doc (1174kb)
DNA_Sequencing.PDF
(21kb)
DNA_Sequencing.htm

Laboratory protocol. This activity is designed to demonstrate the power of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the quantity of DNA in a sample

Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA)

Electronic file name: DNA_Sequencing.doc (1174kb)
DNA_Sequencing.PDF
(21kb)
DNA_Sequencing.htm

Laboratory protocol. This activity is designed to demonstrate one of the most powerful of all immunochemical techniques, the ELISA.

DNA Sequence Analysis Exercise

Electronic file name: DNA_Sequencing.doc (1174kb)
DNA_Sequencing.PDF
(21kb)
DNA_Sequencing.htm

Laboratory protocol. We will use the tools of the World Wide Web to search the GenBank DNA sequence database for similarities to any given DNA sequence/

Gel Electrophoresis of DNA Samples

Electronic file name: Gel_Electrophoresis_lab.doc (38kb)

GEL_Electrophoresis_lab.rtf
(14kb)
Gel_Electrophoresis_lab.PDF
(14kb)
Gel_Electrophoresis_lab.htm

Lab handout: will learn how to use different DNA samples, some of which have been digested with restriction enzymes (bacterial enzymes capable of cutting the DNA molecule at specific sites

Carl Estrella

Merced CC

Estrellac@
merced.cc.ca.us

Biology 4: Principles of Biology, lecture/lab

Electronic file name: SyllabusF95.doc (36kb)
SyllabusF95.PDF
(12kb)
SyllabusF95.rtf  
(14kb)
SyllabusF95.htm

Fall ’95 Syllabus. This course is a study of the principles of biology. Areas of study will include aspects of the philosophy of science, organization and function of the cell, energy transfer (photosynthesis and cellular metabolism, reproduction, Mendelian and molecular genetics, and evolution. This course if designed for biology majors.

Transformation of Competent Cells with a Recombinant Plasmid

Electronic file name: Recomb.doc (68kb)
Recomb.PDF
(32kb)
Recomb.rtf  (42kb)
Recomb.htm

This exercise demonstrates the use of competent E.coli cells in the take up of plasmids to cause their transformation.

 

File Name

Description

Submitted by College/Center
Contact information

Enzymes and Enzymatic Reactions

Electronic file name:
enzyme_lab_info.doc
(42kb)
enzyme_lab_info.PDF (12kb)
enzyme_lab_info.rtf   (18kb)
enzyme_lab_info.htm

Synopsis, lab guide, and instructors guide to lab exercise.

Enzyme lab V2 information

Charles Hoyt, Dept. of Biology

Southwestern College

Choyt@
swc.cc.ca.us

619 421-6700, ext. 5528

Bio 211 Enzymes and Enzymatic Reactions

(electronic file name:
enzyme lab V2 ILI.(word).rtf)

Enzyme Lab V2 Information

Bio 211 – Graphing Scientific Data

Electronic file name:
graphing_lab_ex.doc
(56kb)
graphing_lab_ex.PDF (26kb)
graphing_lab_ex.htm
graphing_lab_ex.rtf (48kb)

graphing_lab_info.rtf  
(12kb)
graphing_lab_info.PDF  
(8kb)
graphing_lab_info.htm

Synopsis, assignments, course objective

Spec 20 lab exercise

Electronic file name:
spec20_lab_ex.doc
 (74kb)
spec20_lab_ex.PDF  (38kb)
spec20_lab_ex.rtf  (83kb)
spec20_lab_ex.htm

spec20_lab_info.rtf  (17kb)
spec20_lab_info.PDF 
(12kb)
spec20_lab_info.doc (32kb)
spec20_lab_info.htm

Spectrophotometers and the Standard Curve, synopsis, assignments, course objective

Biol 30 – Introduction to
biotechnology & Cell Physiology, lecture/lab-Summary

Electronic file name:
bio_30_cur_sum_1998.doc 
(73kb)
bio_30_cur_sum_1998.PDF  
(46kb)
bio_30_cur_sum_1998.htm

An introductory biotechnology course covering basic terminology, techniques, history, and future of biotechnology industries. An overview of important biological molecules, the cell, genetic and bioengineering mechanisms, gene expression, and manipulations, basic laboratory skills, safety, and industrial techniques.

Janice Toyoshima

Bakersfield College/San Joaquin Biotechnology Center

Jatoyosh@
bc.cc.ca.us

805 395-4225

fax

805 395-4328

Biol 31 Applied Biotechnology, lecture/lab

Electronic file name:
bio_31_cur_sum_1998.doc

(73kb)
bio_31_cur_sum_1998.PDF  
(32kb)

bio_31_cur_sum_1998.htm

An intermediate course in biotechnology; topics include aseptic technique, media production, bacterial culture, nucleic acid isolation and manipulation, DNA cloning, and tissue culturing.

Biol 52 – Advanced Biotechnology, lecture/lab

Electronic file name:
bio_52_cur_sum_1998.doc  

(82kb)

bio_52_cur_sum_1998.PDF  
(36kb)
bio_52_cur_sum_1998.htm  

An advanced course in biotechnology. Topics will stress biotechnician training and independent lab skills.

Biol 51 Biotechnology Careers,
lecture

Electronic file name:
bio_51_cur_sum_1998.doc  
 
(23kb)
bio_51_cur_sum_1998.PDF  
(7kb)
bio_51_cur_sum_1998.htm  


Biol 51 Homework Spr 1999.doc

 

bio_51_syl_spg_1999.doc  
(25bk)

bio_51_syl_spg_1999.PDF   
(8kb)
bio_51_syl_spg_1999.htm   

Introduces the student to biotechnology skills, products, and career opportunities.

Biology 30 – Introduction to Biotechnology/Cell Physiology-syllabus

Electronic file name:
bio_30_syl_spg_1999.doc
   
(34kb)

bio_30_syl_spg_1999.PDF  
(18kb) 

bio_30_syl_spg_1999.htm   

Syllabus for an introductory biotechnology course covering basic terminology, techniques, history, and future of biotechnology industries

Occupational Skill Standards
Project

Electronic file name:
occ_skill.doc (55kb)
occ_skill.pdf (29kb)
occ_skill.htm

 

World Wide Web site List for Pioneering Biotechnology
Curriculum Day

Electronic file name:
www_list.doc (33kb)
www_list.PDF
(7kb)
www_list.htm

Pioneering Biotechnology curriculum. The sites listed are only a few available on the World Wide Web to wet your appetite for more. Each of these sites also links to other sites available

Kim Perry

ED>Net Biotechnology Initiative

916 395-5697

kperry@
ednet.cc.ca.us

Chemistry Technician Certification Program, course outline, syllabus, description of courses

Electronic file name:
courses.doc   
(28kb)

courses.PDF   (3kb)
courses.htm

Program address an area not covered by biotech programs, there is some overlap. The program has a heavy emphasis in organic chemistry and analytical chemistry

Rob Fremland

San Diego Mesa College

Rfremlan@
sdccd.cc.ca.us

Inside the Pharmaceutical Industry

Electronic file name:
pharmwrd.doc   
(35kb)
pharmwrd.PDF    (11kb)
pharmwrd.htm

Course Outline

Syllabus and Information for
Chemistry 161

Electronic file name:
syl_161.doc
  (44kb)
syl_161.PDF   (12kb)
syl_161.htm

Techniques in Biochemistry, is a 2-unit laboratory course in biochemical techniques.

The Science of Biotechnology

Biology 40, Summer 98

Electronic file name:
lapc_syl_98.doc   
(39kb)

lapc_syl_98.PDF   (18kb)
lapc_syl_98.htm

Course was designed and integrated to provide advanced biology students with an opportunity to experience, first hand, the science and to discuss the ethics of this rapidly evolving industry.

Marty Ikkanda

Los Angeles Pierce College

818 710-4288

J._Martin_Ikkanda@
laccd.cc.ca.us

The Ethics of Biotechnology

Electronic file name:
lapc_phil29_pncr.doc    
(45kb)
lapc_phil29_pncr.PDF
(23kb)
lapc_phil29_pncr.htm


lapc_phil29_course_out.doc
(33kb)
lapc_phil29_course_out.PDF
(13kb)
lapc_phil29_course_out.htm

Proposed new course. This course provides an introduction to the use of ethical theories to examine dilemmas associated with advances in biotechnology and methods of resolution of these dilemmas.

Biology 40 – The Science of Biotechnology
Electronic file name:
lapc_bio40_out.doc
(98kb)
lapc_bio40_out.PDF
(43kb)
lapc_bio40_out.htm


lapc_bio40_pncr.doc
(44kb)
lapc_bio40_pncr.PDF
(22kb)
lapc_bio40_pncr.htm

Proposed new course request and course outline of record for Bio 40 – This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the science of biotechnology by providing both the theory and hands-on experience with laboratory protocols that parallel the isolation, purification, and cloning of a gene.

Biotechnology Program

Electronic file name:
mc_biotech_1998.doc
 
(28kb)
mc_biotech_1998.PDF 
(10kb)
mcbt98.htm

Moorpark College Biotechnology Program 1998/99, Degree and Certificate Requirements

Maureen Harrigan

Moorpark College Biotech Program

805 378-1400

mharrigan@
vcccd.cc.ca.us

Biotechnology

Electronic file name:
bioltech.doc (43kb)
bioltech.PDF (28kb)
bioltech.htm

Flyer for Moorpark College Biotechnology Program including descriptions of course content.

Biotechnology Program

Electronic file name:
vc_biotech_pro.doc
(338kb)

vc_biotech_pro.PDF
(35kb)

vcbt98.htm

Ventura College Biotechnology Program, Degree and Certificate Requirements

Bill Thieman

Ventura College

805 648-8954

bthieman@
ventura.cc.ca.us

Northern California
Biotechnology Center
Bioethics curriculum Package

Also, DOJ forensics academy
Electronic file name:
doj_forensics_1997.doc
(58kb)
doj_forensics_1997.PDF
(50kb)
doj_forensics_1997.htm

And Genetics of Forensic DNA Typing course description Sept 1997
Electronic file name:
gen_foren_dna_typ.doc
(42kb)
gen_foren_dna_typ.PDF
(28kb)
gen_foren_dna_typ.htm

Email and web site address, DOJ Forensics DNA Academy Nov. 1997, and Genetics of Forensic DNA typing course description Sept. 1997

Northern California Biotechnology Center

Marvin Bobes

http://biotech.org

Please Note:
The following files are not hot linked. In order to access the files, please click back to our ED>Net button and access through the N.C.B.C. Site.

http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/
smcccd/skyline/ NCBC/
bioethics.html
Bioethics Curriculum
http://www.smcccd .cc.ca.us/
smcccd/ skyline/NCBC/
starting. html
Starting a Biotechnology Program
http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/
smcccd/ faculty/
case/antibiotics.html
Lab protocols for Discovering New Antibiotics
http://www.smcccd. cc.ca.us/
smcccd/ faculty/case/
biol230contents.html
Lab protocols for Lab help pages

Core Course Outlines Biotechnology Program

Bio 65 Lab Notebook Guidelines, course outlines Chemistry for Biotechnology

San Francisco City College

Phil jardim

415 239-3500

ncbc@ccsf.cc.ca.us

Book List

Non-electronic

Biotechnology Book List

Jim DeKloe

Solano College

707 864-7000

Biological Technologies
Program

  Electronic file name:
pcc_biol_tech.doc (37kb)
pcc_biol_tech.rtf (13kb)
pcc_biol_tech.pdf (13kb)
pcc_biol_tech.htm

Philosophy, protocols, outlines Bio 102A-General Lab Skills, bio 102B-Adv. DNA and Protein Techniques, Bio 102D-Internship

Dr. Wendie Johnston

Pasadena City College

626 585-7161

Wajohnston@
paccd.cc.ca.us

Basic Laboratory Exercises in Molecular Biology

Electronic file name:
finalm98_3.doc
(596kb)
finalm98_3.PDF
 (132kb)
finalm98_3.htm

  Jeffery O'Neal

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