Training Program
Below you will find the schedule of the Bridges Summer 2011 Institute. For more information about the summer institute, please see the complete schedule of lectures and labs here.
| Week One: June 20-25, 2011 | |
| Monday | Lecture: Recording adult and neonatal heart cell contractility Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Neonatal cardiocyte
preparation and cell statistics S.L: Cell Statistics by Esteban V.H. Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Pipette, pH meter; balance Room: LS 218 |
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| Tuesday | Lecture: Recording adult and neonatal heart cell contractility Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Cell contractility S.L: Contractility by David T.B. Room: Microscopy room |
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| Lab #2: siRNA Transfection S.L: Alex Chavez Room: LS 316 |
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| Wednesday | Lecture: Cardiovascular system; structure of the heart; excitation pathway; the EKG Lecturer: Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Cell contractility S.L: Contractility by David T.B. Room: Microscopy room |
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| Lab #2: siRNA Transfection S.L: Transfection by Alex Chavez Room: LS 316 |
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| Thursday | Lecture: Cardiovascular system; structure of the heart; excitation pathway; the EKG Lecturer: Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Calcium measurement S.L: Calcium Trans by David TB Room: Microscopy room |
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| Lab #2: Analyze and graph
contractility data using excel Room: LS 218 |
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| Week Two: June 27-31, 2011 | |
| Monday | Lecture: The heart as a pump; heart performance; blood pressure Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Prepare culture media Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #2: Solution preparation; LB/carb plate preparation Room: LS 316 |
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| Tuesday | Lecture: The heart as a pump; heart performance; blood pressure Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Neonatal cardiocyte preparation and cell statistics; S.L.: Cell Statistics by Esteban V.H. Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Pipette, pH meter; balance Room: LS 218 |
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| Wednesday | Lecture: The heart during exercise; heart disease: risk factors;
diagnostic methods; therapies Lecturer: Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Calcium measurements S.L: Calcium Trans by David T.B. Room: Microscopy room |
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| Lab #2: Analyze and graph
contractility data using excel Room: LS 218 |
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| Thursday | Lecture: The heart during exercise; heart disease: risk factors;
diagnostic methods; therapies Lecturer: Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Prepare culture media Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #2: Solution preparation
LB/Carb plate preparation Room: LS 316 |
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| Week Three: July 4-8, 2011 | |
| Monday | Holiday |
| Tuesday | Holiday |
| Wednesday | Lecture: Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) (Roland) Room: TBD |
| Lab: Separating myocardial cells (myocytes, fibroblasts, etc.) Room: TBD |
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| Thursday | Lecture: Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) (Roland) Room: TBD |
| Lab: Separating myocardial cells (myocytes, fibroblasts, etc.) Room: TBD |
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| Week Four: July 11-15, 2011 | |
| Monday | Lecture: Cardiac muscle mechanics Lecturer: Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Transform E. coli and plate S.L: Transformation by William Menjivar Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #2: Western Blot S.L: Western Blot by Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS-218 |
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| Tuesday | Lecture: Cardiac muscle mechanics Lecturer: Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Transform E. coli and plate S.L: Transformation by William Menjivar Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #2: Western Blot S.L: Western Blot by Myrna J. Martinez Room: LS-218 |
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| Wednesday | Lecture: Genome expression studies using microarrays Lecturer: Genaro Hernandez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Overnight E.coli T-streaking Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Calcium data analysis Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #3: Western Blot Room: LS 218 |
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| Thursday | Lecture: Genome expression studies using microarrays Lecturer: Genaro Hernandez Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Overnight E.coli T-streaking Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Calcium data analysis Room: LS 218 |
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| Lab #3: Western Blot Room: LS 218 |
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| Week Five: July 18-22, 2011 | |
| Monday | Lecture: A quick introduction to computer modeling Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Pour agarose gel; Lyze E. coli; extract plasmid DNA Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Plasmid restriction digest Room: LS 316 |
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| Tuesday | Lecture: A quick introduction to computer modeling Lecturer: David Torres Barba Room: LS 218 |
| Lab #1: Pour agarose gel; Lyze E. coli; extract plasmid DNA Room: LS 316 |
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| Lab #2: Plasmid restriction digest Room: LS 316 |
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| Wednesday | Lecture: Principles of PCR and qPCR Lecturer: Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo Room: LS 218 |
| Lab: Analyze and graph contractility data using Matlab Room: EBA 110 |
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| Thursday | Lecture: Principles of PCR and qPCR Lecturer: Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo Room: LS 218 |
| Lab: Analyze and graph contractility data using Matlab Room: EBA 110 |
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| Week Six: July 25-29, 2011 | |
| Monday | Lecture: Stem cells, tissue regeneration, therapies Lecturer: Dr. Ricardo Zayas Room: TBD |
| Lab: Cardiac cell differentiation, myosin-actin assembly Room: TBD |
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| Tuesday | Lecture: Stem cells, tissue regeneration, therapies Lecturer: Dr. Ricardo Zayas Room: TBD |
| Lab: Cardiac cell differentiation, myosin-actin assembly Room: TBD |
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| Wednesday | Lecture: Medical training vs doctoral degree programs and their costs Lecturer: Dr. Paul Paolini Room: LS 218 |
| Lab: Q-PCR Room: LS 316 |
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| Thursday | Lecture: Medical training vs doctoral degree programs and their costs Lecturer: Dr. Paul Paolini Room: LS 218 |
| Lab: Q-PCR Room: LS 316 |
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