Resources – Microbiology

Lab Report Guidelines and Info

Posted by Mary Beth Leigh On March 9, 2017 March 12, 2017 Filed under Lab Resources, Resources, Uncategorized

Below are links to helpful resources as you prepare your lab report.

Powerpoint lecture from Feb. 22 on Lab Report Guidelines

Sample lab reports from previous classes – note: these are from 2 years ago before we started doing genome sequencing so identifications are based only upon 16S rRNA sequences and genome analyses are missing. Also, note that these are not necessarily perfect papers but were of good quality and can serve as general examples of how to approach this assignment.

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Selected chapters from “Writing Science” book by Joshua Schimel (please excuse the low-quality scans)

Lab 2 Handout

Posted by Mary Beth Leigh On January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017 Filed under Lab Resources, Resources

Lab 2 Handout

Be sure to bring your cultures with you to Lab 2!

Topics:

Continue isolating your own bacterial culture

Aseptic technique

Pure culture techniques

Lab 1 Handout

Posted by Mary Beth Leigh On January 20, 2017 Filed under Lab Resources, Resources

Click here to access the Lab 1 Handout: Lab 1 Handout

That should take you directly to the google doc of the Lab 1 Handout. In that version, you only have permission to view, not edit. If you’d like an editable version, you can download it as a Word file or copy it to your own google drive folder.