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Alu Teacher Workshop
Presented by BABEC and Applied Biosystems
December 9 -10, 2005
Location: TBA

Day 1: December 9
4:00 PM                      Arrive - registration, parking, and snacks
4:30                             Welcome and introductions
4:45                             Saline mouthwash and DNA isolation
5:30                             Set up Alu PCR
6:00                             Dinner
6:30                            DNA and replication
7:00                             Break
7:10                             Intro to PCR
7:30                             Class dismissed 

Homework:     Read the Alu Introduction and Protocol. 

Day 2: December 10

8:30 AM                      Breakfast, Questions
9:00                             Review
9:15                             Make buffer and agarose gels
9:30                             What is Alu?
9:45                             Electrophoresis of Alu
10:00                           Break
10:15                           Predict Alu results
10:30                           Allele Server: register and how to use the site
10:45                           Stain and photograph gels
11:45                           Lunch
1:00 PM                       Allele Server: Where in the world is Alu PV92?
1:30                             Analysis of Alu, enter results into database
2:00                             Allele and genotype frequencies
2:30                             Break
2:45                             Plotting the spread of human populations
3:15                             Lab overview, evaluations, closure
4:30                             Class dismissed

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