Introduction to
Practical Course of
Human Biology
Lab. 1
Instructor: Dr. Harem Sabr M.
MSc: Stem Cell and Developmental Biology
PhD: Molecular Cell Biology-Epigenetics
November 26, 2024
The best way to contact me is by email. Unless it is a
holiday, emails will generally be answered within 24
hours.
[email protected]
Laboratory assistants:
- Dr. Shnyar [email protected]
- Dr. Ali [email protected]
Lab Rules
- Arrive on time and ready to participate and learn.
- Cell phones, electronic devices, and eating, while you are in
the lab, are prohibited.
- Not all material covered in the exams is in the lecture so
taking notes in class is important!
- Each student should wear a Lab-coat during the time staying
in the Lab.
- Makeup exams will be given according to ongoing regulations
of Bologna process.
Laboratory Safety Symbols You Need to Know
Why proper labelling in lab settings is imperative?
• One of the most important reasons to practice proper labeling
in your laboratory is for safety purposes.
• Helps ensure that your employees and scientists are working
with the correct materials
• To avoid the risk of using the wrong materials in experiments
and other projects
• Using wrong materials not only cause your experiments to fail,
but it also wastes valuable time, resources, and funds when
you must scrap research and materials.
• Some materials and specimens you can find in the lab have
expiration dates or become unstable over time.
• Labels also denote proper storage for materials that need to
be kept at certain temperatures and in other conditions. Ex.
Stainless steel varieties are resistant to corrosive materials
and chemicals.
General Required Labelling
info.
- Name of the Material
- Concentration, amount,
density, W/V, or V/V
- Date of preparation
- Your Name
Lab Notebook: What to write in?
• Everything that is directly relevant to your research and/or
protocols that you follow in your work.
• Your notebook should provide a detailed record of exactly
what you do in the laboratory in order to obtain your
experimental results
• You should include information on all the reagents,
equipment and instrumentation that you use.
• Your notebook should also contain all of your experimental
results
• If you use some computer program to process and/or
analyze your data, you should explain exactly how the data
were processed.
• If your data are in electronic format, you should provide the
names of all the data files and identify where the data are
stored in the laboratory.
A sample of note in notebook
Lectures will be sent to your emails or shared with you in the
google classroom, so each week you should have it and
your representative never be responsible for printing &
distribution!
Labs Topics Date
Syllabus
Introduction of practical human biology: Lab rules,
1 attendance, assignments, quizzes, markings, 26/11/2024
objectives of the lab
2 Microscopy (types, parts, and applications) 3/12/2024
Cell Isolation, staining, and Observation under
3 10/12/2024
Microscope
4 Cell Division: Mitosis in Onion Root Tips 17/12/2024
Exam
5 Extraction of genomic DNA from Human Blood 21/12/2024
6 PCR and Gel Electrophoresis 7/01/2025
7 Cell Under Electron Microscope 14/01/2025
8 Cultured cells: types, growth requirements 21/01/2025
Personal Work Activities
• Assignments
• Reports
• Seminars
Grade Determination
Lab. reports 5 points
Assignements 5 points
Quizzes 5 points
Exam(s) 10 points
Attendance & Participation Mandatory
Personal Work Activities
• How to right Assignments?
• How to right lab Reports?
Outlines of Assignment
• Introduction (Specify the topic and provide the background
information)
• Body section (focus on answering the question and provide
evidence)
➢ Paragraph 1
➢ Paragraph 2
➢ Paragraph 3…..
• Conclusion (Summarize main points/highlight key findings)
How to prepare the assignment?
Chemotherapy is an important route of cancer treatment in human.
However, the distressing side effects, like alopecia, of anti-cancer
drugs may cause the patients to refuse further therapy. Researchers
have developed a new technique to study the chemotherapy-induced
alopecia which relies on observing hair growth on the backs of mice
following shaving-induced synchronization.
Plagiarism
Copy-Paste Copy-Edited-Paste
80 lines to 20 lines
Conclusion
Lab Report: Lab reports generally have seven main
parts:
• Title ( no more than 2 lines)
• Abstract (no more than 300 words)
• Introduction (no more than 1 page, 12 times new roman, line spacing 1.5)
• Materials and Methods (1-2 pages)
• Results (be precisely and concisely written)
• Discussion and Conclusion (normally no more than 1 page and half)
• References (no more than 10)
References:
• H.M. Kanare. (1985) “Writing the Laboratory Notebook.”
Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society.
• R. Lewis. (1998) The Scientist. February 2, p. 14.
“Laboratory Notebooks Chronicle a Scientist’s Progress.”
Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/
• A.J. Rayl (1991) The Scientist. November 11, p. 18.
“Misconduct Case Stresses Importance of Good Notebook
Keeping.” Avail. URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/
• https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/student-
support/study-skills/assignment-writing/steps-writing-
assignments?p=3#3
• https://phoenixcollege.libguides.com/LabReportWriting/discu
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