Beyond Labz

The purpose of the Molecular Biology laboratory is to allow students to extract a DNA sample from any of the available species, amplify a segment of the D...

The overall goal of the Molecular Biology laboratory is to give students the opportunity to produce DNA sequences of amplified segments and genes and then...

Once the student launches the Molecular Biology laboratory, the student is placed in front of a lab bench containing a large assortment of experimental equi...

At the core of the virtual biology environment is the Species Menu, which allows students to select a species and perform experiments on that species. Not a...

When the molecular simulation is first started, the laboratory clock shows the current time of day in a 24-hour format. Many of the experiments in the labor...

Samples are prepared for PCR experiments by adding DNA from a species, Taq polymerase, either tagged or untagged nucleotides, and the correct primers requ...

 The Setup menu contains the Primer section, a list of available primers that can be added to the sample tubes. The primer list contains all primers that ar...

The PCR machine takes up to 8 tubes of DNA samples and runs them through a three step temperature and hold profile for a specified number of cycles. If...

In the gel electrophoresis experiment, amplified product is pipetted into one of 8 different wells in the gel and a voltage is applied across the gel bed to...

Sequencers are used to determine the DNA sequence of the amplified product. Actual DNA sequencers are sophisticated pieces of equipment and require a unique...