Labs

Lab writeups:

  • Week 1 Lab: Introduction to Pipetting and Dilutions

    Overview Date(s): 03/02/26 – 03/03/26 Notes: Reviewed lab materials outlined in ‘Overview’ protocol section (pipette types and tips, tubes, tube holders, and stock reagents) and concentration basics with Kate Carline (William & Mary Node TA). Discussed lab material functions and reviewed the basics of dilution math and pipetting technique. Supporting Picture(s): Part 1: Mixing Color Prepared tubes with red, yellow, and blue food coloring solution Marked 6 tubes with red, yellow, blue, red/yellow, blue/yellow, and red/blue combinations Added 500 uL to each each red, yellow, blue, red/yellow, blue/yellow, and red/blue combination solution tube See above – made combinations by mixing colors See above See above Dispersed concentrations onto wax paper to make design in lieu of petri plate Supporting Part 1 and Part 2 photos below

  • Week 2: DNA Gel Art

    DNA Gel Art Protocol Part 0: Designing My Gel Art / Expected Results and Walkthrough Created a virtual digest in Benchling as a basis for DNA Gel Art (see below) Benchling Virtual Digest (A Hidden Hello) Protocol Part 1a: Preparing a 1% Agarose Electrophoresis Gel Preared a 1% Agarose Electrophoresis Gel (see below)

  • Week 3 Lab: Opentrons Art

    Opentrons Art Lab Part 1: Flourescent Bacteria & Black Agar Script See Flourescent Bacteria & Black Agar Script Colab Notebook Script here 1 2 Part 2: Submission and Running Your Protocol Traveled to William & Mary Node to complete this lab, as well as the Pipetting and DNA Gel Art Labs. During my time working this lab, I:

  • Week 4 Lab: Protein Design Part I

    Lab Information Lab work can be found within the Week 4 HW Assignment in the hyperlink below 1 https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/jason-ross/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.html ↩︎

  • Week 5 Lab: Protein Design Part II

    Lab Information Lab work can be found within the Week 5 HW Assignment in the hyperlink below 1 https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/jason-ross/homework/week-05-hw-protein-design-part-ii/index.html ↩︎

  • Week 6 Lab: Gibson Assembly

    Gibson Assembly Lab Pre-Lab: Primer and PCR (Part 1 of 3) Read this section and scanned the NuPack software hyperlink Pre-Lab: Gibson Assembly (Part 2 of 3) Read this section Pre-Lab: DpnI Read this section Pre-Lab: Plasmid Transformation Read this section Part 1: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Prepared PCR (see photos below)

  • Week 7 Lab: Neuromorphic Circuits

    LOREM IPSUM

  • Week 9 Lab: Cell-Free Systems

    LOREM IPSUM