The Ohio State University: College of Arts and Sciences

High School Outreach

“Ocean viruses: From isolates to genomes” — A laboratory course

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Presentations and protocols for download

  1. Introduction: Ocean Viruses (pptx)
  2. Project Overview (doc)
  3. Isolation of cyanophages
    1. Protocol: Plating (doc)
    2. Placque Picking(pptx)
    3. Protocol: Placque Picking (doc)
    4. Protocol: DNA Extraction (doc)
    5. Genome assembly (pptx)
    6. Protocol: Genome assembly (doc)
    7. Protocol: Genome annotation (doc)
  4. Viral Genomics (pptx)
    1. PCR (pptx)
    2. Protocol: PCR 1(pdf)
    3. Gel electrophoresis (pptx)
    4. Protocol: PCR gel 1 (pdf)
    5. Gel Interpretation (pptx)
    6. Protocol: PCR 2 (pdf)Protocol: PCR gel 2 (pdf)
    7. DNA Cleanup (pptx)
    8. Protocol: MinElute (pdf)
  5. TEM (pdf)