- How Big is a Bug ?
- find out about bacteria and viruses. - Pink Bugs, Purple Bugs
- perform the Gram stain procedure and identify some bacteria from the LabWork rogues gallery. - Bacterial Growth Curve
- determine the rules which control bacterial growth: the growth rate constant and the mean generation (doubling) time.
- Antibody-Antigen Interactions
- find out the antibody concentration of a test antiserum and the number of antibody binding sites on an antigen molecule. - Mr Campbell's Kidney
- perform the most popular laboratory test in the world today. - Rubella testing
- advise patients about a dangerous virus.
- Viruses Don't 'Grow'
- perform a classic experiment which demonstrates the principles of virus replication. - Influenza Virus Haemagglutination
- measure the amount of virus produced and determine the antigenic type of an unknown strain. - Henrietta Lacks
- who dunnit? Find out using PCR!