Laboratory Techniques and Methodologies
Module: ADVANCED TRAINING
Matter: MATERIALS II
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Head instructor
Dra. Jenifer OLMOS - jolmos@uic.es
Office hours
Please send an email to set up a meeting to jolmos@uic.es
The course of Basic Laboratory Techniques and Methodologies focuses on a first contact of the student with the most relevant techniques used in a laboratory. Following the guidelines governed by Good Laboratory Practices and having notions about safety and caution within a laboratory, the student must know how to function normally and be able to take this as a routine within any laboratory. This subject will set the foundations for future laboratory practices of other subjects within the degree of Bioengineering.
No prerequisites are established, although it is recommended to have physical and chemical knowledge of the subject.
PART I. SECURITY AND GOOD PRACTICES OF LABORATORY (GPL)
Tema 1. Good practices of laboratory.
Tema 2. Risks at the manipulation of substances.
Tema 3. Management of waste
Tema 4. Techniques of cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
Tema 5. Standard operating procedures (SOP) and laboratory notebook
PART II. TECHNIQUES AND BASIC METHODOLOGIES OF LABORATORY
Tema 6. Material and laboratory equipment
Tema 7. Weighing
Tema 8. Measures of liquid volumes
Tema 9. Identification of substances by physical analysis-chemical analysis
Tema 10. Mixing
Tema 11. Mechanical separations of substances
Tema 12. Diffusional separations of substances
Tema 13. Crystallisation and recrystallisation
Tema 14. Spectrophotometry and standard curves
Tema 15. Microscopes and magnifying glasses
The subject will be divided by topics that could include one or several sessions in relation to the different biomaterials of study. Each session will consist of a previous theoretical explanation, an experimental part, analysis of the results and a group discussion.
During the sessions, students will work on a laboratory notebook where they will write down calculations, data and notes needed during the laboratory session. At the end of each session, the notebook will be supervised and stamped by the teacher.
Eventually, the teacher could use the Moodle platform that could include various resources, such as forms, exercises, multimedia material ... that the student must perform to complete the subject.
Classes will be taught in Spanish, although students' questions will be answered in the language of their choice (Spanish, Catalan or English). The didactic material will be presented mainly in Spanish, although in some occasions, graphics, tables or schemes could be in English due to the sources from which they could be obtained.
The list of ECTS credits and the workload in learning hours depending on the different methodologies that will be used. Each ECTS theoretical credit has 10 hours in which the teacher has a presence in the classroom. The rest of the hours up to 25 correspond to the load of directed and autonomous learning of the student. This last teaching load can be done through autonomous activities, group work that will be presented and defended in class or individual study necessary to achieve the learning objectives of the different subjects.
First call exam:
A minimal mark of 5.0 should be obtained in the final exam in order to be taken for the calculation of the course average. The no realization of assignments will imply the failure of the subject (*).
The subject will be passed with a minimum mark of 5.0 in the total score grade.
The same evaluation criteria will be applied in the second sitting of the exam, the grades of assignments will be taken into consideration but there will not be possibility of obtaining a distinction with honors.
Being late for more than 15 min at the start of the class or coming late after the break for more 10% of total classes will lead to 0.5 points reduction in the final grade. The same criteria will be applied for unjustified absence.
Attendance is mandatory 90% to pass the subject. Being late for more than 10 min at the start of the class will not be allowed and absences will have to be justified.
Important considerations
Técnicas generales de laboratorio, María Soledad Aguilar Segura, Editorial Síntesis, 1ª Edición, ISBN: 9788491711902
Operaciones básicas de laboratorio, Alejandro Tomás Lorente et al, Editorial Síntesis, 1ª Edición, ISBN: 9788490773314
Técnicas de Laboratorio, V. López Solanas, Editorial Edunsa, 2ª Edición, ISBN: 8477470472
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