This Web Page contains pictures from Dr. Bidlack's Spring 2011 Plant Physiology Class
Pictures from Spring 2011 Plant Physiology Class
The mineral nutrient deficiency lab reveals new knowledge about essential elements
The Chardakov Method shows the equilibrium point for water potential
A potato and some sugar water are needed to measure water potential
Erin, Heather, and Philip enjoy measuring potato water potential
Plant Physiology Class excited about the Chardakov Method
Philip explains to class how samples were prepared for SDS-PAGE
Dr. Bidlack shows Mahla how to load an SDS-PAGE Gel
Erin, Amy, Justin, Wenky, Dr. Bidlack, and Ross, having fun!
Jason and Stephanie show off the journals available in lab
Daniel is very excited about a clean centrifuge
Gevinna, Philip, and Stephanie show off the protein standards
A close-up view of the protein standards
Wenky and Dr. Bidlack prepare the protein standards
Matthew, Erin, Philip, Amy, and Jamar prepare sample vials
Gevinna obtains supernatant from centrifuge tube
Comparison of mutant (left) and Jilin (right) crude extracts
Justin, Dr. Bidlack, Jason, and Ross very proud of a successful photosynthesis lab
Justin, Jason, and Daniel get ready to analyze spinach extract
Heather shows off the user-friendly computerized spectrophotometer
Carmen and Mahla grind spinach tissue
Matthew and Philip grind spinach tissue
Teaching Assistant Stephen Frazee provides instructions for Spectrophotometry Lab
Stephen and Erin filter chlorophyll extract
Carmen filters more chlorophyll extract
In all the excitement, George cannot resist from filtering chlorophyll extract
Justin, so thrilled with getting to see chlorophyll, takes a look at the extract exposed to light
Justin turns off lights to show fluorescence emitted by chlorophyll upon exposure to light
Erin measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Philip measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Matthew measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Ross measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Jamar measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Ashley measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Heather measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Carmen measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Stephanie measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
Daniel measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20
George measures chlorophyll using the Spectronic 20