All grades are now in, and I've calculated and posted final grades on the Grades page. Note that I've curved the final grades (compare the "default" and "posted" grades). These grades have been posted in MyPack, and should appear on your semesters grades shortly.

We're finished - thanks for a great semester!

I've posted the last lab grades from Justin on the Grades page. Your final grade according the the grading scale is shown but these are not the final grades - I will be adjusting these with some kind of a curve. Justin and I are working this out now..

I've posted the term project scores, and most of the lab write-up scores, on the grades page. PLEASE note that these grades are NOT final, they will change some as the last lab writeups scores are posted, and I reserve the right to "curve" the final grades in your favor.

The Term Projects were great, the average was an 84. I'll have these at the MB 451 Final Exam to pick up if you like. Here is the Term Project grading rubric, and one of these is attached to your project with your scores.

Justin has made substantial progress on the lab write-ups, but has been sick the past few days, and so is not yet finished. The Platecount Anomaly experiment has not been graded. There are also some other scattered reports without grades - wheher these are in his pile yet to be graded, or if they were not turned in, I don't know.

(note - when I first posted this, a sorting error created a mix-up of some lab write-up scores, this has been corrected.).

I've moved the due date for the Term Project for those of you in the Wednesday lab section (001) to match that of the Thursday section : Friday (April 27th) at 1:30pm. You can drop them off in MB 451 class at that time, drop it off ourtside my office, or leave it in my mailbox across the hall from 4510 Thomas.

And this is a reminder that all lab writeups are due this week at the usual lab time.

I've posted the last gel image and sequences

1. I've posted the first few grades for lab reports on the Grades page.
2. I've posted images of the gels we ran the week before Spring Break on the Term Project > Data > Gels page.
3. I've posted the fist round of sequence data in the Term Project > Data > Seqs folder, and summarized the results on the Results Summary page.

REMINDER : You NEED to bring the following gunk to lab next week:

1. ~1/2 liter of pond water - not something you'd ever consdier drinking
2. ~1/2 liter of sediment - the blacker, smellier, and nastier, the better
3. a pinch of rich soil or untreated compost - something that smells like dirt
4. a rotten fruit - mildly acidic is best, think "yeasty"
5. if you can get it, a marine sample of some kind (water, sand, sediment, aquarium filtrate, &c)

FYI, here is the media and supplies list for this semester

Welcome to Microbial Diversity Lab!