| Date | Lecture Topic | Laboratory Experiment | ||
| 8/29 | Wk 1 Lec 1 | Introduction to Course; How to write a lab report | Wk 1 Lab | Sec. 1: Laboratory orientation; Accuracy and Precision Worksheet due in class |
| 9/3 | Wk 2 Lec 1 | No Class – Labor Day Holiday | Wk 2 Lab | Sec. 2-5: Laboratory orientation; Accuracy and Precision Worksheet due in class |
| 9/5 | Wk 2 Lec 2 | Preparation of solutions and buffers: I | ||
| 9/10 | Wk 3 Lec 1 | Preparation of solutions and buffers: II | Wk 3 Lab | Buffers and Titratable Acidity
Lab Report due at beginning of Wk 5 sec. |
| 9/12 | Wk 3 Lec 2 | Polymerase Chain Reaction Quiz 1 | ||
| 9/17 | Wk 4 Lec 1 | Electrophoresis | Wk 4 Lab | Analysis of Food for Genetically Modified Food Ingredients I: DNA extraction and PCR |
| 9/19 | Wk 4 Lec 2 | Sampling; Quiz 2 | ||
| 9/24 | Wk 5 Lec 1 | Nutrition Facts Label: Dr. Celeste Clark, V.P. Kellogg Corp (ret.) | Wk 5 Lab | Analysis of Food for Genetically Modified Food Ingredients II: Electrophoresis and Analysis
Results of Wk 4 and 5 labs will be submitted as a worksheet together with a 2-page essay on GMOs, due at the beginning of the Wk 7 lab section. |
| 9/26 | Wk 5 Lec 2 | Spectroscopy I: UV/Vis Spectroscopy | ||
| 10/1 | Wk 6 Lec 1 | Spectroscopy II: Atomic Absorption | Wk 6 Lab | Colorimetric Protein assay
Report due at beginning of Wk 9 lab section. |
| 10/3 | Wk 6 Lec 2 | Food Allergens: Tony Lupo, Neogen Corp. | ||
| 10/8 | Wk 7 Lec 1 | EXAMINATION 1
(content through 10/1 lecture) |
Wk 7 Lab | Food allergens
Report due in class |
| 10/10 | Wk 7 Lec 2 | Immunoassays | ||
| 10/15 | Wk 8 Lec 1 | Proximate Analysis 1: Moisture analysis | Wk 8 Lab | Oral glucose tolerance test
Worksheet due at beginning of your Wk 10 lab section |
| 10/17 | Wk 8 Lec 2 | Proximate Analysis 2: Ash analysis | ||
| 10/22 | Wk 9 Lec 1 | Proximate Analysis 3: Lipid analysis Quiz 3 | Wk 9 Lab | Proximate Analysis 1: Moisture, ash, crude lipid
All 4 proximate analysis labs will be presented as a group poster. Presentations will be during Wks 14 and 15 |
| 10/24 | Wk 9 Lec 2 | Proximate Analysis 4: Protein analysis I | ||
| 10/29 | Wk 10 Lec 1 | Proximate Analysis 5: Protein analysis II | Wk 10 Lab | Proximate Analysis 2: Lipid Derivatization
All 4 proximate analysis labs will be presented as a group poster. Presentations will be during Wks 14 and 15 |
| 11/1 | Wk 10 Lec 2 | Carbohydrate analysis I | ||
| 11/5 | Wk 11 Lec 1 | EXAMINATION 2
(content through 10/29 lec) |
Wk 11 Lab | Proximate Analysis 3: Lipid – GC injection; protein analysis All 4 proximate analysis labs will be presented as a group poster. Presentations will be during Wks 14 and 15 |
| 11/7 | Wk 11 Lec 2 | Carbohydrate analysis II | ||
| 11/12 | Wk 12 Lec 1 | Chemical contaminants in Food: Dr. Robin Dickmann, Nestle-Gerber | Wk 12 Lab | Proximate analysis 4: Elemental Analysis
All 4 proximate analysis labs will be presented as a group poster. Presentations will be during Wks 14 and 15 |
| 11/14 | Wk 12 Lec 2 | Chromatography I: Principles, Paper, TLC, SEC | ||
| 11/19 | Wk 13 Lec 1 | Chromatography II: Gas Chromatography, Dr. Tim Ruppel | Wk 13 Lab | No lab this week – Thanksgiving holiday |
| 11/21 | Wk 13 Lec 2 | No class | ||
| 11/26 | Wk 14 Lec 1 | Chromatography III: Ion Exchange, HPLC Quiz 4 | Wk 14 Lab | Poster presentations on Proximate Analysis Experiments |
| 11/28 | Wk 14 Lec 2 | Chromatography IV: Optimizing separations | ||
| 12/3 | Wk 15 Lec 1 | Miscellaneous topics | Wk 15 Lab | Poster presentations on Proximate Analysis Experiments |
| 12/5 | Wk 15 Lec 2 | Food Fraud: Dr. John Spink, Director, MSU Food Fraud Initiative | ||
| 12/11 | Wk 16 | FINAL EXAMINATION 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm | ||
