Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering

Last modified on July 24, 2026 • 2 min read • 229 words
Collection of the presentation slides for the DPBM course “Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering”.
Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
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Collection of the presentation slides for the DPBM  course Practical Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering  . There are files in (at least) two different formats for each lecture: PDF and ODP (Open Document Presentation). The ODP file is editable using LibreOffice  software. If you want to open it with Microsoft Office, you need to convert it first using either LibreOffice or some online conversion tool (like cloudconvert  ). All material is available under the creative commons license  . I might add improved versions of the lecture slides later based on participants’ feedback. The slide about restriction enzymes (REs) and how to calculate the necessary RE amounts to digest a certain amount of DNA is in the file of Lecture 1.

Date Lecture Topic Files
2014-09-08 Lecture 1 The Basics PDFODP
2014-09-12 Lecture 2 Expression Systems PDFODP
2014-09-19 Lecture 3 Measuring Proteins PDFODP
2014-09-24 Lecture 4 Protein Tagging PDFODP
2014-10-17 Lecture 5 “New Cloning” Methods PDFODPFurther Reading (ZIP)
2014-10-24 Lecture 6 Mutagenesis and In-Vitro Evolution PDFODPFurther Reading (ZIP)
2014-10-31 Lecture 7 Software for Wetlab Scientists PDFODP
2014-11-07 Lecture 8 Sequence Sources and Vector Anatomy PDFODPFurther Reading (ZIP)
2014-11-14 Lecture 9 Ins and Outs of Knock-Ins and Knock-Outs PDFODP
2014-11-28 Lecture 10 Recombinant Viruses PDFODP