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BIO 1510 ELISA Lab Worksheet

This document describes an ELISA lab worksheet where students shared body fluids with partners and tracked the progression of a simulated disease over 3 rounds. They predicted and recorded the results of their ELISA tests, then traced the disease backwards from infected students in Round 3 to the original sources in Round 1. The worksheet discusses how students could exhibit false positives or negatives and lists other applications of ELISA procedures.

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BIO 1510 ELISA Lab Worksheet

This document describes an ELISA lab worksheet where students shared body fluids with partners and tracked the progression of a simulated disease over 3 rounds. They predicted and recorded the results of their ELISA tests, then traced the disease backwards from infected students in Round 3 to the original sources in Round 1. The worksheet discusses how students could exhibit false positives or negatives and lists other applications of ELISA procedures.

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ELISA

 Lab  Worksheet   Name              _______________________   TA  initials/date      _______________________  


 
Laboratory  Data,  Part  I  –  Share  Body  Fluids    
 
  Name  and  Tube  #  of  Sharing  Partner  #1  (at  your  table):              ______  
 
  Name  and  Tube  #  of  Sharing  Partner  #2  (at  near  table):              ______  
 
  Name  and  Tube  #  of  Sharing  Partner  #3  (at  far  table):                _  
 
Laboratory  Data,  Part  2  –  Perform  ELISA  –  Step  15  Predictions    
 
Predict  which  of  your  wells  should  turn  blue  and  which  should  remain  colorless  (and  which  you  are  not  
sure  about)  
 
  Positive  control  (+)  wells:      ______   Negative  Control  (-­‐)  wells:        __  
 
  Your  sample  wells:             Your  partner’s  sample  wells:          
 
Laboratory  Data,  Part  3  –  Results  
 
Label  the  figure  below  with  the  results  from  the  test  –  blue  (+)  or  colorless/no  change  (-­‐)    
 
 
 
+                +                +                -­‐                -­‐                  -­‐  
 
 
 
positive  controls   negative  controls    ___    samples    ___    samples  
 
 
Did  your  predictions  match  the  outcomes?  Why  or  why  not?    
 
 
 
Tracking  the  Disease  Progression  (NOTE:  Attach  an  additional  paper  if  you  need  more  space  for  answers)  
 
Use  the  back  side  of  this  sheet  to  track  the  disease  progression  and  possible  source(s).  Start  with  Round  
Three  and  label  each  student  as  positive  (+)  or  negative  (-­‐).  Then  ask  the  NEGATIVE  students  who  their  
Round  2  transfer  partner  was.  Mark  those  students  as  negative  (-­‐)  for  Round  2.  Ask  all  students  who  were  
negative  in  Round  2  who  their  transfer  partner  was  for  Round  One.  Mark  those  students  as  negative  (-­‐).  
Remaining  students  MAY  be  positive.  When  you  are  done,  highlight  the  students  that  your  lab  instructor  
originally  “infected.”  Were  they  the  same  ones  that  were  likely  positive  in  Round  One?  
 
How/why  might  some  students  exhibit  a  false  positive?    
 
 
How/why  might  some  students  exhibit  a  false  negative?    
 
 
What  are  some  other  applications  of  this  procedure?  List  at  least  three.    
 
Student  #1   Student  #2   Student  #3   Student  #4  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #5   Student  #6   Student  #7   Student  #8  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #9   Student  #10   Student  #11   Student  #12  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #13   Student  #14   Student  #15   Student  #16  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #17   Student  #18   Student  #19   Student  #20  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #21   Student  #22   Student  #23   Student  #24  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:       Round  3:      
       
Student  #25   Student  #26   Student  #27   Student  #28  
Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:       Round  1:      
Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:       Round  2:      
Round  3:     Round  3:     Round  3:     Round  3:    
 
For  full  credit  for  this  lab,  fill  in  all  of  the  results  (+  or  -­‐)  for  each  student  for  each  round.  Put  a  square  
around  those  students  who  you  think  were  the  original  ones  “infected.”  Put  a  circle  around  those  
students  whom  your  lab  instructor  indicates  were  originally  “infected.”  Are  they  the  same  students?  If  
they  are  different,  what  do  you  think  may  have  happened  to  cause  this  difference.
 

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