以下为学生于本课程所使用之实验方法的索引，可以pdf格式下载。
The following is an index of laboratory protocols, downloadable in pdf form, that are used by students in this course.

实验记录之指引与建议
Guidelines and Recommendations for Lab Notebooks

实验记录是良好实验操作的关键。它必须完整的记录所有实验的确实操作过程。一份好的实验记录可帮助一个人在一段时间后确实的重建当时的实验。
The notebook is the key to good experimental practice. It should be a complete record of all the experiments as they were actually performed. A good notebook will enable someone to reconstruct, long after the fact, exactly what was done and why.

实验记录应标有页数。于实验进行时你应确实记录。实验结果、表、图以及相片应直接记录或黏贴于记录本作为永久保存。
Laboratory notebooks should be bound with numbered pages. In the notebook you should write down, as you go along, what was actually done. Experimental results, tables, graphs, and photographs should be written directly in your notebook or taped to the pages for a permanent record.

你的实验记录至少应包括下列资料：
Your notebook should minimally include the following information:

• 目录
  Table of contents
  在记录本的开头预留数页给目录。目录应记录实验的短标题、次数与日期。
  Leave extra pages at the beginning of the notebook for a table of contents, which you'll add as you go along. The table of contents should have a short title of each experiment, numbered and dated.
  
  
• 实验的简短原由
  A short summary of the reasoning for the experiment
  通常一句就够。你可能会想涵盖所用实验方法的摘要。
  Often a single sentence will suffice. You may want to include a summary of the method you will use.
  
  
• 所有关于准备实验的相关资讯
  All the relevant information about the preparation of the experiment
  这可大部分藉由适当地交叉引用之前的实验而达成。当第一次提到某个解决方案时，必须注明出处。如果某个成分或方法第一次使用时，此时必须详细描述其内容。对于菌种、质粒也是如此。
  Much of this can be accomplished by suitable cross references to previous experiments. The first time a solution is introduced, its origin should be noted. If a component or method is used for the first time, then it should be described in detail. The same should apply to bacterial strains, plasmids, etc.
  
  
• 实际操作过程
  The actual series of events as performed
  在此特别重要的是实际孵育的时间（有异于原本计划的）、任何流程的改变、任何不寻常的观察等。写下实际所发生的事，即使有任何错误发生，使我们得以解释一个实验。
  Especially important here are the actual times of incubation (as opposed to what was planned), any changes in procedure, any unusual observations made, etc. Writing down what actually happened can make it possible to interpret an experiment even though many mistakes were made.
  
  
• 结果
  The results
  包括最初所收集之原始数据。例如，记录实际发现之菌落数，以及由此所计算出之细胞浓度。一份简短的结果与解释的摘要亦可帮助日后回顾这些资料。
  Include raw data in the form in which it was collected. For example, record the actual number of colonies found, as well as the cell concentration calculated from this number. A brief summary of the results and interpretation will also be helpful when reviewing the data at a later date.

重点是只凭藉记忆是不明智的。教师们鼓励你直接写在实验记录中并且不要于事后浪费时间把它抄进去。
The main point is that it is unwise to rely solely on memory. The staff urges you to write directly into your notebooks and not to waste time copying things down later.

有经验后，你可能会想了解一些关于某个当时看来不甚重要的实验，如果你于课程进行中能养成记录的习惯，那么由先前的实验中学习到东西的机会将会大增。
After acquiring some experience, you may want to know something about an early experiment which did not seem important at the time. If you are in the habit of writing things as you go along, the chance of being able to learn from the early experiments is much greater.