Description
Book SynopsisA portable and pocket-sized guide to foundational bioscience and biomedical science laboratory skills
The newly revised Second Edition of Basic Bioscience Laboratory Techniques: A Pocket Guide delivers a foundational and intuitive pocket reference text that contains essential information necessary to prepare reagents, perform fundamental laboratory techniques, and analyze and interpret data.
This latest edition brings new updates to health and safety considerations, points of good practice, and explains the basics of molecular work in the lab. Perfect for first year undergraduate students expected to possess or develop practical laboratory skills, this reference is intended to be accessed quickly and regularly and inform the reader''s lab techniques and methods. It assumes no prior practical knowledge and offers additional material that can be found online. The book also includes:
- A thorough introduction to the preparation of solutions in bio
Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary
Abbrevations
Ch 1 THE PREPARATION OF SOLUTIONS IN BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH
CH 2 MICROSCOPY
Ch 3 SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
Ch 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION
Ch 5 THE EXTRACTION AND CLARIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL
Ch 6 ELECTROPHORESIS OF PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS
Ch 7 CHROMATOGRAPY
Ch 8 CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES
Ch 9 ANTIBODY-BASED ASSAYS (IMMUNOASSAYS)
Suggestions for further reading
Index
