Laboratory Manual for Biotechnology and Laboratory Science

The Basics

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Laboratory Manual for Biotechnology provides the basic laboratory skills and knowledge to pursue a career in biotechnology. The manual, written by four biotechnology instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience, incorporates instruction, exercises, and laboratory activities that the authors have been using and perfecting for years. These exercises and activities serve to engage and help you understand the fundamentals of working in a biotechnology laboratory. Building skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks, the manual will help you explore overarching themes that relate to all biotechnology workplaces.

The fundamentals in this manual are critical to the success of research scientists, scientists who develop ideas into practical products, laboratory analysts who analyze samples in forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-15
Mått:224 x 277 x 16 mm
Vikt:938 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Upplaga:1
Förlag:Pearson Education
ISBN:9780321644022

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Biokemisk teknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

The authors of this manual are faculty in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College, which prepares students to become laboratory professionals. These authors have years of experience and have spent a great deal of time in the classroom, trying out the exercises and activities which are laid out in the manual. Lisa Seidman is highly respected for her work in biotechnology instruction.

Innehållsförteckning

Unit I: Brief Review of Some Basic Math Techniques 1. Exponents and Scientific Notation 2. Logarithms 3. Units of Measurement 4. Measurements and Significant Figures 5. Using Equations to Describe a Relationship Unit II: Applications of Proportional Relationships in the Biology Laboratory 6. Ratios and Proportions 7. Unit Conversions 8. Density 9. Dosages 10. Percents 11. Introduction to Concentration Problems 12. Preparing Laboratory Solutions That Contain One Solute 13. Dilutions 14. Preparing Laboratory Solutions That Contain More Than One Solute Unit III: Describing Relationships with Equations and Graphs 15. Graphing Linear Equations 16. Spectrophotometry 17. Graphing Exponential Equations Unit IV: Introduction to Descriptive Statistics 18. Measures of Central Tendency 19. Measures of Dispersion 20. Graphical Methods of Describing Data Unit V. Biotechnology Applications 21. Calculations Relating to Animal Cell Culture 22. Amount and Concentration of Nucleic Acids 23. Calculations Relating to Common Molecular Biology Techniques 24. The Polymerase Chain Reaction 25. Calculations Relating to Protein Purification and Analysis