Laboratory Manual for Biotechnology and Laboratory Science

The Basics, Revised Edition

Lisa A. Seidman, Mary Ellen Kraus, Diana Lietzke Brandner, Jeanette Mowery

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032419916
• eBook ISBN: 9781000750126
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Biotechnology in Medicine

Provides the basic laboratory skills and knowledge to pursue a career in biotechnology. Written by four biotechnology instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience, it incorporates instruction, exercises, and laboratory activities that the authors have been using and perfecting for years. These exercises and activities help students understand the fundamentals of working in a biotechnology laboratory. Building skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks, the manual explores overarching themes that relate to all biotechnology workplaces including forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories.

Features:

• Provides clear instructions and step-by-step exercises to make learning the material easier for students.

• Emphasizes fundamental laboratory skills that prepare students for the industry.

• Builds students' skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks.

• Updates reflect recent innovations and regulatory requirements to ensure students stay up to date.

• Supplies skills suitable for careers in forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Companion Textbooks
• Acknowledgments
• Authors
• Introduction
• UNIT I Safety in the Laboratory
• UNIT II Documentation in the Laboratory
• UNIT III Metrology in the Laboratory
• UNIT IV Spectrophotometry and the Measurement of Light
• UNIT V Biological Solutions
• UNIT VI Assays
• UNIT VII Biological Separation Methods
• UNIT VIII Growing Cells
• Appendix 1: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Laboratory Manual
• Appendix 2: Glossary
• Appendix 3: Selected Bibliography
• Appendix 4: Brief Metric Review
• Appendix 5: Calculating Standard Deviation
• Appendix 6: Equipment, Supplies, and Reagents Required for Each Unit
• Appendix 7: Recipes and Preparation Notes
• Index