Lisa A. Seidman (Madison College, WI, USA)

Basic Laboratory Calculations for Biotechnology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

To succeed in the lab, it is crucial to be comfortable with the math calculations that are part of everyday work. This accessible introduction to common laboratory techniques focuses on the basics, helping even readers with good math skills to practice the most frequently encountered types of problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 278mm x 209mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1562g
• ISBN-13: 9780367244804
• ISBN-10: 0367244802
• Artikelnr.: 62635245

Autorenporträt

Lisa Seidman received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and has taught for more than 20 years in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

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.
Preparing Laboratory Solutions That Contain More Than One Solute. 14.
Dilutions.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. Descriptive Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency. 19. Descriptive
Statistics: Measures of Dispersion. 20. Statistics and Graphical Methods of
Describing Data.Unit V. Biotechnology Applications. Calculations Relating
to Animal Cell Culture. 21. Common Calculations Relating to Animal Cell
Culture Techniques. 22. Amount and concentration of Nucleic Acids. 23.
Calculations Relating to Common Molecular Biology Techniques. 24. The
Polymerase Chain Reaction. 25. Quantitative PCR. 26. Calculations Relating
to Protein Purification and Analysis.