Mohammed Meah, Elizabeth Kebede-Weshead

Essential Laboratory Skills for Biosciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential Laboratory Skills for Biosciences is an essential companion during laboratory sessions. It is designed to be simple and give clear step by step instructions on essential techniques, supported by relevant diagrams. The book includes the use of particular equipment and how to do simple calculations that students come across regularly in laboratory practicals.

Written by experienced lecturers this handy pocket book provides:
Simple to follow laboratory techniques
Clear use of diagrams and illustrations to explain techniques, procedures and equipment
Step by step worked out examples of calculations including concentrations, dilutions and molarity

Suitable for all first year university students, the techniques in the book will also be useful for postgraduate and final year project students and enhance the practical and theoretical knowledge of all those studying bioscience related subjects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14568647000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2012
• Abmessung: 184mm x 118mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 127g
• ISBN-13: 9780470686478
• ISBN-10: 0470686472
• Artikelnr.: 34546517

Autorenporträt

Dr Mohammed Meah, and Dr Elizabeth Kebede-Weshead lecturer in Biosciences.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures vii List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv
Health and Safety xvii 1 Measurements and Calculations 1 1.1 Units and
measurements 1 1.2 Measuring the volumes of liquids 4 1.3 Pipetting 8 1.4
Weighing 15 1.5 Calculations 19 2 Preparing Solutions 23 2.1 Common terms
defining solutions 23 2.2 Precautions in making solutions 23 2.3 Making
solutions 24 2.4 Dilutions to prepare standard solutions 26 2.5 Molar
solutions 29 2.6 Calculations involving solutions 31 3 Separation of
Liquids and Solids 35 3.1 Filtration 35 3.2 Centrifugation 39 3.3
Chromatography 45 3.4 Electrophoresis 51 4 Common Techniques and Equipment
55 4.1 Titration 55 4.2 Spectrophotometry 60 4.3 Aseptic techniques 69 4.4
Disinfectants 73 5 Microscopy and Histology 75 5.1 Light microscopy 75 5.2
Slide preparation 84 5.3 Cell Counting 89 6 Cardiorespiratory Measurements
93 6.1 Techniques to investigate cardiovascular function 93 6.2 Techniques
to investigate respiratory function 104 7 Recording and Presenting Data 111
7.1 Keeping a laboratory book 111 7.2 Presentation of data 112 7.3
Recording data in tables 112 7.4 Presenting data in graphs 113 7.5
Describing data statistically 117 Recommended Reading 119 Appendices
Appendix 1: Rules for Powers 121 Appendix 2: Rules for Logarithms 123
Appendix 3: Factors to Consider When Making Solutions 125 Appendix 4:
Principle of Spectrophotometry 127 Appendix 5: Descriptive Statistics and
Formulae 129 Appendix 6: Using Software to Draw Tables, Graphs and
Calculating Descriptive Statistics 133 Index 137