Foreword.
Preface.
Contributors.
Common Conversion Factors.
Combining Techniques to Answer Molecular Questions.
Chapter 1: Volume/Weight Measurement.
1.1 Volume Measurement.
1.2 Weight Measurement.
Chapter 2: Concentration Measurement.
2.1 Spectrophotometry.
2.2 Quantitation of Nucleic Acids and Proteins.
2.3 Radiation Safety and Measurement.
Chapter 3: Reagent Preparation.
3.1 Reagent Preparation: Theoretical and Practical
Discussions.
3.2 Measurement of pH.
3.3 Recipes for Commonly Encountered Reagents.
Chapter 4: Cell Culture Techniques.
4.1 Aseptic Technique.
4.2 Culture of Escherichia coli and Related Bacteria.
Chapter 5: Sample Preparation.
5.1 Centrifugation.
5.2 Purification and Concentration of Nucleic Acids.
Chapter 6: Chromatography.
6.1 Overview of Chromatography.
6.2 Column Chromatography.
Chapter 7: Electrophoresis.
7.1 Overview of Electrophoresis.
7.2 Agarose Gel Electrophoresis.
7.3 SDS-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).
7.4 Staining Proteins in Gels.
7.5 Overview of Digital Electrophoresis Analysis.
Chapter 8: Blotting.
8.1 Overview of Blotting.
8.2 Nucleic Acid Blotting: Southern and Northern.
8.3 Protein Blotting: Immunoblotting.
8.4 Labeling DNA and Preparing Probes.
Chapter 9: Microscopy.
9.1 Conventional Light Microscopy.
9.2 Immunofluorescence Microscopy.
Chapter 10: Enzymatic Reactions.
10.1 Working with Enzymes.
10.2 Overview of PCR.
10.3 Real-Time PCR.
10.4 DNA Sequencing: An Outsourcing Guide.
Appendices.
A.1 Laboratory Safety.
A.2 Laboratory Notebooks and Data Storage.
A.3A Ethical Considerations When Altering Digital Images.
A.3B Practical Considerations When Altering Digital Images.
A.4 Statistical Analysis.
A.5A Preparing and Presenting a Poster.
A.5B Preparing and Presenting a Talk.
Index.
Sean R. Gallagher, Ph.D. is the Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer for UVP, LLC (Upland, CA), where he oversees applied
technology and product development for specialty light source and
life science imaging products. He is on the corporate advisory
councils of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
and Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA) and has eight patents on
technologies he has codeveloped. He received his doctorate in
Botany from the University of California at Riverside and completed
a post-doctoral position at Stanford University.
Emily A. Wiley, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Joint
Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps
Colleges (Claremont, CA), where she is actively involved in
teaching undergraduate laboratory-intensive courses and mentoring
students in original research. She received her doctorate in the
area of molecular genetics from the University of Washington and
held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Rochester
and at The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle She
maintains an active research program studying chromatin assembly
and modification in Tetrahymena thermophila, which serves the dual
function of providing undergraduates the opportunity to engage in
modern life science.
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