Practical skills in biomolecular sciences / Rob Reed ... [et al.]. -- 4th ed. -- Harlow : Pearson, 2013. – (58.1055 /P896 /4th ed.)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    STUDY AND EXAMINATION SKILLS
    1 The importance of transferable skills
    2 Managing your time
    3 Working with others
    4 Taking notes from lectures and texts
    5 Learning effectively
    6 Revision strategies
    7 Assignments and exams
    8 Preparing your curriculum vitae
    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING RESOURCES
    9 Finding and citing published information
    10 Evaluating information
    11 Using online resources
    12 Bioinformatics - Internet resources
    13 Using Spreadsheets
    14 Using word processors， databases and other packages
    COMMUNICATING INFORMATION
    15 Organising a poster display
    16 Giving a spoken presentation
    17 General aspects of scientific writing
    18 Writing essays
    19 Reporting practical and project work
    20 Writing literature surveys and reviews
    FUNDAMENTAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
    21 Essentials of practical work
    22 Bioethics
    23 Health and safety
    24 Working with liquids
    25 Basic laboratory procedures
    26 Principles of solution chemistry
    27 pH and buffer solutions
    28 Introduction to microscopy
    29 Setting up and using a light microscope
    THE INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH
    30 Making measurements
    31 SI units and their use
    32 Scientific method and design of experiments
    33 Making notes of practical work
    34 Project work
    WORKING WITH CELLS AND TISSUES
    35 Sterile technique
    36 Culture systems and growth measurement
    37 Collecting and isolating microbes
    38 Identifying microbes
    39 Naming microbes and other organisms
    40 Working with animal and plant tissues and cells
    41 Homogenisation and fractionation of cells and tissues
    ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
    42 Calibration and its application to quantitative analysis
    43 Immunological methods
    44 Using stable isotopes
    45 Using radioisotopes
    46 Light measurement
    47 Basic spectroscopy
    48 Advanced spectroscopy and spectrometry
    49 Centrifugation
    50 Chromatography - separation methods
    51 Chromatography - detection and analysis
    52 Principles and practice of electrophoresis
    53 Advanced electrophoretic techniques
    54 Electroanalytical techniques
    ASSAYING BIOMOLECULES AND STUDYING METABOLISM
    55 Analysis of biomolecules: fundamental principles
    56 Assaying amino acids， peptides and proteins
    57 Assaying lipids
    58 Assaying carbohydrates
    59 Assaying nucleic acids and nucleotides
    60 Protein purification
    61 Enzyme studies
    62 Membrane transport processes
    63 Photosynthesis and respiration
    GENETICS
    64 Mendelian genetics
    65 Bacterial and phage genetics
    66 Molecular genetics I - fundamental principles
    67 Molecular geneti cs II - PCR and related applications
    68 Molecular genetics III - genetic engineering techniques ?rDNA techs?
    ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA
    69 Manipulating and transforming raw data
    70 Using graphs
    71 Presenting data in tables
    72 Hints for solving numerical problems
    73 Descriptive statistics
    74 Choosing and using statistical tests