Basic Laboratory Calculations for Biotechnology
Published on 17. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-13-223810-6 (ISBN)
Description
For laboratory courses in Biotechnology.
Help your students succeed with an accessible introduction to common laboratory calculations. The book focuses on the basics, helping even students with good math skills to practice the most frequently encountered types of problems, enabling them to be much more competent with mathematics in the lab.
Help your students succeed with an accessible introduction to common laboratory calculations. The book focuses on the basics, helping even students with good math skills to practice the most frequently encountered types of problems, enabling them to be much more competent with mathematics in the lab.
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The authors of this manual are faculty in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College, which prepares students to become laboratory professionals. These authors have years of experience and have spent a great deal of time in the classroom, trying out the exercises and activities which are laid out in the manual. Lisa Seidman is highly respected for her work in biotechnology instruction.
Content
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. Dilutions
14. Preparing Laboratory Solutions That Contain More Than One Solute
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. Measures of Central Tendency
19. Measures of Dispersion
20. Graphical Methods of Describing Data
Unit V. Biotechnology Applications
21. Calculations Relating to Animal Cell Culture
22. Amount and Concentration of Nucleic Acids
23. Calculations Relating to Common Molecular Biology Techniques
24. The Polymerase Chain Reaction
25. Calculations Relating to Protein Purification and Analysis
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. Dilutions
14. Preparing Laboratory Solutions That Contain More Than One Solute
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. Measures of Central Tendency
19. Measures of Dispersion
20. Graphical Methods of Describing Data
Unit V. Biotechnology Applications
21. Calculations Relating to Animal Cell Culture
22. Amount and Concentration of Nucleic Acids
23. Calculations Relating to Common Molecular Biology Techniques
24. The Polymerase Chain Reaction
25. Calculations Relating to Protein Purification and Analysis