Laboratory Manual for Biotechnology and Laboratory Science: The Basics, Revised Edition - Softcover

Seidman, Lisa A.; Kraus, Mary Ellen; Lietzke Brandner, Diana; Mowery, Jeanette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032419911 ISBN 13: 9781032419916

Publisher: CRC Press, 2022

Synopsis

Provides the basic laboratory skills and knowledge to pursue a career in biotechnology. Written by four biotechnology instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience, it incorporates instruction, exercises, and laboratory activities that the authors have been using and perfecting for years. These exercises and activities help students understand the fundamentals of working in a biotechnology laboratory. Building skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks, the manual explores overarching themes that relate to all biotechnology workplaces including forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories.

Features:

• Provides clear instructions and step-by-step exercises to make learning the material easier for students (There are Lab Notes for Instructors in the Support Material (see tab below)
• Emphasizes fundamental laboratory skills that prepare students for the industry
• Builds students’ skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks
• Updates reflect recent innovations and regulatory requirements to ensure students stay up to date
• Supplies skills suitable for careers in forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories

About this title

About the Author

Professor Lisa Seidman earned her PhD from the University of Wisconsin and has taught for more than thirty years in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College. She is presently serving as Emeritus Faculty at the college.

Dr Mary Ellen Kraus has been a faculty member in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College for more than twenty years. She earned her BS in Biochemistry from the Pennsylvania State University and her PhD in Biochemistry from Cornell University.

Dr Diana Lietzke Brandner earned her MS in Biotechnology Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a Lead Laboratory Coordinator in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College for more than thirty years.

Professor Jeanette Mowery earned her PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston. She has taught for more than 20 years in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program at Madison Area Technical College and is currently serving as Emeritus Faculty at the college.

From the Back Cover

Provides the basic laboratory skills and knowledge to pursue a career in biotechnology. Building skills through an organized and systematic presentation of materials, procedures, and tasks, it explores overarching themes that relate to all workplaces including forensic, clinical, quality control, environmental, and other testing laboratories.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032419911
• ISBN 13: 9781032419916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424