The Fundamentals of Scientific Research : An Introductory Laboratory Manual.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction -- Module 1 Working with and Learning About Common Laboratory Techniques and Equipment -- Exercise 1A: Using Common Laboratory Tools to Evaluate Measurements Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 1B: Using Common Laboratory Tools to Evaluate Measurements -- Measurements Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Working with Serological Pipettes and Micropipettes -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Practice Pipetting Small Volumes -- Exercise 1C: Using Common Laboratory Tools to Evaluate Measurements Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 2A: Using Microscopy to Evaluate Cell Size and Complexity Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 2B: Using Microscopy to Evaluate Cell Size and Complexity -- Microscopy Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Procedure: Steps Used When Viewing a Slide -- Exercise 2C: Using Microscopy to Evaluate Cell Size and Complexity Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 3A: The Bacterial Growth Curve Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 3B: The Bacterial Growth Curve -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Sample Problems for Graphing on Excel -- Answer to Excel Sample Problems -- Exercise 3C: The Bacterial Growth Curve Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Module 2 Working with and Learning About Serratia marcescens in the Laboratory -- Exercise 4A: Protein Concentration Versus Growth Stage Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 4B: Protein Concentration Versus Growth Stage -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Lysis Protocol -- Lowry Assay.

Exercise 4C: Protein Concentration Versus Growth Stage Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 5A: Measuring Prodigiosin Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 5B: Measuring Prodigiosin -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 5C: Measuring Prodigiosin Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 6A: Conditions Affecting the Growth of and Prodigiosin Production by Serratia marcescens Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 6B: Conditions Affecting the Growth of and Prodigiosin Production by S. marcescens -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 6C: Formal Laboratory Report Describing the Conditions Affecting the Growth of and Prodigiosin Production by S. marcescens -- Introduction -- General Instructions -- Exercise 7A: Biochemistry of Prodigiosin Production Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 7B: Biochemistry of Prodigiosin Production -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 7C: Biochemistry of Prodigiosin Production Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 8A: The Probability Basis for Mutation Rate Calculation: A Dice-Roll Exercise Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Exercise 8B: The Probability Basis for Mutation Rate Calculation: A Dice-Roll Exercise -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 8C: The Probability Basis for Mutation Rate Calculation: A Dice-Roll Exercise Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Exercise 9A: Understanding Evolution by the Generation of UV Light-Induced Prodigiosin Mutants Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 9B: Understanding Evolution by the Generation of UV Light-Induced Prodigiosin Mutants -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice!.

Exercise 9C: Understanding Evolution by the Generation of UV Light-Induced Prodigiosin Mutants Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 10A: Understanding the Energy Spilling Properties of Prodigiosin Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 10B: Understanding the Energy Spilling Properties of Prodigiosin -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 10C: Understanding the Energy Spilling Properties of Prodigiosin Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Module 3 Initial Characterization of Novel Serratia marcescens Prodigiosin Mutants -- Exercise 11A: Prodigiosin Mutant Study Part 1 Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 11B: Prodigiosin Mutant Study Part 1 -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 11C: Prodigiosin Mutant Study Part 1 Post-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 12A: Prodigiosin Mutant Study Part 2 Pre-laboratory Thinking Questions -- Directions -- Exercise 12B: Prodigiosin Mutant Study Part 2 -- Introduction -- Let's Put This to Practice! -- Exercise 12C: Formal Laboratory Report 2: Prodigiosin Mutant Study -- General Instructions -- Appendix A CSE Citation and Reference List Format Guidelines -- Appendix B Prodigiosin Biosynthesis -- References -- Index -- Supplemental Images -- EULA.

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