eBook: Your Practical Guide To Basic Laboratory Techniques
Science. Now more than ever, it is a competitive and demanding playing field – and as any great athlete would tell us, there are no skills to be mastered without first nailing down the fundamentals. With increasing focus in the scientific community on reproducibility of results, it behooves everyone in the field to ensure their core lab skills are solid and up-to-date. The latest advances in lab techniques need to be studied and absorbed.
Commonly Asked Questions:
- Why are basic lab techniques so important? - A solid foundation of basic laboratory skills is the best way to ensure accurate and reproducible results, and prevents damage to laboratory equipment while promoting safety among lab workers.
- What are the fundamental lab operations? - While individual laboratory needs might change, fundamental lab operations include:
- Weighing of dry reagents, particularly for stock solutions that will be used in multiple experiments
- Filtration – a critical step across many protocols
- Pipetting
- What are common wet lab techniques?
- Microscopy and imaging
- Protein purification
- Flow cytometry
- Gel electrophoresis
Your Practical Guide to Basic Laboratory Techniques, a supplement to Science, is a useful tool to brush up on skills and strengthen foundations on which to build greater innovations. With informative abstracts and advice from professional experts, this e-book provides insights on a variety of topics, including:
- Proper pipetting and how to avoid contamination
- Achieving optimal weighing performance
- Keeping healthy cultures
- Going paperless in the laboratory
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
