Biochemistry Laboratory: Modern Theory and Techniques: International Edition - Softcover

Boyer, Rodney F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136076106 ISBN 13: 9780136076100

Publisher: Pearson, 2008

Synopsis

KEY BENEFIT: Many biochemistry lab instructors are now opting to either design their own experiments or select them from major educational journals. Biochemistry Laboratory: Modern Theory and Techniques addresses this issue by providing a flexible alternative without experimental protocols. Instead of requiring instructors to use specific experiments, the book focuses on detailed descriptions of modern techniques in experimental biochemistry and discusses the theory behind such techniques in detail. Part I: Theory and Experimental Techniques, Introduction to the Biochemistry Laboratory, The Computer as a Tool in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, General Laboratory Procedures, Centrifugation Techniques in Biochemistry, Purification and Identification of Biomolecules by Chromatography, Characterization of Proteins and Nucleic Acids by Electrophoresis, Spectroscopic Analysis of Biomolecules, Biomolecular Interactions: Ligand Binding and Enzyme Reactions, Molecular Biology I: Structures and Analysis of Nucleic Acids, Molecular Biology II: Recombinant DNA. Molecular Cloning, and Enzymology, Protein Production, Purification, and Characterization, Part II: Teaching the Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Lab, A Brief History, A Variety of Teaching Methods, Essential BMB Concepts and Skills for Student Learning, Experiments in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology KEY MARKET: For all readers interested in laboratory experiments.

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About the Author

Rod Boyer served on the faculty at Hope College, Holland, MI, where he taught, researched, and wrote biochemistry for 26 years. He earned his B.A. in chemistry and mathematics at Westmar College (Iowa) and his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry at Colorado State University. After three years as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with M. J. Coon (cytochromes P-450) in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School, he joined the chemistry faculty at Hope. There he directed the work of over 75 undergraduate students in research supported by the NIH, NSF, Dreyfus Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Petroleum Research Fund (ACS). With his students, he published numerous journal articles in the areas of ferritin iron storage and biochemical education. He spent a sabbatical year as an American Cancer Society Scholar in the lab of Nobel laureate, Tom Cech at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Rod is also the author of Modern Experimental Biochemistry (Third Edition, 2000, Benjamin-Cummings) and Concepts in Biochemistry (Third Edition, 2006, John Wiley & Sons) and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED). He is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) and a former member of its Education and Professional Development Committee that recently designed the undergraduate biochemistry degree recommended by the ASBMB. Rod now resides in Bozeman, Montana, where he continues to write and consult in biochemical education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0136076106
• ISBN 13: 9780136076100
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400