• Provides a one-stop guide to the key practical skills needed in biomolecular science, including comprehensive coverage of: study and examination skills; fundamental laboratory methods; investigative and analytical techniques; analysis and presentation of data.
• Contains numerous margin tips and hints, how to boxes, checklists and examples.
• Key points highlight critical features of methodology.
• Gives theoretical background to methods to enhance understanding.
• Includes numerous end-of-chapter study exercises to support student learning, with answers available on a useful companion website. It also comes with PowerPoint slides of key illustrations to enhance lecturer presentations.
• Detailed treatment of self-management and well-being, teamwork, data analysis, effective learning and improving performance in assignments and exams.
• Increased coverage of laboratory skills, including: measuring temperature, operating pH probes and microelectrodes, measuring dissolved oxygen, and molecular genetics techniques, including DNA analysis and assay.
• Updated health, safety and legal aspects, including dealing with incidents in the laboratory.
• Three new microbiological chapters covering working with bacteria, eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
• New sections covering online learning, designing and conducting surveys, work placements, drawings and diagrams, using microelectrodes, Drosophila as a tool in Mendelian genetics, epidemiology, site-directed mutagenesis and gene editing techniques, including the CRISPR-cas9 system.
• Over 250 new and updated illustrations, tables, and tips, including 25 new how to boxes.
