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Cell Lab Cookbook:
A Guide for Building Biology Experiment Exhibits
By Susan Fleming
Science Museum of Minnesota, 2004
#142
In the Cell Lab at the Science Museum of Minnesota, visitors carry out experiments in cell and molecular biology using techniques and equipment found in typical research or clinical labs. This 139-page illustrated book, with accompanying CD, documents the development, maintenance, and operation of the Cell Lab and contains recipes and hints for developing your own wet biology experiment benches and associated exhibits.
Author Susan Fleming, the molecular biologist who led the Cell Lab project, researches and develops biology exhibits at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
$25 for ASTC members; $35 for nonmembers. Shipping and handling extra.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Acknowledgments
Overview
Surrounding Exhibits—Cell Model, Cells Alive
Operations—safety and disposal, suppliers, budget, floor plan, and
staffing
Experiment Benches—bench set-up and supplies, procedure, maintenance,
comments and critique, and suppliers for each of seven benches:
How to Use a Microscope
Cheek Cells
DNA Extraction
Testing Antimicrobials
Mystery Microbes
Enzymes in Saliva
Giant Chromosomes
Lab Companion
Evaluation Studies
Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A: Operating Budget
Appendix B: Suppliers Info
CD: Antimicrobials Lab Companion
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