Biotechnology: Science for the New Millennium

Biotechnology: Science for the New Millennium is the perfect textbook and lab manual combination program for your classroom! Designed for introductory courses, this complete program teaches the concepts and hands-on lab procedures required for entry-level careers in the rapidly growing biotechnology industry. The textbook and lab manual can be used together or separately, depending on the desired course format.

• Textbook
• Thorough coverage of the concepts and processes of biotechnology research and manufacturing in the areas of pharmaceuticals, agriculture, industrial products, and instrumentation.
• Extensive discussion of genomics, microarrays, and proteomics.
• Exciting information on biotechnological advances in drug discovery, gene therapy, plant-based pharmaceuticals, forensics, and horticulture.
• Thought-provoking sidebars on bioethics, current events, regulations, emergent trends, recent advances, and research techniques.
• Substantial presentation of the business side of biotechnology, including opportunities and careers in academic, industrial, and regulatory biotechnology.
• Laboratory Manual
• Teaches the tools and techniques of working independently or as a team member in a biotechnology facility.
• Focuses on the process, methods, and applications of biotechnology, including the math, biology, and chemistry needed to develop proficiency in designing experiments and in collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and applying the resulting data.
• Emphasizes the scientific method and laboratory safety procedures.
• Affirms on-the-job thinking and problem solving.

CONTENTS

Textbook
1. What is Biotechnology?
2. The Raw Materials of Biotechnology.
3. The Basic Skills of the Biotechnology Workplace.
4. Introduction to Studying DNA.
5. Introduction to Studying Proteins.
6. Finding a Potential Biotechnology Product.
7. Developing Assays for Biotechnology Products.
8. Modeling the Production of a Recombinant Biotechnology Product.
9. Bringing a Biotechnology Product to Market.
10. Introduction to Plant Biotechnology.
11. Biotechnology in Agriculture.
12. Biotechnology in Medicine.
13. Making DNA Molecules.
14. Advanced Biotechnology Techniques.

Laboratory Manual
1. Introduction to Biotechnology Methodologies.
2. Basic Biology for the Biotechnician.
3. Basic Chemistry for the Biotechnician.<
4. DNA Isolation and Analysis.
5. Protein Isolation and Analysis.
6. Assay Development.
7. Using the Spectrophotometer for DNA and Protein Assays.
8. Recombinant Protein Production.
9. Protein Product Purification and Analysis.
10. Plant Breeding.
11. Plant Cloning.
12. Obtaining Molecules of Pharmaceutical Interest.
13. Advanced DNA Studies.
14. Advanced Protein Studies.