This Second Edition of the highly praised Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook brings together 260 new and revised chapters. Each chapter is concisely written and beautifully illustrated, making this attractive four-volume set a worthwhile addition to any desktop, and the up-to-date instructions for biological techniques make this reference the next best thing to having the expert at your side. Dr. Julio Celis and the Associate Editors have drawn on peer review from the scientific community to assemble this much needed and updated laboratory manual. In one easy to use reference, current and classic protocols are presented in a clear and reader-friendly format that makes this manual a necessity to undergraduate and graduate students as well as technicians and instructors.

Key Features

* Contains more than 40% new material

* Provides cell biologists and other life scientists with the most up-to-date instructions for basic and advanced cell biological techniques, including those at the interface between cell and molecular biology

* Features uniform style and editing and includes contributions from world-renowned authorities in their respective fields

* Contains information appropriate for a large, diverse, and constantly growing international audience of cell, developmental, and molecular biologists, plus others who need these methods in their laboratory research

* Includes color plates throughout the set for easy reference

* Designed as the essential lab guide and research reference for the field

New edition of a laboratory handbook, now in four volumes, plastic- comb bound to lie flat. The first volume deals with tissue culture and associated techniques and discusses viruses. The second covers organelles and cellular structures, assays, antibodies, immunocytochemistry, vital staining of cells, and Internet resources. Volume 3 presents light microscopy and contrast generation, electron microscopy, intracellular measurements, cytogenetics and in situ hybridization, and transgenics and gene knockouts. The final volume completes the set with topics such as transfer of macromolecules and small molecules, expression systems, differential gene expression, and proteins.
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to be a success--at least in theory."

--TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

"The illustrations throughout the manual are extremely clear and high in quality. The catalog numbers for products are a major help in applying the protocols and comments and pitfalls are welcome and realistic. The list of authors and contributors is extensive and specialists throughout the world have been consulted."

--CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

consulted."

--CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

ialists throughout the world have been consulted."

--CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

and consequently for a daily use of all scientist working in life sciences."

--CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

"In summary, Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook is the type of an essential manual that is easily accessible to potential students as well as scientists from both research laboratories and biotechnology companies."

--Jiri Bartek, Dansk Center for Humna Genom Forskning

"The three volumes of Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook cover recipes for all possible techniques applicable to cell biological problems, and a few more. Now, all our experiments are bound to be a success--at least in theory."

--TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

"The illustrations throughout the manual are extremely clear and high in quality. The catalog numbers for products are a major help in applying the protocols and comments and pitfalls are welcome and realistic. The list of authors and contributors is extensive and specialists throughout the world have been consulted."

--CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

updated laboratory manual. In one easy-to-use source, current and classic protocols are presented in a clear and reader-friendly format that makes this manual a necessity to undergraduate and graduate students as well as to technicians and instructors.

Volume 1:

Cell and Tissue Culture and Associated Techniques

Viruses

Appendices

Volume 2:

Organelles and Cellular Structures

Assays

Antibodies

Immunocytochemistry

Vital Staining of Cells

Appendix

Volume 3:

Light Microscopy and Contrast Generation

Electron Microscopy

Intracellular Measurements

Cytogenetics and in Situ Hybridization

Volume 4:

Transfer of Macromolecules and Small Molecules

Expression Systems

Differential Gene Expression

Proteins

Appendices

This Second Edition of the highly praised Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook brings together 260 new and revised chapters. Each chapter is concisely written and beautifully illustrated, making this attractive four-volume set a worthwhile addition to any desktop, and the up-to-date instructions for biological techniques make this reference the next best thing to having the expert at your side. Dr. Julio Celis and the Associate Editors have drawn on peer review from the scientific community to assemble this much needed and updated laboratory manual. In one easy to use reference, current and classic protocols are presented in a clear and reader-friendly format that makes this manual a necessity to undergraduate and graduate students as well as technicians and instructors.

Key Features

* Contains more than 40% new material

* Provides cell biologists and other life scientists with the most up-to-date instructions for basic and advanced cell biological techniques, including those at the interface between cell and molecular biology

* Features uniform style and editing and includes contributions from world-renowned authorities in their respective fields

* Contains information appropriate for a large, diverse, and constantly growing international audience of cell, developmental, and molecular biologists, plus others who need these methods in their laboratory research

* Includes color plates throughout the set for easy reference

* Designed as the essential lab guide and research reference for the field

A native of Chile, Dr. Julio E. Celis received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chile in 1964, and then completed his Ph.D. in the United States at the University of Iowa. After his postdoctoral training at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, he went on to become an assistant professor at the University of Chile. Dr. Celis was named an associate professor in 1975 at Aarhus University, Denmark, and in 1987 became Chairman of the University’s Institute of Medical Biochemistry. He is also the Chairman of the Danish Centre for Human Genome Research and was recently elected Secretary General-elect of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 1997. With nearly 180 publications to his credit, Dr. Celis’ specialized areas of research include molecular mechanisms of cancer, human 2D gel protein databases and their link to genome data, signal transduction, and the biology of human skin.

Married, with three children and one cat (Max William), Dr. Celis currently resides in Denmark where he holds among his many titles the chair to the Symposium and Prize Committee of the Danish Cancer Society, as well as the acting Chairman of the Nordic Molecular Biology Association (NOMBA). Dr. Celis is currently the Vice President of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Council and leader of the Danish Delegation to the OECD Megascience Forum subgroup on Bioinformatics. He is also the European Union Observer to the International Nucleotide sequence database collaboration and a member of the EMBO Course Committee.

Volume 1

Part 1: Cell and Tissue Culture and Associated Techniques

Part 2: Viruses

Volume 2

Part 3: Organelles and Cellular Structures

Part 4: Assays

Part 5: Antibodies

Part 6: Immunocytochemistry

Part 7: Vital Staining of Cells

Volume 3

Part 8: Light Microscopy and Contrast Generation

Part 9: Electron Microscopy

Part 10: Intracellular Measurements

Part 11: Cytogenetics and in Situ Hybridization

Part 12: Transgenic and Gene Knockouts

Volume 4

Part 13: Transfer of Macromolecules and Small Molecules

Part 14: Expression Systems

Part 15: Differential Gene Expression

Part 16: Proteins