Olympic B3 Science Summer Camp 2012
  Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Bioinformatics

  June 11th - June 29th

Further Reading Resources


This page describes books and articles that give in-depth information about topics we will cover in the lectures during the camp. Specific procedures and pictures will be on the Lab Methods page, copies of class presentations will be on the Presentations page, and the Web Links page will provide on-line resources and guides.
Laboratory Techniques

Molecular Biology Methods
  • "Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual (Third Edition)”
    by Joseph Sambrook and David Russell (2001)
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
    ISBN 978-087969577-4
  • "Molecular Biology Techniques: An Intensive Laboratory Course"
    by Walt Ream and Katherine Field.
    Academic Press,1999, San Diego CA.
  • "Biotechnology: Proteins to PCR"
    by David Burden and Donald Whitney
    Birkhauser, 1995, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • "PCR: The polymerase chain reaction"
    by Kary Mullis, Francois Ferre and Richard Gibbs.
    Birkhauser, 1994, Boston, MA
Introductory papers on some procedures we use
  •      Spectrophotometry Platform manuals
    • Nanodrop platforms This overview has a marketing focus but does give some of the limitations and best practices


  •      Electrophoresis and Gels
    • Agarose Gels This provides a visual series of images on pouring andloading an agarose gel.


  •      PCR papers
    • PCR Primer Design A tutorial walking you through primer design using a commonly available package.
    Papers on more general concepts
    • Scientific Method
      • An editorial on the lack scientific method in many current articles
        An essay on why most published research findings are false
    Books and Articles on the Study Organisms
    • Chestnut Trees
      • American Chestnut. The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.
           by Susan Freinkel
           2007. The University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
           ISBN 978-520-24730-7.
           Cover shown at top of page. Available at Amazon.
        Deciduous Forests of Eastern North American
           by E Lucy Braun
           1950. The Blackburn Press.
           Library of Congress Number: 64-20220
           Cover shown at top of page. Available from the publisher.
        Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology
           Ed. Chris Bolgiano and Glenn Novak
           2007. Images from the Past
           ISBN-10:1884592481
           Cover Shown at top of page. Available from Amazon.
    • The pathogens, Cryphonectria parasitica and Phytophthora cinnamomi
      • Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, Second Edition
           by Wayne Sinclair and Howard H. Lyon
           2005. Cornell University Press
           ISBN-10:0801443717
           Cover Shown at top of page. Available from Amazon.


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