BSHG Special Offers
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Below is a selection of books you may find of particular interest:
(remember - the 20% discount applies to every book on this website)
microRNA: Biology, Function & Expression
N. Clarke and P. Sanseau
Hardback - ISBN 9781933255194
Price: $65.00
Providing a comprehensive overview of a fast-emerging field, this description of the biological role of microRNAs discusses methods for identifying and characterizing their functions and looks at potential applications of microRNA research in medicine and pharmacology. First identified a decade ago, microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNA molecules that appear to regulate gene expression.
Lab Ref, Volume 2
Albert S. Mellick and Linda Rodgers
spiral / comb bound - ISBN 9780879698157
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $39.00
Like its predecessor Lab Ref, Volume 1, this book is a handy benchtop source of recipes and information needed for common laboratory protocols. Lab Ref, Volume 2 contains recipes for procedures as diverse as RNA interference, imaging, proteomics, and quantitative nucleic acid analysis, and is organized by application for quick and easy reference.
New Clinical Genetics
Andrew Read and Dian Donnai
Paperback - ISBN 9781904842316
Scion Publishing Ltd
Price: $54.95
New Clinical Genetics provides all those involved in medical genetics with a unique clinical guide based on post-genomic technologies. Whether you are a medical student, a genetic counselor, or a clinical geneticist, this book offers something new, with descriptions of the latest molecular tests linked to realistic cases to show how modern genetics works in the clinic.
First Years of Human Chromosomes
Peter Harper
Hardback - ISBN 9781904842248
Scion Publishing Ltd
Price: $59.00
First Years of Human Chromosomes draws together the ground-breaking work of the main researchers in the key period 1955 to 1960. The book is based on interviews with these researchers and descriptions of the major research findings, giving a strong sense of the excitement and thoughts of those involved. To complete the picture, it also features a CD containing the interviews themselves.
At the Bench
Kathy Barker
spiral / comb bound - ISBN 9780879697082
Sigma Product Code Z651915-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $59.00
At the Bench is a unique and hugely successful handbook for living and working in the laboratory, an essential aid to understanding basic lab techniques and how research groups work at a human level.
Is It in Your Genes?
Philip R. Reilly
Paperback - ISBN 9780879697211
Sigma Product Code Z718998-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $21.00
The nature of genetic risks in families is becoming clearer and this book is written to help people understand them. In frank, non technical terms, he makes clear what is known and not known about the genetic factors and, if your risk is elevated, what you might be able to do about it. This book is a uniquely valuable resource for anyone seeking more information about a family' s disease heritage.
A Genetic Switch 3e
Mark Ptashne
Paperback - ISBN 9780879697167
Sigma Product Code Z651982-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $39.00
The first edition of Mark Ptashne's 1986 book describing the principles of gene regulation in phage lambda became a classic in both content and form, setting a standard of clarity and precise prose that has rarely been bettered.
Lab Math
Dany Spencer Adams
spiral / comb bound - ISBN 9780879696344
Sigma Product Code Z701149-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $59.00
Work at the biology bench requires an ever-increasing knowledge of mathematical methods and formulae. In Lab Math , Dany Spencer Adams has compiled the most common mathematical concepts and methods in molecular biology, and provided clear, straightforward guidance on their application to research investigations.
Lab Ref, Volume 1
Jane Roskams and Linda Rodgers
spiral / comb bound - ISBN 9780879696306
Sigma Product Code L2415-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $39.00
This handbook of valuable information extracted from laboratory manuals published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is presented in an easy-to-use format. It contains invaluable reference data, never before assembled in one handy package.
Genes and Signals
Mark Ptashne and Alexander Gann
Paperback - ISBN 9780879696337
Sigma Product Code G6292-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $39.00
Genes & Signals analyzes gene regulation from a new perspective - one that proposes how a rather restricted set of signals and enzymatic functions has been used in evolution to generate complex life forms of different types.
At the Helm
Kathy Barker
Hardback - ISBN 9780879695835
Sigma Product Code A7100-1EA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Price: $59.00
Newly appointed principal research investigators have to recruit, motivate, and lead a research team, manage personnel and institutional responsibilities, and compete for funding, while maintaining the outstanding scientific record that got them their position in the first place. Small wonder, then, that many principal investigators feel ill-prepared. In this book, a successor to her best-selling manual for new recruits to experimental science, At The Bench , Kathy Barker provides a guide for newly appointed leaders of research teams, and those who aspire to that role.
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