This collection of laboratory protocols describes the steps to collect viruses from various samples with the specific aim of generating viral metagenome sequence libraries (viromes). Viral ...

Doctors may recommend a biopsy to obtain a sample from a thyroid nodule. Testing the sample in a laboratory can help indicate whether the nodule is cancerous or benign. Though most tend to be benign, ...

Effective diagnosis of genetic diseases depends on the skills of a multidisciplinary team with a wide range of clinical and laboratory experience. Three types of laboratory investigation can be ...

Students will determine the total concentration of free iron in freshwater and/or municipal drinking water via visible absorption spectrophotometry. This exercise will require students to create ...

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is essential for genetic regulation and expression. That’s why its extraction is a major part of gene expression analyses. In many neuroscience studies, animal models such as ...