This versatile laboratory manual can be used with any undergraduate microbiology text and course. Known for its straightforward and well thought-out laboratory activities, minimal equipment requirements, and competitive price, the manual includes a variety of experiments selected to assist in the teaching of basic principles and techniques. Each of the 79 experiments includes learning objectives, discussion of the principle involved, easy-to-follow procedures, and lab reports with review questions. Comprehensive introductory material and laboratory safety instructions are provided. Adopting instructors are eligible to receive a new art CD-ROM for use in lecture or lab.
Dr. James G. Cappuccino received his undergraduate education at Seton Hall University, New Jersey and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Jersey. He held a research position at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital Center for Cancer Research from 1957 to 1969 where he conducted basic research in the chemotherapy of neoplastic diseases and nucleic acid metabolism of malignant tumors. Dr. Cappuccino's teaching experience spans 30 years, from a teaching assistantship at Rutgers University, to an assistant professorship at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, to the positions of associate professor, professor, and Emeritus professor at Rockland Community College, New York.
He has received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York, and has been recognized in Outstanding Educators of America and in American Men of Science. Dr. Cappuccino is also the author and co-author of numerous publications in the area of cancer research, and was cited as a leader in the treatment of cancer in Strike Back at Cancer by S. Rappaport, 1972. He is a member of the Society of Sigma Xi, and an Emeritus member of both the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society for Microbiology.