Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Sterility.- Aseptic Technique.- Sterilization Methods.- Quality Control of Sterilization.- Suggested Readings.- Exercises.- 3 Routine Cell Culture.- Feeding Schedules and Media Components.- Subcultivation.- Cell Enumeration and Cell Viability.- Putting Routine Methods to Work.- Detecting and Disposing of Contamination.- Troubleshooting.- Safety.- Suggested Readings.- Problem Set.- Exercises.- 4 Experiments in Culture.- Alterations of the Media.- Substrata.- Altering the Environment.- Problem Set.- Exercises.- 5 Primary Cell Culture.- Isolation.- Characterization.- Exercise.- 6 Cell Preservation.- Freezing the Cells.- Thawing the Cells.- Problem Set.- 7 Cell Cloning.- Isolation.- Assisting Clonal Survival.- Problem Set.- 8 Culture Changes.- The Loss of Differentiated Phenotype.- Immortality and Aging.- Cell Transformation.- Transfection (Gene Transfer).- Suggested Readings.- Problem Set.- Exercises.- 9 Information for New Cell Studies.- Searching in the Literature.- Using Advertising and Catalogs.- References, Bibliographies, and Databases.- Appendices.- A The Cell Cycle.- Suggested Readings.- B Media and Salt Solutions.- Media.- Salt Solutions.- C Vendors.- D Glossary.- E Answers to Problem Sets and Exercises.