Library Guides: Emerging Scholars Instructional Website: A Guide: Toxicology Project Wickliffe

Scholar: Jaelynn Maldonado

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Aseptic technique
Please read over these tips for sterile technique. These practices help us avoid bacterial or fungal contamination in animal cell culture.
ATSDR: PAHs
Browse the links on this page to get an understanding of the public health context for research on PAHs.
Oxidative Stress
Read the following sections:
1. Introduction
2. Reactive Oxygen Species
4.6 DNA Oxidation

Sterile Cell Culture Technique
Please watch this video before the first day of lab research
Pipetting Technique
please watch this video before the first day of lab research
Cell Counting
please watch this video before the first day of lab research
ELISA principle

Introduction to Cell Culture
This powerpoint-based video provides a background on cell culture. Cell culture is the growing of cells in the laboratory for a variety of research purposes, toxicology being one of them.
Introduction to Cell Culture
This is a PDF version of the video file.
Primary Cell Culture Guide
This document provides a general overview of cell culture techniques for a variety of cell lines.
DNA adducts and cancer

Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene
This document produced by EPA provides an in depth profile of benzo[a]pyrene, one of the PAHs we will be studying. For our purposes, reading the preface (beginning on page xxi) will be enough to start.
Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
No need to read through this whole document, but it is conveniently set up in a question and answer format that might be helpful to answer any specific questions you have about the topic.