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Aim #10: What are some other tools scientists use in the laboratory?
Date: September 28, 2015 Aim #10: What are some other tools scientists use in the laboratory? HW: Complete practice questions- “Tools of Biologist” Textbook HW #4 (Section 1-3) due Tuesday 9/29 Castle Learning assignment due Wednesday 11:59PM UNIT 1 TEST- NEXT WEEK THURSDAY/FRIDAY Do Now: Warm-Up Notebook Date Title of Activity Page # 9/28 The Microscope 20
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1. How do we prepare a wet-mount?
Place drop of water on slide Place specimen in water Place cover slip on a 45º angle to avoid air bubbles
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Microscopy: the use of microscopes to magnify an image for closer observation
Resolution: the clarity of the magnified image Permits close observation of fine details
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Image from microscope (magnification: 100 x) Image from microscope (magnification: 45 x) Image from microscope (magnification: 10 x) Lower resolution Lower resolution Higher resolution Higher resolution
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Microscopes 2. Transmission electron microscope
1. Phase-contrast microscope Light microscope that enhances contrast Useful in examining living, unstained cells 3. Scanning electron microscope
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Phase-contrast Microscope Microscope used for examining living things
Enhances contrast Does not require staining Phase Contrast on Right; similar result from staining but doesn’t kill the organism
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2. What is an Electron Microscope?
Uses beams of electrons (NOT light waves) to produce magnified image specially fixed and treated and mounted in a vacuum
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How do they improve images?
High magnification High resolution: the ability to separate two objects close together
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Electron Microscope Uses a beam of electrons instead of light Allows for magnifications of >100,000x with high resolution
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Types of Electron Microscopes
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Useful for studying interior of cells Cannot view living specimen Machine is very delicate and requires special engineers Machine is very expensive and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Useful for studying surface of cells Resulting images have a 3-D appearance Cannot view living specimen
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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Useful for observing cell interiors Expensive, complex machine converts information about the electrons as they hit the specimen into a visual image.
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Preparing specimens for TEM requires fixing, dehydrating, and sectioning the specimen using elaborate machinery Specimen must be cut into very thin tissue Tissue is killed in preparation
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3. What is a stereoscope? AKA: Dissecting Microscope
Binocular: two tubes Presents a slightly different view of specimen to each eye… 3D Useful for opaque objects and small organisms or body structures
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4. What is a centrifuge? AKA: ultracentrifuge
Separates according to different densities by spinning sample in a test tube at very high speeds
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Ultracentrifuge Used for cell fractionation: separation and sorting of cell parts, like organelles First, tissue is blended and mashed Produces a liquid called the homogenate Homogenate is centrifuged to sort the different parts by density
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Freeze Fracture Used to study membranes under an electron microscope Involves freezing and cleaving the membrane into two halves. Each half is then coated with metal to make a cast which can then be studied under the microscope.
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5. Why do we stain cells? Cell Structures can be made visible by treatment with solutions that color certain parts of cells and not others
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Living cells are grown in a nutrient-rich medium Ex: agar
Tissue Cultures Used to study cells in vitro (in a lab) rather than in vivo (in a living thing) Living cells are grown in a nutrient-rich medium Ex: agar Cells will reproduce and scientists can study each generation using tools like a phase-contrast microscope Find video on HeLa Cells
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6. Why do we use indicators?
Substances that change color when in the presence of certain chemicals
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