Olympic B3 Science Summer Camp 2015
  Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Bioinformatics

  June 12th - June 26th

Further Reading Resources - updated often


This page describes books and articles that give in-depth information about topics we will cover in the lectures during the camp. Specific procedures and pictures will be on the Lab Methods page, copies of class presentations will be on the Presentations page, and the Web Links page will provide on-line resources and guides.
Books about Biotechnology Methods:

    "Biotechnology: Proteins to PCR"
    by David Burden and Donald Whitney
    Birkhauser, 1995, Ann Arbor, MI.

    "PCR: The polymerase chain reaction"
    by Kary Mullis, Francois Ferre and Richard Gibbs.
    Birkhauser, 1994, Boston, MA
Books and Articles on the Study Organisms
  • Chestnut Trees
    • American Chestnut. The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.
         by Susan Freinkel
         2007. The University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
         ISBN 978-520-24730-7.
         Cover shown at top of page. Available at Amazon.
      Deciduous Forests of Eastern North American
         by E Lucy Braun
         1950. The Blackburn Press.
         Library of Congress Number: 64-20220
         Cover shown at top of page. Available from the publisher.
      Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology
         Ed. Chris Bolgiano and Glenn Novak
         2007. Images from the Past
         ISBN-10:1884592481
         Cover Shown at top of page. Available from Amazon.
  • The pathogens, Cryphonectria parasitica and Phytophthora cinnamomi
    • Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, Second Edition
         by Wayne Sinclair and Howard H. Lyon
         2005. Cornell University Press
         ISBN-10:0801443717
         Cover Shown at top of page. Available from Amazon.


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