About the Course

Welcome to Cell Biology Laboratory Course (BBCCL-104). It is the second laboratory course of the B.Sc. (Hons.) Biochemistry programme. This Lab course is worth 2 credits which is based on the theory course of the Cell Biology. Laboratory course is an integral part of science education at all level that improves curiosity and inquiry skills towards science. In this laboratory course, you will be asked to perform experiments which are dealing with the study of animal and plant cells using the microscopy. Each experiment is described with the procedure details in this lab manual that will guide you step-by-step to carry out experiment. Each experiment has also been illustrated with diagrams and coloured illustrations. The results and observations sections will help you to interpret and compare your findings. This lab course will provide you "hands-on" laboratory activities to better enforce certain topics discussed in the theory course of cell biology and would enhance your scientific thinking, observational capacity as well as to develop practical skills.

After studying this Lab course and performing the experiments, you will be able to:

• define the basic parts of a compound microscope and practicing its handling;

• prepare microscope slides and staining the biological specimens (animal, blood and plant cells);

• observe and identify different stages of meiosis and mitosis;

• describe structure and function of cells and sub-cellular organelles by micrographs;

• view the mitochondria and nucleus in the cells and;

• take observations and analyze results after performing the experiments.