Ebook: Success in academic surgery. Basic science

Academic surgeons play an essential role in advancing the field and improving the care of patients with surgical disease. As the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses (www.aasurg.org) and international courses continue to evolve to address the rapidly expanding scope and complexity of academic surgery, there is a greater need for an accompanying textbook to supplement the material presented in the courses. Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science is a unique and portable handbook that focuses on the basic and translational research. It includes new educational materials that are necessary to address not only the rapid evolution and rise of novel research methodologies in basic science and translational research, but also the changing environment for academic surgeons. Success in Academic Surgery: Basic Science is a valuable text for medical students, surgical residents, junior faculty and others considering a career in surgical research.;How to set up, staff and fund your basic science or translational research laboratory -- Choosing a good basic science or translational research mentor -- Effective time management strategies -- How to read the literature, develop a hypothesis, and design an experiment for basic science and translational research -- Tips on maintaining an effective lab notebook for bench research -- How to conduct cell culture -- Modern techniques for protein assessment -- Modern techniques for DNA and RNA assessments -- Utilizing flow cytometry effectively -- Considerations for immunohistochemistry -- Stem cells: are they pertinent to my research? -- Use of genetically engineered mice for research -- Getting you IACUC proposal approved -- How to protect your intellectual property: invention disclosures and patents -- Statistics for bench research -- Ethics in laboratory research.