SD1003B Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Lab Report
Practice 1. Microscopy and Cell Culture

Challenge:
How can you make society aware of the effect that exposure to diverse pollutants
has on their health and life quality?

Aim:
To know the theoretical fundaments and the practical application of optical
microscopy and cell culture to analyze cell structures and to evaluate cell damage
caused by the selected pollutants for the proposed challenge.

1. General Information
1.1. Date of the practice: 10/08/2023
1.2. Information about the team
Group: 3
Team number:
Selected pollutant:

1.3. Team members:

Full Name Student ID (A0******)

1.4. Name of the Professor: Dra. Mirna Alejandra González González

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2. Introduction (one page maximum)

2.1. Theoretical concept of microscopy…..........……………………………...….………5
pts.
2.2. Component and types of microscopes….....…....................................................10
pts.
2.3. Fundament, instrumentation and reagents for cell culture………………………..10
pts.

3. Applications of the technique (one page maximum)

3.1. General applications and drawbacks of microscopy and cell culture……...……..25
pts.
3.2. Application of microscopy and cell culture for the study of specific cell alterations
caused by the exposure of the selected pollutant………………...……………..…25
pts.
3.3. Critical self-reflection about the ethical implications that microscopy and cell culture
may have in research and/or its benefit for society……………….…………………5
pts.

4. References (APA style)………...………………………….…………………………….10

pts.
4.1. There are different online resources to automate the process of generating the
references in APA style. Example: https://www.scribbr.es/detector-de-plagio/generador-
apa/
4.2. At least 5 reliable sources should be consulted. Scientific journals, institutional
websites, books, thesis, academic databases are considered reliable sources. Do
not use information from commercial websites (or justify their use), divulgation
websites such as Wikipedia, as well as websites that promote bad academic
practices such as “Buenas Tareas” and “Rincón del Vago”.

5. Organization, writing and spelling………..………………….……………………….….10

pts.