Edited by David Bowtell and Joseph Sambrook Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (2003) 712 pages. ISBN 0-870969-625-7£100/US$135
I have to admit that I felt quite daunted when this book arrived on my desk. Over 700 pages long and weighing more than 2 kilos, it is quite a document. Is there really that much to know about microarrays? It seems there is. Just as the Molecular Cloning Manual(Sambrook et al., 2001) became a 'must have' reference in many labs, DNA Microarrays from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is set to provide the same type of in-depth information to researchers working in this relatively new field.
Bowtell and Sambrook have assembled a comprehensive collection of protocols, covering many aspects of microarray application. The protocols have been supplied by a number of contributors, many of whom are well-known authorities in the field of microarray technology. The protocols are well written and...