<p>Physical and Chemical Properties of Nucleic Acids.- Sampling for Biostatistics.- Sampling of Microbiological Samples.- Techniques for Nucleic Acid Purifications from Plant, Animal, and Microbial Samples.- Magnetic beads based nucleic acids purification for molecular biology applications.- Systems for Mechanical Sample Lysis and Homogenization for Molecular Biology Applications.- Bead beating offers high performance homogenization for molecular biology downstream processing of tough and difficult samples.- High Performance Bead Beating Based Lysing, Homogenization and Grinding for DNA, RNA and proteins extraction with FastPrep® Systems.- Portable Systems for Sample Lysis and Homogenization.- DNA and RNA extractions from mammalian samples.- Sample preparation for multiplex PCR assays for food and agriculture applications.- Nucleic acid sample preparation from stem cells.- Nucleic Acids Sample Preparation from Teeth/Dental Remains.- Nucleic Acids Sample Preparation for Food Traceability.- Nucleic Acids Sample Preparation for Quantitative and Qualitative GMO analysis.- Nucleic Acids Samples Preparation from Dairy Products and Milk.- Extraction of DNA from Plant Tissue: Review and Protocols.- DNA Extraction from Seeds.- RNA extractions from difficult to prepare and high starch content seeds.- Nucleic Acid and Protein Sample Preparation from Yeasts.- Nucleic acids purification from soil and environmental sources.- Extraction and Purification of Viral Nucleic Acids from Environmental Samples.- Preparation of nucleic acids from marine samples: applications to microbial ecology research.- Nucleic Acid Sample Preparation from Feces and Manure.- Bead-beating sample preparation for nucleic acids isolation from fecal samples.- Methods for extraction and purification of lignin and cellulose from plant tissues.- Separation and purification of glycans out of glycoproteins.- Prion extraction methods: comparison of bead beating, ultrasonic disruption and repeated freeze-thaw methodologies for the recovery of functional Renilla-prion fusion protein from bacteria.</p>