Transcription and Translation
Online animation 1 to practice transcription and translation
Transcription and Translation animation 2
Transcription and Translation animation 3
animation 4
animation 5
NOT an animation, but gives a summary of the processes
Influenza, Swine Flu, or viruses in general
HHMI explanation of swine flu
A set of instructions- This website also has many examples. Some examples were shown in class.
Examples where you can see the flow of information
How to construct a concept map
Another example of concept mapping. Be careful because the example does not readily show a vertical heirarchy
More explanations and examples of concept maps
GMO database
Summer internship opportunities:
Stanford
Berkeley
Buck Institute for age research
a webpage that has links to summer programs all over the US
Animations
Link to list that has lots of links to Biological Animations
HHMI animations and interviews with scientists
Replication animations at DNA interactive
From Monday discussions:
Designer Babies
Deisgner Babies article 1
article 3- many more words to explain the idea of Designer Babies
article 4
article 5
article 2: Designing babies with defects article
Human Cloning
UN position on human cloning
Human Cloning headlines
Artifical twinning
Therapeutic cloning
AMA statement on human cloning
How stuff works: How Human Cloning will Work
State human cloning laws
AAAS position on human cloning
Teacher lesson plan ideas on human cloning
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals position statement
Science Daily: What to do with leftover embryos?
Human Cloning and Genetic Modification
How to clone a human (humor?)
President's Council on Bioethics: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry on human cloning
Stem Cell research
NIH - National Institutes of Health, US Gov't
Transgenic Animals
role of transgenics in research, Glaxo Smith Kline
BIO, Biotechnology Industry Organization, transgenic animals
biological safety- regulations when doing transgenic animal research
on this page is a link to a pdf copy of the NIH guidelines
Iceland Genetics and DeCode
Article for Monday's discussion
DeCode website- the actual company
Mapping the Icelandic Genome, Berkeley database
Links to various articles about genomic databases
Article in WIRED
deCODE genetics website- not the company website, but a website that collects links to stuff about genomic projects
The Genetic Geneologist website
Video clip: MSNBC on deCode's work
ORF genetics- company in Iceland using plants to "grow" human proteins
Nanobiotechnology
nanobiotech articles organized by a group in Germany
Nano-Bio RAISE- a watchdog group for nanobiotech issues
Nanobiotechnology center at Cornell University
Foresight Nanotechnology Institute
Nanotechnology Now- a website all about nanotechnology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory- Nanobiotechnology Initiative
DNA Ancestry Project
Website of the DNA Ancestry Project
Paternal lineage tests
Maternal lineage tests
Ancestry dot com articles about DNA and ancestry
Family Tree DNA
DNA Heritage- a company that will do DNA testing (this is not an endorsement of their services)
Cornell DNA ancestry project
Personal tale of finding out haplotype
DNA ancestry project for people of Germanic background
The Bahamas DNA Project
DNA Sequence website- info on Ancestry Project
Mining DNA info for evolutionary history
Native American Indian DNA heritage
MSNBC Genetic Geneology
DNA Testing
Articles for Jan 5:
Native American testing
Companies that do DNA testing
Online Organizations relating to Biotech or Genetics
Center for Genetics and Society- you may find this group interesting b/c they are in Oakland. You may want to check their website to see if they post internship opportunities.
Human Rights Center- DNA and human rights, located in Berkeley
Relating to labs
Spec 20 stuffs
Spectronic 20 lab manual from 1959
Basic guide
simple directions
This guide was written by folks at Tulane It is a pdf so you may be asked if you want to download it- it depends on your browser.
ppt presentation about how to use a Spec 21
More directions on how to use a Spec 20
A nice tutorial on the Spec 20 and what its data means
Steps to using a Spec 21
Beer's law with illustrations
Chromatography
Explanations from various places:
Size exclusion chromatography
Biological molecules
