Useful Links
Week 1
Scientific Breakthroughs of 2005: Video presentation from the Science Magazine
PCR animation: short animation of PCR
Translation animation
Week 2
Pyrosequencing: good, if promotional, explanation of pyrosequencing by the manufacturers of the machine, Roche. Click on Genome Sequencer 20 System Multimedia Presentation. The direct link probably won't work.
Week 5
Description of neighbor joining method by Fred Opperdoes, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Week 7 - qPCR
http://www.gene-quantification.info/ - link collection with a lot of information on qPCR
Week 9 - Gene expression
Animation of RNA interferences from Nature Reviews
Anmation of gene expression control (incomplete) by MaxAnimation (they have other animations as well)
Explanation and Animation of MPSS technology by the MPSS mouse trsncriptome database
Instructional material
DNA
from the beginning: great animation of molecular and genetic processes by
the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Evotutor:
Simulation program demonstrating drift, migration, selection etc.
Guidelines to Keeping a Lab Notebook
- Guidelines
for Keeping a Laboratory Record
- Created by David R. Caprette (caprette@rice.edu),
Rice University. Extensive guidelines with examples.
- Guidelines
for the Laboratory Notebook
- Similar guidelines as above, by David Gillanders,
Arkansas State University
- Writing
the laboratory notebook
- Another set of guidelines, this time with some
historical remarks, by Rod Beavan, Westminster School, London, UK
- Scientific
Record Keeping
- by the Fox Chase Cancer Research Center. Rigorous
guidelines for cancer research
- Data
Management and Laboratory Notebooks
- by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. These
guidelines are part of a book
with advice on how to make a career in the medical science, including advice
on postdoc appointments, how to apply for faculty positions, time management,
mentoring and how to run your lab. Very recommended, also for the life sciences!
Proposal Writing
- NSF
guide to proposal writing
- Fairly specific to NSF proposals, but nevertheless
containing a few useful snippets.