Biology

General

• actionbioscience.org Seven bioscience challenges
• BIODIC: The Ultrastructure Website Free U. of Brussels
  Contains scanning electron microscope images of cells, tissue, etc. from many organisms
• Biology at the National Academies
• Biology Links Harvard's Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
• BioTech's Life Science Dictionary
• Glossary U. of California Museum of Paleontology
  Includes Phylogenetics, Geology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Ecology, Life History, Zoology, Botany, and Paleogeography
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Glossary of Biotechnology Terms
• Kimball's Biology Pages John W. Kimball, PhD
  Online biology textbook and glossary
• Model Organisms for Biomedical Research National Institutes of Health
• Women in Biology Dr. S. L. Forsburg of The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Botany & Zoology

• American Field Guide Oregon Public Broadcasting
  Video from over 30 public broadcasting stations throughout the U.S. Searchable
• The Animal Diversity Web U. of Michigan
  Searchable database of animal information
• BotIT: The Virtual Foliage Home Page UW-Madison
  Collections of botanical images including trees, Wisconsin flora, as well as many useful images of cells, tissues, growth stages, etc.
• Internet Directory for Botany
• PLANTS Database U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site: Zebra Mussel & Other Aquatic Nuisance Species
  Research & educational materials on zoological aquatic nuisance species in the U.S.
• University of Florida Book of Insect Records

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Cell Biology

• CELLS alive!
  Brief introductions to many cellular topics, often with links for more information and keyword recommendations for searching
• The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and the Genetics of Cancer North Dakota State U.
• Mitosis World U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Includes movies
• Virtual Plant Cell U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Developmental Biology

• Bill Wasserman's Developmental Biology Page Loyola U. Chicago
• Virtual Embryo U. of Calgary (Canada)
  Scroll down and click on Dynamic Development to reach educational modules to help you study.
• emap: Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
  Includes diagrams & complete descriptions of the anatomical components at each Theiler stage.  Goal: to standardize embryonic anatomical nomenclature for the mouse.
• Dynamics of Development UW-Madison
  Embryology tutorials for Zebrafish, Amphibian & Sea Urchin

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Ecology/Biodiversity/Environmental Biology

• All Species Foundation
• American Field Guide Oregon Public Broadcasting
  Video from over 30 public broadcasting stations throughout the U.S. Searchable
• Baileys' Eco-Regions of the U. S.
  Descriptions & maps of the eco-regions of the U.S.
• Biodiversity and Conservation A hypertext book by Peter J. Bryant
  School of Biological Sciences, U. of California, Irvine
• Biodiversity and WORLDMAP The Natural History Museum, London
• Biodiversity Hotspots Conservation International
• Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) The National Academies
  Reports results of ongoing and completed research on pollution.
• EarthTrends: Environmental Information World Resources Institute
• Encyclopedia of the Earth
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• International Institute for Environment and Development
• Major Biomes of the World Radford U.
  Provides illustrated descriptions the seven major biomes, including life forms, climate, etc.
• National Library for the Environment National Council for Science and the Environment
  Includes more than 700 Congressional Research Service Reports, prepared for Congress by the Library of Congress.
• NatureServe Explorer - An Online Encyclopedia of Life
  Provides "conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada."
• Rainforest Information Centre
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network
  Includes 21 research projects
• Water Quality Information Center National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre United Nations Environmental Programme

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Evolution

• Becoming Human Inst of Human Origins, Arizona St. U.
  Documentary on human origins
• Creation Research Society
• Darwin Digital Library of Evolution American Museum of Natural History
  Collection of full-text evolution papers, examining the predecessors of Darwin's evolutionary theories, his own works, evolutionary biology after 1859, and social, philosophical, and religious responses; extensive bibliography
• Evolution Resources National Academies
• Evolution vs. Creationism Dept. of Physics, Syracuse U.
• Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences
• The Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
• Understanding Evolution U. of CA, Berkeley

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Genetics

• CDC Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Cytogenetics Gallery U. of Washington, Seattle
• Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  Illustrates basic concepts of genetics using multimedia presentations including:
  • DNA from the Beginning: An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity
  • DNA Interactive - describes the discovery of the structure of DNA
  • Your Genes, Your Health: A Multimedia Guide to Genetic Disorders
• Genetic Science Learning Center U. of Utah
• Genetics -Scitable Nature Publishing Group
  A free online resource for undergraduate educators and students built on a foundation of evidence-based, faculty-reviewed scientific overviews of key concepts compiled by the editorial staff of the publishers of Nature.
• Genetics Education Center U. of Kansas Medical Center
  Provides resources on human genetics and the human genome project for the non-expert.
• GROW - Genetic Resources On the Web
  A search engine for a collection of evaluated web sites
• A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
  Entry point for Entrez, BLAST, OMIM, taxonomy & structural databases

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Genomics

• 1-2-3 Genomics: a Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Knowledge Base
  Links to freely available internet resources organized into categories
• The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)
  FlyBase: A Database of the Drosophila Genome Indiana U., in conjunction with the Berkeley and European Drosophila Genome Projects
• Functional Genomics Science
• GOLD: Genomics OnLine Database
  Largest available and most detailed monitoring of genome sequencing projects, both compete and ongoing
• Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond Department of Energy
  An introduction to basic genetics and biocomputing for the nonspecialist; includes a glossary.
• Human Chromosome Launchpad Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Provides information about each chromosome.
• DOEgenomes.org US Department of Energy
• The Human Genome Resources National Center for Biotechnology Information
• The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
• Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)
• Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)
  Includes the Mouse Genome Database, the Gene Expression Database, and the Encyclopedia of the Mouse Genome.
• National Center for Genome Resources
• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
  Includes a glossary of genetic terms.

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Microbiology

• All the Virology on the WWW
  Includes the Big Picture Book of Viruses and Virology Courseware
• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  Extensive list of links arranged by infectious agent
• ICTVdB: The Universal Virus Database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
  Includes a Picture Gallery
• List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature Society for Systematic and Veterinary Bacteriology
• MicrobeWorld American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal Maintained by Al Chan, Ph.D.
  Includes many areas of microbiology. Features current news articles and hot topics.
• World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
  A comprehensive directory of culture collections, databases on microbes and cell lines

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Molecular Biology

• BioHunt: Molecular Biology Finder
  Searchable database automatically created by the "Marvin" molecular biology sites retrieval robot.
• Center for Molecular Modeling National Institutes of Health
  Provides links to services that give 3-D views of molecules.
• Computational Molecular Biology at the National Institutes of Health
  Major sequence- and text-based databases, analytical tools, lab protocols, and reference sources in molecular biology
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
• ExPASy Proteomics Server Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
  ExPASy=Expert Protein Analysis System
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Online version of a 1997 print resource
• Library of 3-D Molecular Structures NYU
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
  Entry point for Entrez, BLAST, OMIM, taxonomy & structural databases
• Protein Explorer Eric Martz, PhD, U. of Massachusetts
  3D images of molecules, includes Atlas of Macromolecules
• The tmRNA Website Indiana U.
• Yale's Center for Structural Biology Dept. of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

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Taxonomy & Phylogeny

• Deep Green--Green Plant Phylogeny
• International Plant Name Index
• ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) various federal agencies, North American focus
• Phylogeny of Life U. of California, Berkeley
• PhyloCode: A Phylogenetic Code of Biological Nomenclature
• The Tree of Life Web Project

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Free & Open Access E-Journals

• BioMed Central
• CBE - Life Science Education (formerly Cell Biology Education) American Society for Cell Biology
  Free quarterly peer-reviewed journal on life sciences education at all levels; includes book and multimedia reviews and pro-con articles on issues of interest
• Electronic Green Journal
  "Professional journal on international environmental information"
• Issues in Ecology The Ecological Society of America
  "A continuing series designed to present major ecological issues in an easy-to-read manner"
• PubMed Central

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News

• Biological Sciences News National Science Foundation
• The Scientist - The News Journal for the Life Scientist registration required, biweekly publication

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Tutorials

• Basic Neural Processes Tutorials Hanover College
• BioInteractive Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  Includes five virtual labs, several animations, a virtual museum, videos of lectures, and more than 15 "mini-lessons".
• The Biology Project U. of Arizona
  Tutorials in eight biology fields
• Cell Division--Genetic Consequences Cornell U.
  Learn about mitosis & meiosis with slides & questions.
• Coffee Break National Center for Biotechnology Information
  Tutorials for NCBI Tools
• Embryology Tutorials UW-Madison
  Includes zebrafish, amphibian & sea urchin development.
• Genetic Science Learning Center U. of Utah
• Human Embryology Animations Dr. Valerie O'Loughlin, Indiana U.
  Includes pre- and post-tests for the embryology of several systems.
• MIT Open Courseware: Biology
• Neuroscience Tutorial Washington U. School of Medicine
  Created by Diana Weedman Molavi, PhD for first-year medical students
• NIH VideoCasting National Institutes of Health
  Over 100 streamed videos on a broad range of topics. Requires RealPlayer.
• Outreach & Education NCBI
  Includes tutorials for BLAST, ENTREZ and PubMed as well as Coffee Break.
• Physical Anthropology Tutorials Dennis O'Neil, Ph.D., Palomar College, California
  Topics include aspects of evolution and genetics
• Virtual World of Development U. of Calgary
  Subjects include human, animal & organ development (heart & eye)

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Megasites/Directories

• Bio: Directorate for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation
• Bio Netbook Searchable web page directory maintained by the Pasteur Institute
• Biology Librarians' Internet Index "websites you can trust"
• BioResearch
  Biosciences--WWW Virtual Library
• BioWeb
  Created by U. of WI system faculty; contains links for many fields in biology.  Searchable
• EarthTrends: Environmental Information World Resources Institute
• Life Sciences--The Internet Public Library
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (nbii)
  Links to biological data and information maintained by federal, state, & local government agencies and private sector organizations around the world.
• Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center (SWBIC)

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Biomedical Sciences

Anatomy & Physiology

• Actin Myosin Crossbridge 3D Animation San Diego State U.
• American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Indiana State U.
• Anatomy Atlases Curated by Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D.
• AnatQuest National Library of Medicine
  Visible Human Project
• Basic Neural Processes Tutorials Hanover
• Digital Anatomist Project Interactive Atlases Department of Biological Structure, U. of Washington, Seattle
  Brain, thoracic organs and knee
• The eSkeletons Project
  Includes human, gorilla and baboon skeletons as well as glossary and self-test.
• Histology Loyola U. of Medical Education Network (LUMEN)
  Slides of human tissue with descriptive text
• Human Embryology Animations Dr. Valerie O'Loughlin, Indiana U.
  Includes pre- and post-tests for the embryology of several systems.
• Hypermuscle: Muscles in Action U. of Michigan
  Multimedia demos of muscle movements (adduction, extension, etc.)
• NPAC/OLDA Visible Human Project Viewer Syracuse U. and U. of Adelaide (Australia)
• Net Anatomy
• Skull Anatomy Tutorial Gateway Community College, Arizona

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Immunology

• Cancer Immunology Cancer Research Institute
• Microbiology and Immunology On-line U. of S. Carolina School of Medicine
• The Immune System National Cancer Institute
  Slides and text; part of the Understanding Cancer series

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Neurosciences

• Allen Brain Atlas
• Atlases of the Brain U. of Utah
• Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System Society for Neuroscience
• Basic Neural Processes Tutorials Hanover College
• Brain Architecture Management System USC
  BAMS is a resource for information about neural circuitry. This set of inference engines currently has 5 interrelated modules: Brain Parts (gray matter regions, major fiber tracts, and ventricles), Cell Types, Molecules, Connections (between regions and cell types), and Relations (between parts identified different neuroanatomical atlases). It contains neuroanatomical nomenclatures for the rat, human, macaque, cat, and mouse.
• Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System Society for Neuroscience
  64-page booklet in PDF
• Brain Facts and Figures
  Average measures of the nervous system and its blood supply as well as sensory apparatus
• Brain Info U. of Washington
• Brain Maps.org Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections
• Dictionary of Cognitive Science U. of Alberta
• Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project (EMAP)
  Embryonic development of the mouse brain
• Electronic Atlas of the Developing Human Brain (EADHP)
• High Resolution Mouse Brain Atlas Harvard
• Integrative Neurosciences Research Center Marquette U.
• Mouse Brain Library
  Includes high-resolution images and databases of brains from many genetically characterized strains of mice
• Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology on the Internet Department of Neurology, University Medical School, Hungary
  Links to many university resources
• Neuroanatomy Interactive Syllabus Department of Biological Structure, U. of Washington, Seattle
• Neuroscience Database Gateway Society for Neuroscience
• Neuroscience Education Eric H. Chudler, PhD, U. of Washington
  Extensive list of links in all areas of neuroscience
• Neuroscience Tutorial Washington U. School of Medicine
  Created for first-year medical students by Diana Weedman Molavi, PhD
• Neurosciences on the Internet Neil M. Busis, M.D.
• The Whole Brain Atlas Harvard

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Nutrition

• Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 U. S. Depts. of Agriculture & Health and Human Services
• Food and Nutrition Information Center National Agricultural Library, USDA
  Information on many levels, for consumers through health professionals
• My.Pyramid.gov
  Newest food pyramid with 12 categories taking into account gender, age and activity level
• Nutrition.gov

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Pathology

• The Museum of Human Disease School of Pathology, U. of New South Wales, Australia
  Images of 24 diseased tissues with point-and-click descriptions, histories, and comments
• The Urbana Atlas of Pathology U. of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
• WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
  Contains images, text, tutorials and more.
• Your Genes, Your Health: A Multimedia Guide to Genetic Disorders Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  *requires Flash Player and QuickTime Player

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Search Aids and Bibliographic Tips

• Search the Internet
  Want more? Here you'll find a collection of search engines, indexes and directories.
• Internet Resources Citation Guides
  Learn how to cite information found on the Net in a bibliography.
• Evaluating Information Sources
• Writer's Handbook
  Produced by the Writing Center at UW-Madison. Contains tips on style, grammar, punctuation, and citing sources.
• Research and Documentation Online
  Information on finding and documenting sources in the humanities, social sciences, history, and the sciences.