Educational resources, dictionaries, safety, etc.
Updated 2/3/10
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Global Ethics Observatory: Databases in bioethics
ARGH: Biomedical Acronym Resolver
BioTech Life Sciences Resources and Reference Tools (University of Texas)
Freeality Internet Search: Online Thesaurus, Phrases and Quotations
The Language of the Nucleus
Medical.WebEnds.com
whonamedit.com: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Eponyms
Your Dictionary.com
Apoptosis: Apoptosis and the role of nitric oxide
Ask a Scientist: (HHMI)
Biochemistry of Metabolism
BioClips (Cinema of the Cell festival)
Bio-DiTRL: Online database of digital media
BioEd Online
BrainPop: Online educational movies
The Brain From Top to Bottom!
CancerQuest: Tutorial on cancer
Cardiothoracic Imaging
Darwin Digital Library of Evolution
Deciphering the Genetic Code: NIH History Exhibit
Drosophila: Virtual fruit fly lab
GCAT: Genome Consortium for Active Teaching
Genetic Science Learning Center
Hypertension Online
Inside Cancer
Lipids Online
MetaNeuron: Computer simulation program
Molecular Expressions: Microscopy tutorials, techniques
Molecular Hematology
The Molecular Level: Tools for Structural Biology Education and Training
Mol4D: Molecules in 4 Dimensions
MOLO: Molecular Logic Project
The Museum of Hoaxes
nanoHUB: Nanotechnology simulators and lectures
Nobel Symposia
SimTK: Simulation models for biological processes
Stem Cells Explained
Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and global health
Understanding Genetics
University of Michigan Health Physics Society: RadInfo
Virtual Genetics Lab (UMass Boston)
WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology
The Vermont SIRI MSDS Collection
MSDS Search (Envirocare International, Inc.)
OSHA: Material Safety Data Sheet Information
American Type Culture Collection
Becton Dickinson
BioSupplyNet (not a vendor but a search engine for scientific supplies)
Fisher Scientific
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Genentech, Inc.
Invitrogen
The Jackson Laboratory
PerkinElmer, Inc.
Promega
Roche
Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company
VWR Scientific
BioTechniques Molecular Biology Forum
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Nature Protocols
IPCS INCHEM: Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information Center: Chemical Assessment Tracking System
OSHA:
Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
Chemical Reactivity Hazards
Compressed Gas and Equipment
Fire Safety
Laboratories
Radiation
EqWorld: The World of Mathematical Equations
International System of Units (SI) (NIST)
Online Conversion
The Versatile Unit Converter
Improving Medical Statistics and the Interpretation of Clinical Trials
Introduction to Statistics (NASA)
NIST: Engineering Statistics Handbook
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
SOCR: Statistics Online Computational Resource
StatNotes: Topics in Multivariate Analysis (G. David Garson, NCSU)
Statsoft: Electronic textbook
Style Guides and Resources (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Medical College of Ohio)
EurekAlert! (AAAS)
MeetingsNet
Professional Meetings (Newswise)