BEST OF THE WEB N.18

Per il virologo

http://vir.sgmjournals.org/misc/news_060509

Free access to H1N1 influenza virus paper.

 

Per il ricercatore

http://www.epernicus.com/join/apz6fx

Epernicus  is a professional network for research scientists that was started at MIT and Harward. It connects you with current and former colleagues and helps you find specific people and expertise in your scientific network.

 

Per lo scienziato

www.scitopia.org/scitopia/search.html

The web for research scientists. Similar in some respects to PubMed. Queries are searched against 24 sources, 18 scientific society sources and 6 government information sources. Complete downloadable patents from the U.S., European, Japanese and patent offices.

 

Per il chimico

www.spectroscopynow.com

It is an excellent web site covering the entire spectrum of spectroscopy. The registration is free and painless.

 

Per l’immunologo 

www.ebi.acx.uk/imgt

This immunogenetics web offers a collection of database of T-cell receptors, immunoglobulins, histocompatibility complex (MHC) of vertebrate species.

 

Per il responsabile della sicurezza

www.crhf.org.uk/index.html

This site offers readers recount of unstable epoxide polymerizations, mechanical failures and malfunctions in the laboratory with the purpose of hopefully avoiding similar mishaps in the future. All in all, the web reports 152 incidents comprise an useful “how-not-to-do” lab manual for scientists.

 

Per il microbiologo

www.rcf.usc.edu/~forsburg/index.html

This site is about the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which was originally isolated from millet beer in Africa. This web from Forsburg Lab at the University of South California offers a great “Pombe FAQ page that includes general information about the yeast, protocols, link for sequence analysis and a list of other pombe website.

 

Per l’entomologo

www.whatshiscaterpillar.co.uk

What’s This Caterpillar helps to identify caterpillars that have been seen.

 

Per la biologa

http://www.awis.org.

Association for Women in Science (AWIS). For more information visit the website.

http://www.asm.org/policy/index.asp?bid=22282

http://www.asm.org/subscribe.org

CSWM – Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology – American Society for Microbiology.

http://www.unesco.org.uk/UserFiles/Loreal

The UNESCO-L’OREAL Women n Science International Fellowship.

 

Per il biologo cellulare

www.cellpress.com

Be the first to read the latest issue of any Cell Press Journal

 

Per il biotecnologo

http://www.epa.gov/nerl/research/1999/html/g8-4.html

Biodegradation of chiral pollutants

http://www.bioline.org.br/request?au01026

Microbial biotransformations for drug precursors

http://www.led.uni-stuttgart.de/

Lipase engineering database

http://borgc185.kfunigraz.ac.at/Sites/Biocat.htm

Biotransformation of non-natural compounds

 

Per il medico

www.eshre.com

The site of the European Society of Embryology and Human Reproduction.