BioMedNet: Neuroscience Gateway
http://www.bmn.com/neuroscience
The Neuroscience Gateway from BioMedNet has recently gone live, offering "expertly selected content from leading publications" (all published by Elvesier), including Neuron, Neurosciences, and others. The Neuroscience Gateway, one of a growing number of BioMedNet Web portals for the life sciences, is updated every two weeks to bring neuroscience researchers the latest field-related scientific and feature articles, research updates, book reviews, and much more. All resources are available free of charge to any user after registering with BioMedNet (a quick, simple process). Updated every two weeks, the Neuroscience Gateway is currently focused on "translational neuroscience," and will offer free access to full-text articles from a recent special issue of Brain, Behavior and Immunity until the next update." [RS]
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Melastomataceae of the World
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/melastomes/
This Florida Museum of Natural History of Web site provides a convenient, centralized clearinghouse for information on the Melastomataceae. Created to promote research on this common yet understudied family of tropical plants, the Melastomataceae of the World Web site provides images and background information, a phylogenetic overview, links to related research projects, contact information for melastomatologists working around the world, bibliographic references, links to useful online databases, and much more. Well organized and remarkably comprehensive, this Web site really does a service to Melastomataceae research. [RS]
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge Prior Art Database
http://ip.aaas.org/tekindex.nsf
The Traditional Ecological Knowledge Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD) "is an index and search engine of existing Internet-based, public domain documentation concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species uses." TEK*PAD, a multi-organization collaboration offered through the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides links to taxonomic data, ethnobotanical information, academic abstracts and articles, and other resources intended to facilitate research on traditional ecological knowledge. The database itself may be searched easily by keywords, plant names, medicinal application, geographical region, or cultural/ ethnic group. The Web site also includes recent news articles and other features, such as the Biopiracy Hot List. Even those not actively involved in ethnobotanical research should find the TEK*PAD Web site worth exploring. [RS]
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Plant Cell Imaging [QuickTime]
http://deepgreen.stanford.edu/
The Department of Plant Biology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington offers a fascinating collection of plant cell images created using fluorescent molecular tags (isolated from a species of bioluminescent jellyfish) and fluorescence microscopy. Visitors will find an extensive collection of movies presenting different cell types, subcellular components, and dynamic cellular processes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The Web site also includes detailed equipment and protocol information, as well as links for tools, software, and other related Web sites. Visitors are encouraged to view the site and its content with a Macintosh, if possible. [RS]
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BioChipNet: The Informational Website on BioChip Technologies [.pdf]
http://www.biochipnet.de/
The BioChipNet database, maintained by researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany, offers a "comprehensive information platform on microarrays and related fields." The BioChipNet Web pages offer a mountain of microarray-related resources, including profiles of companies and institutions engaged in biochip technology, links to PubMed articles, announcements of upcoming meetings and conferences, a detailed glossary, and more. Researchers and commercial interests alike should find BioChipNet and its conveniently centralized catalog of microarray resources of use. [RS]
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Bermuda Biological Station for Research
http://www.bbsr.edu/
This Web site contains the homepage of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR), established "to conduct research and science education of the highest quality from the special perspective of a mid-ocean island." The site offers detailed overviews of BBSR research initiatives, including a number projects in the life sciences: marine biodiversity, the ecosystem functions of coral reefs, ocean genomics, aquaculture, ecotoxicology, and pollution studies. Visitors can also go on a virtual tour of the research station. Altogether, this Web site offers a quick yet engaging introduction to research at the BBSR. [RS]
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NZFUNGI: New Zealand Fungi
http://nzfungi.landcareresearch.co.nz/html/mycology.asp?ID=05-OJO-11
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research -- "New Zealand's foremost environmental research organization" -- presents NZFUNGI, a free database for information on the systematics, conservation, pathology, and ecology of New Zealand's fungi. Integrating a number of pre-existing Landcare Research databases, NZFUNGI contains botanical, bibliographic, and curatorial information for thousands of New Zealand fungi species. Although the Web site currently lacks a search help page, using the database is fairly self-evident, and Landcare Research will welcome any emailed search questions. [RS]
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Genomes to Life Contractor-Grantee Workshop I [.pdf]
http://doegenomestolife.org/pubs/2003abstracts/html/index_VpToc.htm
This Web site contains the proceedings of the Department of Energy's Genomes to Life (GTL) first annual Contractor-Grantee Workshop, held in February 2003. The GTL program integrates "genomic data and high-throughput technologies for studying the proteins encoded by the genome to explore the amazingly diverse natural capabilities in microbes," with exciting applications for bioremediation, energy production, and global climate change mitigation. The conference proceedings cover a range of related topics presented by experts from universities and research centers throughout the US, and may viewed online or downloaded in regular or high-resolution sizes. [RS]
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