Research
http://www.fsca-dpi.org/OverViewFrame.htm
This website presents the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) Museum of Entomology, a great resource for researchers from around the world, currently housing an "estimated 8.15 million prepared specimens including 3,500 primary and at least 15,000 secondary types." The site links to sections on Collections and Major Holdings, Publications of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Research Associates Program, Entomology Links, and more. The site also links to a list of the FSCA Entomologists (including their research interests and contact information), and to the Center for Systematic Entomology which provides information about annual grants for taxonomic researchers, and publications such as their quarterly journal, Insecta Mundi. The site links to several Taxonomic Databases as well, although lightning damage to the server has rendered them non-operational at present. [NL]
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/humanissues/index.html
This Human Issues in HORTICULTURE website presents the work of Dr. Jayne Zajicek’s Research Lab in the Horticultural Sciences Department at Texas A&M University. The study of human issues in horticulture examines people / plant interactions and "encompasses the areas of urban horticulture, public horticulture, and therapeutic horticulture." This site provides links to Current Research, Previous Research, and Future Projects sections. Examples of Current Research projects include Horticultural Therapy and Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Nutrition and School Gardens, and Teacher Training and School Gardens. The site offers a list of links to related organizations and programs as well as information about internships. [NL]
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/cockayne/index.html
Named after Dr. E A Cockayne, The Cockayne database website was developed collaboratively by the Natural History Museum in London and Dr. Cockayne’s Trust. The central aim of the website is "to provide free access to a comprehensive atlas of British butterflies and moths, illustrating all native and introduced species and their variation." This site represents the first phase of the Cockayne project focusing on British Butterflies, and it currently "provides approximately 1700 images illustrating geographic, seasonal, genetic and major individual variations." Site visitors can search the database by scientific or common name, or by browsing numerous images of native and regular migrant species. This site also provides information about the Cockayne Fellowship for new work on Lepidoptera. [NL]
http://www-nbrf.georgetown.edu/pirwww/search/pirnref.shtml
Created at Georgetown University Medical Center, this website hosts the Protein Information Resource: Non-Redundant Reference Protein Database (PIR-NREF), a comprehensive source for protein sequence data that keeps current with the genome sequencing projects. Free for downloading and updated biweekly, PIR-NREF contains 1,581,210 entries in its current release. The site "provides direct entry retrieval (based on protein IDs), text search (protein or species names), and sequence search (BLAST, peptide match, and pattern match) for full-scale and species-based protein identification. Species-based browsing and searching are supported for about 100 organisms, including over 70 complete genomes." This site links to background information about PIR and other PIR Databases as well. [NL]
This website presents the European Register of Marine Species, an EU-funded marine biodiversity research consortium involving research groups in nine European nations. An ultimate goal of the project was to "produce a register of marine species in Europe, linked with a bibliography of identification guides, register of taxonomic experts, locations of collections of reference specimens, and an Information Pack on European marine biodiversity (based on this project’s results)." The site links to brief and full checklists for numerous taxa including information on genus, higher taxon, authority, specific epithet, distribution, and more. From the species pages, site users can link to information about the checklists, identification guides, and taxonomic hierarchy. The homepage provides links to information about project participants, project background, and a simple map illustrating the geographic scope of the project. [NL]
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/annotated/index.html
The Annotated Checklists of Fishes is an electronic journal published by the California Academy of Sciences. Established in 2003, the journal "serves to provide the most up-to-date taxonomic treatment of each family of Recent fishes." The Checklists are available in PDF files and are organized sequentially, phylogenetically, and alphabetically by family. This site links to other sections of the Department of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences as well, including the Catalog of Fishes, Collection Database, Funding Opportunities, Newsletter of Systematic Ichthyology, and more. [NL]
http://www.fhcrc.org/science/dog_genome/
From the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, this website presents the Dog Genome Project, whose team is "working to develop resources necessary to map and clone canine genes in an effort to utilize dogs as a model system for genetics and cancer research." This site links to past versions of the canine genomic map, a canine cytogenetic, linkage, and radiation hybrid map, as well as the A 1 Mb Resolution Radiation Hybrid Map of the Canine Genome. The site also links to sections on supplemental information for recent publications, methods and protocols for building the canine genomic map, and references. Information for dog owners and relevant links to other organizations are provided as well. [NL]
http://www.models.kvl.dk/users/engelsen/specarb/specarb.html
Created by Professor Soren B. Engelson of the Department of Dairy and Food Science at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, this website presents SPECARB, "an experimental database containing Raman spectra of carbohydrates. [SPECARB] is intended to contain solid state Raman spectra of carbohydrates from the monomers and their derivatives to complex polysaccharides." At present, site visitors can view over twenty spectra including Me-a-D-Glucopyranoside, Raffinose, Amylose, Xanthan, and more. Professor Engelson invites feedback and contributions from other scientists engaged in related work. [NL]
