http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/garbelotto/english/index.php

As part of the University of California Cooperative Extension, the Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory conducts research "focused on the diagnosis and management of tree diseases and on the development of valuable non-timber forest products such as mushrooms." The Laboratory website includes information regarding ongoing research projects as well as information about faculty and student researchers. Much of the Laboratory's current research is focused on Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death. The site links to downloadable files for a collection of research publication and posters. The website is available in both Spanish and English, and contains links for related laboratories and organizations. [NL]

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/

This website, from the American Society of Mammalogists (AMS), will be of interest to mammalogists, wildlife ecologists, and other mammal researchers and enthusiasts. The site contains a cumulative index of species accounts from the long-running AMS publication, Mammalian Species. The species accounts vary from 2-14 pages, and summarize "the current understanding of the biology of a single species, including systematics, distribution, fossil history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation." Site visitors can locate accounts by using the website's Systematic List or Bibliography. The site currently lists a total of 738 accounts, of which 631 are available in pdf form. A downloadable Guide to Constructing and Understanding Synonymies for Mammalian Species is available as well. [NL]

http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/GarryHomePage.html

Headed up by Dr. Robert F. Garry at the Tulane University School of Medicine, the Garry Lab conducts virology research centered on "retroviruses, autoimmunity and retroviruses in autoimmunity." The Garry Laboratory Home Page links to two research summary sites-the HIV Cytopathology Page, and the Human A-type Retroviral Particles Page. The Lab website also links to abstracts for recent research presentations, and an extensive list of publications. The site lists contacts for Garry Lab staff as well. Notably, the site hosts a recently updated version of All the Virology on the WWW (reported on in the Scout Report, November 17, 1995) which "seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet." [NL]

http://cc.ucsf.edu/index.html
Bringing together hundreds of clinicians and researchers, the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center pursues cancer research in such areas as prevention, causes, early detection, and treatment. Combining clinical research, basic science, patient care, and epidemiology/cancer control, the "Center's mission is the discovery and evolution of new ideas and information about cancer, from research to the clinical implementation phases of cancer control." The website contains overviews of current research programs in the areas of Breast Oncology, Cancer & Immunity, Cutaneous Oncology, Tobacco Control, and more. The site links to profiles for its 400 members, representing over 50 departments and institutes. The profiles include contact information, educational background, professional experience, and a list of selected publications. The site also links to information about advanced training opportunities, clinical trials, member lab websites, and the UCSF-National Cancer Institute sponsored-SPORE programs. [NL]

http://www.ttrs.org/research.htm

The Tall Timbers Research Station works to foster land stewardship through its research, conservation, and education efforts. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, the Tall Timbers Station conducts research in the areas of Fire Ecology, Resource Management, Vertebrate Ecology, Forestry, and Northern Bobwhite Quail studies. The Station's website contains overviews of its five major research programs and offers information regarding research jobs and internships. Tall Timbers also provides downloadable copies of its Research Notes publication, and lists a variety of staff publications (some of which are downloadable). In addition, Tall Timbers features the E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database (reported on in the Scout Report for Science & Engineering, January 6, 1999) which contains approximately 15,000 citations, and 6,000 abstracts. [NL]

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/foram/index.html

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History "serves as the largest repository in the world of foraminiferal type specimens with over 16,000 primary type specimens (holotypes and paratypes), searchable on-line, with graphics and over 20,000 secondary type specimens." The Museum features the extensive Cushman Collection of Foraminifera as well as associated collections of smaller foraminifera including the H. Deaderick Collection, Ruth Todd Collection, Jim Mello Collection, and S. Geroch Collection-to name a few. Featured collections of larger foraminifera include the Paul and Esther Applin Collection, W. Storrs Cole Collection, Raymond Douglas-Lloyd Henbest Collection, and Thomas Vaughan Collection. Site visitors can view good-quality Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images organized by the Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene time periods. The site also links to the Planktic Foraminifer Dictionaries for the Neogene, Paleogene, and Cretaceous periods. [NL]