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Biochem, Cell & Molecular

Access Pharmacy

AccessPharmacy is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. At its core, AccessPharmacy is a set of 24 online, full-text books including major books like DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach and Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, with some being updated monthly.  A flexible resource, it allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.  Texts are supplemented with multimedia material like animations.

AccessScience

Full search of the encyclopedia plus science news, definitions, biographies, illustrations, animations and more.

Alliance for Cellular Signaling (AfCS) Protocol Database

Includes protocols for procedures as well as solution and ligand production.

American Elements Periodic Table

An interactive periodic table from American Elements. Contains a good deal of information and some nice features including a current bibliography of recent research on any given element.

Annual Reviews

Access from Volume 1 to the present for the following Annual Review titles:


  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biophysics
  • Cell & Developmental Biology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution & Systematics
  • Entomology
  • Genetics
  • Genomics & Human Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Law & Social Science
  • Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition
  • Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
  • Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Physiology
  • Phytopathology
  • Plant Biology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Access from Volume 1 to five years ago for all other Annual Review titles.

Bio-Web

Cell and molecular biology news and resources

Biopharmaceutical Glossaries

A collection of glossaries on a variety of topics including: Drug Discovery & Development, Molecular Biology, Pharmacoeconomics, Biology, Chemistry and Informatics.

Biotechnology Science Primer

An online science primer from the NCBI covering a variety of topics related to biotechnology including issues in molecular biology, genetics, pharmacogenomics and phylogenetics.

Cell & Molecular Biology Online

This site collects links to resources on cell and molecular biology for students and researchers including educational as well as career related resources.

CELLS Alive!

A great and very visual educational site about basic cell biology. This site includes informational photo galleries and interactive animations.

ChemIDplus

"Database of over 380,000 chemicals, synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases"

ChemTube3D - Interactive 3D Organic Reaction Mechanisms

"This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy."

EcoCyc

Encyclopedia of Escherichia coli K-12 Genes and Metabolism

Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine Search

Don't just search PubMed, search across every database available from the NCBI at the same time.

Human Cell Culture: Cancer Cell Lines, Part 1

Cell Culture 1Available online. First volume in a series providing a complete guide to the culture of human cells. Detailed manual and reference for researchers using human cells.

Human Cell Culture: Cancer Cell Lines, Part 2

Cell Culture 2Available online. First volume in a series providing a complete guide to the culture of human cells. Detailed manual and reference for researchers using human cells.

Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO)

"The Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) is an international scientific organization representing and promoting proteomics through international cooperation and collaborations by fostering the development of new technologies, techniques and training." Includes a glossary of proteomic terms among other things.

International HapMap Project

"The goal of the International HapMap Project is to develop a haplotype map of the human genome, the HapMap, which will describe the common patterns of human DNA sequence variation. The HapMap is expected to be a key resource for researchers to use to find genes affecting health, disease, and responses to drugs and environmental factors."

Lenntech Periodic Table

Interactive periodic table that includes chemical properties as well as health and environmental effects of each element.

Medicines By Design

The online version of a publication by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, this book gives a brief history and introduction to pharmacology, molecular medicine and pharmacogenomics.

Model Organisms for Biomedical Research

"We hope this web site provides you with information about national and international activities and major resources that are being developed to facilitate biomedical research using the animal models listed here. For organisms not listed, web pages may be developed in the future."