Google Tips
- Refine web searchesHow to get reliable information using Google? There are a few of tricks. We list here one to pull out sites with special domains:
Type the following search strings inside GOOGLE SEARCH BOX:
- To define a term => DEFINE: "your term here"
- To get the information from government supported research => "your keyword/phrase" site:.gov
- To get the information from educational institution =>"your keyword/phrase" site:.edu
- To get the information from organization => "your keyword/phrase" site:.org
News and Information Web Sites
- Biotechnology Guidance Documents & Regulatory InformationGuidance documents contain nonbinding recommendations.
- Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationBIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations.
- Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - USDAIn order to protect plant health, Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) implements APHIS regulations for certain genetically engineered (GE) organisms that may pose a risk to plant health.
- Genetics Home ReferenceProvides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variation on human health.
- The Guardian: GeneticsPopular Science News for online, global audience
- MicroNowMicroNow is a digital platform that aggregates and curates the microbial sciences.
- Science.govScience.gov is a gateway to U.S. government science information. The portal offers free access to research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies.
- Stem Cell InformationNational Institutes of Health covers stem cell basics, current research, policies, clinical trials.
- U.S. Geological Survey - MicrobiologyCovers many broad research areas, including fish and wildlife health and disease, climate change, microbial ecology, public health and water quality, geomicrobiology, and ecosystem function.
- USDA: BiotechnologyBiotechnology in Agriculture
- USDA: Food safety and InspectionMircobiology of Food
Interactive Learning Web Sites
- BiointeractiveAt BioInteractive, you can find award-winning multimedia resources, including apps, animations, videos, interactives, and virtual labs, to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into your classroom.
- The Biology ProjectAn interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona.
- Cells alive!Represents film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. The majority of the site is free of cost and registration for anyone with internet access.
- Developmental Biology: Dev TutorialsDev Tutorials are video recordings of developmental biologists describing key concepts in the field.
- DNA from the BeginningDNA from the Beginning is organized around key concepts. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, biographies, and links.
- Interactive FlyA cyberspace guide to Drosophila development and metazoan evolution
- Learn. GeneticsIt is not only about Genetics but Human Metabolism, Cell Biology, etc. by University of Utah
- Microbiology AnimationAdditions to Bauman's and Tortora's Microbiology text books.
- Scitable: a collaborative learning spaceInspires you to learn with resources on genetics and cell biology.
- Virtual Interactive Bacteriology LaboratoryAllows to learn a variety tests that are done in a diagnostic microbiology laboratory to identify bacterial pathogens from patient samples. Each module demonstrates a different laboratory test, and the student is able to carry out and interpret the results of each test with controls and unknowns. Instructions are provided within each on-line module.
- Virtual LabEnhancement for text book: Biology, 6/e. Author Dr. George B. Johnson, Washington University, et al.
- Web Anatomy: self testsTest yourself on knowledge of human anatomy and learn.