Research
A professional scientific and medical nonprofit organization established in 1977, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) brings "together clinical and experimental scientists involved in the study of bone and mineral metabolism." The ASBMR website links to information about various research grants and other funding, awards, and membership. The site also contains an online job placement service and a membership directory. In addition, the ASBMR site provides a list of related links as well as information about Society meetings, news, and publications. [NL]
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/mvz/
From the University of California-Berkeley, this website provides access to images and data in the institution's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology collections. Refreshed weekly, the data records are available to individual researchers and research groups. The search engine allows site users to search specimens in one or all of the following categories: Amphibians, Birds, Bird Eggs, Mammals, and Reptiles. In addition, the search engine specifies results by Complete Data Records, Tissue Records Only, or Type Specimens Only. The image search engine offers fields for Catalog Type, Scientific and Common Name, Locality, Image Number, and more. [NL]
http://uther.otago.ac.nz/v5g.html
Supported by the University of Otago, the Health Research Council, and the Royal Society of New Zealand, Transterm is "an interactive database providing access to RNA sequences and their associated motifs. The RNA sequences are derived from all gene sequence data in Genbank, including complete genomes, divided into putative 5' and 3' UTRs, initiation and termination regions and the full CDS sequences." The Transterm website contains an extensive help browser with information regarding: the History and Direction of Transterm; Scan-for-Matches Pattern Rules; How Short Species Names are Constructed; RSCU Tables; and much more. [NL]
http://www.marbot.gu.se/SSS/SSShome.htm
This online phytoplankton checklist was created by Mats Kuylenstierna and Bengt Karlson of Goteborg University, Sweden. The aim of the "checklist is to provide up to date information on phytoplankton and heterotrophic protests found in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, N. Atlantic Ocean." The site contains 282 species sheets organized alphabetically in sections for Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae or Daitomophyceae), Dinoflagellates (Dinophyta), and other plankton. Species sheets include beautiful images and brief entries regarding Synonym(s), Size, Life-Form, Distinctive Features, Distribution, Literature, and more. The site also provides a taxonomic overview, an extensive list of references, and even a plankton movie. [NL]
http://www.neurofys.uu.se/musclelab/home.html
Headed by Dr. Lars Larrson, the Muscle Research Group is part of the Department of Neuroscience at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden. The Muscle Group website provides brief summaries of the following research projects: Cellular Research; Molecular Research; Genetic Architecture; Health and Disease: Neuromuscular Disorders; and Motor Unit and Whole Muscle. Summaries are accompanied by figures, movies, and a list of relevant publications. The site also includes a collection of related research sites, and connects to an overview of research divisions in the Clinical Neurophysiology program at Uppsala Universitet as well. [NL]
http://www.photosynthesisresearch.org/research_dir.html
One of the goals of the International Society of Photosynthesis Research (ISPR) "is to provide a clearing house for all things photosynthesis-related." One manifestation of this goal is the impressive ISPR Photosynthesis Research Directory, a publicly accessible database of researchers studying photosynthesis. As of 2001, the directory contained records for approximately 2,800 researchers. The "records include full name, last known address, phone, fax, email, web site, and research specialties." The website also allows unlisted researchers to submit an entry for the directory. [NL]
