The Nutrition and Food Web Archive - Biochemistry Resources

Biochemistry

Metabolic Database
Excellent website with metabolic pathways and some that are animated.

NetBiochem
Great overview of metabolic pathways. Click on NetBiochem Topics.

Background on Folate and B12 Metabolism
Great review with pictures.

Beginner's Guide to Molecular Biology
Fundamentals of molecular biology.

Beginner's Guide to Molecular Biology
An overview of the Central Dogma of molecular biology. Includes links to other sites, pictures, and Rasmol files.

Basic Sciences and Molecular Medicine Methodology
Online tutorial describing the basic process of gene cloning, expression, and analysis, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.

Biochemical Howlers
Compilation of basic biochemical mistakes that frequently occur in standard textbooks.

Biochemistry
Prepared by an AP high school student. Offers basic overview of biochemistry terms, the cell, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
Journal launched to promote educational aspects, with short reviews, preparation for lectures, seminars, student presentations and laboratory experiments from Stanford University.

Biochemistry Resources
Resources for student and teachers of college level biochemistry courses, including demonstrations, learning strategies, classroom graphics, and sample course outlines.

The Biology Project: Biochemistry
Problem sets, links, and interactive activities.

The Biology Project: Molecular Biology
Problem sets and tutorials on nucleic acid, recombination and expression, with emphasis on genetics of prokaryotes, at the University of Arizona.

Introduction to Biochemistry
Designed for students at Wellesley college. Offers news headlines, links, molecule diagrams, and a molecule of the day.

Learning Biochemistry with Deepview
Classroom molecular graphics using RasMol and SwissPdbViewer. Plugins and configuration settings are available on the site.

Medical Biochemistry
Detailed presentation of numerous biochemistry topics from Indiana St. Univ.

Medical Biochemistry
Comprehensive topic list in general and medical biochemistry. Includes links to other related teaching pages as well as sites with resources for the research scientist.

Molecular Biology for the 21st Century
Indexes materials that support undergrads and science high school teachers in the NJ, PA, and NY region. A collaboration by Princeton University's department of molecular biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Molecular Biology Notebook
Online courses for the teaching of the subject from Rothamsted, UK.

Molecular Biology Web Book
Chapters include Cells and Viruses, Protein Structure and Function, Nucleic Acids, Genomics and Proteomics, Cell Signaling and Apoptosis, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics with introduction to Genes and Disease. Authors include Alberts and Lodish, based in Slingerlands, NY.

Protein Data Base Educational Resources
Directory of educational sites that are appropriate for many ages, including elementary and post-graduate students.

Tutorials and Animations
Three-dimensional models of DNA, RNA, and subsets of both. Requires Netscape 4.7 and Chime 2.0 plug-in to view 3D-models. From The School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK.

Tutorials in Molecular Biology
Graphical demonstrations of molecular processes and techniques from UCLA. Requires at least Netscape 3.01 with Shockwave Plug-in.

West, Tim
Resources for undergraduate level molecular biology with links to research on ATPases at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

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BIOCHEMISTRY HEADLINES

Device Provides A Platform For Viewing Cancer Cells And Other Macromolecules In Dynamic, Life-Sustaining Liquid Environments
A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST

Chaos In The Cell's Command Center
A defective operating system is never a good thing. Like computers, our cells depend on operating systems to drive normal functions. Gene expression programs comprise the software code our cells rely on, with each cell type controlled by its own program. Corrupted programs can trigger disease...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Scientists Transform Skin Cells Direct To Brain Cells, Bypassing Stem Cell Stage
Bypassing the stem cell stage, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California converted mouse skin cells directly into neural precursor cells, the cells that go on to form the three main types of cell in the brain and nervous system. They write about their findings in the 30 January early online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Metabolic Errors Affect DNA
Cells rely on purines, which are types of molecules that make up half of the DNA and RNA building blocks, and are a key component of the chemicals that store a cell's energy in order to perform many vital functions. The purine supply is strictly controlled by the cells, with any disruption likely to cause serious potential consequences...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST

Stress-Induced Genomic Instability Facilitates Rapid Cellular Adaption In Yeast
Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST

Study Finds Mysterious Protein's Entwined Arm Movements May Control Fate Of Potentially Toxic Payload
Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET - a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging - draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Discovery Of Rotational Motion Of Cells That Plays A Critical Role In Their Normal Development Has Major Implications For Breast Cancer Research
In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion that plays a critical role in the ability of breast cells to form the spherical structures in the mammary gland known as acini...
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

One Of Life's Molecular Mysteries Mapped By Scientists
All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion - a fundamental process in biology - have revealed how protein channels in the membrane are activated by special signals contained in proteins destined for secretion...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

3D Study Of Vitamins May Help Combat Malaria
A three-dimensional study of how enzymes in the malaria parasite Plasmodium synthesize essential vitamins, could help develop new drugs to combat the disease. Using electron microscopy, a team of scientists from Germany and the UK studied how the enzymes synthesize Vitamin B6, which has already been proposed as a target for new drugs...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PST

Viruses That Con Bacteria With Helping Hand
Scientists studying ocean microorganisms have encountered something they have never seen before. A marine virus that cons certain photosynthetic bacteria into letting it come inside because it appears to offer a "helping hand" by bringing resources very like their own to help them acquire phosphorus, a nutrient they are desperately short of...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST