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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Rampant Helper Syndrome Methane-producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA
Catalysts assist in chemical reactions without undergoing any alteration of their own. In the cells of living organisms, proteins perform this important function. They carry out the metabolism fundamental to all living processes. Proteins are instrumental in cellular respiration, they for instance reduce oxygen to water and oxidize food into carbon dioxide. This releases the energy that makes life possible at all. Proteins cannot perform these functions on their own.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT

Double Success For Instituto Gulbenkian De Ciencia Scientists Working On Chromosome Segregation
Lars Jansen's work on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division, has just earned him a paper in Nature Cell Biology and a prestigious EMBO installation grant, of 50,000 euro per year, for a maximum of five years. Lars Jansen moved from California to the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, last year to head the Epigenetic Mechanisms group.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT

Work With Tiny Worm Could Point To New Treatments For Human Brain Disorders
Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have significantly advanced our understanding of human brain function because it shares many genes and neurochemical signaling molecules with humans. Now MIT researchers have found novel C. elegans neurochemical receptors, the discovery of which could lead to new therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders if similar receptors are found in humans.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT

Locust Study Points Toward New Treatment For Stroke And Migraine
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions. Queen's University biologists studying the locust have found that these human disorders are linked by a brain disturbance during which nerve cells shut down. This also occurs in locusts when they go into a coma after exposure to extreme conditions such as high temperatures or lack of oxygen.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT

Particles Held For On-Chip Analysis By Integrated Optical Trap
A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest innovation from researchers at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who are developing new sensor technology for biomedical analysis and other applications.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT

Connection Between Cancer And Human Evolution Revealed By Ben-Gurion U. Researchers
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the possibility for diseases, including cancer. The findings were recently the cover story in the journal Genome Research.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT

Cutting Calories May Be Key To Evolutionary Fitness
Charles Darwin and his contemporaries postulated that food consumption in birds and mammals was limited by resource levels, that is, animals would eat as much as they could while food was plentiful and produce as many offspring as this would allow them to. However, recent research has shown that, even when food is abundant, energy intake reaches a limit, even in animals with high nutrient demands, such as lactating females.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

A Group Of Proteins Highly Effective At Killing Bacteria And Which Could Hold The Key To Developing New Types Of Antibiotics To Be Studied
Researchers from the Universities of York and Leeds have been awarded £3.3m from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to find out how a family of proteins known as colicins force their way into bacterial cells before destroying them.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Methane-Producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA
The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes, being bacteria and higher organisms. Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry out unique biochemical processes shared neither with bacteria nor with eukaryotes. Methanogenic archaeans, for example, can produce methane gas out of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

UCLA Scientists Find Molecular Differences Between Embryonic Stem Cells And Reprogrammed Skin Cells
UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two cell types are clearly distinguishable from one another. The data from the study suggest that embryonic stem cells and the reprogrammed cells, known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, have overlapping but still distinct gene expression signatures.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT