Access Excellence,
national educational program sponsored by Genentech, Inc. Resources for science
teachers including breaking news in science, virus information, a biotechnology
resource center, & monthly seminars hosted by scientists on topics including
leeches and immunology.
BioChemNet
- Biology and chemistry educational resources online.
Biology
14, various pages of interest to students of biology, including some on
how to do library research, from Tufts University.
BioTech,
from Indiana University. An interactive educational resource and biotechnology
reference tool.
Biotech
Life Science Dictionary, contains definitions to over 5700 life science
terms in fields ranging from biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cellular
biology and genetics.
Biotechnology
Issues, to provide information on communication of biotechnology issues
and the impact of biotechnology on society.
Dennis
Kunkel's Microscopy - Dr. Dennis Kunkel of the Pacific Biomedical Research
Center at the University of Hawaii provides a collection of digitally colorized
photomicrographic images of insects, plants, cells, and bacteria taken with
a scanning electron microscope, a transmission electron micrograph, or a light
micrograph.
Gene
Map of the Human Genome, shows the chromosome location of over 16,000
human genes with links to the underlying sequence and map data.
InnerBody.com
Human Anatomy On-line, an easy-to-understand and colorfully illustrative
human anatomy internet application. Using hot spots on the anatomy illustrations,
the user can explore their chosen body system (skeleton, muscular, cardiovascular,
etc.) through floating anatomy labels that link to other related illustrations
or to easy-to-understand anatomy descriptions.
The
Interactive Fly, produced by Dr. Thomas Brody of the Society for Developmental
Biology and hosted by Purdue University, this site offers users the benefit
of original research into the genes involved in the development of the fruit
fly. Genes are organized three ways: alphabetically, by biochemical function,
and by developmental function.
Kimball's
Biology Pages is a hypertext dictionary specializing in cell and molecular
biology, from absorption spectrum to zygote. Each entry may contain a definition,
cross links to other definitions, or mini-essays about the topic.
MendelWeb,
educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of
classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science,
and the history and literature of science.
Nova
Odyssey of Life, companion to the PBS NOVA Odyssey of Life series, highlighted
by a morphing embryos section that allows the viewer (with the proper software)
to see the development of fish, chicken, pig, and human embryos. Also at the
site are a virtual tour of the microscopic animals that live on you, your
furniture, clothes, and books; an interview with Lennart Nilsson, endoscope
photographer; a cyberdebate between a creationist and an evolutionist; and
a teacher's guide for both parts of the series.
Primer
on Molecular Genetics - This primer was prepared by Denise Casey (Human
Genome Management Information System - Oak Ridge National Laboratory) for
the 1991-92 DOE Human Genome Program Report and modified for Web access by
Dan Jacobson.
Tarantulas
- National Geographic's new info-spectacular. This slick site spins out facts
relating to the Tarantula's anatomy and life cycle, and features photos of
eight different Tarantula species, none of which we'd like to meet in a dark
alley.
University
of Washington Fish Collection, science and educational resource for fish
biologists and the public. Features online museum specimen databases, visitor
information, and the Fish of the Month.
生物学学校
USA
Hood
College, Environmental Biology - The Hood College Master of Science
in Environmental Biology program is specially designed to meet the needs
of environmental professionals and educators who wish to pursue a graduate
degree part-time while working full-time during the day. The Hood program
is unique in Maryland in that courses are offered in the evenings with
some supplementary field and laboratory activities on Saturdays.
Indiana
University, Department of Biology - For over half a century, Indiana
University has provided widely recognized, high-quality undergraduate
education in biology. Individually, the Departments of Microbiology, Plant
Sciences, and Zoology maintained excellent national and international
reputations. Ten years ago, those three departments merged to form the
current Department of Biology. Through this administrative restructuring,
we gained the flexibility to be able to add graduate programs in rapidly
expanding subdisciplines of biology while continuing to offer top-quality
education in the more traditional aspects of the field.
Medical
College of Wisconsin, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - The
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of the Medical College of Wisconsin
has as its primary mission the provision of graduate study and research
training opportunities for degree-seeking students wishing to study in
an interdisciplinary environment and desiring to achieve intellectually
stimulating careers as productive biomedical scientists.
Penn
State, Department of Biology - The Department of Biology is nationally
and internationally known for its specific excellence in plant and animal
biological research. Thirty-two faculty work in a broad spectrum of research
areas, including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, developmental
biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, and systematics. More
than half of the faculty use molecular approaches and techniques in their
research.
Princeton
University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) -
We are a new department, created in 1990 when Biology was divided into
the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Biology.
We are also a small department composed of 15 faculty, 30 graduate students
and about 100 undergraduate majors, and our strengths lie in the areas
of ecology, evolution and behavior.
Purdue
University, Department of Biological Sciences - The department offers
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with six programs: biology curriculum
and instruction (7 faculty), biophysics, biochemistry and structural
biology (14 faculty), cell, molecular and developmental biology
(14 faculty), ecology, evolution and population biology (6 faculty),
microbiology and molecular genetics (9 faculty), neurobiology
and physiology (8 faculty).
Texas A&M
University, Biology Department - The Department of Biology grants
Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in four areas of basic life sciences: Biology (Molecular
and Cell Biology), Botany, Microbiology and Zoology. These degrees offer
outstanding research opportunities in virology, developmental biology,
cellular and molecular biology, genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolutionary
and behavioral biology, working with organisms ranging from viral, fungal,
and bacterial model systems to higher and lower plants, invertebrates,
and vertebrates. The diverse interests of the Biology faculty foster interdisciplinary
research and provide graduate students with a broad perspective on modern
biological problems.
University
of California, Irvine, School of Biological Sciences - The School
of Biological Sciences reflects new concepts of biology in both its curriculum
and its research programs. The faculty is dedicated to providing students
with the opportunity to learn the principles and facts in this ever- expanding
field of biology. The curriculum is designed to meet present and future
educational needs of majors and nonmajors. In keeping with the responsibilities
of the University, the School encourages vigorous faculty and student
research programs.
University
of Chicago, The Division of the Biological Sciences and The Pritzker
School of Medicine - The Division of the Biological Sciences is unique
in the country, in that it encompasses both a medical school and graduate
programs in biological sciences. Faculty in the division teach biology
in the College, but the organization and administration of baccalaureate
programs in the biological sciences are the responsibility of the College.
The departments and faculty within the division are not identified as
those providing instruction to medical, graduate or college students,
but rather all serve the entire curricular needs of the students in the
University. This organizational structure makes possible a wide range
of contacts and interactions among students and faculty in the basic and
clinical science areas, and affords many unique study and research opportunities
for students regardless of their program of study.
University
of Cincinnati, Department of Biological Sciences - Graduates are taught
to reason, inquire, synthesize, and analyze their knowledge of biology
by the scientific method. They are then qualified to pursue advanced graduate
degrees, work as research technicians for industry, teach at the secondary
level, or seek other jobs related to personal interests.
University
of Kentucky, Thomas Hunt Morgan School of Biological Sciences - The
graduate program in the Thomas Hunt Morgan School of Biological Sciences
is organized into three areas by faculty research interests. Master of
Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are granted for research in:
Molecular and Cell Biology, Organismal and Integrative Biology, Ecology,
Evolution, and Behavior. The diversity of our faculty's research interests
assures success in accommodating the broad range of professional interests
of our students. Opportunities for collaborative interactions with students
and faculty from the Colleges of Agriculture and Medicine make the University
of Kentucky an especially rich environment for intellectual development.
Currently, 39 Ph.D and 12 M.S. students are enrolled in the Biological
Sciences graduate program. Graduate training in Biological Sciences involves
both challenging formal course work and intensive laboratory & field
research. Each section of the School acts as a graduate training group
to tailor a program that meshes the student's individual professional
goals and interests with particular opportunities in the chosen field.
University
of Michigan, Department of Biology - The Ph.D. degree programs in
biology at the University of Michigan are intended for persons capable
of carrying out distinguished scholarly activities and thus contributing
to the body of knowledge in their selected fields of specialization. It
is expected that those who are awarded degrees will also have competence
as teachers and a background of information in quantitative methods and
instrumental techniques appropriate to their areas of study.
University
of New Mexico, Department of Biology - The Department of Biology at
the University of New Mexico offers excellent opportunities for education
and research in many areas of modern biology: botany, cell biology, evolution,
ecology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and zoology. The
Department is the largest academic unit on the UNM campus, with 32 full-time
faculty members, more than 800 undergraduates, and approximately 110 graduate
students.
Australian
National University, Research School of Biological Sciences - The
Research School of Biological Sciences, which was established in 1967,
is one of eight research schools in the Institute of Advanced Studies
at the Australian National University. The research schools are: Biological
Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Pacific and Asian Studies, Physical
Sciences and Engineering, Information Sciences and Engineering, Social
Sciences and the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Flinders
University of South Australia, School of biological sciences - The
School of Biological Sciences is in the city of Adelaide near the coast
of Gulf St Vincent on the Southern Coast of Australia. The Lincoln Marine
Science Centre has just been completed at a small fishing port (Port Lincoln)
near the mouth of the adjacent gulf (Spencer Gulf), where Spencer Gulf
joins the Southern ocean.
Macquarie
University, School of Biological Sciences - The School of Biological
Sciences at Macquarie University unites plant biology, animal biology,
genetics, biochemistry, ecology and molecular biology. No formal boundaries
have been established between disciplines within the school, and much
of the research takes advantage of combining skills and ideas which in
Universities with a traditional structure would have been in separate
Departments.
National
University of Singapore, School of Biological Sciences - The School
has a growing reputation for the quality of its academic research, particularly
in the areas of molecular biology and biotechnology, plant tissue culture
and morphogenesis, the physiology and biochemistry of plant, animal and
microbial systems, marine and fish biology, applied entomology, animal
production and floriculture in the tropics, and ecology and systematics.
University of
Auckland, School of Biological Sciences (SBS) - Research in the School
is organised loosely around a number of research groups. These are not
like traditional departments (a large proportion of general staff do not
belong to any particular research group). The current research groups
are: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biostatistics Unit, Developmental
Biology and Cancer Research, Ecology and Evolution, Experimental Biology,
Marine and Freshwater Biology, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
Plant Science.
University
of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences - Recent innovations
in biology have broken down traditional boundaries,so in Manchester we
have grouped much of our biological expertise from the Science and Medical
faculties (traditional departments suchas Anatomy, Bacteriology &
Virology, Basic Dental Sciences, Biochemistry,Botany, Immunology, Pharmacology,
Physiology and Zoology) and the newersubjects of Cell Biology, Molecular
Biology and Neurosciences into a Schoolof Biological Sciences housed in
the Stopford Building on the mainuniversity campus.
University
of Melbourne, The Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology - The Department features a diverse range of research investigations
which are extended by collaborations with external research institutes.
We welcome enquiries about participating in our teaching and research
programs.
University
of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, The School of Biological Science
- The School of Biological Science at the University of New South Wales
has a national and international reputation for quality research in a
range of fields. The diverse areas of research represented in the School
are integrated rather than formed into discrete departments. This interaction
generates research that is in many cases multi-disciplinary and collaborative.
Cooperation in research within interdisciplinary projects extends to other
Schools in the University, especially in marine and environmental research.
Research in the School can be grouped into: ecology and environmental
studies, evolutionary biology, marine biology, and physiology.
University
of Sydney, School of Biological Sciences - The School of Biological
Sciences is one of the largest units in the Faculty of Science. Its undergraduate
teaching and postgraduate research have an emphasis on physiology, ecology,
evolution, taxonomy, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics. The
range of environmental (marine, freshwater, terrestrial) and taxonomic
(protistan, plant, fungal and animal) diversity within these fields is
one of the strengths of the School. It complements other biologically-based
but more narrowly-focussed departments within the University (Biochemistry,
Microbiology, Histology and Embryology, Physiology, Crop Sciences) that
provide additional study options for undergraduates and co-supervision
opportunities (among others) for postgraduates (see later).
