50th post!!!

This post had to be a good one! Go check out the virtual labs on this site. Real good stuff!

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/index.html

Cystic fibrosis

I know that this video is going to take one hour but do sit through it. I hope it will help.

http://presenter.multicastmedia.com/links/CFF/Horizon_of_Hope.htm

Here's something extra:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/cf/index.html

Jokes for biologists

A boy was assigned a paper on childbirth and asked his mother, "How was I born?"
"Well honey..." said the slightly prudish mother, "the stork brought you to us."
"Oh," said the boy, "and how did you and daddy get born?"
"Oh, the stork brought us too."
"Well how were grandpa and grandma born?" the boy persisted.
"Well darling, the stork brought them too!" said the mother, by now starting to squirm a little.
Several days later, the boy handed in his paper to the teacher who read with confusion the opening sentence: "This report has been very difficult to write due to the fact that there hasn't been a natural childbirth in my family for three generations."

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A biologist was interested in studying how far bullfrogs can jump. He brought a bullfrog into his laboratory, set it down, and commanded, "Jump, frog, jump!"
The frog jumped across the room.
The biologist measured the distance, then noted in his journal, "Frog with four legs jumped eight feet."
Then he cut the frog's front legs off. Again he ordered, "Jump, frog, jump!"
The frog struggled a moment, then jumped a few feet.
After measuring the distance, the biologist noted in his journal, "Frog with two legs jumped three feet."
Next, the biologist cut off the frog's back legs. Once more, he shouted, "Jump, frog, jump!"
The frog just lay there.
"Jump, frog, jump!" the biologist repeated.
Nothing.
The biologist noted in his journal, "Frog with no legs - lost its hearing."

Hypnotic Genetics

Here are a few more exciting websites to visit for exhilirating animations on the enthralling topic of genetics. :)

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/biotech/gel/ (Some may find this childish but I know someone who understood the process after we played this in class. You know who you are. I enjoyed seeing your expression when you undertood it.)

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/molecularbiology/plasmidcloning_fla.html (More cloning!)

http://www.genome.gov/Pages/EducationKit/download.html (This one has a flash video on the human genome sequencing.)

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/units/gmo/images.html (A whole lot of stuff on genetically modified organisms.)

That'll be all for now. Enjoy!

Transcription, the full story!

I wish I could have shown you the video in class but the connection was too slow and I couldn't download it in time. So here it is ya. I hope it wasn't a problem with the site. Tell me if you can't view it.

http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/transcription/movie.htm

Human insulin gene

Ok here are the animations for the human insulin gene topic.

http://www.dnalc.org/vshockwave/pcrwhole.dcr (This one is to explain the PCR process)

http://www.idtdna.com/support/technical/TechnicalBulletinPDF/A_Basic_PCR_Protocol.pdf (This is a 'brief' description of the whole PCR process. After going through it, you'll understand why I hesitated to give you the whole process in class)

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter16/animations.html# (This one has a mixture of animations on the topic of genetic engineering)

Enzyme model

Yay! I found my favorite enzyme model. Go play with it and enjoy trying to understand the different factors that influence rate of reaction. :)

http://www.kscience.co.uk/animations/enzyme_model.htm

Endangered Species Lists

Here are the links of the 2 important websites that we talked about in class for the Application topic. The most interesting parts of the websites would be to actually look at the pictures of the different species.

http://www.cites.org/ (This is where you get the CITES Listings. Go to the photo gallery link on the right and you'll end up with an index with all the different species that are on the list. My favorite picture is the one below.)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (This is the link for the IUCN Red List. Click on Photo Gallery on the menu and you'll be able to access photos from the lists of previous years as well.)

Common name: Tomato Frog

Scientific name: Dyscophus antongilii

CITES listing: Appendix I (22/10/1987)

Distribution: Madagascar

Photo: © Franco Andreone [http://www.francoandreone.it/]

Enzyme catalysis

I couldn't find my favorite interactive animation for this part but I guess these links will suffice for now. I'll post the missing one soon if I manage to find it. For now enjoy these ya.

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp06/0602001.html
(this one helps us understand what's going on at molecular level)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/asguru/biology/02biologicalmolecules/01proteins/11enzymes/03enzymes_b/index.shtml
(this one helps us understand the graphs that are produced from enzyme reactions)