Educational resources, dictionaries, safety, etc.

Updated 3/7/12

We always appreciate reports of links that no longer work, or of sites that you find particularly useful. Please send to: pemurphy@luriechildrens.org.

Bioethics 

Global Ethics Observatory: Databases in bioethics

Dictionaries and Thesauri 

Freeality Internet Search: Online Thesaurus, Phrases and Quotations
The Free Dictionary: Medical Dictionary 
whonamedit.com: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Eponyms 

Educational Sites 

Ask a Scientist: (HHMI)
BioClips (Cinema of the Cell festival)
Bio-DiTRL: Online database of digital media
BioEd Online 
The Brain From Top to Bottom!
CancerQuest: Tutorial on cancer
Cardiothoracic Imaging
Darwin Digital Library of Evolution
Deciphering the Genetic Code: NIH History Exhibit
Drosophila: Virtual fruit fly lab
GCAT: Genome Consortium for Active Teaching
Genetic Science Learning Center
HealthScience.net Information resource for those seeking health science-related education and careers
Hypertension Online
Inside Cancer
Lipids Online
Molecular Expressions: Microscopy tutorials, techniques
Mol4D: Molecules in 4 Dimensions
MOLO: Molecular Logic Project
The Museum of Hoaxes
nanoHUB: Nanotechnology simulators and lectures
Nobel Symposia
SimTK: Simulation models for biological processes
Stem Cells Explained (University of Michigan)
Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and global health
University of Michigan Health Physics Society: RadInfo
Virtual Genetics Lab (UMass Boston)
WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology

Material Safety Data Sheets 

The Vermont SIRI MSDS Collection
MSDS Search (MSDS-SEARCH, Inc.)
OSHA Occupational Chemical Database 

Product Vendors 

American Type Culture Collection
Becton Dickinson
BioSupplyNet (not a vendor but a search engine for scientific supplies)
Fisher Scientific
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Genentech, Inc.
Invitrogen
The Jackson Laboratory
PerkinElmer, Inc.
Promega
Roche
Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company
VWR Scientific 

Protocols 

BioTechniques Molecular Biology Forum
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Nature Protocols 

Safety 

Carcinogen Potency Database  
IPCS INCHEM: Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations  
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information Center: Chemical Assessment Tracking System

OSHA: 
Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
Chemical Reactivity Hazards
Compressed Gas and Equipment
Fire Safety
Laboratories
Radiation 

Scientific Units 

EqWorld: The World of Mathematical Equations
International System of Units (SI) (NIST)
Online Conversion
The Versatile Unit Converter 

Statistical Analysis 

Improving Medical Statistics and the Interpretation of Clinical Trials
Introduction to Statistics (NASA)
NIST: Engineering Statistics Handbook
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
SOCR: Statistics Online Computational Resource
StatNotes: Topics in Multivariate Analysis (G. David Garson, NCSU)
Statsoft: Electronic textbook

Style Manuals 

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Medical College of Ohio)

Upcoming Conferences 

EurekAlert! (AAAS)
MeetingsNet
Professional Meetings (Newswise)