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DNA — Secrets of the Sequence

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Secrets of the Sequence

http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/

“If you are look­ing to get in on the ground floor of the DNA sequenc­ing that occurs in a high-tech lab­o­ra­tory, this video series is a fine place to start. Pro­duced with help from a vari­ety of spon­sors, such as the National Acad­e­mies and Pfizer, this site from Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Uni­ver­sity brings together 50 of the best videos from the pub­lic tele­vi­sion series “Secrets of the Sequence” to “assist teach­ers in the appli­ca­tion of genetic research across the biol­ogy cur­ricu­lum.” Each of the videos is 8–10 min­utes long, and they are divided into top­i­cal areas that include anatomy, bioethics, and DNA. Vis­i­tors can down­load each video, or just stream them directly from the site. Finally, the site also includes a num­ber of help­ful edu­ca­tional work­sheets and guides for teachers.”

Source:  The Scout Report, Univ. of Wis­con­sin, Oct. 28, 2011 

Microbe World — Website with news, videos, images…

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Microbe World (Last reviewed in the Scout Report on Novem­ber 19, 1999)

http://www.microbeworld.org/

“Microbe World has grown by leaps and bounds since the Scout Report last reviewed the site. First-time vis­i­tors will notice that the home­page con­tains a fea­tured image and a fea­tured video, which usu­ally fea­tures a sci­ence expert speak­ing on microbes via an archived web­cast. Mov­ing on, the right-hand side of the home­page con­tains infor­ma­tional videos that cover how to get started with using Microbe World. The “Videos” tab will allow users to learn from dozens of videos that cover a gamut of top­ics, such as genet­i­cally engi­neered bac­te­ria and an inves­ti­ga­tion into the ori­gins of the Black Plague. Vis­i­tors can also use the “Images” tab to view high qual­ity images of microbes taken from var­i­ous research lab­o­ra­to­ries, sci­ence orga­ni­za­tions, and so on. Finally, users can use the “Resources” area to view lab­o­ra­tory demon­stra­tions and find out about new microbe-related apps that are under development.”

Source: Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin’s Scout Report 10/21/11 

Distinctive Voices: lectures in Science & Technology at Irvine’s Beckman Center

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“About Dis­tinc­tive Voices  
Dis­tinc­tive Voices high­lights inno­va­tions, dis­cov­er­ies, and emerg­ing issues in an excit­ing and engag­ing pub­lic forum. Do you won­der how things work? What the future holds? If you are curi­ous about the sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy behind today’s hot top­ics, Dis­tinc­tive Voices is for you!
Dis­tinc­tive Voices was cre­ated in 2006 as a pro­gram of the National Acad­emy of Sci­ences Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Ini­tia­tive to increase sci­ence lit­er­acy. The live pro­gram­ming hosted at the Beck­man Cen­ter in Irvine, CA received major fund­ing from the Arnold and Mabel Beck­man Fund of the National Acad­emy of Sci­ences and National Acad­emy of Engi­neer­ing. Addi­tional sup­port is pro­vided by The Edward Life­sciences Fund and Pacific Life Foun­da­tion. The pro­gram at the Jon­s­son Cen­ter in Woods Hole, MA is sup­ported by the Frank Press Fund of The National Acad­emy of Sci­ences, the Thomas Lin­coln Casey Fund of The National Acad­emy of Sci­ences, the Arthur L. Day Fund of The National Acad­emy of Sci­ences, and the Kel­logg Fund of the Insti­tute of Medicine.”
From their home­page.  Check out the wealth of programs…mainly ~1 hour in duration.

JoVE to include: Neuroscience and Immunology & infectious Diseases

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“The Jour­nal of Visu­al­ized Exper­i­ments (JoVE), the first video jour­nal for bio­log­i­cal sci­ences, is delighted to announce the 2011 launch of two new spe­cial­ized con­tent sec­tions — Neu­ro­science and Immunol­ogy & Infec­tious Dis­eases.

 

JoVE is a peer reviewed meth­ods video jour­nal indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed and Chem­i­cal Abstracts that was launched in 2006.  A unique tool in schol­arly com­mu­ni­ca­tion, JoVE has opened up a new fron­tier in edu­ca­tional research by the sys­tem­atic pub­li­ca­tion of video demon­stra­tions in bio­log­i­cal fields.”

Email Tue 8/17/2010 12:46 PM, from Keri­anne R. Crandall

Jour­nal of Visu­al­ized Exper­i­ments — JoVE, www.jove.com 

Instructional Podcasts from Chemical Abstracts Service

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Log­ging in to SciFinder Scholar today, I dis­cov­ered that CAS has made some inter­est­ing and ele­gant instruc­tional pod­casts.  Exam­ples include: ethanol, nanopar­ti­cle drug deliv­ery, DNA to RNA tran­scrip­tion, nan­otech­nol­ogy for energy, and lessons from Kat­rina.  The videos last from 4 — 6 minutes.