microbial sciences links

Prokaryotic Genome Resources

• NCBI Genome Project: Prokaryotes
• GOLD Genomes Database
• EcoCyc
  Scientific database for the bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655
• Microbes_online
  Facilitation of comparative studies between prokaryotic genomes- (300 genomes)

Research and Data Analysis Aides

• RestrictionMapper
  online restriction mapping…the easy way
• Protocols Online
  Database of protocols submitted by the biological community
• Bioinformatics Organization
  Computational resources to facilitate the scientific and educational needs of bioinformatic practitioners
• Microbes.info
  Gateways for useful and interesting microbiology informational resources

Societies

• American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
• International Symbiosis Society (ISS)
• International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
• The Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
• Microbiology_procedure

Other MSIs

• Dartmouth Univ: Dept of Microbiology and Immunology
• Northeastern Univ. – Dept of Microbiology and Immunology
• Tufts Med School - Dept of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
• Tufts Univ. - Grad Program in Molecular Microbiology
• Univ. of Conn:  Microbiology Graduate Program
• UW-Madison - Microbial Sciences
• UW-Madison - Department of Bacteriology
• UW-Madison -Dept of Food Microbiology and Toxicology
• UMass Amherst: Dept of Microbiology
• Univ. of New Hampshire: Dept of Microbiology
• University of Vermont – Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Yale Univ- Dept of MCDB
• Yale Med School: Microbiology
• Virtual Institute of Microbial Stress and Survival (VIMSS) – Lawrence Berkeley
  Integrated and multi-institutional program to understand the ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to respond to and survive external stresses

Funding

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• United States Geological Society (USGS)
• United States Dept of Energy (US-DOE)

Microbe Discussion Groups

• Microbe Forum: Ask your microbial peers

Microbial Education

• Microbe Library
  A permanent collection of original peer-reviewed resources for teaching undergrad microbiology
• Microbeworld
• Microtextbook (U Wisc)
• Stalking the Mysterious Microbe
• MicrobeBook (ASM Press)
  Online supplement to hardcopy textbook
• The Prokaryotes
  Evolving online microbial textbook

Microbial Graduate Courses

• Microbiology Program at MIT
• Cold Spring Harbor Advanced Bacterial Genetics course
• USC Geobiology, Catalina Island, CA
• Marine Biological Labs (MBL) -Microbial Diversity Course
• Marine Biological Labs (MBL) - Molecular Evolution Course
• Stanford Univ. - Hopkins Marine Station - Microbiology Course
  (labled as BIOHOPK 274)

Graduate fellowships

(incoming and 1st year grad students eligible):

• National Science Foundation (NSF)Graduate Research Fellowship
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fellowships
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
• Ford Foundation (Minorities)

Postdoctoral fellowships

(incoming and 1st year postdocs eligible):

• Travel Awards for NATO Advanced Study Institutes (ASI)
• Beckman Institute Senior Research Fellowship at Caltech
• Life Sciences Research Foundation
• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship
• Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
• National Academies of Sciences Research Associateship & Fellowships
• Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Postdoctoral Fellows
• USGS
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Educaiton (ORISE) Fellowships
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• Discovery Corps Fellowship Program
  Combines chemistry research expertise with service-oriented projects
• NSF: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics
  Training in developing and using computational/statistical
  tools for use of information to solve problems in biology

Harvard Teaching Links

• Harvard CORE Science courses
• Guide to the CORE curriculum
• Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
• Instructional Computing Group

Local Microbial Seminars

• Bauer Center for Genomics Research Lectures
• Bauer Center for Genomics Research Forum: collaborative & informal seminars
• Bauer Center Special Seminars
• HMS: MMG (Dept of Microbiol. and Molec. Genetics) Seminar Series
• HMS Shipley Symposium
• HMS: NERCE/BEID - The New England Regional Center of Excellence
  for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Seminar Series
• Boston Bacterial Meeting (BBM)
• Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH) calendar