BEST OF THE APPS V.4

For the immunologist

Platform: iPhone (Cost Free) Cell Frequencies

The program for who that wish to know the frequency of a particular cell type in human blood. In total 27 cell types are represented in the app, including everything from lymphocytes, to regulatory T cells, to eosinophils.

 

For the  molecular biologist

Platform: iPhone (Cost Free) iProteome

The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) is a on-line one-stop-shop for re3searchers seeking information about protein. The app allows users to search the entire human protein repository of UniProt by entering a UniProt ID or gene name.

 

For the cellular biologist

Platform: iPad (Cost: $ 2.99) Cell and Cell Structure

Cell and Cell Structure app is a great educational resource with beautifully illustrated introduction to cells.

 

For the neurologist

Platform: iPad, iPhone (Cost $ 0.99) Brain Lab

The Brain Lab app is an interactive simulation tool to introduce two models of neuron firing: the passive integrate and fire model and Hodgkin-Huxley model.

 

For the chemist

Platform: iPad (Cost free) MObile REagent for the iPad (MORE)

Users can reach a vast library of reagents that includes over 16 million  chemical products sold by 56 vendors, It is a great app to find all of your organic synthesis reagents. One can use the in-app drawing tool to search by chemical structure.

 

For the life science scientist

Platform: iPad / iPhone (Cost $ 0.99) iMolview

Combining protein sytructures from the Protein Data Bank and drug structure from DrugBank, the app provides the user the option to search by either protein or drug name.