BEST OF THE WEB V.6
For the cellular biologist
Stem Cell Assays is a great site for the latest stem cell news, as well as for articles and blog posts about techniques, protocols, and other related resources. Categories include topics such as cancer, cell culture, education, gadgets, reviews, and web tools. The site is updated quite frequently,
For the scientist
Posts are organized chronologically, with the most recent entries at the top of the page. Users can choose to browse posts by author, journal, country, type, and subject; however, the drop-down menu that allows one to do so is cumbersome to navigate.
For the Biologist
Reactome.org is an excellent database of “reactions” in biology (as well as the biological pathways composed of those reactions).
Although human-centric, the Reactome database currently contains protein, reaction, and pathway information for twenty-one species spanning humans, mice, fruit flies, worms, yeasts, and plants.
For the Molecular Biologist
The NEBioCalculator, an online tool from (you guessed it) New England Biolabs, provides a simple web interface for scientists to access a number of calculators relevant to molecular biology experiments. These include four DNA calculators (ligation calculator and three unit conversion calculators for double-stranded DNA), two RNA calculators (mass-to-moles and moles-to-mass conversions), and three general calculators (concentration from optical density, dilution calculator, and molarity calculator).
