Biotechnology Resources and Web Sites

Biotechnology Web Sites to Visit: Australian Biotechnology Association home page: http://www.ausbiotech.org

The Alliance for Better Foods: supports modern food biotechnology: http://www.betterfoods.org

BioSpace web site: has lots of information about business side of biotechnology companies, including a search function: http://www.biospace.com/

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), news and events, corporate biotechnology, products and services, research and education, career center, industry and government: http://www.bio.org

Biotech site at Indiana: lots of pages with primers and links covering genetics, nanotechnology, and lab protocols, Cyberbotanica: guide to anticancer compounds derived from plants, tutorial on Glycolysis pathway, chemical acronyms database, and life science dictionary, plus links to other sites: http:biotech.icmb.utexas.edu

Biotechnology Information Center at USDA: variety of information services and publications covering aspects of agricultural biotechnology: http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/

Biotechnology in the News: http://www.bio-link.org/newslist.htm

Center for Bioethics: from the University of Pennsylvania, a center to advance to scholarly and public understanding of ethical, legal, social and public policy issues in health care. Includes articles and discussions on bioethics and good links: http://www.med.upenn.edu/bioethic/

Council for Biotechnology Information: founded in 2000 by leading biotechnology companies to creat communication campaign about biotechnology, providing objective, balanced information to help better understand and appreciate benefits that biotechnology has to offer, as well as encourage informed debate about the issues it raises: http://www.whybiotech.com

DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has terrific interactive exercises using concepts and techniques of biotechnology. Site is http://www.dnalc.org. One topic under "Resources" page is DNA from the beginning, that takes user from basics of inheritance through methods of DNA analysis. Its "Biology Animation Library" includes the topics: PCR, Southern Blotting, Cycle Sequencing, DNA Detectives, and Three Polymorphisms. You may need to download software to view some of the resources at this site. Your Genes Your Health section covers specific genetic disorders like sickle cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and others. Another new offering is DNA interactive, also available at http://www.dnai.org. This huge site contains a timeline, beautiful animations, narratives by famous DNA scientists, and interactive practices on all the major topics of DNA science.

FDA: web site for the Food and Drug Administration, a huge site that includes information about drugs and medical devices going before the FDA for approval: http://www.fda.gov/ Special section devoted to bioengineered foods: http://www.fda.gov/oc/biotech/default.htm

Genentech website (a large California biotechnology company): products, research, news, http://www.gene.com/ See also their education site called Access Excellence, that includes information about Biotech applications, Issues and Ethics, and a Career Center: http://www.accessexcellence.org/

Human Genome Project: visit National Institutes of Health genome site: http://www.nhgri.nih.gov. See also Department Of Energy site: contains a primer on molecular genetics and human genome news: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html

Institute of Food Technologists: aims to contribute to a meaningful dialogue on scientific issues and consumer concerns about recombinant DNA biotechnology: http://www.ift.org

Medscape: information about drugs and devices in the pipeline for approval: http://www.medscape.com/

Microbiology Network: clearinghouse dealing with biotechnology related to microorganisms, including techniques: http://microbiol.org/

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council homepage: http://www.cals.cornell.edu:80/extension/nabc/

National Biological Impact Assessment Program (NBIAP): a website with information about agricultural applications of biotechnology, with links to other agricultural biotech sites: http://gophisb.biochem.vt.edu/

National Center for Biotechnology Education at the University of Reading, UK: news, protocols, features, links to other sites: http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk

NIH Information site: website for National Institutes of Health, news, research, funding announcements, educational materials: http://www.nih.gov/

NovoNordisk web site, a biotechnology company that produces pharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes, includes positions on bioethics and biotechnology issues: http://www.novo.dk/

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology: established through a grant from The Pew Chritable Trusts to the University of Richmond to be an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers so that consumers and policymakers can make own informed decisions. Advocates neither for, nor against, agricultural biotechnology: http://www.pewagbiotech.org

University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center website: service facilities, biotechnology companies, bioscience events, education, research, publications: http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/

WWW Virtual Library for biotechnology: catalog of biotechnology WWW sites: http://www.cato.com/biotech/

Yahoo biotechnology catalog of web sites: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Biotechnology

Visit the websites of other U.S. community college biotechnology programs:

In California, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, http://www.foothill.edu/bio/programs/biotech/ California Community College biotech programs, go to http://www.cccbiotech.org/ , and follow the links to the six California biotechnology centers.

In Texas, Austin Community College: http://www3.austin.cc.tx.us/catalog/degbitc.htm

In Massachusetts, Middlesex Community College: http://www.middlesex.cc.ma.us/mst/BIOTECH/biotech.html

In Washington state, Seattle Central Community College: http://seattlecentral.edu/learn/biotech

In Wisconsin, Madison Area Technical College: http://matcmadison.edu/biotech/

In New Hampshire, New Hampshire Community Technical College: http://biotech.nhctc.edu

Oklahoma City Community College Biotechnology Program Dr. Fabiola Janiak-Spens, Program Director 7777 S. May Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73159-4444 (405) 682-1611, ext 7414 Comments: Fspens@occc.edu Copyright 1998 Oklahoma City Community College Updated 03/09