Biotechnology

Biotechnology information resources relevant to chemical and process engineering.

• BIOSYM / Molecular Simulations
  Provides scientific software and services designed to improve the efficiency of the research, development and production processes in both Life Sciences and Materials industries.
• BUBL Information Service Web Server - Biotechnology
  An index to biotechnology information resources.
• Biochemical Engineering Research Group
  Describes development of innovative technologies through fundamental investigations of biotechnological processes.
• Biomedical Engineering Center, University of Minnesota
  A resource for information about biomedical engineering research and education at the University of Minnesota and medical device development and manufacturing in Minnesota's "Medical Alley." Research focuses on the effort to develop novel biomaterials, tissue analogs, and pharmaceuticals based on advances in cell adhesion, biointerfacial engineering, and biotechnology.
• Bioremediation
  Provides a layman's guide to techniques and materials on how to eliminate petroleum pollution from soil and water with bacteria and nutrient mixes.
• Biotechnology Information Center
  BIC (one of ten information centers at the National Agricultural Library of the US Department of Agriculture) provides access to a variety of information services and publications covering many aspects of agricultural biotechnology.
• Biotechnology Law Web Server
  Is maintained with the objective of offering legal and scientific information of interest to biotechnology researchers.
• Brookhaven Protein Data Bank
  A repository of 3-D structural information on biological macromolecules including atomic coordinate entries, images, the PDB newsletters and selected software.
• Ciba-Geigy AG Basel
  Describes, Ciba, a worldwide biological and chemical group, based in Switzerland, dedicated to satisfying needs in healthcare, agriculture, and industry.
• Colloid and Interface Engineering Research Group
  Describes pursuit of advanced theoretical and experimental research into colloidal and interfacial phenomena of importance in process engineering and the natural environment.
• Cray Research
  Includes a Directory of Applications that have been ported to the Cray. The Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biotechnology software packages are of particular note.
• Dalton Chemical Laboratories, Inc.
  Offers range of nucleic acid synthesis and sequencing chemical products which are compatible with commercially available gene synthesis instruments.
• Eli Lilly and Company
  A global research-based pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, that is working with its customers worldwide to help ensure that diseases are prevented, managed, and cured with maximum benefit and minimum cost to patients and society.
• Genentech, Inc.
  Describes Genentech, Inc. as a pioneer biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human pharmaceuticals for significant unmet medical needs
• Imperiali Lab
  Research interests focus on the bioorganic chemistry of amino acids, peptides and proteins. Has adopted a multidisciplinary approach for the investigation of enzyme-catalyzed protein modification reactions and the de novo design of proteins with unique structural and functional properties.
• Internet Directory of Biotechnology Resources
  Assists in the location and use of appropriate biotechnology resources. It includes the biotechnology aspects of agriculture, medicine, veterinary science, and molecular biology/biochemistry (pure sciences).
• Journal of Biological Chemistry
  A Gopher listing of tables of contents.
• Journal of Chemical Physics Express
  A Gopher server of articles listed by author. Includes abstract(html and plain text) and article (dvi and postscript).
• Links to Other Biotechnology WWW Servers
  Lists resources that contain many links to other resources. All of these serve as good starting points for exploration.
• MILLIPORE Corporation
  Provides their Laboratory and Health Care Products Catalogue - with information on: Analytical and small scaleup process membrane products for Life Sciences, Water and WasteWater Microbiology, and Environmental Testing products. And, provides their Microelectronics Catalog - with information on: semiconductor fabrication industry purification solutions for the process fluids used in the manufacture of today's high density integrated circuits.
• Merck Research Laboratories (MRL)
  Research programs include cardiovascular and infectious diseases, bone biology, endocrinologic and gastrointestinal disorders. Research programs provide medicines for the treatment of osteoporosis, hypertension, prostatic disease, glaucoma, to mention a few of their targets.
• NIH Molecules R Us Protein Viewing Program
  Includes access instructions for the RASMOL protein viewing program.
• NIST GUIDE - BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS
  NIST research in the development of theories, measurement methods, models, and databases for upstream and downstream bioprocessing.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
  The NCBI is responsible for building, maintaining, and distributing GenBank, the NIH genetic sequence database that collects all known DNA sequences from scientists worldwide.
• Research Organics Inc.
  Provides speciality biochemicals needed for automated diagnostic testing -- biomedical research, diagnostics and biotechnology.
• Rohm and Haas Company
  Describes company and provides product information including specialty polymers, biologically active compounds,and ceramics additives.
• WAU Process Engineering: MARINE and ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
  Research within this group is focused on nitrogen removal from liquid or gas streams by means of artificially immobilized micro-organisms in airlift loop reactors.
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Agriculture
  
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences
  
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biotechnology
  This field covers pharmaceutical development, genetic engineering, medical device development, and related fields such as pharmacology and toxicology. It differs from Biosciences in that Biotechnology places more emphasis on product development and the delivery of products and services. This field will also include some helpful medical informatics and health care delivery references.
• news:sci.bio.technology
  Biotechnology USENET newsgroup
• news:sci.med.physics
  Medical physics USENET newsgroup

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