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How to Become a Grant Reviewer part of Web Resource Collection

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/06/2008060201c.htm
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education describes the grant review process, how to become a grant reviewer, and how to make the most of being a grant reviewer - using the experience to ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources

BIOLOGY OF WOLBACHIA part of Web Resource Collection

http://www.rochester.edu/college/bio/labs/WerrenLab/My%...
This is an extensive review of Wolbachia biology published in 1997. Topics covered include history of discovery and study, phylogeny and distribution, Wolbachia-induced alterations in host ...
Subject: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Bibliography, Scientific Resources

ATTACK OF THE SUPERBUGS: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE part of Web Resource Collection

http://www.scq.ubc.ca/attack-of-the-superbugs-antibiotic...
This page contains an article from The Science Creative Quarterly on acquired antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Topics covered include the discovery of antibiotics, the history and scope of ...
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population, Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources

How Many Wolbachia Supergroups Exist? part of Web Resource Collection

http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/19/3/341
This is a brief article from Molecular Biology and Evolution (2002) on classification of Wolbachia by molecular phylogenetics. The introduction to the paper provides an overview of previous ...
Subject: Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology , Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Diversity, Evolution:Bioinformatics, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Research Results, Scientific Resources

The Origin of Life part of Web Resource Collection

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/originoflife.html
This page presents an overview of current theories, data, and debates regarding the origins of life on Earth. Topics covered include the nature of prebiotic Earth and the environment where life ...
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Evolution, Ecology, Astrobiology, Ecology:Metabolism
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources

Two faces of the prokaryote concept part of Web Resource Collection

http://www.im.microbios.org/0903/0903163.pdf
This is a review article from International Microbiology (2006) which explores the history and future of the prokaryote concept. Topics covered include the seminal 1962 'Concept of a ...
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Diversity, Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work

Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks, Researchers Say part of Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/08012215460...
This is a ScienceDaily article about the effect of microbes on sedimentary rock formation. It covers the process of calcium carbonate crystalization, the effect of microbes on that process, and how ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Carbonates , Biology, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Structures, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Abiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns, Chemistry, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biogeochemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources

From Parasite to Mutualist: Rapid Evolution of Wolbachia in Natural Populations of Drosophila part of Web Resource Collection

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371...
This is a research paper on a case study in Wolbachia evolution published in PLoS Biology in 2007. The study takes advantage of a natural experiment - the spread of Wolbachia through California ...
Subject: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Principles, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Parasitism, Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Scientific Resources

First cell - biophysicist David Deamer believes that protective cells predated the first DNA part of Web Resource Collection

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_n11_v16/a...
This page contains a reprint of a 1995 Discover magazine article featuring David Deamer and his research on the origins of life. The article laces historical/biographical sketches in with the science ...
Subject: Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Astrobiology, Evolution, Evolution:Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources

Advanced sequencing technologies and their wider impact in microbiology part of Web Resource Collection

http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/210/9/1518
This is a review of DNA sequencing technologies published in The Journal of Experimental Biology in 2007. Several technologies are covered in detail - Sanger, 454, and polony approaches to sequencing ...
Subject: Chemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work