Links to Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities (off campus)

Links to Evolution Information

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Evolution Resources
2. A View of Evolution by the National Academy of Sciences
3. Understanding Evolution
4. Harvard University's General Evolution Resources
5. National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
6. On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin.
   University of New South Wales website (pdf file link for 1st edition, published 1859).
7. Tree of Life Web Project

Links to Biology and Science Organizations' Web Sites

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2. National Science Foundation (NSF) 
3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
4. National Academy of Sciences
5. Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
6. American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
7. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
8. Indiana Academy of Science 
9. Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
10. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: AIDS-Related Information 
11. Harvard Biological Laboratories 
12. AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion 

Links to Health Professions Web Sites

These sites are important sources of information for premedical, predental, and other preprofessional science students. The sites include such information as admissions requirements for professional schools, the application process, admissions tests, e.g., MCAT, and how to fund your professional school education.

1. American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) 
2. American Dental Education Association (ADEA) 
3. Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) 
4. American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) 
5. The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) 
6. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
7. Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
8. Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)
9. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
10. Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP)
11. National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
12. American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)

Links to Important Biology Databases & Search Tools

1. NCBI: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Database (BLAST)
2. NCBI: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (Omin)
3. NCBI: Human Genome Resources
4. PDB: Protein Data Bank 
5. Virtual Library: Biotechnology (including databases and bioinformatics)
6. Virtual Library: Genetics
7. Search Engine for Material Data Safety Sheets 

Links to Biology Education Web Sites

1. NSF Classroom Resources in Biology
2. Gilbert's Developmental Biology
3. Virtual Library - Developmental Biology (Society for Developmental Biology) 
4. Access Excellence 
5. Open Directory Project's Online Textbooks 
6. The Virtual Frog 
7. Molecular Biology Protocols
8. Virology Net