The 100 colors of Brainbow

There is an interesting article on creation of colors in neurons by Harvard University to have a clear view of the neuronal circuits.Get to know the Cre-lox P site specific system from Neurophilosophy.

Have a close look at the colors in neuronal circuits.It is amazing.

X ray computed tomography and Digital dissection of spider

Over at BBC to have a look at how a 53 million old amber-locked spider was dissected.

Fall trees are beautiful because......

Professor in his Sandwalk has given the science behind the colour of fall leaves.

Polymerase stops ...Dr Arthur Kornberg-- RIP

The discoverer of DNA polymerase ,dies at 89.and worked in his laboratory at Stanford University until a few days before his death.

Here is an article on life and discoveries of this passionate Biochemist

Isolation of DNA from anything living

Here is an excellent learning source of extracting DNA from green spilt peas ,cauliflower,Broccoli, Chicken,strawberry .

Thanks to Science Roll for the pointer

FORMULAE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY at Edge

Formula for life by Richard Dawkins, Craig Ventor and other intellectuals. Here at edge.

Meet the Einsteins of the 21st century .

The hottest 10 nerds in Biological sciences speak out their views on the future of Biological sciences and where they think the revolution is taking us at Newsweek.

Winner of Ig Nobel prize- Vanilla from cow dung

Environmental Graffiti has a detailed post on Ig Nobel prize on Improbable research

Aminoacid Poem

Here is a poem by Greg Crowther on A is for ALANINE.

An easy way to remember aminoacids and their functions.

A Book on " Career Opportunities in Biotechnology" from CSHL

Biotech weblog has a post on Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development.

An index to quantify an individual's scientific output

Recently I came across an article on the topic "An index to quantify an individual's scientific output " in 2005November issue of PNAS.

The author proposed the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number greater than equal to h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.