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Real time PCR Learning Area
by   Life Technologies

RTPCR Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Real-Time PCR
TaqMan® Copy Number Assays
Introduction to TaqMan® Copy Number Assays
TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays
Introduction to TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays
RTPCR Introduction
Introduction to Real-Time PCR
Digital PCR
Introduction to Digital PCR
TaqMan® Protein Assays
Introduction to TaqMan®
Protein Assays

qPCR basics


What can I do with qPCR?

Gene Expression

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HRM

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Genome Technology Tech Guides Listing

Genotyping/PGx
  • Instrument Guide - Clinical Genotyping
  • Tech Guide - SNP Genotyping
  • Tech Guide - Clinical Genotyping
  • Validating Cancer Biomarkers Tech Guide
  • Genotyping Tech Guide
Microarrays
  • Tech Guide - cDNA Microarrays
  • Tech Guide - Microarray Sample Prep
  • Tech Guide - Microarray Confirmation & Quality Control
  • Tech Guide - Microarray Analysis: Genome-wide Association
  • ChIP-chip Tech Guide
  • Array CGH Tech Guide
Proteomics
  • Tech Guide - Mass Spec Sample Prep
  • Tech Guide - PhosphoProteomics-PTM
  • Tech Guide - Protein-Protein Interactions
  • Tech Guide - High-Throughput Chromatography
  • Tech Guide - Protein Microarrays
  • Tech Guide - MALDI-TOF
PCR
  • Tech Guide - Real Time PCR Volume I
  • Tech Guide - Real Time PCR Volume II
  • Tech Guide - Real Time PCR Volume III
  • Tech Guide - Clinical qPCR (Volume IV)
  • Tech Guide - Real Time PCR for microRNAs
  • Best Practices Guide - Sample Prep
  • Real-time PCR Tech Guide
  • Real-time PCR Tech Guide, vol VII
  • Real-time PCR Tech Guide, vol VIII
RNA Interference
  • Tech Guide - siRNA Design
  • Tech Guide - shRNA Design
Sample Prep
  • DNA Extraction and FFPE Tech Guide
  • Agbio Sample Prep Tech Guide
Sequencing
  • Tech Guide - Sequencing Sample Prep
  • Tech Guide - DNA Sequencing
  • Tech Guide - Sequence Alignment & Assembly
  • Assembly/Alignment for Next-Gen Sequencing Tech Guide



BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free => http://www.biomedsearch.com/


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Scitable is a Social Network for Science

If you have an interest in science, or specifically in genetics, you can always turn to scientific journals and publications for information. But if you're looking for reference material or an opportunity to connect with researchers and scientists in the field, Scitable can help.

Gene Expression and Regulation      Lead Editor:  Laura Hoopes



Scitable is billed as a learning and research tool for people interested in genetics, but under the hood it's much more than just a reference utility. The service offers you the ability to connect with researchers and scientists around the globe and influence the scientific discussion around genetics while also giving you a way to learn more about it.

The first thing you'll want to do at Scitable is sign up for an account. They're free, and give you access to all of the site's features, including the ability to create a profile for yourself, contribute articles and multimedia to the community, and access to the site's over 150 free articles and peer-reviewed papers on topics from genetic engineering to evolutionary biology. The service is aimed primarily at teachers, professors, and their students, but if you have an interest in science, biology, or genetics, don't hesitate to sign up.




DATABASES ON MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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What's new at GoPubMed ... ?
  • The first major change is that MeSHPubmed is now included in GoPubMed. Gene Ontology (GO) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are now integrated into one application. This change was requested by many users and enables the joint search in molecular biology and medicine!
  • Novel award winning text mining method for automated recognition of protein names. Proteins are linked to the UniProt database.
  • Using the clipboard functionality the user can collect selected articles from one or more searches and export them to Endnote, BibTeX, Plain text, or XML formats.
  • New export functionalities for each citation or the first 100 search results.
  • Toggle between abstract and snippet view.
  •  HotTopics, an alternative way to get an overview on biomedical literature over the last years, is automatically linked to your query.
  •  A complete new interface. Like it? Drop us a comment: help@transinsight.com ... we appreciate!
How Does It Work?

When people search, they have questions in mind. GoPubMed allows to significantly faster find information needed through the use of background knowledge. =>  GoPubMed
  • retrieves PubMed abstracts for your search query,
  • detects terms from the Gene Ontology (GO) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the abstracts,
  • displays the subset of the GO and MeSH relevant to the keywords, and
  •  allows you to browse the ontologies and display only papers containing specific GO and MeSH terms.
After performing a search, the resulting abstracts are annotated with your query keywords and GO and MeSH terms. The abstracts are grouped using the GO and MeSH terms, which appear in the text. Now the GO and MeSH hierarchies can be used to systematically explore the search results.

Note that only a subset of all GO and MeSH terms may be relevant to your query. This subset – more frequent terms - is presented on the left hand side. Sorting documents to a highly organised network facilitates the finding of relevant documents significantly.

The hierarchy of content shows the whole GO and MeSH ontologies. GO and MeSH serve as table of contents in order to structure the over 16 million articles of the MEDLINE data base.



New search functions on Google Scholar !


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Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.


Google Scholar: The New Generation of Citation Indexes
by ALIREZA NORUZ, Libri 2005

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) provides a new method of locating potentially relevant articles on a given subject by identifying subsequent articles that cite a previously published article. An important feature of Google Scholar is that researchers can use it to trace interconnections among authors citing articles on the same topic and to determine the frequency with which others cite a specific article, as it has a "cited by" feature. This study begins with an overview of how to use Google Scholar for citation analysis and identifies advanced search techniques not well documented by Google Scholar. This study also compares the citation counts provided by Web of Science and Google Scholar for articles in the field of "Webometrics." It makes several suggestions for improving Google Scholar. Finally, it concludes that Google Scholar provides a free alternative or complement to other citation indexes.

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DiscoveR8.com provides the scientific community with a place to share and promote your discoveries. Our users can both rate the general quality and overall relevance of each posted article. By recommending your own or others' papers on DiscoveR8, you not only grant them wider exposure to the internet community at large but also potentially increase its professional impact. DiscvoeR8.com has just entered its beta test cycle. We would like to invite you to the beta test. By participating in the beta test period of a site like DiscoveR8, you would set precedents for the tone, decorum, range of topics and level of intellectual depth of the discussion. We welcome any contribution that you might see fit to make.




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GEN News Highlights

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All news related to enzymatic DNA replication.

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What's new in transcriptional and  post-transcriptional regulation.

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The latest from the field of computational biology.

Educational Resources:  Web based Dictionaries & Glossaries



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New qPCR and real-time PCR publications from Medline to your e-mail account


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Newsgroups & e-Groups

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   Discussion Forums
 

BioTechniques® Molecular Biology Techniques Forums
Welcome to the BioTechniques® Molecular Biology Forums, a science-based bulletin board for techniques, tips, and questions concerning molecular biology, cell biology, microscopy, and bioinformatics.
MolecularBiology.forums.biotechniques.com



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Welcome to qPCRforum
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Multidisciplinary Discussion and Debate Forum
Description: ScienceChatForum (SCF) is a discussion medium, and as such its primary purpose is the forum of discussion for science and related matters.




Scientist Solutions - Your International Life Science Form
By Scientists.....for Scientists

The ScientistSolutions board provides a discussion forum for professionals in the life sciences, where researchers can ask and answer questions, exchange protocols, and post jobs.  www.scientistsolutions.com








http://www.nature.com/protometh/index.html

Nature Protocols is an online resource for protocols, including authoritative, peer-reviewed 'Nature Protocols' and an interactive 'Protocols Network'. The two create a dynamic forum for scientists to upload and comment on protocols.

  • Upload your own lab protocols for further feedback and refinement
  • Comment on published Nature Protocols, or protocols submitted by other researchers
  • Discuss techniques in our discussion forum
  • Read latest protocols on the network




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BioTechniques' Protocol Guide Offers Solutions for Science.

BioTechniques®' Protocol Guide is a collection of detailed, optimized procedures/protocols for use in the lab. Organized by category, BioTechniques' Protocol Guide contains specific applications of commercial products in a wide range of areas. Even better, protocols are updated quarterly to provide you with the very latest product information. 
With BioTechniques®' Protocol Guide, you have access to detailed product information in a downloadable PDF format-which can be easily added to a notebook for ready access. Each protocol is accompanied by a link to the company web site and an e-mail link to contact the company directly.
http://www.biotechniques.com/default.asp?page=protocol

High Resolution Melt (HRM) by Corbett Life Science
BioTechniques Protocol Guide: p 67 (Dec 2006)  view protocol

Complete Real-Time PCR Solutions by Applied Biosystems
BioTechniques Protocol Guide: p 71 (Dec 2006)  view protocol

Normalization Methods for qPCR by Bio-Rad Laboratories
BioTechniques Protocol Guide: p 63 (Nov 2007)  
view protocol



BioProtocols

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  • Printable versions available for all protocols
  • Store protocols of particular interest to you and send protocols to your colleagues using the My Protocols feature



Nucleic Acids Research Methods

Each of the collections on this page is a category-specific archive of Methods published in NAR from 1999 to the present. The numbers in parentheses show the number of articles currently in each collection.




PCR books



A list of useful and available books on Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique since 1990 up to now as well as PCR Books that will be published in 2003. This section contain 74 links with Title, Publication year, and Edition number to vendors of these books as well as additional information. PCR Books are sorted by publishing year, and then alphabetically.
http://www.pcrlinks.com/resources/books1.htm






PCR related books available on Amazon
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some full text articles are in Adobe Acrobat Format ( PDF ) Get Acrobat Reader






Real-Time PCR: Current Technology and Applications

An important new work on "Real-Time PCR" is planned for release later this year. Bringing together the expertise and enthusiasm of a panel of leading researchers the book constitutes an essential manual on the latest technology and applications of real time PCR. Full details at http://www.horizonpress.com/realtimepcr
    
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Edited by: Julie Logan, Kirstin Edwards and Nick Saunders
Publication date: January 2009 (initial books available autumn 2008, order now!)
ISBN: 978-1-904455-39-4

Topics include:
  • An Introduction to Real-Time PCR
  • An Overview of PCR Platforms
  • Homogeneous Fluorescent Chemistries for Real-Time PCR
  • Reference Gene Validation Software for Improved Normalization
  • Data Analysis Software
  • Performing Real-time PCR
  • Internal and External Controls for Reagent Validation
  • Introduction to the Applications of Real-Time PCR
  • Analysis of mRNA Expression by Real-Time PCR
  • Validation of Array Data
  • Mutation Detection by Real-Time PCR
  • Real-Time NASBA
  • Applications in Clinical Microbiology
  • Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections
  • Biodefense
  • Real-Time PCR: Application to Food Authenticity and Legislation
  • Molecular Haplotyping by Real-time PCR



Book cover A-Z of qPCR

A-Z of quantitative PCR    ( Editor:  S.A. Bustin )
International University Line (IUL), La Jolla, CA, USA
Flyer for the book   =>  PDF

Search inside  @   Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0963681788/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-2200945-3924931#reader-link








Real Time PCR   (Advanced Methods)
by Tevfik Dorak

http://www.amazon.com

Real-time PCR is based on the conventional principles of PCR and, with the simple shift of emphasis from the end-product to the whole course of the PCR process, has established itself as the most sensitive and specific quantitative PCR method. Real-time PCR is, like any other modern method in molecular genetics, expanding, with potential applications even in proteomics.

With a variety of detection chemistries, an increasing number of platforms, multiple choices for analytical methods and the jargon emerging along with these developments, real-time PCR is facing the risk of becoming an intimidating method, especially for beginners. Real-Time PCR provides the basics, explains how they are exploited to run a real-time PCR assay, how the assays are run and where these assays are informative in real life. It doesn't cover every aspect of real-time PCR, but addresses the most practical aspects of the techniques with the emphasis on 'how to do it in the laboratory'. Keeping with the spirit of the Advanced Methods Series, most chapters provide an experimental protocol as an example of a specific assay.

The BIOS Advanced Methods series is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and established research scientists. Titles in this series are designed to cover current important areas of research in life sciences, and include both theoretical background and detailed protocols. The aim is to give researchers sufficient theory, supported by references, to take the given protocols and adapt them to their particular experimental systems.





DNA Amplification: Current Technologies and Applications
http://www.horizonpress.com/hsp/abs/absdna.html





European Federation of Biotechnology
Timeline of Biotechnology




Real-Time PCR: An Essential Guide

Publisher: Horizon Bioscience
Editor: Kirstin Edwards, Julie Logan and Nick Saunders
Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Health Protection Agency, London

qpcr-book.pdf





PCR Troubleshooting and Optimization - The Essentail Guide
edited by Suzanne Kennedy & Nick Oswald

Chapter 5 - RT-PCR Optimisation Strategies
by Martina Reiter & Michael W. Pfaffl
Physiology Weihenstephan, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Germany

PCR technology is based on a simple principle; an enzymatic reaction that increases the initial amount of nucleic acids. This method makes it possible to detect specific mRNA transcripts in any biological sample. Performing RT-PCR analysis does not only comprehend this experimental PCR step. Following the whole workflow of a RT-PCR quantitative analysis, it starts with the sampling step, followed by nucleic acid extraction and stabilization, cDNA synthesis and finally the qPCR where the mRNA quantification takes place. Problems arise when optimization of the experimental work flow becomes necessary because of high technical variations. The PCR reaction itself is a quite stable reaction with reproducibility between 2-8%. Therefore the source of experimental variances can often be found in the pre-PCR analytical steps. Usually this is neglected and optimization is done for PCR reaction only. In this chapter – RT-PCR optimization strategies - the whole workflow of RT-PCR experiment will be discussed, because the identification of the source of variability is only possible following error accumulation in every single step. Reliable data can be created when the technical variance caused by the experimental steps is kept as low as possible. In this chapter many recommendations to decrease the technical variance can be found.

by  Dr. Michael J. Farabee, Estrella Mountain Community College, is an excellent collection of lectures from a freshman-level biology course that contains many images gathered from the Internet.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

Nucleic Acids Research Methods

Each of the collections on this page is a category-specific archive of Methods published in NAR from 1999 to the present. The numbers in parentheses show the number of articles currently in each collection.
http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/collections/


The Cell: A Molecular Approach
Fourth Edition by Geoffrey M. Cooper and Robert E. Hausman
;  Published by ASM Press and Sinauer Associates

http://www.sinauer.com/cooper/4e/index.html

This companion website is designed to help students using The Cell master the range of material presented in the textbook. The site provides you with resources for learning the key structures, processes, and terms of cell biology, as well as assessments to gauge your comprehension. (Note that the quizzes and problems may be available to you on a purely self-review basis, or they may be assigned by your instructor. Please check with your instructor for details.)



MIT Biology Hypertextbook
Description: A website which contains the basic molecular biology that is the basis of MIT's core Biology course, "Introductory Biology"

A Biology Hypertextbook 
Description: Presented items are modified lecture outlines the author have developed over the many years of teaching college-level introductory biology. Excellent for students and education purposes. Rich in nice images collected over the years.

A Molecular Biology Notebook 
Description: Educational and research resource for students and biologists. Simple and clear tutorials on the cell, the DNA, Molecular Engineering and much more.

BioDidac 
Description: A bank of digital resources for teaching biology. Great educational site.

Biology in Motion 
Description: Here you will find animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a rich and engaging process.

Educationindex.com - Biology 
Description: "Your guide to the best and most useful education-related sites on the web"

Metric conversions.org
Online conversion calculators, conversion tables and metric formulas 
Description: Metric conversions, online conversion calculators, conversion tables and metric formulas for length, area, volume, weight and temperature

The Molecules of Life 
Description: A school-level interactive resource by Craig D. Livingstone and Martin E. Noble, with photographs, schemes and even movies illustrating clearly and shortly the main techniques used in a biophisics-biochemistry lab "to gain understanding on the structure of protein molecules".


http://www.web-books.com/MoBio/

Chapter 1 - Cells and Viruses - Overview
Chapter 2 - Protein Structure and Function
Chapter 3 - Nucleic Acids, Genomics and Proteomics
Chapter 4 - Gene Transcription
Chapter 5 - Posttranscriptional Processes
Chapter 6 - Cell Signaling and Apoptosis
Chapter 7 - DNA Replication, Mutation and Repair
Chapter 8 - Cell Division and DNA Recombination
Chapter 9 - Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Chapter 10 - Genes and Disease


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