• Links
  • QB3 Ordering Webpage
  • Journals
  • Search
  • Tools
  • Protocols
  • Equipment
  • Computer & Software
  • Outside the Lab
  • Vendors
    • Fisher Scientific
    • Sigma-Aldrich
    • VWR International
    • McMaster-Carr
    • Newark
    • Newegg
    • Mouser Electronics
    • Digikey
    • Omega
    • ThorLabs
    • Chroma
    • Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)
    • Avanti Lipids
    • Warner Instruments
    • Hampton Research
    • Anatrace
    • Upchurch Scientific
    • Enzyme Research Labs

Journals & Books 

• Berkeley's Electronic Library [Proxy service to use elibrary at home]
• Safari Books
• Biochemistry
• Biophysical Journal
• Cell
• Journal of General Physiology
• Journal of Molecular Biology
• Molecular Cell
• Nature
• Nature Structure Molecular Biology
• Protein Science
• PLOS Biology
• PNAS
• Science

Search

• Berkeley Campus Directory (CalNet)
• Google
• Pubmed
• Wikipedia

 Tools 

• ClustalW Sequence Alignment
• Denaturant Calculator
• Oligo Calculator
• Codon Table
• Common Restriction Enzymes
• GETAREA 1.1 solvent accessible surface area calculator
• Periodic Table
• X-ray Adsorption Edges of Elements
• Sigma-Aldrich Buffer Calculator
• Fiber-lite Rotors RPM-to-RCF Calculator
• XHTML &#-sequence character maps
• Perl Cookbook

 Protocols 

Protein Expression & Purification

• Mass spectometry
• Bacterial fermentation media
• Typical expression protocols
• Periplasmic lysis
• Cytoplasmic lysis
• Typical chromatography protocols
• How to pour agar plates
• How to make calcium competent cells
• How to make electrocompetent cells
• How to transform chemical competent cells
• How to electroporate cells
• How to make an SDS-PAGE gel

 Equipment 

• Planar lipid bilayer electrophysiology
• Fermentor
• Gel camera
• Mass spectometry
• Rainin Pipette-Lite Parts Manual
• Gilson Pipette Parts Manual
• Pipette Supplies, Inc. - Gilson Pipette Parts Vendor
• Network Printer

 Ordering & Vendors

QB3 Ordering website

MCB Stockroom [MCB Stockroom Order Form]

Campus DNA Sequencing [DNA Sequencing Order Form]

Elim Biopharmaceuticals Oligo DNA Synthesis

• Fisher Scientific
• Sigma-Aldrich
• VWR International
• McMaster-Carr
• Newark
• Newegg
• Mouser Electronics
• Digikey
• Andover
• Omega
• ThorLabs
• Chroma
• Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)
• Avanti Lipids
• Warner Instruments
• Hampton Research
• Anatrace
• Upchurch Scientific
• Enzyme Research Labs

Computer & Software 

• Software Central
• The Scholar's Workstation (campus computer store)
• Microsoft Office 2007 PDF writer patch (Add ability to save docs as PDF files natively.)
• MS Office tutorials (Tutorial was provided by Andy Rogers.)
• Endnote (How to install Endnote ver. 5-X in Microsoft Word 2007)
• WinSCP Secure FTP Client
• Cygwin (When installing Cygwin on Windows Vista, right click setup icon to run as Administrator for proper installation.)
• Perl Cookbook
• ApE (A plasmid Editor)  [ApE's Default Features]  [Notes on ApE Install]
• Chimera Quick Reference
• Coot
• Phaser
• Phenix See also this page.
• PyMol
• PRODRG (Site to build small molecule PDB files)
• Perl Primer
• Mac OSX Software (structural biology, computational, networking, and nice freeware)
  • Fink - suggested porting method for Coot, CCP4, Pymol, et al.
  • Mac Ports - somehow needed to install Coot et al on the 10.6+ OSX!
  • Xcode (required to build from source code; must be registed, but it is free)
  • Build Coot natively (in X11)
  • Build CCP4 suite natively (in X11)
  • Build Pymol natively (in X11)
  • Aquamacs
  • Cyberduck (for PC too) - SSH, SFTP, etc. - as good as WINSCP
  • Open Office Suite (replaces Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • GIMP (as good as Adobe Photoshop)
  • Inkscape (as good as Adobe Illustrator)

Outside the Lab 

• Peter White Cycles
• Bicycle Tutor DIY videos