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Ohio University Links
Biophysics and Bioinformatics Links
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Cell Adhesion in Flow |
This page is maintained by Doug Goetz's lab at Ohio University. It
has lots of information links and videos of rolling in vivo. |
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Leukocyte Rolling |
This page is maintained by Klaus Ley's lab at University of
Virginia. It has a full description of leukocyte rolling. |
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Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations |
This page is available through OhioLink (probably only at institutions
in Ohio), but it contains instructional videos for introductory Physics. The videos are great but it used to have
a better index (by chapter). Unfortunately this has been changed to a worthless alphabetic index
where items are whimsically indexed by name, requiring a search through every letter of the alphabet to find,
for example that all of the energy videos are under "Work and Energy", not "Energy". Very annoying! |
| Protein Data
Bank |
This database stores and dispenses information on the DNA
and amino acid sequences and X-ray and NMR structures of proteins. One can
download
RASMOL (the viewer for protein structures) here. There's a very useful index
to the PDB that breaks down the proteins by class
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PDB at a Glance |
This nice site has an index of protein structures from
the Protein Data Bank that have been sorted by function. This is a good
way to browse the database. It allows one to find the four character
codes for interesting proteins without having to know exactly what one is
looking for in advance. The site's viewer doesn't work very well for me, so
you'll probably want to just get the code and go to the protein databank
and download the protein there. |
| National Center for Biotechnology
Information |
This is the National Institutes of Health's clearinghouse for all
of the national and international DNA and protein sequence and structure databases.
One can get to
GENBANK (the storehouse for DNA sequences by using clicking on the
"Entrez" button and clicking on "Entrez--nucleotide". Another useful resource for
the Genome is at the Nature website on the genome:
Nature Genomics |
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Reading Frames in DNA |
This site has a nice tutorial on various aspects of
DNA sequence analysis |
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Biophysics Educational Resources |
This page has segments of what used to be the Biophysics Textbook
Online along with other resources for Biophysics education. |
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Guide to Optical Tweezers |
This page is a section from an Online textbook on building an
optical tweezers setup with lots of practical details. It's written by Steve
Block, one of the foremost experts in biolgical uses of Optical Trapping.
Although the attribution in this article says Princeton, he moved to
Stanford University several years ago. |
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Edward M. Purcell, Life at Low Reynolds Number, Am. J. Phys.,
45:311, 1978. |
This is a wonderful, though chatty, article on how bacteria
and cells experience very different everyday physics from what people experience.
An html version (with figures) can be downloaded from the web, or see me
for a copy. |
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Movies of Bacteria moving |
This is Howard Berg's site at the Rowlands Institute at Harvard U.
It has movies of bacteria executing their persistent random walk (it requires
Quicktime and it may be a bit quirky). |
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Online Atlas of Histology |
This online atlas of histology from University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign. It has lots of images of cells from many different tissues
that can be examined at different magnifications. |
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List of Biophysics Courses |
This page at Haverford provides a list of links to biophysics
resources. |
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PHYS 461/561: My Biophysics course |
This is the website for my own course in
cell and molecular biophysics. The course materials are served off of LON-CAPA. Anyone
wishing to get access the materials should contact me. |
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John Marko and Anjum Ansari's Biophysics course |
This course was a major inspiration for my own course in
cell and molecular biophysics at Ohio University
PHYS 461/561. |
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Phil Nelson's Biological Physics course |
This is a description of the introductory course for undergrad
and grad students across disciplines at University of Pennsylvania. Phil Nelson
has produced a wonderfully thoughtful (and wonderfully written) textbook:
Biological
Physics: Energy, information, life, W.H. Freeman, 2003. |
| Numerical Recipes |
This is a very useful resource for scientific programming. I have a very old dog-eared
Fortran version from the 1980s and a newer C++ version (signed by one of the authors when he came for
a colloquium). One can download section of older versions,
but one will eventually want to invest
in a copy. The site also has a link to downloadable sections of Abramowitz & Stegun's incomparable
Handbook of Mathematical Functions. |
Scientific Journals
Science & Knowledge Links
| Wikipedia |
The Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written by users. Many of the articles
are excellent and it's a good place to start. There is also a program to put the entire
Encyclaedia Britanica 11th edition online going on through
Project Gutenberg.
on the web. |
| NASA |
The source for information on NASA's missions to explore space.
Especially interesting are the missions to
Mars,
Saturn
and to various
asteroids. The
European Space Agency website also has lots of science information. Another interesting
space-related website is The Nine Planets.
This has a collection of useful information and background. They have crossed out the Nine and replaced it
with an 8 following the vote by the International Astronomical Union to rename Pluto a dwarf planet in August 2007.
Astronomy is not my specialty so I can live with the decision either way, but I personally preferred the
original recommendation of the committee that studied the definition of a planet (namely that planets are anything
large enough to be approximately round that orbits a star). I liked the fact that this would reinstate Ceres,
which was originally considered to the 8th planet (it was found in 1801,
after Uranus, but before Neptune was discovered). The trouble with the committee's definition, from the general public's
perspective, was surely that instead of needing to remember nine planets, this more comprehensive definition would
have required people to learn 11-20 or so planets instead (defining how round an object needs to be to be considered
"round" is apparently fraught with its own problems). That expanded prospect seemed good to me, but
perhaps the IAU has done the public a favour. I doubt the last word has been spoken on this subject. |
| Official US Time |
This site is maintained by NIST, the National Institute of Standards and
Techonology. It gives the official US Time. For the Eastern Time zone, where I live,
one may go directly here. |
| Scientific American |
This site, like the magazine, is a great source for information
on what's going on in other disciplines of science using non-specialist
language |
| Straight Dope |
Cecil Adams writes a syndicated column for weekly
newspapers all over Canada and the U.S. in which he or his staffers
answer random questions that have been puzzling people (such as e.g.
What are
the real Lyrics to the song "Louie, Louie?") Many of these questions
deal with science and the answers are very good, as a rule. It has the best explanation
of the bizarre Fahrenheit temperature scale I've seen (i.e.
why is the freezing
point of water 32 F?). |
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University Affairs Job Ads |
University Affairs is the Canadian university
trade journal. It contains listings of faculty openings in all disciplines at universities
across the country. The Chronicle of Higher Education is the corresponding publication in the
US. |
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TIP TOP Physics Jobs Online |
This page has lists of Physics faculty and postdoc jobs. Also notable here
are the job ads in
Physics Today. |
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CIA World Factbook |
This page has voluminous information on countries of the world. |
Travel-Related Links
| Expedia.com |
This is the source I tend to use for travel information (flights, rental cars and hotels).
I used to use Travelocity a lot more but I find that lately they seem to
be pushing their own special fares and not giving the actual information for the airlines. Another website that
I have been using quite a bit recently is Orbitz. |
| MapQuest |
This site's Interactive Map allows you to zoom from a
continent-scale map to a street level map in a few clicks and find where
an address is located in an unfamiliar city. It covers the U.S. and most
of Canada as well as some other countries. They seem to be actively expanding
their map base. Maps on Us is another
site for similar maps, but it only covers the U.S. Microsoft is also in the
game with a site called Mappoint. Even more interesting are some
of the GIS viewers. There is a local one with
aerial photos of Athens Ohio. Google Earth
is also good although they used to have clouds over Montreal and there are still clouds over some of the
Canadian places that I would like to be able to see. |
| Weather Channel |
The weather channel is a great source for radar rainfall maps and
forecasts for U.S. cities and some information on foreign weather too. For local Athens Ohio weather,
one can check out Scalia Lab |
News and Entertainment
| CBC Radio |
CBC radio1 and radio 2 are the two things I miss most about
Canada! Fortunately, they are available in RealAudio over the internet. |
| WXPN 88.5 |
This is an independent member-supported public radio
station based at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (I'm a member).
They play a wonderfully eclectic range of music. Highlights include
Cathy O'Connell's amazing Kids Corner (every weekday evening from 7-8 p.m.). |
| PBS |
Insightful and intelligent television. Better than CBC
TV, sad to say. I've been a fan of Nova
for years; even before I moved to the U.S. PBS comes to Montreal through
stations in Plattsburg, NY and Burlington, Vermont. |
| NPR |
Intelligent radio that almost rivals the CBC! Cartalk,
especially, is an international treasure! I'm a member of station
WOUB. |
| The Montreal Gazette |
Montreal's English daily newspaper |
| The Globe and Mail |
One of two closest things to a Canadian National newspaper |
| The New York Times |
Best newspaper in the U.S. I get the Sunday Times (I
love the crossword puzzles and acrostics) |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
It's a bit parochial, but I was a subscriber when I lived in
Philadelphia |
| The Manchester Guardian |
A fresh U.K. perspective on the news |
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Blackmask |
If you're looking for an electronic book (either for your computer
or better yet your PDA), then this website has a very large selection. Also notable
in this connection is Project Gutenberg. Also
impressive is the
list of online books at University of Pennsylvania.
The E-text centre at U. of Virginia is also good. |
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Snopes Urban Legends Site |
If you want to check out whether something is an urban legend
or real (or both), this is perhaps the definitive site. Very sensible! |
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J.K. Rowling |
Ever since I started book 1 (or perhaps more precisely after I'd got
Harry to Hogwarts in Book 1) I've been a Harry Potter fan. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
page has lots of interesting info. Even more interesting, perhaps is the
Harry Potter Lexicon, which has lots
of information and discussion that will appeal to adult fans.
Mugglenet is also excellent (especially the editorials). |
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Memory Alpha |
A wiki effort that has everything you ever wanted to know about Star
Trek! It's a tremendous pity that Star Trek Enterprise didn't do better and survive
longer. I liked it. I'm now addicted to
Star Gate SG-1. They're having more and more former Star Trek actors show up in
episodes anyway. SG-1 is made in
Canada and it's fun to catch the secret Canadian items that are slipped in (like, for
example, Jack O'neil's fondness for curling or the many hockey references). The concept of
the show is a bit preposterous, but it's clever, nonetheless. Richard Dean Anderson is an
Ohio University alum. |
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Sex and the City |
I first saw it in 1998 while in Paris of all places.
On trips to faculty interviews in 2000 and 2001, I would make a point of tuning in to
it on HBO. I also saw an episode in Montreal as "Sexe a New York".
Now that it's on TBS, I'm thoroughly addicted. Very funny! |
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Misheard Song Lyrics |
If you always thought that Deep Purple's song "Smoke on the Water,
a Fire in the Sky" was "Slow talkin' Walter, the fire engine guy", then this is the
site for you! |
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Athena Theatre |
The Athena Theatres have two Theatres in Athens. The Athena Grand is in an
wonderfully renovated abandonned Big Bear grocery store and the original Athena is on Court St.
in downtown Athens. The Athena shows more arty movies and the Athena Grand shows mass market movies.
The two theatres host the Athens International Film Festival in late April-early May. |
| Movies 10 |
This is the nearest multiplex movie theatre to Athens. It's just
this side of Nelsonville and probably more like
a 10 minute drive up Rte 33 than the 7 minutes that they claim, but it *is* cheap
(you can get admission, popcorn and drink for less than $10). |
| Drexel Theater, Bexley, OH |
This theatre is rather a long way from Athens (its in the
Bexley area of Columbus, but it does show art movies consistently. |
Canadian Links
| Government
of Canada |
An index for finding Canadian government agencies |
| Canada Post |
A very useful site for finding postal codes and other info. |
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Canada Revenue Agency |
A useful site when you need to download that obscure form
or guide at the last minute. There's quite a lot of information on U.S.
taxes, too. The IRS's website had improved a lot
over the years. |
Personal links
| Melanie Schori (my wife) |
My wife, Melanie Schori, is a botanist. She is currently doing her Ph.D. in the Department of
Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University. Her supervisor is Phil Cantino. Thanks to Melanie I
have been learning a lot about the local flora and working with our local Forest Stewardship group on
invasive plant removal. Our spring projects involve Garlic Mustard removal and in the fall we do woody
invasives. |
| Andrew Tees |
My brother is an opera singer. He's had gigs
all over Canada and also in the U.S. A search
on his name in Google will lead to his upcoming performances. |
| First Presbyterian
Church in Philadelphia |
This is the church I attended while living in Philadelphia. It's
a very liberal church with (paradoxically) a very traditional, rather high
service and a strong emphasis on music (the choir is amazing, though small)! |
| First Presbyterian Church in Athens |
This is the church I now attend. The website takes awhile to
load (even on a high speed connection) and it needs some tweaking, but the
congregation is very friendly and the music is good. |
| Putnam Square Apartments |
This is the apartment complex where I live. The apartments are new,
clean and very well maintained. The complex is a quiet mix of professors, grad and
undergrad students and community members. It's located right beside the Athens Library
and the Hockhocking-Adena Bikeway
is only a 1 minute ride away. The apartments are close
to the shopping malls on East State Street (walking distance really) and one is only a
20 min *walk* from the downtown strip on Court Street and 25 min from Ohio University
(it's only a 5 min drive from either). If the link is dead, try
this one. Free Cable is provided as
part of the rent (although if you want cable internet, that is extra).
To see what's on our local Time Warner Cable, click
here |
| Househunting |
We have been househunting recently. One can search
Athens Ohio Real Estate aggregated house listings.
One can also find information on houses at the
Athens County Auditor's website. |
| Athens Contradancing |
The Southeast Ohio Traditional Dance Society hosts a contradance
at the Dairy Barn
in Athens, Ohio (usually on the second Saturday of every month). I
usually go if I'm in town. Contradancing is a version of English Country Dancing done
(around here) to Bluegrass music. Contradancing is a great way to meet people and it's through
contradancing that I met my wife. |
| Native Plants |
Thanks to my wife (who's a botanist) I have been getting to know the native flora
both here and around where I grew up in Montreal (and also in the
Southern California desert, where one of my wife's
aunts lives). There are many websites that are good for native plants. The link at left has Phil Cantino's list
of plants found along the bike path. I am slowly starting to learn the scientific nomenclature so I know the
which is which between Dentaria (now folded into Cardamine, apparently) and Dicentra,
bit it's still a slow process. |
| Invasive Plants |
Again thanks to my wife, I have been working at invasive plant removal. In the Spring
there is a major effort to remove Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolota or Alliaria officinalis) from
public lands (Stroud's Run State Park, The Ridges at OU etc) where it is trying to take over. |
| Musical CV |
I've been singing in choirs since I was very young. This
page lists the pieces I've performed and the choirs I've been in as an adult
starting with my Gilbert & Sullivan Savoy Opera experiences as an undergrad
at McGill. |
| Photo album |
This online photo album is a very slow work in progress. It hasn't
changed in quite awhile now, but someday I'll add more pictures. We have many more pictures on
the Photo Sharing website Flickr (search for dfjtees on the
People tab). |
| TN-1 visa |
This page describes the saga of my TN-1 visa, J-1 visa and
finally the H1B visa that I currently hold. |
Language links
| Botanical French |
To help my wife and her colleagues, I have had to do quite a bit of translation of
botanical French. The Robert et Collins French-English bilingual dictionary that I own
actually has a surprisingly large amount of botanical terminology. Sometimes, however,
terms are just too specialized. I have found the Missouri Botanical Gardens site at left very helpful. |
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Oxford Bilingual dictionaries |
OU has access to a number of online dictionaries. This is overall link. |
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Oxford French-English Dictionary |
OU has access to a number of online dictionaries. This is the French-English one. |
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Oxford Duden German-English Dictionary |
OU has access to a number of online dictionaries. This is the German-English one. |
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