Cell biology animations

below is a collection of biology animations, I found them useful and intuitive for bioinformatics researchers with mainly quantitative background, like me :(
http://bio-alive.com/animations/,
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120060/ravenanimation.html

Canadian National Proteomics Network

Lately, I was invited to join Canadian National Proteomics Network. CNPN is a not-for-profit federally incorporated organization created to provide a cooperative mechanism for building the proteomics research infrastructure in Canada to further a better understanding of proteomics in the Canadian life sciences community and to sponsor scientific conferences, seminars and forums to create a national focus for scientific collaboration and education.


It is unclear how many members it has now, but I would guess it is a small group, mainly consists of students, postodocs and professors. Anyway, I hope it can really grow and create more communications, collaborations, and career opportunities for bioinformatics professionals. It is a crucial especially for a less populated country like Canada.


click here to see what is new.

Training: Real-Time PCR Seminar Announcement

Key Steps to Generating High Quality Real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) data that meets the MIQE Guidelines

Speaker; Sean Taylor PhD Bio-RAD Laboratories

Date: Monday, Nov 22th, 2010
Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM
Location: University of Toronto, Donnelly Center, 2nd Floor, Red Seminar  Room

In an effort to assist the scientific community to produce consistent, high quality data  from RT-qPCR experiments, The Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments (MIQE) guidelines were recently published. The ultimate goal of MIQE is to establish clear guidelines for the information  required o publish RT-qPCR data to allow reviewers and editors to measure the technical quality of submitted manuscripts against an established yardstick and to facilitate easier replication of experiments described in published studies. This talk focus on how to apply the MIQE guidelines to design a solid experimental approach for RT-qPCR.