Day 08

Internet Activities BIOTECH LINKS

  • POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
    Here's a little movie about PCR and gel electorphoresis.
     

  • POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) -> KARY MULLIS
    As you know, PCR is a basic procedure in Biotech, but did you know that the person who developed PCR - Dr. Kary Mullis - won the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his work? Here's some information about him.
    Click => www.accessexcellence.org
     

  • Here's a link to to Kary Mullis's website
    Click => http://www.karymullis.com/
     

  • And here's a link (via Amazon.com) to information about a book he wrote:
    Click => Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
     
  • When Kary Mullis developed PCR, he was working for a company called Cetus Corporation, who paid Dr. Mullis a bonus of $10,000. Later, Cetus sold the patent for PCR to the Swiss pharmaceutical company Hoffman-LaRoche for $300,000,000!

    Roche has its "PCR Application Manual" online. Here's a link to the introduction.
    Click => Roche manual 
     
  • HOW PCR WORKS

    Click here to see a photo that shows you the "easy way" to do PCR.
    (With many thanks to Katharina Klünder!)

    Here is a link to a nice Flash™ "movie" from the Dolan DNA Learning Center at the Cold Spring Harbor Lab (USA) that illustrates how PCR works.

    When the page opens, you'll see some buttons. I guess you might start by clicking "Introduction" ... ?
    Click => The Polymerase Chain Reaction
     
  • ESSAY
    Please write a short essay about your experience with PCR or another basic Biotech procedure.
    Click => HERE
     
  • GLOSSARY (with listening sections)
         Click => U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute's Glossary of Genetic Terms
     
  • GRAPHICS
    Click => Access Excellence of the U.S. National Health Museum
     
  • NEWS
    Click => www.biospace.com

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Updated: 03.12.07