Biology Resources

 

BUGS Homepage

 

Websites are listed in alphabetical order

 

BLAST

 

            Site for finding regions of similarity between biological sequences.  Contains several assembled genomes.

 

Bradley Library Biology Indexes

 

            The list of online indexes at the library for searching for biological papers

 

Entrez

 

            Search engine for life sciences        

 

ExPASy

 

            The Expert Protein Analysis System, dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures.

 

Illinois State Teaching Standards for Science

 

            This page contains the information for the learning standards for Illinois primary and secondary schools.

 

The Nature Conservancy

 

            The Nature Conservancy protects Earth's most important natural places — for you and future generations — through great science and smart partnerships.

 

OSF Hospital Volunteer Page

 

          This is the website to sign-up to volunteer at OSF Hospital.  The volunteer application is located at the bottom of the page at a link that says “click here” to apply online.  Volunteering at OSF requires completion of a physical.

 

Peoria Park District Volunteer Page

 

          The Peoria Park District Volunteer page offers opportunities for volunteering in various Peoria programs. 

 

PubMed

 

            Search database for journal articles related to life sciences and biomedical topics

 

UniProt

 

            Provides a high-quality, freely accessible resource of protein sequence and functional information