This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Related Resources

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Animations

Manipulation (follow the links through "techniques" and "amplifying DNA")

Gene Almanac

Writing Web Links

The following links are helpful places to do further investigation into good writing:

The Science of Scientific Writing - A very useful article that analyzes the structure and style of scientific writing.

A fairly comprehensive explanation of the components of the research article from the Asian Institute of Technology.

Writing in the Neurobiological Sciences - A scientific writing course from the University of Florida with many useful links.

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - A useful resource on scientific writing from Virginia Tech. Includes many examples and additional links.

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences - This site provides links to instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences.

DNA Engineering Web Links

ORF finder

NCBI

Cybergene

New England Biolabs

Systems Engineering Web Links

MIT Registry of Standard Biological Parts