Useful Research Tools and Sites
Databases and Search Engines
Ensembl: Human Genome Server
NCBI: National Center for Biotechnology Information
SGD: Yeast Genome Database
PROSITE: Database of Protein Families and Domains
SWISS-PROT: and TrEMBL: Protein Knowledge Database
Pfam: Database of HMM Profiles of Protein Sequences
PDB: Protein Data Bank
PaxDB: Protein Abundance Database
Protein Blast: Protein sequence alignment
Protein Atlas: Information on human protein expression and localization
Uniprot: Protein sequence and function resource
BioGRID: Biological General Repository for Interaction Datasets
FPvis: Fluorescent protein properties
BioGPS: Gene annotation portal
M-CSA: Database of enzyme reaction mechanisms
Bioinformatics
ExPASy: Bioinformatics resource portal
ProtParam: Computes various chemical and physical properties of protein sequences
Protein Structure and Analysis
PyMol: Protein visualization tool
Chimera: Molecular modeling program by UCSF
Chimera Tutorials: Resource for understanding how to use Chimera
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University Related Sites
University Affiliations
ICMB: Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
CSSB: Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
CMB: Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
Biochemistry Graduate Program
Resources
RTA: Request for Travel Authorization
Public engagement opportunities at UT
Room Reservations through the MBS department
Poster Printing
CNS (Lab favorite)
Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
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Funding Opportunities
External Fellowships, Training Grants, and Awards
GWIS National Fellowship Program: Sigma Delta Epsilon (SDE), Eloise Gerry, Ethel K. Allen, Vessa Notchev, Jean Langenheim, Monique Braude and Nell I. Mondy Fellowships by the Graduate Women in Science Fellowship Program
NIH Individual Fellowships: List of National Institute of Health fellowships for undergraduates, graduates, and post docs
NIH Institutional Training Grants: List of National Institute of Health fellowships for undergraduates, graduates, and post docs
NSF: List of National Science Foundation fellowships for graduate students and postdocs
AAUW: Fellowships through the American Association of University Women to support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication
Internal Fellowships, Training Grants, and Awards
The Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin: Resource of internal and external fellowships
Graduate School Fellowships: See a list of current fellowships through the online Graduate School Awards System (requires eID)
Lab Member Resources
Matouschek lab Wiki
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Around Austin
Events and Entertainment
Do512: Events happening in and around Austin
365 Things Austin: Events happening in and around Austin
Favorite Lab Lunch Spots
Don
Some of our Favorite Podcasts
Science Friday
This American Life
Radiolab
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (Highly recommend Punic Nightmares series)
Science Vs
Freakonomics Radio
Origin Stories
Reply All
Hidden Brain
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