Research related sites

• Sources of biomedical research funding
  A resource set up by the Wellcome Trust allowing searches of a large number of funding agencies by subject area, keyword, grant type, etc. It also incorporates a bulletin board advertising job vacancies for research assistants and a searchable library of science policy press clippings, accessed from the same opening menu. This is now a direct Web facility, though the old Telnet interface is still available for the time being.
  
  See also:
  
  • Telnet interface - (note that with Telnet instructions have to be entered via the keyboard, not with a mouse, and you should log on as "wisdom")
  • Wellcome Trust



• Cell biology methods
  This is a lab manual prepared for graduate students at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota which has a number of protocols which might be a good starting point for anyone trying a technique for the first time. Other sites along the same lines have been produced at Maryland.
  
  Even better, some research labs are beginning to put protocols on the Web which means you can find the tricks and hints that journal editors remove from published papers: good examples come from Tim Mitchison's lab at UCSF and Gordon Laurie's lab at the University of Virginia.
  
  See also:
  
  • Maryland lab manual



• The Anatomical Society Human Embryo Database
  This resulted from grants by the Society to refurbish and catalogue collections of embryological material at Cambridge and St Andrews Universities. Both collections are available for study by research workers in the field, and the catalogues have been unified and made accessible via the Web.
  

Education related sites - Neuroscience

• The Anatomical Society Human Embryo Database
  This resulted from grants by the Society to refurbish and catalogue collections of embryological material at Cambridge and St Andrews Universities. Both collections are available for study by research workers in the field, and the catalogues have been unified and made accessible via the Web.
  

Education related sites - Gross Anatomy

• Introductory Anatomy
  A thoughtful essay by David Johnson of the University of Leeds introducing the study of anatomy through its history, and through legal and emotional issues. Other pages from the same site are listed below
  
  See also:
  
  • Terminology
  • Bones
  • Joints
  • Muscles & Nerves
  • Circulatory System & Blood
  • Respiratory System
  • Digestive System
  • Excretory & Reproductive Systems



• "Master classes" on Functional and Applied Anatomy in Medical Education
  These are residential courses organised in conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists and the Nederlandse Anatomen Vereiniging, for those embarking on a career as professional anatomy teachers. They are intended to provide a sound basis for those who already have a working knowledge of human topographical anatomy but require a high level update course prior to teaching the subject themselves.



• Anatomy JiscMail list
  This has been set up by the Education Committee of the Anatomical Society to provide a forum for exchange of information on anything to do with the anatomical part of medical education. The Website tells you how to join and participate in the correspondence, or you can simply use it to browse through previous postings.