Portal:Life Sciences/Life Sciences topics


 * Nobel Prize Report - short podcast about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physiology (link does not work any more 2008/11/18)
 * The 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.
 * Getting to know pathogens - introduction to the concept of microbial disease
 * Telemedicine in French-speaking Africa - RAFT, a network of educational television and telemedicine in French-speaking Africa
 * Allelopathy is the chemical property of a given plant that allows it to suppress the growth of other plants, similar to herbicides.
 * Darwinism as religion - is evolution taught as religion in public schools?
 * Cell Biology - Exploring cell biology. Independent study with projects.
 * Phage project - participants access phage gene databases and participate in phage genomics research projects.
 * Encyclopedia of life - Explore cooperation between education-oriented Biology websites.
 * Life origins - abiotic origin of life, endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotes, origin of action potentials, origin of the human species, origin of human language.
 * Pluripotent stem cells - What are the prospects for medical therapies using embryonic stem cells?
 * Wikiversity Genomics Database - Database of information on genome characteristics.
 * The Science Behind Parkinson's - A learning and researching project for sharing emerging knowledge and insights.
 * Seminar in Biological Mechanisms of Aging and Cancer - explore the biological mechanisms that underly aging and cancer.