The information and resources listed in this new addition to our website is brought to you through the Society's Education and Career Development Committee

Chairman
Glenn F. Rall
Email: glenn.rall@fccc.edu

Committee Members
David C. Bloom
Andrew S. Pekosz
Norma Santos
Leslie A. Schiff
Teri Shors

Suggested Links of Interest and Available Resources:

ASV Virology Job Site

The ASV Virology Job site is now operational and ready for business!

Please help us with the public launch of this new Internet resource by using and referring this site (http://www.virology.net/cgi-bin/jobs/classifieds.cgi) to list all the virology jobs available in your labs,departments, institutions and companies. You can also access the site from the ASV homepage.

• This is the only Virology specific job site on the Net.
• Search for jobs by type, keyword and/or region
• Establish a Job Alert for automatic notification about new job postings
• Post jobs from your lab, department or company in appropriate categories for Virology
• Completely FREE!

This new site was created in association with “All the Virology on the WWW” (http://www.virology.net).

Questions or comments: Please contact Dr. David M. Sander at: asvjobs@virology.net

History of Virology

This site is supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to the American Society for Virology and is part of the Sloan Foundation Program on the Recent History of Science and Engineering of the Web. This ASV site is on the history of structural virology and was created by Sondra and Milton Schlesinger, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, who are responsible for its content.

A description of participants and projects can be found at:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/echo/center/index.html

Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center

This Center has been established to provide resources to the scientific community for basic research and to facilitate the development of novel antiviral therapies and vaccines against human orthopoxvirus infections as well as approaches for environmental detection of virons and the rapid diagnosis of disease. The Center provides a relational database that supports data storage of poxvirus genomic sequences, and annotation and analysis of poxvirus ORF; web-based data mining and sequence analysis tools; software for analysis of complete genomes; a poxvirus literature resource; a repository of poxvirus species and strains (at ATCC); and a discussion forum.

All the Virology on the WWW

One of the best single sites for Virology information on the Internet, containing a collection of all the virology-related Web sites that might be of interest to virologists and others interested in learning more about viruses. The site links and catalogs virology, microbiology, and related pages world-wide and contains on-line courses and tutorials; a listing of scientific meetings; post-doctoral and other job listings and resources for employment in academic, government, corporate, and consulting fields.

American Type Culture Collection

The new ATCC global bioresource center web site includes products, catalogs, and an on-line order placement service.

Bacteriophage T7:Simulation and Supplementary Data

This site is the creation of Drew Endy, Ph.D., Research Fellow, at the Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, California.

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Career Network

Job announcements, Government & Politics, New Grant Competitions, Community Colleges, Campus Life, articles and links to other sites of interest.

Electron Micrograph Images

Virus Ultra Structure.Information and detailed images of viruses, as well as color diagrams.

Gradschools.com

One of the leading on-line sources for graduate and post-graduate information. Programs are listed in easy-to-use and very functional curriculum-based directories that include program descriptions, contact information and links.

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

(Virology Division of the International Union of the Microbiological Societies.) History and future of Virus Taxonomy; upcoming meetings and activities of the ICTV; on-line membership directory; and links to other interesting sites for Viral Taxonomy.

Medical Conferences.com

The most comprehensive, interactive we site available on medical conferences and an invaluable resource for all professionals working in healthcare, be they doctors, clinicians or supplier industries. This site provides detailed information on over 7,000 up-coming conferences updated daily, and accessible through an easy-to-use search mechanism, detailing over 5,700 conference/congress organizers.

NIH Research Training Opportunities: Extramural Training Mechanisms

This National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research web site provides a compendium of training opportunities at various institutes of the NIH. The training mechanisms are listed by your level of professional development, i.e., high school, undergraduate (college) opportunities, pre-doctoral graduate student, and postdoctoral. Career resources, forms, and other job links are available on this site.

National Academy Press

Publisher for the National Academies

Public Health Image Library, CDC, Atlanta, GA

PHILTM is an extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health. This site contains medical images that might be unsuitable for children.
Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources

The PhDs.Org science career library contains information for scientists and would-be scientists at all levels, from high school students through Nobel laureates. The site includes: Grad School Ratings, Job Listings, and Post a Job services.

Science's NEXTWAVE...resources for the next generation of scientists!

Job market news; career transitions; job hunting; diversity in the workplace; postdoc and faculty issues; highlights for graduate students; salary survey; and much more. This site is developed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Science Professional Network

Jobs, Careers, and Employment in Science. This site includes job ads, career fairs, job alerts, meetings, career links, resume/CV database, employer profiles, and more.

Studyabroad.com

The on-line study abroad information resource for college level, international education programs. Here you will find listings for thousands of study abroad programs in more than 100 countries throughout the world. Directories of programs are organized by both destination country and curriculum. You will also find hundreds of links to study abroad program home pages and a wealth of related information.

Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists

National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1998.

Canadian Universities

This list includes all institutions that are members of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, as well as other institutions that offer full-time study at the university credit level.

Web, U.S. Universities, by State

This page of UT Austin Web Central contains a list of regionally accredited U.S. universities organized by state. Only one server is listed for each campus: the primary central server. In the absence of a central server, another server may be selected.

Yahoo List of Universities (by Region)

Complete listing of universities throughout the world. Search by country or by state for universities located within the United States of America.

Bibliography of Dengue

1400 reference bibliography of dengue available; no charge. Send email request to: pearl@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx

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