We need to learn how to use Biology Workbench to help Steve with
his research. Before we can start in class, you need to go to the Biology Workbench
homepage and set up an account under your name. The address is:
http://bighorn.animal.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/sib.py
Click on the button that says,
REGISTRATION
It will ask you for information like a user name and a password.
The first project we will do in class is DNA Sequencing & the Human Genome Project
You may decide that you would like to work on this at home. To do so you may need the following downloads:
Downloads for chime and Protein explorer
Tutorials If this is something you find interesting you may want to try other tutorials on your own. Well, some of us are science nerds at heart, with a little techno geek thrown in :)
The tutorial to start with is
You will have time to work on your projects in class. Make sure you have a basic understanding of what you are doing and why. Don't just follow someone else's moves. Think!
Now you're ready to do some real research!