American Institute for Biological Sciences. Available: http://www.aibs.org/. Date of Visit: June 4, 2008.
The American Institute of Biological Sciences was established as a national umbrella organization for the biological sciences in 1947 by 11 scientific societies as part of the National Academy of Sciences. The website contains news and publications related to the biological sciences and programs and services such as job announcements.
American Society for Microbiology. Available: http://www.asm.org. Date of Visit: June 4, 2008.
The oldest and largest life sciences organizationin the world. Membership is open to anyone with at least a bachelor's degree. The Society’s mission is to advance microbiological sciences through the pursuit of scientific knowledge and dissemination of the results of fundamental and applied research. Services for non-members include email alerts of recent pubications in journals, listservs, and online journals and podcasts.
American Society of Biomechanics. Available: http://www.asbweb.org/. Date of Visit: June 4, 2008.
To encourage and foster the exchange of information and ideas among biomechanists working in different disciplines and fields of application, biological sciences, exercise and sports science, health sciences, ergonomics and human factors, and engineering and applied science, and to facilitate the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science. For students, ASB offers grant programs and mentoring, as well as links to biomechanical websites and electronic jourals.
Center for Bioethics. University of Minnesota, 2002-2007. Available: http://www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics/. Last Update: April 16, 2007. Date of Visit: June 4, 2008.
The Center performs research and promotes ethical issues in the health and life sciences. Among the service offered are links to other bioethics-related sites and an email link to ask a bioethics question of the Center staff.