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Academic
Links I have accumulated and used during my PhD career so far.
Drosophila Stuff
Links pertaining to Fruit fly research.
Flybase
The one stop shop for Drosophila resources.
Fly Enhancer
Useful tool for looking for specific transcription factor binding sites.
FlyMove
Watch movies and stuff about fly development.
Flynet Server
Check for Drosophila protein-protein interaction networks.
Fly Target Explorer
Wonderful resource in which one can program and generate Position Weight Matrices for TF motifs, and search the fly genome with it. Including comparisons with closely related Drosophila species.
Drosophila Research Conference
Annual Drosophila Research Conference Home Page.
bionet.drosophila
Google Group pertaining to Drosophila research.
Drosophila.htm
Bunch of fly links.
P-Screen Database
Good resource for finding P-Lines of mutants in required Drosophila genes.
Fruit Fly Genetics
Reference primer on fly pushing.
The interactive Fly database
Like the flybase, but more about the fly anatomy
NCBI
The one stop shop.
Microarray Core Facility, UMBI, CBR
They help print and hybridize microarrays for a fee.
Linux and Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics.Org
Lots of Bioinformatics stuff here.
VigyaanCD.org
Pretty good knoppix distribution packaged with bioinformatics tools.
The European Bioinformatics Institute EMBL
A place to do searches and other bioinformatics stuff
Center for Bioinformatics
Has some statistical tools.
comp.os.linux
Google group on linux.
LinuxCommand.org: Learning the shell.
The Linux Cookbook
Tips and Techniques for Everyday use.
freshmeat.net
A good place to look for the latest software from the open source team.
DSL/Cable Webserver
A good tutorial on setting up and running your own webserver.
KNOPPIX Linux Live CD
Knoppix is great for those who occassionally need to boot up in Linux, but don't need performance.
Mandriva Linux
My first Linux distro. Very easy to install and user friendly.
Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
Very stable Debian based Distro, available in 64-bit.
Gentoo Linux
I have currently got this on a dual-boot set up, running in 64-bit on my machine.
Bio Jobs Folder
The Institute for Genomic Research
Career Opportunities - The Institute for Genomic Research
WHO e-Recruitment
Human Genome Sciences
PDF Online
Good resource to convert your resume to pdf.
MEME
Finds patterns among groups of sequences, and outputs them with statistical significance.
Pattern Discovery from Biosequences.
Waiting for this tool to come on line.
The Gibbs Motif Sampler
Uses Gibbs Motifs to look for patterns in DNA.
TESS : Transcription Element Search System
Helps search for Transcription Factor Binding Motifs.
TFSEARCH
Searching Transcription Factor Binding sites.
TF binding site links
Links to tools that help predict TF binding sites.
NF-kappaB transcription factor binding DNA-site
Moderately useful site for finding NF-kB Binding motifs.
REDUCE
Heard a lot of good things about this site, but never managed to properly use it. Supposed to help find transcription factor binding sites. Use Netscape.
Reference Section
Lots of good reference sites.
Genetic Code Quick Reference
A quick reference to identify the Amino Acid corresponding to a DNA sequence.
Genetics Glossary AB
Look up unknown words for Genetics terms
The WWW Virtual Library: Cell Biology
MOCB640 Bookmarks
Arlene Stolzfus Bioinformatics Links. Very useful.
Molecular Biology Methods
A lot of useful Molecular Biology Protocols.
Bioprotocols
A place to find how to do stuff
NWFSC Molecular Biology Techniques Forums :: ...
Ask questions about Molecular Biology Protocols here.
Invitrogen
You can already buy most of your stuff from here. At rate at which they are going, they will take over the world.
Miscellaneous Databases
Bioinformatics Software on the Web
Biolinks.html
Celera - Human Genome Publication Site
Codon Usage Database
dbSNP Home Page
Protein Mutant Database
Search by Cross Taxa
Welcome to the BigBlue Web site
Primer3
Great on-line tool for designing primers. I designed 600 pairs of primers for my spotted array using this, and they all worked!
Oligonucleotide Properties Calculator
This tool can help in primer design, by telling you annealing temperatures and stuff about the oligos you design.
Sequences Alignments and Comparisons
Compendium of different sequence alignment resources.
Tools for Multiple Alignments
Good resource for multiple alignments.
Official REBASE Homepage
Find out about Restriction Enzymes here
Pfam library of Protein motifs
Find the motifs that make up a protein
RNA folding form
Give them an RNA sequence, and they output its calculated secondary structure.
Interactive Statistical Calculation Pages
Perform a variety of different statistical functions here.
BioCarta - Charting Pathways of Life
Resource for seeing signal transduction cascades.
New Scientist.com - The World's No. 1 Science...
My favourite subscription. Readable bits of science, without creating misconceptions.
ScientificJournal.com
USUHS/LRC Remote Services Director
Awesome resource if you have the password to get in.
Banks and bills
Bills I pay, and some services I use.
Yodlee
Log in to check all your accounts: finances, mail, news, etc.
American Express
Gives credit cards for students.
Citibank
I especially like their Rewards program.
Chevy Chase Bank.
The most convenient bank in the DC metropolitan area.
Yahoo! Finance
They used to offer a tool to see an overview of your finances. But now it is just a good place to do some market research.
Net2phone
A good general, slightly expensive, reliable phone card for every day use.
Skype
Over broadband, this internet telephony application can be very clear.
Verizon Wireless
My current Cell phone company.
Netflix
If you watch a lot of movies, you will appreciate this.
Travelers Auto Insurance
My auto insurance company.
AAA Mid-Atlantic
Good to have this, if you get in trouble in the middle of the road.
Traffic
Can check for traffic issues in the DC metro area.
CHART On The Web
Check traffic situations.
Air Traffic Control System
How are the flights doing?
The World Clock - Time Zones
Check the time all around the world.
Download.com
New Stuff that's available.
Columbia House
Great place for buying CDs in bulk.
Entertainment
FARK
A list of funny stuff. It's not news, it's fark.
Onion
Funny news spoofs.
Homestar Runner
Trogdor rules.
Something Awful
Horrible website with some really stupid things on it.
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Rumours and their basis in popular culture.
The Smoking Gun
Who got busted this time?
Who Would Buy That?
What's selling on ebay?
Engrish
All your bases are belong to us.
HotAir
Weird research that gets published.
Cockeyed.com: Always bring your camera
Studies of strange things.
FOUND Magazine
Random notes that people found.
http://www.everything2.com/
Everything.
Gaming
Some of the strategy guides, and walkthroughs for games I have liked.
Civilization III Fanatics' Center
Civ3 Strategy and tips.
Civilization IV
Awaiting release.
Blizzard Entertainment
Resources For Diablo and Warcraft.
Half-Life 2: Guides, FAQ, Walkthroughs
Awesome FPS.
FAQs: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos: Walkthrou...
Walkthrough in case you are stuck.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Walkthrough of the game.
Ambrosia
Escape Velocity is a fun Mac game.
EV survival guide
Escape Velocity Survival Guide
Cooking
Sanjeev Kapoor.
Real Men Don't need recipes.
Piled Higher and Deeper
Life's Like That for Graduate Students. Excellent comic strip.
Red Meat
Comic strip.
Welcome to Way Lay
Comic strip.
Losers
Diamondback newspaper cartoon.
Ozy and Millie: Lemmings
Comic strip.
Mr. Cranky
Movie Review.
Bored at work links
Some of them are silly.
Bored At Work
IShouldBeWorking.com - cyberslacking fun incl...
Bored.com
Mad Magazine
Good fun
Music
Everything related to Antardhwani and Pauli Sagoo's remixes.
Antardhwani - Main Page
My Band.
Yahoo! Groups : antardhwani
Band Yahoo! Group. For Band Members Only.
Casio Forum
Very active forum for Casio WK-3500 users.
Anurag Jain - Indian Fusion / Indian Rock Bands
List of Indian rock bands.
Tweak's Guide
The most useful all in one guide on setting up a home studio. VERY HELPFUL.
The Project Studio Handbook
Advanced Sound Engineering articles for those in the Biz.
SOS Home
Sound on Sound Magazine publishes reviews of gear and techniques. You can access older articles.
Computer Music tutorials
Step by step instructions for how to use some studio gear.
Electronic Musician Tutorials and Tips
More tutorials and tips for electronica.
Reason tutorials.
Some simple reason tutorials.
Casio Forum
Very active forum for Casio WK-3500 users.
Studio-Central Community :: Index
Tweaks forum.
K-v-R : [VST DX AU] - Supporting Open Standar...
Get the latest news on Dxi and VST synths.
Harmony Central® Main Menu
CreativeSynth - Reaktor Index
Welcome to CASIO Music Site
Casio WK3000 Keyboard
Casio WK-3000 File Downloads
CASIO - EMI Forum
CMS WK-3500 Music Data - CASIO EUROPE
Midi All The Best
MIDIWORLD
Swar Systems : the Indian music software company
The Loop Library.com
Indian Music Band: Antardhwani
Craigs List ad. Will expire soon.
News
BBC NEWS News Front Page
My favourite world news site.
Google News
Compilation of news searched by bots, from all around the world.
Washington Post
News from inside the beltway and around the world.
CNN.com
Not a bad source for current events.
NPR : News
Wonderful Radio Station. Gives us hope for American Media.
The New York Times
A little too liberal for my liking.
Townhall.com:
I read this to see what the conservatives are thinking. Usually it enrages me.
Aljazeera.Net English - Home Page
To provide a little balance. . .what are other people around the world thinking?
Yahoo! News
Newsfeed from difference Press Agencies.
Slashdot
News for Nerds, Stuff that matters.
AnandTech
Latest reviews and news of techie things.
Scientific American.com
Good science magazine.
Bio.com
Latest developmens in the Biotech industry.
Google News India
Indian news media compilation.
Samachar
Annoying pop-up ad driven site with headlines from all the major newspapers. Doesn't help because most Indian newspapers have become tabloids.
DiamondbackOnline.com
University of Maryland News.
Guardian Unlimited Life
Magazine with perspectives.
Salon.com
Very readable liberal magazine.
MSN Slate Magazine
Popular Magazine.
Nerve.com
Sexual trends.
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Rumour mills in popular culture.
PBS
Support Public Broadcasting.
Streaming News and Info
Watch streaming newsstations.
Personal
BLOGGER
The tool that makes the revolution possible.
Wikipedia
The open ended encyclopaedia.
Flickr
Photo Blog with this tool.
orkut
Social Networks.
Friends Webpages
Home Page
My Home Page
My site stats.
My website statistics.
Anyesha Mookherjee
Amlan Mukherjee
Ayush Gupta
Amlan organized a BBQ
Ashok Veeraraghavan
Abbhirami Rajagopal
Bob Zambon
Anoop's Home Page
Cabbages and Kings
My Blog.
One Fleeting Moment
Anyesha's Blog.
Over a cup of tea...: Of old men in funny colorful dresses
Amlan's Blog.
Glorified Evil
Ayush's Blog.
Siddharth's Blog
Sieto's Blog.
bandy - Welcome
Amrit Bandy's Blog.
Adi Blog
Adi's Blog
Spotless Mind
Rana Chakraborty's Blog.
Random Thoughts from a Confused Mind
Sagnik's Blog.
Outpourings of a not-so-dangerous mind....
Arijit's Blog.
wilde Vögel
Rathish's Blog.
Spoken like a True BITSian...
BITS Blog.
i got sucked in too
Mathangi's Blog.
Trip to BITS - March 2005
Pushkin's Trip to BITS.
Who is Buchu?
I don't know.
The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
Darth Vader's Sensitive Blog.
Boing Boing
Directory of wonderful things.
Interests
BITS stuff
My Alma Mater.
Sandpaper - The BITSAA Magazine
Sandpaper.
BITS Pilani
Alma Mater.
BITS Pilani Batch of 1996 ClassNotes
Our class notes.
General Interests
Links that interest me.
The Wondering Minstrels
A poem a day.
Facade.com
Get a Tarot reading done or something. . .
PhinisheD
Support group for PhD Students.
Immigration
Links to various immigration resources
http://www.ssa.gov/
US Consular Services in Canada
Revalidate H,L,O,P visa in US
Shopping/Bargains
AnandTech Forums - Hot Deals
Ben's Bargain Center - Main
Coupons from FatWallet.Com save you money!
Deals2Buy Hot Coupons and Deals
FreebieDirectory.com: The Web's freebies sear...
Spoofee Deals - Find all your Coupons and Bes...
craigslist: san francisco bay area online com...
Travel
ALANITA TRAVEL - FLY WITH US TO INDIA
Expedia Travel -- discount airfare, flights, ...
Orbitz: Airline Tickets, Hotels, Car Rentals,...
Yahoo! Travel
amtrak
MTA Md
WMATA
MARC - MTA Train Service
Greyhound
Bus service.
http://www.kmvn.org/
My parents did this expedition.
Other Organizations
Health insurance, Net2phone. . .the works
Sanskriti
BMG
Music clearing house.
Columbia House
Buy CDs in bulk.
http://www.montgomerylibrary.org/
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc. (MAMSI)
Newsweek Customer Service
Sprint PCS - Your Account Manager
Student Advantage - Update
Welcome to Net2Phone - The Home of Internet Tel...
Utilities
Sites important for day to day information
Doom9
Maryland Mass Transit Administration
Merriam-Webster OnLine - Dictionary - Thesaurus...
Look up the unknown word. . .
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...
Cool places
BeyondDC - Home
Blair Apartments
Haandi - Fine Indian Cuisine
http://www.thebrickskeller.com/
International School Yangon
University Square
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Greenbelt Directory - Important Telephone Num...
Computers
My computer building and hardware links
Arctic Silver Instructions
M-AUDIO
MSI HQ User Community Forum Good Articles F...
Rage3D Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis 256MB Review
CD Media World - CD/DVD Utilities
Anyesha
URS Corporation
Web Login
Brooklyn, 2000
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology: Plantar wart...
Ruminations
eMedicine - Warts, Nongenital : Article by Ma...
Family of the Americas
U of MD
UMCP Home
UMBI Homepage
Directory
Hoff Theater
What movies are playing at Hoff.
CRS Home Page • Sport / Recreation / Wellness
http://www.transportation.umd.edu/shuttle_um/greenbelt.htm
Testudo
Listservs
Monthly Graduate Social Series - Graduate Student Involvement
MOCB Faculty List
MOCB Faculty
MOCB Graduate Program
Maryland Dining Guide -- The Vegetarian Resou...
Parking
Shuttle
University of Maryland Mail System
University of Maryland
Utilities and Services
VPL: Visualization Presentation Lab
Terrapin Trader Surplus Property- University ...
Dialup Networking: Dialup Quota Information
GSG Forum
http://noc.net.umd.edu/dialquota/
http://www.cownipple.com/
http://www.umpd.umd.edu/
UM Testudo Interactive Web Services for Curre...
University of Maryland Office of Information Te...
UM Libraries
Yahoo!
Many links from Yahoo! web portal.
Address
Bookmarks
Briefcase
Finance
geocities
Interactive Hotel Map
Mail
Maps
Messenger
Movies
Shopping
Yahoo! Mail
My Yahoo! for subhamoy_pal
SCI Webmaster
SCI
SCI PhpBB
IP Address to Hostname
Nedstats for SCI website.
People Administrator Authentication
People Info Page
Yahoo! Groups : SCIMaryland
Aussie Hosts
Aussie Hosts: who is
Aussie Resources - Your Resource Site
GSG Forum
House/Apartment Search
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/x/axn184/chom.html
Index of /~aagrawal/snaps
Index of /~sci/Images
index.html - University of Maryland
SCI-ing Gear
SquirrelMail - Login
Student Council of India
UCLA Internet Weather Report
WAM Webstats
Web Spinner Login
Dulles Airport Pick-up Request Form - pg1
Indian Websites
DESIINDC - Info and FUN for Indians living in...
Desi Chutney Your first stop for all your Des...
Garamchai
http://www.desiumd.org/
Indian Student's Association
indogram - the global Indian village......in ...
Maryland Indian Grocery, Restaurants - Indian...
NRILinks : Indian Movie Shows in USA (Show Ti...
Sulekha.com
SCI site referrers
First of all, congratulations on getting admi...
Garamchai.Com ... Indian Student Associations
Going to USA : Indian Students Associations
Graduate Student Government - University of ...
Group Information
International Student Organizations - Univers...
International Student Organizations - Univers...
Nedstat Basic 3.0 - Nedstat Basic Top 1000
Spandan Music Band
Subhamoy's Home Page
The following links might be helpful for you ...
Welcome to Adarsh's corner of the web
Yahoo! Groups : SCIMaryland Links
Web Resources
bannertown #9 chickenhead.com
DNS LOC demo: Making Maps from LOC Records
Guide for New Graduate Students
Internet Weather Report
Internet Weather Report
Mailman FAQ Search Results
MosCom - Ping A Host Or IP Address
RegisterFly.com - $9.99 Domain Registration F...
Tools
Bravenet.com Webmaster Resources Website Tool...
Current IP Check
DaveSource Marginal Hacks
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/servlets/whoami
Welcome to WinSite! The place for shareware, ...
W3C Protocol stuff
Goodman report teaches 21 ways to optimize a ...
Howstuffworks
The W3C MarkUp Validation Service
VI Editor Unix commands
Web66: Windows95 Internet Server Cookbook
World Wide Web Consortium
Web Hosts
Canadian Web Hosting Companies
dh2.net: fast, reliable, and friendly
Doteasy - Bannerless Free Web Hosting and Ema...
Enhanced Host - The Professionals in Plesk Ba...
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless/print_html
http://www.domainwhitepages.com/
Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours
Unix Virtual Hosting, Unix Shared Hosting, Un...
Web Crossing - Products
WebHostingTalk Forums - Whats the best and wo...
ICRA: Internet Content Rating Association::: ...
Yahoo! Groups : umd_fall2004
Plesk 7.5.2
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Google Quicksearch
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Dictionary.com Quicksearch
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Stock Symbol Qui cksearch
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Wikipedia Quicksearch
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Urban Dictionary
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