THE DENARD LAB AT UF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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  • Useful Software and Tools:
   DNA
  • DNA/Plasmid Editing - Benchling
  • Ape - ApE- A plasmid Editor (utah.edu)
  • Snapgene - SnapGene | Software for everyday molecular biology 
  • ​Geneious (need subscription) - Geneious | Bioinformatics Software for Sequence Data Analysis
  • Codon Optimization - IDT
  • Sequence Identification - BLAST
  • Sequence Alignment - Clustal Omega
  • Phylogenetic Tree Generation - Phylogeny​
Flow Cytometry
  • FlowJo (License required)
Metabolism​
  • Genome Mining for Biosynthetic Genes - antiSMASH​
  • Metabolic Pathway Database – KEGG
​   Genome Engineering
  • CRISPR-Cas9 Guide RNA Design Tool - ATUM​
​   Protein Engineering
  • Enzyme Database - BRENDA
  • Homolog Identification - PaperBLAST
  • Protein Families - Pfam or UniProt
  • Crystal Structures - Protein Data Bank
  • Homology Modeling - SWISSMODEL or I-TASSER
  • Visualization - PyMOL or Chimera
  • Ligand Docking - AutoDock Vina
  • Computational Protein Design - PyRosetta
  • Protein Similarity Networks - EFI-EST
   General
  • Molecular Interaction/Pathway Visualization - Cytoscape
  • Endnote UF - Introduction - EndNote Online - Guides @ UF at University of Florida (ufl.edu)
  • Data Visualization - GraphPad (subscription required) - Home - GraphPad
  • Chemical/Biochemical Reaction Drawing - ChemBio Draw (license required)
  • Graphic Design - Adobe Illustrator (license required)


Fellowship Opportunities:
  • Resources for undergraduates at UF
    • Funding for UF support to work in the lab during the semester
      • UF University Scholars Program, for all UF students
      • UF Emerging Scholars Program, for freshman and sophomore undergraduates without any research experience
      • McNair Scholars Program, for 1st generation college students and underrepresented minorities
      • Fernandez Family Foundation - Fernandez Family Scholars Endowment - University of Florida Advancement (ufl.edu)
    • Students interested in working over the summer
      • Check out the UF SURF Program 
      • Take lab for course credit (EGN 4912)- make sure to discuss this with Dr. Denard first. 
  • Undergraduate
    • ​Goldwater - for sophomores or juniors interested in research careers
    • Amgen Scholars - for sophomores or juniors interested in summer research at 1 of 11 institutions
    • National Science Foundation GRFP - for seniors going to graduate school
    • Hertz Fellowship - for seniors going to graduate school
    • DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship - for seniors going to graduate school
    • National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship - for seniors going to graduate school
  • Graduate
    • ​National Science Foundation GRFP
    • Hertz Fellowship
    • DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
    • National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship
    • ​NIH F31 (geared towards students from under-represented backgrounds)
  • Post-Doctoral
    • ​NIH F32
    • USDA
    • Intelligence Community Fellowship
    • ​Life Sciences Research Foundation
    • L'Oreal USA for Women in Science
    • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
    • Arnold Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Postdocs' Guide to Gaining Independence
  • Adapted with permission from Dr. Kunjapur - Resources - KUNJAPUR LAB
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