- Useful Software and Tools:
- 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
- FlowJo (License required)
- Genome Mining for Biosynthetic Genes - antiSMASH
- Metabolic Pathway Database – KEGG
- CRISPR-Cas9 Guide RNA Design Tool - ATUM
- 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
- 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.
- Funding for UF support to work in the lab during the semester
- 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
- Postdocs' Guide to Gaining Independence
- Adapted with permission from Dr. Kunjapur - Resources - KUNJAPUR LAB