Gerry Shaw's Homepage

Last Update January Y2(K+6)


Research I'm interested in and have worked on at one time or another:

The neuronal cytoskeleton, in particular the neurofilament proteins, including their use as biomarkers.

Development of computerized methods for the analysis of protein and nucleic acid sequences.

The function of Pleckstrin Homology (PH) domains and other protein modules in cell signaling and disease processes.


If you have questions or suggestions Email to: Shaw@mbi.ufl.edu; or Telephone (352) 294 0037, 294 0038 or Fax 392 8347.

Check out the Brain Institute, the Department of Neuroscience, the UF College of Medicine and the University of Florida. Also here is link to free downloadable Ejournals available through UF (though you probably need a UF IP# to get this to work).

Some recent Science stuff; here is a link to our Hek 293 cell array data, building on our recent finding that these kidney derived cells surprisingly possess some neuronal attributes.

The University of Florida Graduate Program, a.k.a. the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences.

Links to various Hobbies and non-work (partly anyway) interests, also my Proven Lab Techniques (rubbish I came up with for a local talent show, a little plagiarised I must admit). Also the Internet Anagram Server, (a.k.a. I, Rearrangement Servant) which can produce a lot of funny anagrams from your name, boss, place of work etc. (I became Gary Shrew, Eugene Martin became Ernie Mutagen, a much more interesting name..). Finally a list of Internet Slang acronyms, always a fun topic.

Links to Journals on line

Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications
BioEssays
Biotechniques
Cell, Neuron and Immunity
Experimental Cell Research
Elsevier Trends Journals
EMBO Journal
FASEB Journal
Genes and Development
Int. J. of Clinical & Experimental Pathology
J. Biological Chemistry
J. Cell Biology
J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
J. Mol. Biol.
J. Neurochemistry
J. Neurophysiology
J. Neuroscience
J. Neuroscience Research
J. Neurotrauma
Nature
NeuroReport
New Scientist
Nucleic Acids Research
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular Biology of the Cell
P. N. A. S
Science
Scientific American

Biotech/Antibody Companies

Abcam
Affinity Bioreagents
Affymetrix
Bio-Rad
Carolina Biological Supply
Chemicon
Clontech
EnCor Biotechnology
Fisher Scientific
Gibco-BRL
Invitrogen
Lab Vision/Neomarkers
Molecular Probes
New England Biolabs
Novagen
Novocastra Labs
Novus Biologicals
Pharmacia
Pelfreez
Promega
Qiagen
Santa Cruz
Sigma Chemical
Stratagene
Zymed Laboratories

News Links

ABC News
Al Jazeera in English
Australian Broadcasting Company
BBC World Service
Canadian Broadcasting Company
CBS News
CNN
FoxNews
MS/NBC
New York Times
NPR
PBS
Propublica
Reuters News Agency
United Press International
World News
The Daily Mash
The Times of India
The Times of London
The New Zealand Herald
The Onion

Miscellaneous Useful Links

Amazon.com
Cnet.com
DHL
Ebay
Federal Express
Flying Spagetti Monster
Google
Pricewatch.com
Terraserver
Weather.com
Wikipedia
UPS
Yahoo

On-Line Computer Resources

Baylor COM Search Launcher - Translate, Blast, all kinds of useful stuff
Biocomputing - Links to Programs at the Whitehead Institute
BLAST- Find protein and nucleic acid sequences related to yours
CLUSTAL- Multiple alignments of protein or nucleic acid sequence
CMS Molecular Biology Resource - Nice Collection of Links
ExPASY server - Lots of online Swiss programs
Homologene - Looks for homologous genes in different species
IHOP - Not International House Of Pancakes, but Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins
Mail2Web.com - Useful web based free email access site
MolBiol.Net - Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics - Compendium of useful programs
Gmail - Google Email Page
Primer3 - Primer designer from Whitehead Institute
Prosite Motif and Domain search - At ExPasy
Rotor Calculations - Useful page for calculating rpm, RCF etc. for Beckman centrifuges
SMART
- Find domains in your protein sequence- really excellent!
Web Cutter - Free Web based restriction mapper

Useful Science Sites and Databases

A Caenorhabditis elegans Database
Alzheimer's Research Forum
American Type Culture Collection
Antibody Resource Page
Biomednet
Comprehensive Yeast Genome Database
G protein Coupled Receptor Database
Gordon Research Conferences
Heidelberg EMBL
Keystone Symposia
Linscott's Antibody Directory On Line
Medline/Pubmed
Merops, the Pedtidase Database
Molecular Biology Protocols
Mouse Knockout Database
Nature/Nature Genetics Genome Gateway
Neuroscience links
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Protocols on-line (including some of ours)
PCR jump station
PDB Structures Database
Prodom Database of Protein Domains
Rebase, Restriction Endonuclease Database
The Tree of Life
SCOP Structural Classification of Proteins Database
Summary of Antibody Structures Database
ISI/Science Citation Database
The Institute for Genomic Research
The Lipid Library
The Yeast Genome
US Patents and Trademarks Office

Links to US Funding Agencies

ALS Association
Alzheimer's Association
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
American Cancer Society
American Health Assistance Foundation
American Heart Association
NIH home page
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Science Foundation
The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson Foundation
The Brain Tumor Society
The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
The Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
The James S. Mcdonnell Foundation
The Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Research Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Whitaker Foundation
The Whitehall Foundation

Local Florida Links

Alachua County Library System
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville Sun Newspaper
UF Library Catalogue

Useful Homemade On-line Programs

Calculate how much Ammonium Sulfate to add to make solutions of a specified saturation
Generate a nucleic acid sequence with optimized codon usage for in vitro expression
Calculate how much you need to make solutions of particular volume and molarity
Calculate the molecular weight of a protein sequence
Calculate the molecular weight of a nucleic acid sequence
Calculate the absorbance of a protein at 280nm from the primary sequence
Centrifugation: To find the RCF given by a particular rotor at a particular RPM
Centrifugation: To find the RPM to set a particular rotor at for a specific RCF
Calculate the blood volume of a rodent from the body weight

Curriculum Vitae (somewhat abridged)