WSSP Research Project Videos
This web page provides a list of videos that may be useful for by high school teachers and students in the summer Institutes and academic year program to obtain the background to conduct a molecular biology research project that is part of the Waksman Student Scholars Program.
NOTE: All WSSP Lab Videos are now also posted on the on the Student Resources or in "Other Resources" Help Page in DSAP!
Videos from Other Sources
| Biological Processes | |
|---|---|
| The Secret of Life (Excellent PBS video on transcription and translation) (YouTube) | |
| DNA Structure (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| Virtual Cell Animation Collection: Transcription | |
| Virtual Cell Animation Collection: Translation | |
| Virtual Cell Animation Collection: mRNA Processing | |
| Virtual Cell Animation Collection: Splicing | |
| Transcription Flash Animation | |
| Translation Flash Animation | |
| PCR | |
| PCR Overview- Really nice explanation of the long strands in the early stages (YouTube) | |
| PCR Overview Overview - Cold Spring Harbor Animation Library, nice Flash of steps with an amplification graph | |
| PCR Overview - (YouTube) | |
| PCR Song - BioRad We are the World Parody (YouTube) | |
| PCR Song II - BioRad YMCA Parody (YouTube) | |
| PCR on CSI- Miami TV - How many errors can you spot? (YouTube) | |
| PCR Rap Song (YouTube) | |
| Transformation | |
| CSHL Transformation I (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| CSHL Transformation II (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| Setting up and loading gels | |
| Setting up a gel electrophoresis - detailed (YouTube) | |
| Animation of gel electrophoresis - (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| Loading a gel - Very good video on gel loading problems (YouTube) | |
| Sequencing | |
| Sanger Sequencing - (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| Cycle Sequencing - (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - DNA Learning Center) | |
| Next Gen Sequencing (YouTube: Illumina advanced) | |
| Next Gen Sequencing (YouTube: Applied Biological Material) | |
| NCBI BLAST Searches | |
| NCBI Description of Results Page (YouTube) | |
| NCBI Description of E-values, part 1 (YouTube) | |
| NCBI Description of E-values, part 2 (YouTube) Answers to common questions | |