This page contains links to student and teacher materials for the Waksman Student Scholars Program (WSSP). This information is intended only for the faculty and students participating in the WSSP during the summer Institutes and throughout the academic year. This material is not intended for general public use and access to many of the links is password protected. The material on these pages is provided for educational purposes only. Unauthorized use of this material is prohibited. If you wish to download the files or have comments or questions about the material please contact wssp@wakmsn.rutgers.edu
Student Links - Lecture notes, laboratory protocols, powerpoint files (without clicker questions), equipment and supply lists, MSDS sheets
Teacher Links - Powerpoint files with clicker questions, Problem Sets, Answer keys
Videos - WSSP laboratory videos, YouTube and CSHL videos for project background
Toolbox - A program to translate a DNA sequence into protein sequences in one of three reading frames
ORF Translator - This is a new version of the Toolbox program to determine a protein sequence in different reading frames coded by DNA
Chromatogram viewer - This is a web based DNA sequence chromatogram viewer for .ab1 sequence files
Download 4Peaks - A link to download a free DNA sequence waveform reader for Macs
Download FinchTV - A link to download a free DNA sequence waveform reader for Macs
DNAApp - A link to download a free DNA sequence waveform reader for iPhones and iPads
Alignments Tool - This is a browser based tool for performing sequence alignments
Jmol - This is a browser based version of Jmol that can be used to examine the structure of a protein using the .pdb file
Equipment - Equipment needed to conduct the WSSP research project with suggested models and vendors
Supplies - Supplies needed to conduct the WSSP research project with suggested order numbers and vendors
Publications - Publications Associated with the WSSP
Media Links - Recent stories and videos about the WSSP and its students and teachers
Amino Acid Game - An online game to learn the structure and difference in the amino acids
Dot Plotter - An online program to compare two sequences
My Name is Charles Darwin - A game to write names or text in a DNA sequence using the amino acid code