Castillo Lab:Links

Research Tools

 * UCSC Genome Browser
 * Knock Out Mouse Project (KOMP) Repository
 * Cre-X-Mice, A Database of Cre Transgenic Lines
 * Addgene
 * Primer3Plus
 * Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)
 * Database of Databases (DBoDB), an easy to use database for searching and retrieving mouse resource information
 * Protocols Online Search Engine

Bioresources

 * Pubmed
 * NCBI Bookshelf
 * American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), The Global Bioresource Center
 * The Jackson Laboratory
 * Biology of the Laboratory Mouse, by The Staff of the Jackson Laboratory, New York: Dover Publications; 1966
 * Mouse Genetics: Concepts and Applications, by Lee M. Silver, Oxford University Press; 1995
 * Mutant Mouse Regional Resources Center (MMRRC)
 * Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts, et al., New York and London: Garland Science ; c2002

Scientific Journals, Professional Societies and Meetings

 * Cell Stem Cell, official journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
 * Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
 * Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
 * Stem Cells
 * Bone, official journal of the International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS)
 * Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM)
 * International Bone Fluid Flow (IBFF) Workshop
 * Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM)
 * Sun Valley Workshop on Skeletal Tissue Biology

Recommended References

 * Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct by The National Academies Press
 * At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator by Kathy Barker, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2nd edition; 2005
 * Culture of Animal Cells: A Manual of Basic Technique by R. Ian Freshney, Wiley-Liss, 5th Edition; 2005

Other Links

 * Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University
 * Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University
 * Stanford Center on Longevity
 * Stanford University Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
 * California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
 * Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
 * International Stem Cell Forum (ISCF)
 * Nature Reports Stem Cells
 * National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 * NIH Stem Cell Portal
 * The Scientist

FAK Laboratory Protocols (Temporary Placeholder)

 * [[Media:General_Project_Outline_Info.pdf|General FAK Project Outline]]
 * [[Media:Bernard-Trifilo_2006.pdf‎|Analyzing FAK and Pyk2 in Early Integrin Signaling Events]], Current Protocols in Cell Biology
 * [[Media:Thawing cells from nitrogen.pdf|Thawing Cells]]
 * [[Media:Subculturing.pdf|Subculturing]]
 * [[Media:Subculturing 3T3 Fibroblasts.pdf‎|Subculturing 3T3 Fibroblasts]]
 * [[Media:Actin_Staining_preliminary.pdf|Actin Staining]]
 * [[Media:Subcloning outline.pdf‎|Subcloning Outline]]
 * [[Media:Subcloning cells.pdf‎|Subcloning Cells]]
 * [[Media:Hygromycin B selection.pdf‎|Hygromycin B Selection]]
 * [[Media:Transfection of 3T3s with GFP Actin perliminary.pdf|Transfection of 3T3s]]
 * [[Media:ReadMe.pdf|Read Me: Literature Summary]]
 * [[Media:Mech Strain on Obs activates FAK PYK2 Boutahar N et al 2004.pdf|Boutahar et al., 2004]]
 * [[Media:Roles of Fak in ob diff oc remod bone regen Kim JB etal 2007.pdf|Kim et al., 2007]]
 * [[Media:FAK the first ten years Parsons JT 2007.pdf|Parsons et al., 2007]]
 * [[Media:The focal Adhesion Kinase Schaller MD 96.pdf‎|Schaller et al., 1996]]
 * [[Media:Signaling through FAK Schlaepfer DD et al 1999.pdf|Schlaepfer et al., 1999]]