Biolinks

Just some bio related links for people who might be interested.

The molecular biology webpage usually have really cool resources for biology scientists and enthusiasts alike. So it's a given that they would have something pertaining to perhaps the most widely used web browser among biology/biotech people out there.

This year's list of must have biotech extensions for firefox researchers have some useful research tools, though for some reason they neglected to mention some of the other cool extensions like the biofox and other in-browser biosequencing tools. There are operating systems out there that are geared toward scientific research, and it's about time we have something like that for the scientific community as well. Before someone gets the idea to build a fully-pledged research web browser firefox is the one that best fits the profile due to its extension system. 

They also have a website listing 10 best podcasts related to biology. I highly recommend the U.C Berkeley molecular biology course. They cover most of the basics in a very beginner friendly and comprehensive manner without skimping out on the details like some of the other beginner friendly academic podcasts out there.

I think the idea of academic research oriented web browser is something worth thinking about. Since the opensource webkit rendering engine's already out there most of the major works would involve figuring out the best services and layouts for academic research built into the browser (with extension support?) and optimizing the codes for lower memory usage... Huh, put in this way the project suddenly sounds a bit overwhelming.