Watts Lab

 DNA

• DNA/Plasmid Editing (Benchling)

• Sequence Identification and Alignment (BLAST)

• Annotated Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (MiBIG)

• Genome Mining for Biosynthetic Genes (antiSMASH)

Software

• Molecular Visualization (Open Source PyMol - MAC, Windows)

• Sequence Alignments and Phylogenetic Trees (MEGA-X)

• Life Sciences Figure-Making (BioRENDER)

• Chemistry Figure-Making (ChemDraw) (check school availability)

• Data analysis, algorithm development, & figure making (MatLab) (unique programming language; check school availability)​

• Alignment Figures (TCoffee) (Boxshade)

Safety and Calculations

• Chemical and Lab Safety (msdsonline)

• Chemical Price and Safety (Sigma-Aldrich)

• Conversions and Calculations (NEBiocalculator)

• Annealing Temperature Estimation (NEB Tm Calculator)

Databases 

• Reference Management (Mendeley)

• Literature Database (SciFinder) (PubMed)

• Chemical Databases (PubChem) (ChemSpider) (Reaxys)

General

• Communication (Slack)

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