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Beyond DNA: The Omics Revolution

PWR 1JS - Spring 2015 - Instructor: Stonaker, J.
Last Updated: 21-Sep-2015

A guide to resources for the PWR 1JS: Beyond DNA: The Omics Revolution. The framework for this course is omics, the study of large biological data sets. This includes fields such as genomics (DNA data), metabolomics (chemical reaction data), and syndromics (health symptom data). These new omic technologies promise to revolutionize medicine, but they also spark a larger debate about how scientific data is used in human health and policy decisions.

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Subjects

Biology
Biotechnology
Genetics

Around Stanford

Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Background and reference sources

Journals

Following are some suggested journals that you can use to find background information on your topic.

Bioethics [electronic resource].
[Oxford] : Blackwell Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
GEN Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Biotech from Bench to Business

Article resources

Use these resources to search for articles on your topic.

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
BIOSIS citation index [electronic resource].
[New York?] : Thomson Reuters.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
MEDLINE [electronic resource].
[S.l.] : National Library of Medicine
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
ProQuest. Research library [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Books

At home DNA tests : marketing scam or medical breakthrough : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, July 27, 2006.
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006.
Green Library » US Federal Documents » Y 4.AG 4:S.HRG.109-707
Creation ethics [electronic resource] : genetics, reproduction, and quality of life / David DeGrazia.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
The end of illness / David B. Agus ; with Kristin Loberg.
New York : Free Press, 2012.
Law Library (Crown) » Basement » RA776.5 .A38 2011
Genetic justice [electronic resource] : DNA data banks, criminal investigations, and civil liberties / Sheldon Krimsky and Tania Simoncelli.
New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Go ask your father : one man's obsession with finding his origins through DNA testing / Lennard J. Davis.
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Green Library » Stacks » HQ761 .D38 2009
Omics : biomedical perspectives and applications / edited by Debmalya Barh, Kenneth Blum, Margaret Anne Madigan.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2012.
Biology Library (Falconer) » Stacks » QH324.2 .O45 2012
Who cloned my cat? [electronic resource] : fun adventures in biotechnology / Reinhard Renneberg ; cartoons by Manfred Bofinger and Ming Fai Chow.
Singapore : Pan Stanford Pub., 2011.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Handbooks and Encyclopedias

Handbook of developmental science, behavior, and genetics / edited by Kathryn E. Hood ... [et al.].
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Green Library » Stacks » BF121 .H2113 2010
Encyclopedia of genetics, genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics : 8 volume set / editor, Lynn B. Jorde.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2005.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » QH431 .E62 2005 V.1
AccessScience [electronic resource] : McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology online / McGraw-Hill.
[United States] : McGraw-Hill, [2000?]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Selected websites

Educational centers

DNA Learning Center
Cold Springs Harbor Lab, New York
Learn.genetics
Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah
Understanding Genetics at the Tech
Stanford at the Tech, Understanding Genetics. The TechMuseum, San Jose

Research centers

Cancer Information and Support Network
The "OMICS" revolution and beyond.
ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium is an international collaboration of research groups funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The goal of ENCODE is to build a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome, including elements that act at the protein and RNA levels, and regulatory elements that control cells and circumstances in which a gene is active. ENCODE data are now available for the entire human genome.
Hastings Center - Bioethics and Public Policy
The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969. The Center's mission is to address fundamental ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine, and the environment as they affect individuals, communities, and societies.
Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
The Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine (SCGPM) seeks to advance genomic technology so that someday both genetic and molecular profiling will become powerful and routine tools for predicting disease risk and monitoring and treating a wide range of pathologies.

US government agencies

Genetic Discrimination - National Human Genome Research Institute
Information page with links to legislation on the federal and state level. Including a link to the full text of GINA (the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008).
Genetic Testing - Office of Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes of Health
Information page about the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), a centralized online resource for information about genetic tests. The intended audience for the GTR is health care providers and researchers.

Multimedia resources

Genome TV
Public domain videos from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
iTunes U
Includes more than 350,000 free lectures, videos, films, and other resources.
National Academy of Science--Multimedia
Highlights from Academy programs, events, interviews.
National Science Foundation--Multimedia Gallery
The NSF Multimedia Gallery contains over 3,300 multimedia resources including images, video, audio, plus audio slideshows, interactive features, and screensavers.
Nature Magazine--Audio and Video
Interviews, commentary and streaming video. In the video archive: "ENCODE: The Story of You" and "Voices of ENCODE, the Encyclopaedia of DNA Elements."
PBS, Nature
Videos, current season segments.
Science Magazine--Multimedia
Images, video portal and interactive section on plant genomes and the Neandertal genome sequencing project.
Science Cinema
Audio indexing and speech recognition technology from Microsoft Research, allowing you to search for specific words and phrases spoken within video files highlighting leading-edge research from the U.S. Department of Energy as well as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
YouTube EDU
400+ universities are posting lectures and/or full courses online using YouTube Edu.
TedMed Talks
TEDMED is a global community dedicated to unlocking imagination in service of health and medicine. Our goal is to seed the innovations of today, making possible the breakthroughs of tomorrow...for a healthier, more vibrant humanity. Our community convenes year-round online at TEDMED.com and once a year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.