The Trade Resource Center

Use this handy list of useful web links to quickly pinpoint other valuable web sites in the following areas:

TIGR Microbial database: a listing of microbial genomics and chromosomes completed and in progress

BioNetbook (Institut Pasteur) The BioNetbook is a directory of Web Pages for biology

CardioExchange : this is a web site for cardiovascular researchers and clinicians

HighWirePress Internet imprint of the Stanfort University Libraries. It is a new service offering access to electronic journals.

The Pharmaceutical Information Network (PharmInfoNet) provides assessments of therapeutics and advances in new drug development, including full-text articles from clinical publications and information from scientific meeting; a drug database is available.

Genamics - Genamics JournalSeek is a fully searchable database of journal information.

Microarray at My online Bio-Bookmakers on the Web resource of Genetic Linkage Analysis at Rockefeller University

Economic Perspectives: US State Department issues an electronic journal on: "Biotechnology: Food Security and Safety"

DNA Evidence at The National Academies [Quick search: DNA evidence, forensic,..)

Search for "DNA / forensic DNA" at The Mercury Center (read the article: "DNA database offers promise -- and privacy fears")

HELIX biotech.,inc - The company provides DNA identity testing in case of disputed paternity and criminal forensics. HELIX biotech provides also seminars and continuing education.

See different aticles on Office.com: search for DNA, Innocence Project, forensic DNA.

@ Sea takes you aboard Harbor Branch ships and subs for ocean science adventures. Follow the link to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.

The Loka Institute : making research, science & technology responsive to democratically decided social & environmental concerns

Bio-Democracy : campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture and sustainability

Searching on ......DogPile , Mamma and All-inOne These are multiengine search tools (metaengines) that scan different engines at the same time

Electronic Commerce The challanges to tax authorities and taxpayers. an informal round table discussion between business and government.

New Jour The Internet list for journals and newsletters available on the internet

GILS (GILS =Global Information Locator Service) is designed to make it easy to locate information of all kinds, in all media, in all languages.

Financial information on public company from the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) web site.

Celera, Incyte, Hyseq, Human Genome Sciences are building huge data banks of proprietary nucleotide sequences and then are selling access to that informationr

Gene Solutions (from Hyseq Corp. CA, U.S.A.): "putting genomic resources to work"

Market statistics This site provides demographic and economic data solutions for firms in a variety of industries

Starting from the main page, you can choose v"Tools and Links"; then you will have the two options: (i) market guide and (ii) where to invest (<http://www.streetnet.com/features/>).

InventNET The inventors Network is a starting point to the information superhighway for all inventors (mainly the independent inventor)

Crypto Law Survey Survey of existing and envisaged cryptography laws and regulations (by Bert - Japp)

Federal Communication Commission Implementation of the Telecommunications Act 1996: "The Telecom Act at Three: Seeing the face of the Future" by William E. Kennard

"In this heady age of rapid technological change, we all struggle to maintain our bearings. The developments that unfold each day in communications and computing can be thrilling and disorienting. One understandable reaction is to wonder: Are these changes good or bad? Should we welcome or fear them?"

NATO	European Union (EU)
ISPO [EU Information Society Project Office]	Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Group of Seven Nations (G7)	Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Organization of American States (OAS)	Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
APEC Telecom Working Group	APEC Telecom Ministerial Site
Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure Cooperation Centre (Korea)	APII Technology Centre (Japan)
International Telecommunication Unit (ITU)	National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (U.S. Department of Commerce)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)	The World Trade Organization (WTO)
International Trade Law Monitor	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Conference on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)	International Telecommunications Satellite ganization (INTELSAT)
World Bank Group (World Bank)	Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)	NTIA´s Office of International Affairs
U.S. Trade Representative	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)