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Ocean Acidification

Are mussel shell thicknesses sometimes controlled by predators? Read here to find out! (Jan 2012)

Ocean acidification effect on Atlantic Cod 

Ocean acidification effect on calcifiers (w/scientist Jason Hall-Spencer) (w/subscription only or $18, UCSD does not have a subscription - Nature Climate Change Volume 1, August 2011)

Article on a recent oyster crash as a result of ocean acidification in the Pacific Northwest (Aug 2011)

Talk by Dr. Jessica Carilli (when she was a grad student at Scripps Inst. of Oceanography) with notes 

Climate Trends and Global Warming since 1980 (UCSD only - Science, Volume 29, May 2011)

NOAA material on OA

Volcanoes vs. Global Warming - US Geological Survey weighs in

Transformation 

RNA mimics of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)  (UCSD only - Science, Volume 29, July 2011)

Glowing Kittens used to fight feline AIDS (UCSD only - Science NOW, September 11, 2011)

The original publication on the protein paintbox (UCSD only - Science, Volume 312, April 2006)

Purification

iRFP - Infrared fluorescent protein adds to the spectrum available for imaging. (UCSD only - Nature Biotechnology, Volume 29, July 2011)

Getting the Farm out of Pharma - how to make heparin (an anticoagulant) in the lab. (UCSD only - Science, Vol. 334, 28 Oct 2011)

Cool lab based on Bio-Rad on how to separate proteins

Enzymes

Super in-depth article on tyrosinase in mice (UCSD only)

How to get gamers to help determine a protein's structure! (Sept. 2011)

Sense-able Smells

What happens if your sense of smell goes wrong? National Institute of Health looks into it. 

Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigates the strange world of smell

Why losing your sense of smell stinks. (CBS April 2011)

RNAi

Is big biotech stepping away from RNAi? (UCSD only - Nature Biotechnology, Volume 29, February 2011)

While this may be a bit older link, it's an excellent resource for learning more about RNAi.  NOVA