More life science apps for iPhone and iPod Touch
About a year ago I wrote a blog post containing my top 10 list of science related apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The list is (was?) a personal selection of apps that I had tried at the time and thought others would enjoy. And I’m sure many did, given the feedback I received.
With this in mind, here’s a few more interesting life science related apps that I have recently added to my iPhone and iPod Touch which may be of some interest.
I was amazed that this took so long but Nature.com only recently came out with an iPhone app that is free for download and gives you access to their latest content (Don’t mind the pay-wall :) ) and provides you with an easy way to search and save content.
While using Nature.com’s app, I found Promega’s app (also free) that although needs some design work, it does come packed with great content. Protocols of all type, video media and a simple BioMath calculator which helps with unit conversions.
Another app that’s just recently become available is made by the folks at Invitrogen. Their app called Daily Calcs helps with routine calculations like Molarity calculations, Molecular weight, dilutions, unit conversions and interesting cell culture references. And it’s also free.
If browsing genomes on the go is your thing, then I must recommend you download the GenomePad which basically provides you with UCSC’s Genome Browser on your iPhone. I find it to be a bit difficult to navigate and parse all that data on such a small screen, but it’s great for quick look-ups. Did I mention it’s free?
The last two apps I’ll mention are not so much tools but didactic apps in the sense that they are awesome learning apps. 
One called Mitosis provides an interactive way to learn about the process of cell division and the other is a science glossary packed with science goodness. Once again, free and free.
As you can see, I’ve only mentioned a hand full of free apps this time as I haven’t had or required to purchase any other science apps. However, if there’s a scientific app out there that you think is worth spreading the word (free or not!), please let me know.
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great apps – thank you for recommending!!
Have you already mentioned BioGPS? + LabCal is another app for calculating molarities, concentrations, etc, and BioBricks Studio contains a catalog of the BioBricks parts.
I think that LabCal was mentioned in my previous post or within the comments. I haven’t tried BioGPS, will look into it. I have tried the Biobrick Studio app but it still seems very beta… or even alpha.
BioGene is a nice little app to get basic info on any gene, in a large number of organism [free].
Thank you for the post.
I just installed most of the apps.