Hi Biostars!

Survey question: List your top ten most useful and user-friendly databases (undergraduate friendly.). Choose one or more and explain why you love each.

Context: I'm a high school science research coach specializing in teaching my students the fundamentals of biomolecular research. As part of my evolving curriculum, I'd like to introduce my students to the most useful databases for understanding the molecular basis of disease.

I'm creating multiple learning pathways so the more the merrier!

Starter Example: I currently have chosen five which meet my three selection criteria:

1. High school friendly with a high wow factor that can inspire students to explore further.
2. Highly useful for actual research
3. Provides tutorials for deepening learning

My current top five bioinformatics learning and/or research tools

1. PDB - because it contains a variety of interactive visualization tools
2. Molecular Flipbook - because it promises to enable students to animate their own protein-protein interactions
3. Inside Cancer - because it provides an excellent multimedia overview that systematically takes a learner deeply into both a structural appreciation of the individual molecular players as well as a sense of the teamwork that creates a healthy living system.
4. Interactome3D - because it looks neat - (I confess, I haven't tried it yet.)
5. Primer Blast - because PCR is a fundamental research tool

Now it is your turn. What do you love and why?

Gregory