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http://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu/index.htm

The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) was created to facilitate collaboration among experts in many different types of rare diseases. Our goal is to contribute to the research and treatment of rare diseases by working together to identify biomarkers for disease risk, disease severity and activity, and clinical outcome, while also encouraging development of new approaches to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) is made up of 19 distinctive consortia that are working in concert to improve availability of rare disease information, treatment, clinical studies, and general awareness for both patients and the medical community. The RDCRN also aims to provide up-to-date information for patients and to assist in connecting patients with advocacy groups, expert doctors, and clinical research opportunities.

Proper citation: Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RRID:SCR_004372) Copy   

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http://www.usidnet.org/

Research consortium to advance scientific research in the primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDD) and: * Assemble and maintain a registry of patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases to provide a minimum estimate of the prevalence of each disorder in the United States. Provide a comprehensive clinical picture of each disorder and act as a resource for clinical and laboratory research. * Establish a multifaceted mentoring program to introduce new investigators into the field and stimulate interest and research in primary immune deficiency diseases. * Establish an advisory/review committee to maintain a cell/DNA Repository of biologic material from well-characterized PIDD patients for the advancement of scientific research USIDNET operates a large database of patient information for your use. The purpose and scope of this project is to assemble and maintain a registry of residents with primary immunodeficiency diseases. The project was started with the Registry of U.S. Residents with Chronic Granulomatous Disease. Since then, the registry has been expanded and now collects data on all primary immunodeficiency disorders. The following are just a few of the diseases housed in the registry: Chronic Granulomatous Disease, Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease, DiGeorge Anomaly, Hyper IgM Syndrome, Leukocyte Adhesion Defect, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia Physicians who would like to register their patients or access the registry are encouraged to contact Onika Davis or Lamar Hamilton, USIDNET team, at odavis (at) primaryimmune.org, or lhamilton (at) primaryimmune.org

Proper citation: USIDNET: US Immunodeficiency Network (RRID:SCR_004672) Copy   

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http://em.emory.edu/protect/index.cfm

Recently, our team completed an NINDS-funded, Phase IIa double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial that examined the pharmacokinetics, safety, and activity of progesterone, a steroid found to have powerful neuroprotective effects in multiple animal models of brain injury. Our pilot study demonstrated a 50% reduction in death among severe TBI patients and less disability among moderate TBI patients treated with progesterone. Based on these promising results and supportive preclinical data, we are conducting a large, phase III clinical trial (ProTECT III) to definitively assess the safety and efficacy of this treatment for adults with moderate to severe acute TBI. The study is slated to begin August 2008. WHY Progesterone: Although progresterone is widely considered a sex steroid, it is also a potent neurosteroid. Progesterone is naturally synthesized in the CNS. A large and growing body of animal studies indicate that early administration of progesterone after TBI reduces cerebral edema, neuronal loss, and behavioral deficits in laboratory animals. Certain properties of progesterone make it an ideal therapeutic candidate. First, in contrast to most drugs tested to date, progesterone rapidly enters the brain and reaches equilibrium with the plasma within an hour of administration. Second, unlike other experimental agents, progesterone has a long history of safe use in humans. Finally, the findings of our pilot clinical trial (presented in the Preliminary Data Section, below) indicate that progesterone has consistent and predictable pharmacokinetic properties, is unlikely to produce harm, and may be efficacious for treating acute TBI in humans.

Proper citation: ProTECT (RRID:SCR_004531) Copy   

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http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/cn3/hippocampus3d/

Data files for a high resolution three dimensional (3D) structure of the rat hippocampus reconstructed from histological sections. The data files (supplementary data for Ropireddy et al., Neurosci., 2012 Mar 15;205:91-111) are being shared on the Windows Live cloud space provided by Microsoft. Downloadable data files include the Nissl histological images, the hippocampus layer tracings that can be visualized alone or superimposed to the corresponding Nissl images, the voxel database coordinates, and the surface rendering VRML files. * Hippocampus Nissl Images: The high resolution histological Nissl images obtained at 16 micrometer inter-slice distance for the Long-Evans rat hippocampus can be downloaded or directly viewed in a browser. This dataset consists of 230 jpeg images that cover the hippocampus from rostral to caudal poles. This image dataset is uploaded in seven parts as rar files. * Hippocampus Layer Tracings: The seven hippocampus layers ''ML, ''GC'', ''HILUS'' in DG and ''LM'', ''RAD'', ''PC'', ''OR'' in CA were segmented (traced) using the Reconstruct tool which can be downloaded from Synapse web. This tool outputs all the tracings for each image in XML format. The XML tracing files for all these seven layers for each of the above Nissl images are zipped into one file and can be downloaded. * Hippocampus VoxelDB: The 3D hippocampus reconstructed is volumetrically transformed into 16 micrometer sized voxels for all the seven layers. Each voxel is reported according to multiple coordinate systems, namely in Cartesian, along the natural hippocampal dimensions, and in reference to the canonical brain planes. The voxel database file is created in ascii format. The single voxel database file was split into three rar archive files. Please note that the three rar archive files should be downloaded and decompressed in a single directory in order to obtain the single voxel data file (Hippocampus-VoxelDB.txt). * 3D Surface Renderings: This is a rar archive file with a single VRML file containing the surface rendering of DG and CA layers. This VRML file can be opened and visualized in any VRML viewer, e.g. the open source software view3dscene. * 3D Hippocampus Movie: This movie contains visualization of the 3D surface renderings of CA (blue) and DG (red) inner and outer boundaries; neuronal embeddings of DG granule and CA pyramidal dendritic arbors; potential synapses between CA3b interneuron axon and pyramidal dendrite, and between CA2 pyramidal axon and CA pyramidal dendrites.

Proper citation: Hippocampus 3D Model (RRID:SCR_005083) Copy   

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http://www.webarraydb.org/webarray/index.html

An open source integrated microarray database and analysis suite that features convenient uploading of data for storage in a MIAME (Minimal Information about a Microarray Experiment) compliant fashion. It allows data to be mined with a large variety of R-based tools, including data analysis across multiple platforms. Different methods for probe alignment, normalization and statistical analysis are included to account for systematic bias. Student's t-test, moderated t-tests, non-parametric tests and analysis of variance or covariance (ANOVA/ANCOVA) are among the choices of algorithms for differential analysis of data. Users also have the flexibility to define new factors and create new analysis models to fit complex experimental designs. All data can be queried or browsed through a web browser. The computations can be performed in parallel on symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems or Linux clusters.

Proper citation: WebArrayDB (RRID:SCR_005577) Copy   

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http://www.chori.org/

CHORI is the internationally renowned biomedical research institute of Children''s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland. With world-class scientists and research centers known both nationally and internationally in multiple fields, CHORI is 5th in the nation for National Institutes of Health pediatric research funding. Bridging basic science and clinical research in the treatment and prevention of human disease, CHORI is a leader in translational research, providing cures for blood diseases, developing new vaccines for infectious diseases, and discovering new treatment protocols for previously fatal or debilitating conditions. Striving to provide the highest standard of excellence and innovation, CHORI brings together a multidisciplinary collaborative of distinguished investigators in six different Centers of Research: The Center for Cancer Research, The Center for Genetics, The Center for Immunobiology & Vaccine Development, The Center for Nutrition & Metabolism, The Center for Prevention of Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes, and The Center for Sickle Cell Disease & Thalassemia. Within these major areas of focus, CHORI pushes the frontiers of science and of excellence beyond their borders. Among the leading biotech enterprises in the Bay Area, CHORI produced 25 patents in the last 5 years alone. In addition to providing world-class research, CHORI is also a teaching institute, offering unique educational opportunities to high school, college, doctoral and post-doctoral students.

Proper citation: Childrens Hospital Oakland Research Institute (RRID:SCR_005582) Copy   

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http://cs.nyu.edu/~bingsun/

NYU Bioinformatics group applies algorithmic, statistical, and mathematical techniques to solve problems of interest to biology, biotechnology and biomedicine. The group focuses on bioinformatics, computational biology and systems biology with many active projects in areas ranging from single molecules to entire populations: Analysis of Single-Molecule/Single-Cell Data, SPM-based Transcriptomic Profiling, Whole-Genome Haplotype Sequencing using SMASH (Single Molecule Approaches to Haplotype Sequencing), SUTTA (Scoring and Unfolding Trimmed Tree Assembler) assembly algorithm, Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data, Model Checking and Model Building for Systems Biology, GOALIE-based Phenomenological Models and their Verification, Causality Analysis, Causal Models and their Verification, Analysis of EHR (Electronic Health Record Data) and Disease Models (e.g., Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Congestive Heart Failure, Deep Vein Thrombosis, etc.), Models of Cancer, Applications to Pancreatic Cancer, Polymorphisms and Biomarkers, Strategies for Group Testing, Epidemiological and Bio-Warfare Models, Planning with Large Agent Networks against Catastrophes (PLAN C), Population Genomics, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS). The group has received its funding from Air Force, Army, CCPR, DARPA, NIH, NIST, NSF, NYSTAR, etc. and various other governmental and commercial entities. Currently, the group is part of an NSF funded Expedition in Computing project (CMACS: Center for Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems at CMU) and collaborates widely, both nationally and internationally. The group is highly multi-disciplinary, attracting researchers and students from mathematics, statistics, computer science, and biology who team up with physicians, physicists, and chemists as well as professionals in their own disciplines. This group is led by Prof. Bud Mishra, a professor of computer science and mathematics at NYU''s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

Proper citation: NYU Bioinformatics Group (RRID:SCR_005697) Copy   

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http://www.mouseimaging.ca/

A unique resource and comprehensive imaging facility combining the latest state-of-the-art digital medical imaging technologies for the characterization of mouse functional genomics. The goals of the Mouse Imaging Centre are: * To provide a variety of medical imaging technologies adapted to studying genetically modified mice. These technologies include magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, micro computed tomography (micro-CT), ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), and optical projection tomography (OPT). * To screen large numbers of mice for models of human diseases. * To image an individual mouse over time to observe development, disease progression and responses to experimental treatment. * To develop an exciting team of investigators with expertise in imaging techniques, computer science, engineering, imaging processing, developmental biology and mouse pathology. * To work by collaboration with researchers throughout the world. When we look for human diseases in the human population, we make extensive use of medical imaging. Therefore, it makes sense to have available the same imaging capabilities as we investigate mice for models of human disease. The Mouse Imaging Centre (MICe) has developed high field magnetic resonance imaging microscopy, ultrasound biomicroscopy, micro computed tomography, and optical techniques. With these imaging tools, MICe is screening randomly mutagenized mice to look for phenotypes that represent human diseases and is taking established human disease models in mice and using imaging to follow the progression of disease and response to treatment over time. It is clear that imaging has a major contribution to make to phenotyping genetic variants and to characterizing mouse models. MICe is staffed by an exciting new team of about 30 investigators with expertise in imaging techniques, computer science, engineering, imaging processing, developmental biology and mouse pathology. The Mouse Imaging Centre (MICe) is not a fee-for-service facility but works through collaborations. Services include: * Projects involving MicroCT are available as a fee for service. * We will eventually move to the same model above with MRI. * Ultrasound Biomicroscopy is used for cardiac, embryo and cancer studies and is available as fee for service at $100 per study or in some cases on a collaborative basis. * Optical Projection Tomography has only limited availability on a collaborative basis. Mouse Atlas As our images are inherently three-dimensional, we will be able to make quantitative measures of size and volume. With this in mind, we are developing a mouse atlas showing the normal deviation of organ sizes. This atlas is an important resource for biologists as it has the potential to eliminate the need to sacrifice as many controls when making comparisons with mutants. Mouse Atlas Examples: * Variational Mouse Brain Atlas * Cerebral Vascular Atlas of the CBA Mouse * Neuroanatomy Atlas of the C57Bl/6j Mouse * Vascular Atlas of the Developing Mouse Embryo * Micro-CT E15.5 Mouse Embryo Atlas

Proper citation: MICe - Mouse Imaging Centre (RRID:SCR_006145) Copy   

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http://www.cmhd.ca/genetrap/

Generate gene trap insertions using mutagenic polyA trap vectors, followed by sequence tagging to develop a library of mutagenized ES cells freely available to the scientific community. This library is searchable by sequence or key word searches including gene name or symbol, chromosome location, or Gene Ontology (GO) terms. In addition,they offer a custom email alert service in which researchers are able to submit search criteria. Researchers will receive automated e-mail notification of matching gene trap clones as they are entered into the library and database. The resource features the use of complementary second and third generation polyA trap vectors developed by the Stanford lab and the laboratory of Professor Yasumasa Ishida of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in Japan to mutagenize murine embryonic stem (ES) cells. CMHD gene trap clones are distributed by the Canadian Mouse Mutant Repository(CMMR). Information about ordering, services, and pricing can be found on their web site (http://www.cmmr.ca/services/index.html)., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

Proper citation: Centre for Modeling Human Disease Gene Trap Resource (RRID:SCR_002785) Copy   

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http://www.gensat.org/

Gene expression data and maps of mouse central nervous system. Gene expression atlas of developing adult central nervous system in mouse, using in situ hybridization and transgenic mouse techniques. Collection of pictorial gene expression maps of brain and spinal cord of mouse. Provides tools to catalog, map, and electrophysiologically record individual cells. Application of Cre recombinase technologies allows for cell-specific gene manipulation. Transgenic mice created by this project are available to scientific community.

Proper citation: Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas (RRID:SCR_002721) Copy   

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http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 22, 2016. A multi-country collaboration among scientists and funding agencies to develop a public resource where genetic similarities and differences in human beings are identified and catalogued. Using this information, researchers will be able to find genes that affect health, disease, and individual responses to medications and environmental factors. All of the information generated by the Project will be released into the public domain. Their goal is to compare the genetic sequences of different individuals to identify chromosomal regions where genetic variants are shared. Public and private organizations in six countries are participating in the International HapMap Project. Data generated by the Project can be downloaded with minimal constraints. HapMap project related data, software, and documentation include: bulk data on genotypes, frequencies, LD data, phasing data, allocated SNPs, recombination rates and hotspots, SNP assays, Perlegen amplicons, raw data, inferred genotypes, and mitochondrial and chrY haplogroups; Generic Genome Browser software; protocols and information on assay design, genotyping and other protocols used in the project; and documentation of samples/individuals and the XML format used in the project.

Proper citation: International HapMap Project (RRID:SCR_002846) Copy   

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http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsea/

Software package for interpreting gene expression data. Used for interpretation of a large-scale experiment by identifying pathways and processes.

Proper citation: Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (RRID:SCR_003199) Copy   

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http://www.compucell3d.org/

Open-source simulation environment for multi-cell, single-cell-based modeling of tissues, organs and organisms. It uses Cellular Potts Model to model cell behavior.

Proper citation: CompuCell3D (RRID:SCR_003052) Copy   

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http://ccb.jhu.edu/software/glimmerhmm/

A gene finder based on a Generalized Hidden Markov Model (GHMM). Although the gene finder conforms to the overall mathematical framework of a GHMM, additionally it incorporates splice site models adapted from the GeneSplicer program and a decision tree adapted from GlimmerM. It also utilizes Interpolated Markov Models for the coding and noncoding models . Currently, GlimmerHMM's GHMM structure includes introns of each phase, intergenic regions, and four types of exons (initial, internal, final, and single).

Proper citation: GlimmerHMM (RRID:SCR_002654) Copy   

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http://neurospy.org

neurospy is a free software for functional imaging of fast neuronal activity. neurospy is a modular cross-platform application framework written in Java for the NetBeans Platform. At this time it runs on Windows XP-based LeCroy oscilloscopes and drives acousto-optic scanners via USB using the Analog Devices 9959 Direct Digital Synthesis chip. This combination makes one of the most powerful systems for scanning microscopy available today at any price. neurospy is very easy to port to other kinds of acquisition and scanning hardware.

Proper citation: neurospy (RRID:SCR_007016) Copy   

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http://ki-su-arc.se/dementia-in-swedish-twins-harmony/

A twin study characterizing the importance of genetic factors for dementia and using discordant twin pairs to study other putative risk factors which control for genetic propensity to develop the disease. Molecular genetic studies have identified a number of mutations and other markers associated with early age of onset Alzheimer''''s disease. However, most cases of late age of onset dementia are considered sporadic, that is, without a clear genetic basis. Twin studies provide a unique opportunity to characterize the importance of genetic factors for dementia. Discordant twin pairs additionally provide the opportunity to study other putative risk factors which controlling for genetic propensity to develop the disease. In the first wave of the Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins, all SATSA twins born before 1935 have been screened for dementia symptoms. Over 190 suspects have been identified. This pilot study has been expanded to the entire registry in the study known as HARMONY. All twins aged 65 and older were invited to participate in a computer assisted telephone screening interview. A total of 13,519 individuals completed the interview (response rate = 75.9%). Dementia screening was based on the TELE, which includes the 10-item MSQ, other cognitive items (counting backwards, recalling three words, and similarities), and questions about health and daily functioning; or on Blessed scores obtained from a proxy interview. Among those screened, 1565 were positive for suspicion of dementia and were referred for complete clinical evaluation by a physician and a nurse. Once the preliminary in-person evaluation suggested that the suspected case was demented, the twin partner was also invited for an identical clinical work-up. Response rate for clinical evaluations is 71.4%. Approximately half of those visited for evaluation have been diagnosed as demented according to DSM-IV criteria, of which two-thirds have Alzheimer''''s disease. An extensive assessment of probable risk exposure is also included. Longitudinal follow-up is yet another feature of the study. Association studies with candidate genes are also being performed. Types of samples * DNA Number of sample donors * 1154 (sample collection completed)

Proper citation: KI Biobank - HARMONY (RRID:SCR_008884) Copy   

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http://www.sb.fsu.edu/~rsref/Distribution/roadmap_distribution.htm

Software tool to display surface of macromolecule and its properties. Uses projections to map van der Waals or solvent accessible surface of macromolecule onto plane., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: Roadmap (RRID:SCR_017207) Copy   

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http://compbio.cs.princeton.edu/conservation/

Software for scoring protein sequence conservation using the Jensen-Shannon divergence. It can be used to predict catalytic sites and residues near bound ligands.

Proper citation: Conservation (RRID:SCR_016064) Copy   

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https://github.com/marbl/Mash

Software tool for genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash. Reduces large sequences and sequence sets to small, representative sketches, from which global mutation distances can be rapidly estimated.

Proper citation: Mash (RRID:SCR_019135) Copy   

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https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr

Facility provides service operations for sample analysis that requires ultrahigh resolution and high mass accuracy of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance. Used for research in biomolecular analysis, hydrogen-deuterium exchange and environmental and petrochemical analysis. Four FT-ICR mass spectrometers feature high magnetic fields including the world-record 21 tesla and are compatible with multiple ionization and fragmentation techniques.

Proper citation: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Ion Cyclotron Resonance Core Facility (RRID:SCR_017361) Copy   

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