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http://divvy.ucsd.edu/

Software application for performing unsupervised machine learning and visualization with a focus on the clustering (separating data into groups) and dimensionality reduction (finding low dimensional structure in high dimensional data) subfields of machine learning. For visualization we provide support for both the whole dataset (e.g. a scatter plot) and points (e.g. transforming a particular point into an image). * Endlessly extensible. Every clusterer, reducer, point visualizer and dataset visualizer in Divvy is a plugin. We''ve provided a few big ones (K-means, PCA, scatter plot, &c.) and we''re hoping the community will use our plugin protocol to build many more. Each plugin defines its own UI, so your algorithm can look and behave the way that you want it to without top-down constraints. * Have lots of cores? Divvy is both task and data parallel. No longer will you be waiting for one algorithm to complete before you start another. Start as many as you want and keep using the UI. Only started one? With data parallelism we''ll still push your new MacBook Pro to 800% CPU utilization. * Part of your workflow: Export your clusterings and reductions to .csv and your visualizations to .png. Use your Matlab or R data with our Matlab/R to Divvy export tools available at http://github.com/jmlewis/divvy.

Proper citation: Divvy (RRID:SCR_006336) Copy   

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http://datastar.mannlib.cornell.edu/

A single library software prototype transitioning to a to an open-source platform ready for adoption and extension at other institutions wishing to provide research data sharing and discovery services. Datastar''''s ability to expose metadata about research datasets in a standard semantic format called Linked Data will be enhanced to support selective interchange of related information with VIVO, an open-source semantic researcher networking tool gaining prominence through adoption at multiple U.S. universities, in the federal government, and internationally.

Proper citation: DataStaR (RRID:SCR_006381) Copy   

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http://galaxyproject.org/

Open, web-based platform providing bioinformatics tools and services for data intensive genomic research. Platform may be used as a service or installed locally to perform, reproduce, and share complete analyses. Galaxy automatically tracks and manages data provenance and provides support for capturing the context and intent of computational methods. Galaxy Community has created Galaxy instances in many different forms and for many different applications including Galaxy servers, cloud services that support Galaxy instances, and virtual machines and containers that can be easily deployed for your own server.The Galaxy team is a part of BX at Penn State, and the Biology and Mathematics and Computer Science departments at Emory University.Training Infrastructure as a Service (TIaaS) is a service offered by some UseGalaxy servers to specifically support training use cases.

Proper citation: Galaxy (RRID:SCR_006281) Copy   

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https://sites.google.com/site/functionalconnectivitytoolbox/

MATLAB toolbox for performing functional connectivity analyses includes many of the most commonly-used approaches researchers have utilized to date for the identification of condition-dependent functional interactions between fMRI time-series obtained from two or more brain regions. The approaches are either bivariate or multivariate methods defined in time or frequency domains that emphasize distinct features of relationships among the time-series.

Proper citation: Functional Connectivity Toolbox (RRID:SCR_006394) Copy   

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http://www.mitre.org/news/digest/archives/2002/neuroinformatics.html

This resource''s long-term goal is to develop informatics methodologies and tools that will increase the creativity and productivity of neuroscience investigators, as they work together to use shared human brain mapping data to generate and test ideas far beyond those pursued by the data''s originators. This resource currently has four major projects supporting this goal: * Database tools: The goal of the NeuroServ project is to provide neuroscience researchers with automated information management tools that reduce the effort required to manage, analyze, query, view, and share their imaging data. It currently manages both structural magnetic resonance image (MRI) datasets and diffusion tensor image (DTI) datasets. NeuroServ is fully web-enabled: data entry, query, processing, reporting, and administrative functions are performed by qualified users through a web browser. It can be used as a local laboratory repository, to share data on the web, or to support a large distributed consortium. NeuroServ is based on an industrial-quality query middleware engine MRALD. NeuroServ includes a specialized neuroimaging schema and over 40 custom Java Server Pages supporting data entry, query, and reporting to help manage and explore stored images. NeuroServ is written in Java for platform independence; it also utilizes several open source components * Data sharing: DataQuest is a collaborative forum to facilitate the sharing of neuroimaging data within the neuroscience community. By publishing summaries of existing datasets, DataQuest enables researchers to: # Discover what data is available for collaborative research # Advertise your data to other researchers for potential collaborations # Discover which researchers may have the data you need # Discover which researchers are interested in your data. * Image quality: The approach to assessing the inherent quality of an image is to measure how distorted the image is. Using what are referred to as no-reference or blind metrics, one can measure the degree to which an image is distorted. * Content-based image retrieval: NIRV (NeuroImagery Retrieval & Visualization) is a work environment for advanced querying over imagery. NIRV will have a Java-based front-end for users to issue queries, run processing algorithms, review results, visualize imagery and assess image quality. NIRV interacts with an image repository such as NeuroServ. Users can also register images and will soon be able to filter searches based on image quality.

Proper citation: MITRE Neuroinformatics (RRID:SCR_006508) Copy   

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http://www.maizegdb.org

Collection of data related to crop plant and model organism Zea mays. Used to synthesize, display, and provide access to maize genomics and genetics data, prioritizing mutant and phenotype data and tools, structural and genetic map sets, and gene models and to provide support services to the community of maize researchers. Data stored at MaizeGDB was inherited from the MaizeDB and ZmDB projects. Sequence data are from GenBank. Data are searchable by phenotype, traits, Pests, Gel Pattern, and Mutant Images.

Proper citation: MaizeGDB (RRID:SCR_006600) Copy   

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http://wiki.chasmsoftware.org/index.php/Main_Page

CHASM is a method that predicts the functional significance of somatic missense mutations observed in the genomes of cancer cells, allowing mutations to be prioritized in subsequent functional studies, based on the probability that they give the cells a selective survival advantage. SNV-Box is a database of pre-computed features of all possible amino acid substitutions at every position of the annotated human exome. Users can rapidly retrieve features for a given protein amino acid substitution for use in machine learning.

Proper citation: CHASM/SNV-Box (RRID:SCR_006445) Copy   

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http://flybase.org/

Database of Drosophila genetic and genomic information with information about stock collections and fly genetic tools. Gene Ontology (GO) terms are used to describe three attributes of wild-type gene products: their molecular function, the biological processes in which they play a role, and their subcellular location. Additionally, FlyBase accepts data submissions. FlyBase can be searched for genes, alleles, aberrations and other genetic objects, phenotypes, sequences, stocks, images and movies, controlled terms, and Drosophila researchers using the tools available from the "Tools" drop-down menu in the Navigation bar.

Proper citation: FlyBase (RRID:SCR_006549) Copy   

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http://media.marine-geo.org/

A collection of high-quality images and videos for education and outreach from the Integrated Earth Data Applications Facility. Albums include: Ridge2000, MARGINS, GeoMapApp, GeoPRISMS, Antarctic and Southern Ocean, Global Multi-Resolution Topography. To contribute your media to Media Bank, you are asked to supply metadata with each image/video supplied.

Proper citation: Marine Geosciences Data System MediaBank (RRID:SCR_006875) Copy   

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http://bio.math.berkeley.edu/eXpress/index.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented January 29, 2018.
From website: "Note that the eXpress software is also no longer being developed. We recommend you use kallisto instead." Kallisto can be found at http://pachterlab.github.io/kallisto/.

Software for streaming quantification for high-throughput DNA/RNA sequencing.
Can be used in any application where abundances of target sequences need to be estimated from short reads sequenced from them.

Proper citation: eXpress (RRID:SCR_006873) Copy   

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http://www.compneurosci.com/CoSMo2012/

This unique summer school focuses on computational techniques integrating the multi-disciplinary nature of sensory-motor neuroscience through combined empirical-theoretical teaching modules and a focus on the use of databases of movement data (NSF CRCNS). Major breakthroughs in brain research have been achieved through computational models. The goal of the Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience is to provide cross-disciplinary training in mathematical modelling techniques relevant to understanding brain function, dysfunction and treatment. In a unique approach bridging experimental research, clinical pathology and computer simulations, students will learn how to translate ideas and empirical findings into mathematical models. Students will gain a profound understanding of the brain''s working principles and diseases using advanced modelling techniques in hands-on simulations of models during tutored sessions by making use of data / model sharing. This summer school aims at propelling promising students into world-class researchers. Dates: August 5-19, 2012 Location: Northwestern University Chicago (Evanston campus), Illinois, USA Deadlines: * April 22, 2012: Application due, including letters of reference (extended!!!) * May 1, 2012: Notification of acceptance * May 20, 2012: Attendance confirmation of applicants and registration payment This summer school is directed at graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, including Life Sciences, Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering. We will also accept highly motivated outstanding under-graduate students. There are no formal prerequisites, but basic knowledge in calculus, linear algebra, neuroscience and the Matlab simulation environment is expected. Enrollment will be limited to 40 participants.

Proper citation: Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_006894) Copy   

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http://datasharing.net

The U.S. National Institutes of Health Final NIH Statement on Sharing Research Data (NIH-OD-03-032) is now in effect. It specifies that all high-direct-cost NIH grant applications include plans for sharing of research data. To support and encourage collegial, enabling, and rewarding data sharing for neuroscience and beyond, the Laboratory of Neuroinformatics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University has established this site. A source of, and portal to, tools and proposals supporting the informed exchange of neuroscience data.

Proper citation: Datasharing.net (RRID:SCR_003312) Copy   

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http://paleobiodb.org/

A non-governmental, non-profit public database for paleontological data providing researchers and the public with information about the entire fossil record. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services to allow easy access to data for independent development of analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types. The Database's broader goal is to encourage and enable data-driven collaborative efforts that address large-scale paleobiological questions. Paleontological data files are accepted for upload. However, PaleoBioDB needs some basic data types to be included in order to perform an upload. The Application Programming Interface (API) gives scientists, students, and developers programmatic access to taxonomic, spatial, and temporal data contained within the database.

Proper citation: Paleobiology Database (RRID:SCR_003798) Copy   

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http://fold.it/

Foldit is a revolutionary new multiplayer online computer game that engages non-scientists in solving hard prediction problems, enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. Foldit players interact with protein structures using direct manipulation tools and user-friendly versions of algorithms from the Rosetta structure prediction methodology, while they compete and collaborate to optimize the computed energy. Here are the basic principles to keep in mind when folding proteins. Your score on each protein is based on how well you do with these three things: # Pack the protein: The smaller the protein, the better. More precisely, you want to avoid empty spaces (voids) in the structure of the protein where water molecules can get inside. So you want the atoms in the protein to be as close together as possible. Certain structures, such as sheets, will even connect together with hydrogen bonds if you line them up right and get them close together. This is also good. Key word: Compact. # Hide the hydrophobics: Hydrophobics are the sidechains that don't want to be touching water, just like oil or wax. Since most proteins float around in water, you want to keep the hydrophobics (orange sidechains) surrounded by as many atoms as possible so the water won't get to them. The other side of this rule is that hydrophilics (blue sidechains) do want to be touching water, so they should be exposed as much as possible. Key word: Buried. # Clear the clashes: Two atoms can't occupy the same space at the same time. If you've folded a protein so two sidechains are too close together, your score will go down a lot. This is represented by a red spiky ball (clash) where the two sidechains are intersecting. If there are clashes, you know something is wrong with your protein. So make sure everything is far enough apart. Key word: Apart. The current series of Science Puzzles, the Grand Challenges, are meant to generate the evidence needed to prove that human protein folders can be more effective than computers at certain aspects of protein structure prediction. That's what all the puzzles in Foldit are about right now: predicting the structure of a protein based on its amino acid sequence. The three rules mentioned above describe the characteristics of correct protein structures.

Proper citation: Foldit (RRID:SCR_003788) Copy   

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http://virome.diagcomputing.org/#view=home

A web-application designed for scientific exploration of metagenome sequence data collected from viral assemblages occurring within a number of different environmental contexts. The VIROME informatics pipeline focuses on the classification of predicted open-reading frames (ORFs) from viral metagenomes. The portal allows you to submit your viral metagenome to be processed through the VIROME analysis pipeline, and enable you to investigate your data via the VIROME user interface., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

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http://vamps.mbl.edu/overview.php

A publicly-accessible website to measure and visualize similarities and differences between molecular profiles of complex microbial communities. The project includes visualization tools such as heat maps that simultaneously compare the taxonomic distributions of multiple datasets and 3-D charts of the frequency distributions of 16S rRNA tags. Analytical tools include Chao diversity estimates and rarefaction curves. As a service to the community, researchers have the opportunity to upload their own data to the site for private viewing with the full range of data and analysis tools. Public data can be downloaded for further analysis locally.

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http://www.unavco.org/

A non-profit university-governed consortium that facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy. It rovides access to and submission of Geodetic GPS / GNSS Data, Geodetic Imaging Data, Strain and Seismic Borehole Data, and Meteorological Data. Data access web services/API provides the ability to use a command line interface to query metadata and obtain URLs to data and products. UNAVCO also provides a variety of software, including web applications, and desktop utilities for scientists, instructors, students, and others. Web-based data visualization and mapping tools provide users with the ability to view postprocessed data while web-based geodetic utilities provide ancillary information. Downloadable stand-alone software utilities include applications for configuring instruments, managing data collection, download and transfer, and performing computations on the raw data, e.g., data pre-processing or processing. The UNAVCO Facility in Boulder, Colorado is the primary operational activity of UNAVCO and exists to support university and other research investigators in their use of geophysical sensor technology for Earth sciences research. The Facility performs this task in part by archiving GNSS/GPS data and data products for current and future applications. Other data types that scientists use for Earth deformation studies are also held in the UNAVCO Archive collections. UNAVCO operates a community Archive, which provides long-term secure storage and easy retrieval of GNSS data, strain data, various derived products and related metadata. The Archive primarily stores high-precision geodetic data used for research purposes, collected under National Science Foundation and NASA sponsored projects. UNAVCO provides many learning opportunities including: Short Courses and Workshops, Educational Resources, RESESS Research Student Internships, and Technical Training.

Proper citation: UNAVCO (RRID:SCR_006706) Copy   

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http://rankprop.gs.washington.edu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. A pilot effort that has developed a centralized, web-based biospecimen locator that presents biospecimens collected and stored at participating Arizona hospitals and biospecimen banks, which are available for acquisition and use by researchers. Researchers may use this site to browse, search and request biospecimens to use in qualified studies. The development of the ABL was guided by the Arizona Biospecimen Consortium (ABC), a consortium of hospitals and medical centers in the Phoenix area, and is now being piloted by this Consortium under the direction of ABRC. You may browse by type (cells, fluid, molecular, tissue) or disease. Common data elements decided by the ABC Standards Committee, based on data elements on the National Cancer Institute''s (NCI''s) Common Biorepository Model (CBM), are displayed. These describe the minimum set of data elements that the NCI determined were most important for a researcher to see about a biospecimen. The ABL currently does not display information on whether or not clinical data is available to accompany the biospecimens. However, a requester has the ability to solicit clinical data in the request. Once a request is approved, the biospecimen provider will contact the requester to discuss the request (and the requester''s questions) before finalizing the invoice and shipment. The ABL is available to the public to browse. In order to request biospecimens from the ABL, the researcher will be required to submit the requested required information. Upon submission of the information, shipment of the requested biospecimen(s) will be dependent on the scientific and institutional review approval. Account required. Registration is open to everyone.. Documented on May,18,2020. Ranking algorithm that exploits global network structure of similarity relationships among proteins in database by performing diffusion operation on protein similarity network with weighted edges. Source code and web server for searching non-redundant protein database. Web server ranks proteins found in NRDB40 (from PairsDB) against query sequence of amino acids using Rankprop algorithm.

Proper citation: Rankprop - Protein Ranking by Network Propagation (RRID:SCR_007159) Copy   

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http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/cn3/index3.html

Multidisciplinary research team devoted to the study of basic neuroscience with a specific interest in the description and generation of dendritic morphology, and in its effect on neuronal electrophysiology. In the long term, they seek to create large-scale, anatomically plausible neural networks to model entire portions of a mammalian brain (such as a hippocampal slice, or a cortical column). Achievements by the CNG include the development of software for the quantitative analysis of dendritic morphology, the implementation of computational models to simulate neuronal structure, and the synthesis of anatomically accurate, large scale neuronal assemblies in virtual reality. Based on biologically plausible rules and biophysical determinants, they have designed stochastic models that can generate realistic virtual neurons. Quantitative morphological analysis indicates that virtual neurons are statistically compatible with the real data that the model parameters are measured from. Virtual neurons can be generated within an appropriate anatomical context if a system level description of the surrounding tissue is included in the model. In order to simulate anatomically realistic neural networks, axons must be grown as well as dendrites. They have developed a navigation strategy for virtual axons in a voxel substrate.

Proper citation: Computational Neuroanatomy Group (RRID:SCR_007150) Copy   

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http://www.fgsc.net/

The Fungal Genetics Stock Center is a resource available to the Fungal Genetics research community and to educational and research organizations in general. While some fungi can cause disease in humans, most people have innate immunity against fungi. Some people with diseases of the immune system are at increased risk of infection by fungi. Drugs have been developed in the last 5 years that help with this. Fungal Genetics is the study of genes and genetic traits in fungi. In the past this has been important in the elucidation of what a gene is, what the genetic material is, how genes relate to enzymes, how enzymes relate to traits and how important traits change or evolve. In the present, Fungal Genetics is important to understanding how fungi are pathogens of plants and animals, how fungi can be used in industry for the production of enzymes, chemicals, food, and drugs. Fungi are also essential to processing bio-mass in the attempt to use ethanol as a fuel source. The FGSC is funded largely by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award Number 0235887) of the United States of America. Sponsors: Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Proper citation: Fungal Genetics Stock Center (RRID:SCR_008143) Copy   

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