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https://www.davincieuropeanbiobank.org/

BioBank that collects, stores, processes and distributes biospecimens and the associated data. The biospecimens are human and non-human genetic materials, proteins, cells, tissues and biofluids. The data are the biological information associated to the samples and, in the case of human samples, the clinical information pertaining to the donor. The da Vinci European BioBank (daVEB) is a multicenter biobank with a centralized IT infrastructure and a main repository located at the Polo Scientifico (Scientific Campus of the University of Florence) in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence, Italy). Hosted by the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), an expert center on protein structure and metabolomics, daVEB's aim is to host as rich as possible biological human sample collections, stored accordingly to EU guidelines, in order to offer a powerful tool in the study of complex diseases. At the end of July 2011, the da Vinci European BioBank of the Pharmacogenomics FiorGen Onlus Foundation has been audited and got the quality certification according to UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 for Collection, storage and distribution of biological samples and the associated data for scientific research. Besides the samples stored at da Vinci European BioBank in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), the daVEB is also the administrative biobank for research sample collections that are stored in the delocalized repositories. All the sample collections must be registered in the biobank: * sample collections taken within the regular health care * samples taken from healthy individuals or other persons out of the regular health care * samples that have been taken in hospitals within research protocols on specific pathologies all transferred to daVEB endowed with a transfer agreement signed by the donor. The Research Units actually afferent to daVEB are delocalized in the Florence, Prato, Pisa and Siena provinces. Delocalized repositories are under construction in Tuscany.

Proper citation: da Vinci European Biobank (RRID:SCR_004908) Copy   

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http://www.hdbr.org/

Collection of human embryonic and fetal material (Tissue and RNA) ranging from 3 to 20 weeks of development available to the international scientific community. Material can either be sent to registered users or our In House Gene Expression Service (IHGES) can carry out projects on user''''s behalf, providing high quality images and interpretation of gene expression patterns. Gene expression data emerging from HDBR material is added to our gene expression database which is accessible via our HUDSEN (Human Developmental Studies Network) website. A significant proportion of the material has been cytogenetically karyotyped, and normal karyotyped material is provided for research.

Proper citation: Human Developmental Biology Resource (RRID:SCR_006326) Copy   

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http://ki.se/en/imm/sheep-the-stockholm-heart-epidemiology-program

DNA from a population-based case-control study designed to investigate causes of myocardial infarction. The study population comprised all Swedish citizens living in the county of Stockholm who were 45 to 70 years of age and free of previously clinically diagnosed MI. Sample types: * DNA Number of sample donors: 2831 (sample collection completed)

Proper citation: SHEEP - Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (RRID:SCR_008905) Copy   

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http://www.framinghamheartstudy.org/

A longitudinal, epidemiologic study to identify the common risk factors or characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease by following its development over a long period of time in a large group of participants who had not yet developed overt symptoms or suffered a heart attack or stroke. Since that time the FHS has studied three generations of participants resulting in biological specimens and data from nearly 15,000 participants. Since 1994, two groups from minority populations, including related individuals have been added to the FHS. FHS welcomes proposals from outside investigators for data and biospecimens. The researchers recruited 5,209 men and women between the ages of 30 and 62 from the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, and began the first round of extensive physical examinations and lifestyle interviews that they would later analyze for common patterns related to CVD development. Since 1948, the subjects have continued to return to the study every two years for a detailed medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests, and in 1971, the Study enrolled a second generation - 5,124 of the original participants'''' adult children and their spouses - to participate in similar examinations. In 1994, the need to establish a new study reflecting a more diverse community of Framingham was recognized, and the first Omni cohort of the Framingham Heart Study was enrolled. In April 2002 the Study entered a new phase, the enrollment of a third generation of participants, the grandchildren of the Original Cohort. In 2003, a second group of Omni participants was enrolled. Over the years, careful monitoring of the Framingham Study population has led to the identification of major CVD risk factors, as well as valuable information on the effects of these factors such as blood pressure, blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels, age, gender, and psychosocial issues. Risk factors for other physiological conditions such as dementia have been and continue to be investigated. In addition, the relationships between physical traits and genetic patterns are being studied. FHS clinical and research data is stored in the dbGaP and NHLBI Repository repositories and may be accessed by application. Please check the following repositories before applying for data through FHS. Investigators seeking data that is not available through dbGaP or BioLINCC or seeking biological specimens may submit a proposal through the FHS web-based research application. The FHS data repository may be accessed through this FHS website, under the For Researchers link, then Description of Data, in order to determine if and how the desired data is stored. Proposals may involve the use of existing data, the collection of new data, either directly from participants or from previously collected samples, images, or other materials (e.g., medical records). The FHS Repository also has biological specimens available for genetic and non-genetic research proposals. Specimens include urine, blood and blood products, as well as DNA.

Proper citation: Framingham Heart Study (RRID:SCR_008963) Copy   

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http://www.nntc.org/

Collects, stores, and distributes samples of nervous tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, blood, and other tissue from HIV-infected individuals. The NNTC mission is to bolster research on the effects of HIV infection on human brain by providing high-quality, well-characterized tissue samples from patients who died with HIV, and for whom comprehensive neuromedical and neuropsychiatric data were gathered antemortem. Researchers can request tissues from patients who have been characterized by: * degree of neurobehavioral impairment * neurological and other clinical diagnoses * history of drug use * antiretroviral treatments * blood and CSF viral load * neuropathological diagnosis The NNTC encourages external researchers to submit tissue requests for ancillary studies. The Specimen Query Tool is a web-based utility that allows researchers to quickly sort and identify appropriate NNTC specimens to support their research projects. The results generated by the tool reflect the inventory at a previous time. Actual availability at the local repositories may vary as specimens are added or distributed to other investigators.

Proper citation: National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (RRID:SCR_007323) Copy   

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http://brain-development.org/ixi-dataset/

Data set of nearly 600 MR images from normal, healthy subjects, along with demographic characteristics, collected as part of the Information eXtraction from Images (IXI) project available for download. Tar files containing T1, T2, PD, MRA and DTI (15 directions) scans from these subjects are available. The data has been collected at three different hospitals in London: * Hammersmith Hospital using a Philips 3T system * Guy''s Hospital using a Philips 1.5T system * Institute of Psychiatry using a GE 1.5T system

Proper citation: IXI dataset (RRID:SCR_005839) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/art

ART ''''acpcdetect'''' program for automatic detection of the AC and PC landmarks and the mid-sagittal plane on 3D structural MRI scans. ART ''''brainwash'''' program for automatic multi-atlas skull-stripping of 3D structural MRI scans. ART ''''3dwarper'''' program of non-linear inter-subject registration of 3D structural MRI scans. Software (art2) for linear rigid-body intra-subject inter-modality (MRI-PET) image registration. Data resource: The ART projects makes available corpus callosum segmentations of 316 normal subjects from the OASIS cross-sectional database. ART ''''yuki'''' program for fast, robust, and fully automatic segmentation of the corpus callosum on 3D structural MRI scans.

Proper citation: Automatic Registration Toolbox (RRID:SCR_005993) Copy   

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https://www.braintest.org/brain_test/BrainTest

A portal of online studies that encourage community participation to tackle the most challenging problems in neuropsychiatry, including attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Our approach is to engage the community and try to recruit tens of thousands of people to spend an hour of their time on our site. You folks will provide data in both brain tests and questionnaires, as well as DNA, and in return, we will provide some information about your brain and behavior. You will also be entered to win amazon.com gift cards. While large collaborative efforts were made in genetics in order to discover the secrets of the human genome, there are still many mysteries about the behaviors that are seen in complex neuropsychiatric syndromes and the underlying biology that gives rise to these behaviors. We know that it will require studying tens of thousands of people to begin to answer these questions. Having you, the public, as a research partner is the only way to achieve that kind of investment. This site will try to reach that goal, by combining high-throughput behavioral assessment using questionnaires and game-like cognitive tests. You provide the data and then we will provide information and feedback about why you should help us achieve our goals and how it benefits everyone in the world. We believe that through this online study, we can better understand memory and attention behaviors in the general population and their genetic basis, which will in turn allow us to better characterize how these behaviors go awry in people who suffer from mental illness. In the end, we hope this will provide better, more personalized treatment options, and ultimately prevention of these widespread and extremely debilitating brain diseases. We will use the data we collect to try to identify the genetic basis for memory and impulse control, for example. If we can achieve this goal, maybe we can then do more targeted research to understand how the biology goes awry in people who have problems with cognition, including memory and impulse control, like those diagnosed with ADHD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. By participating in our research, you can learn about mental illness and health and help researchers tackle these complex problems. We can''t do it without your help.

Proper citation: Brain Test (RRID:SCR_006212) Copy   

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http://embryoimaging.org/

Collection of high resolution images and movies of mouse and human embryos produced using high resolution episcopic microscopy (HREM). Each data set is a series of block-face images generated during sectioning through an entire embryo, typically cut at 2-3 micrometers. Datasets are organized by approximate developmental stage and each embryo has been assigned a specimen ID (SID) for identification. This is an ongoing project funded by the Wellcome Trust to provide comprehensive imaging of normal and mutant mouse embryos that will complement the standard anatomical texts and form the basis for systematic phenotyping. * Movies: A 3D reconstruction shows each embryo, and lower resolution movies created through each orthogonal plane enable you to quickly review the data set. * Image Stacks: In the stack viewer, you can step through the images in sequence, zoom in to see fine details and adjust the image contrast. * NEW: Embryo Comparison: Two image stacks can now be compared in the stack viewer.

Proper citation: Embryo Imaging (RRID:SCR_006329) Copy   

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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~brdsmith/Research.html

Data set of image collections and movies including Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Embryos, Human Embryo Imaging, MRI of Cardiovascular Development, and Live Embryo Imaging. Individual MRI slice images, three-dimensional images, animations, stereo-pair animations, animations of organ systems, and photo-micrographs are included.

Proper citation: Brad Smith Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Embryos (RRID:SCR_006300) Copy   

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http://www.som.soton.ac.uk/research/sites/cruk/translation/tumour.asp

Collects and distributes human tissue for ethically approved studies to aid the study of cancer biology and other associated research. All tissue is collected with patient consent and tissue is distributed only to ethically approved studies. The purpose of the Tissue Bank is to source, organize, collect, prepare, store and distribute a diverse collection of human tissues and biological products. This valuable core resource is available to all local academics and researchers. The on-site bank allows for rapid access to a plethora of biological materials supported by an informatics system of databases acting as an inventory management system. In addition, the Tissue Bank provides a licensed facility to store surplus tissue when studies close. Tissues currently available include normal and malignant snap frozen blocks, freshly prepared spleen and lymph nodes, fresh biopsy tissues, blood products and biological fluids. Collections can be organized by bank staff or ran in parallel with current research activities and include a wide variety of cancer classifications. We currently hold over 38,000 vials. Tissue Availability: Lymphoma - solid tissue and cells - 843; Breast - solid tissue and cells - 540; Colon - solid tissue and cells - 238; Lung - solid tissue and cells - 43; Upper Gi - BIOPSY tissue - 114; Pleural fluid and cells - 14

Proper citation: Southampton Tumour Bank (RRID:SCR_000673) Copy   

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http://www.rrcancer.ca/en/publique/accueil

An infrastructure to allow Quebec researchers to have at their disposal tumor banks and the services that support large scale research in genomics and proteomics. The database and the tissue bank of the research network was created to allow rapid access to biological samples and their clinical data. It is spread out over many hospital institutions (in Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke). The members of the RRCancer-BTD supply normal, benign and malignant samples from routine surgeries and blood tests. Blood and tissue samples are collected by the provincial biobanks on a regular basis and are coded, classified and stored. The samples can be supplied to a researcher either fresh or frozen or blocks of paraffin or on slices. The sharing of information and biological material is managed according to ethical rules and contributes to increasing the value of research in Quebec. The network has mobilized a significant number of researchers in the area of cancer that unite their efforts to pursue high caliber multidisciplinary research. They are a group of researchers from many different Qu��bec Universities all working in the branch of cancer research. They are located in four hospital centers in Quebec, namely the University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM), the University of Quebec Hospital Centre (CHUQ), the University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre (CHUS) and the McGill University Hospital Centre (CUSM), as well as in the affiliated research and university centers (Sacr��-Coeur, Maisonneuve-Rosemont and the Montreal Jewish Hospital). The collaborative efforts created and maintained in this network have allowed transfer of knowledge and the sharing of cutting edge technologies. RRCancer favors multidisciplinary cancer research in both fundamental and clinical scopes. The network is based on the desire researchers to work together to prevent cancer and improve therapeutic strategies, all the while continuing the very important task of raining new specialists and graduate students.

Proper citation: Cancer Research Network of the FRSQ (RRID:SCR_004225) Copy   

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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biobank/physicalbloom

The UCL/UCLH Biobank for Studying Health and Disease has been primarily established to support the Research Programme and scientific needs, of the Pathology Department UCLH & the UCL Cancer Institute. The establishment of the core programme enables a centralised approach to the management and integration of all research groups working within these institutions, providing appropriate structure and support. The biobank has policies and guidelines to guarantee compliance with HTA legislation and to ensure quality standards will be maintained. The biobank stores normal and pathological specimens, surplus to diagnostic requirements, from relevant tissues and bodily fluids, as well as human tissue used in xenograft experiments. Stored tissues include; snap-frozen or cryopreserved tissue, formalin-fixed tissue, paraffin-embedded tissues, and slides prepared for histological examination. Tissues include resection specimens obtained surgically or by needle core biopsy. Bodily fluids include; whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, milk, saliva and buccal smears and cytological specimens such as sputum and cervical smears. Fine needle aspirates obtained from tissues and bodily cavities (eg. pleura and peritoneum) are also collected. Where appropriate the biobank also stores separated cells, protein, DNA and RNA isolated from collected tissues and bodily fluids described above. Some of the tissue and aspirated samples are stored in the diagnostic archive.

Proper citation: UCL/UCLH Biobank for Studying Health and Disease (RRID:SCR_004610) Copy   

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https://www.pathology.umn.edu/research/liver-tissue-cell-distribution-system

Tissue bank that provides human liver tissue from regional centers for distribution to scientific investigators throughout the United States. These USA regional centers have active liver transplant programs with human subjects approval to provide portions of the resected pathologic liver for which the transplant is performed.

Proper citation: Minnesota Liver Tissue Cell Distribution System (RRID:SCR_004840) Copy   

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http://www.oumedicine.com/oklahoma-clinical-and-translational-science-institute/research-resources/ndri/ndri-dorsal-root-ganglia-program

NDRI actively recovers a diverse range of normal and diseased human tissues for biomedical researchers. We have recently implemented a new program to make human dorsal root ganglia (DRG) available for your research studies. The dorsal root ganglia contain cell bodies of afferent (inbound) neurons, and transmit pain and temperature sensations from the body. DRGs from C5 through L5 regions will be available. DRGs will be recovered under operating room conditions with a low post mortem interval to preservation and can be shipped at 4 degrees C, snap-frozen or fixed. Detailed medical-social history information is provided for each donor. If you are interested in obtaining these specimens, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Current NDRI researchers can immediately request these samples. Non-NDRI researchers need to submit a researcher application. * The program provides a reliable source of human DRG neurons that can be utilized for: Electrophysiology analysis, Live cell imaging studies * Low PMI yields high quality samples that are suitable for rigorous molecular applications: Deep sequencing analysis, In situ hybridization, Micro-array analysis * DRGs from C5 through L5 regions will be available. * The tissue fee for this program is 500 dollars per DRG * Customizable-- the researcher determines the DRG location and quantity that is needed for their research.

Proper citation: NDRI Dorsal Root Ganglia Program (RRID:SCR_005043) Copy   

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https://www.synapse.org/

A cloud-based collaborative platform which co-locates data, code, and computing resources for analyzing genome-scale data and seamlessly integrates these services allowing scientists to share and analyze data together. Synapse consists of a web portal integrated with the R/Bioconductor statistical package and will be integrated with additional tools. The web portal is organized around the concept of a Project which is an environment where you can interact, share data, and analysis methods with a specific group of users or broadly across open collaborations. Projects provide an organizational structure to interact with data, code and analyses, and to track data provenance. A project can be created by anyone with a Synapse account and can be shared among all Synapse users or restricted to a specific team. Public data projects include the Synapse Commons Repository (SCR) (syn150935) and the metaGenomics project (syn275039). The SCR provides access to raw data and phenotypic information for publicly available genomic data sets, such as GEO and TCGA. The metaGenomics project provides standardized preprocessed data and precomputed analysis of the public SCR data.

Proper citation: Synapse (RRID:SCR_006307) Copy   

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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MCCL

A comprehensive ontology on primary and established cell lines-both normal and pathologic. It covers around 400 cell lines. This ontology has been built to include the major domains in the field of biology like anatomy, bio-molecules, chemicals and drugs, pathological conditions and genetic variations around the cell lines. An extensive network of relations has been built across these concepts to enable different combinations of queries. The ontology covers all cell lines from major sources like ATCC, DSMZ, ECACC, ICLC etc. and is built in OWL format.

Proper citation: Cell Line Ontology by Mahadevan (RRID:SCR_010281) Copy   

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http://www.radiologyresearch.org/HippocampusSegmentation.aspx

This dataset contains T1-weighted MR images of 50 subjects, 40 of whom are patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 10 are nonepileptic subjects. Hippocampus labels are provided for 25 subjects for training. The users may submit their segmentation outcomes for the remaining 25 testing images to get a table of segmentation metrics.

Proper citation: MRI Dataset for Hippocampus Segmentation (RRID:SCR_009597) Copy   

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

EEG motor activity data sets used for Brain Computer Interface research project in Matlab MAT format. * Dataset 1 - 1D motion: This subject is a 21 year old, right handed male with no known medical conditions. The EEG consists of actual random movements of left and right hand recorded with eyes closed. Each row represents one electrode. The order of the electrodes is FP1 FP2 F3 F4 C3 C4 P3 P4 O1 O2 F7 F8 T3 T4 T5 T6 FZ CZ PZ. The recording was done at 500Hz using Neurofax EEG System which uses a daisy chain montage. The data was exported with a common reference using Eemagine EEG. AC Lines in this country work at 50 Hz. This info is also included in the MAT file. * Dataset 2 - 2D motion: This subject is a 21 year old, right handed male with no known medical conditions. The EEG consists of actual random movements of left and right hand recorded with eyes closed. Each row represents one electrode. The order of the electrodes is FP1 FP2 F3 F4 C3 C4 P3 P4 O1 O2 F7 F8 T3 T4 T5 T6 FZ CZ PZ. The recording was done at 500Hz using Neurofax EEG System which uses a daisy chain montage. The data was exported with a common reference using Eemagine EEG. AC Lines in this country work at 50 Hz. This data consists of the following movements # Three trials left hand forward movement # Three trials left hand backward movement # Three trials left hand forward movement # Three trials left hand forward movement # 1 trial imagined left hand forward movement # 1 trial imagined left hand backward movement # 1 trial imagined right hand forward movement # 1 trial imagined right hand backward movement # 1 trial left leg movement # 1 trial right leg movement

Proper citation: Project BCI - EEG motor activity data set (RRID:SCR_001585) Copy   

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http://www.orgids.com/

Data sets resulting from glaucoma research including visual fields, various imaging modalities and other data from both glaucomatous and normal subjects. The Longitudinal Glaucomatous Visual Fields data set contains IOP (Intraocular pressure) measurements and 24-2 Full Threshold visual fields obtained with a Humphrey Field Analyzer (Zeiss). Data of both eyes of 139 patients over a mean period of over 9 years is included, with on average more than 17 fields per eye. Local threshold and total deviation values are included.

Proper citation: Open Rotterdam Glaucoma Imaging Data Sets (RRID:SCR_003540) Copy   

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