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http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/research/amrv.asp

An institutional training program to train veterinarians in conducting research. The program trains veterinarians in acquiring the skills of a researcher as they undergo a specific M.S. or Ph.D program. The program urges graduates to take part in research concerning animal models of infectious diseases, immunology, and nutrition, among other health topics.

Proper citation: Post-DVM Training Program on Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (RRID:SCR_008303) Copy   

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http://helixweb.nih.gov/dnaworks

DNAWorks automates the design of oligonucleotides for gene synthesis by PCR-based methods. The availability of sequences of entire genomes has dramatically increased the number of protein targets, many of which will need to be overexpressed in cells other than the original source of DNA. Gene synthesis often provides a fast and economically efficient approach. The synthetic gene can be optimized for expression and constructed for easy mutational manipulation without regard to the parent genome. DNAWorks accesses a computer program that automates the design of oligonucleotides for gene synthesis. The website provides forms for simple input information, i.e. amino acid sequence of the target protein and melting temperature (needed for the gene assembly) of synthetic oligonucleotides. The program outputs a series of oligonucleotide sequences with codons optimized for expression in an organism of choice. Those oligonucleotides are characterized by highly homogeneous melting temperatures and a minimized tendency for hairpin formation. The approach presented here simplifies the production of proteins from a wide variety of organisms for genomics-based studies.

Proper citation: DNAWorks at Helix Systems (RRID:SCR_008470) Copy   

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https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/LexEVS/LexGrid

LexGrid (Lexical Grid) provides support for a distributed network of lexical resources such as terminologies and ontologies via standards-based tools, storage formats, and access/update mechanisms. The Lexical Grid Vision is for a distributed network of terminological resources. It is the foundation of the National Center for Biomedical Ontology BioPortal interface and web-services, and can parse OBO format, as well as other formats such as OWL. Currently, there are many terminologies and ontologies in existence. Just about every terminology has its own format, its own set of tools, and its own update mechanisms. The only thing that most of these pieces have in common with each other is their incompatibility. This makes it very hard to use these resources to their full potential. We have designed the Lexical Grid as a way to bridge terminologies and ontologies with a common set of tools, formats and update mechanisms. The Lexical Grid is: * accessible through a set of common APIs * joined through shared indices * online accessible * downloadable * loosely coupled * locally extendable * globally revised * available in web-space on web-time * cross-linked The realization of this vision requires three interlocking components, which are: * Standards - access methods and formats need to be published and openly available * Tools - standards based tools must be readily available * Content - commonly used terminologies have to be available for access and download Platform: Windows compatible, Mac OS X compatible, Linux compatible, Unix compatible

Proper citation: LexGrid (RRID:SCR_006627) Copy   

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http://www.patternlabforproteomics.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented July 5, 2018. Gene Ontology Explorer (GOEx) combines data from protein fold changes with GO over-representation statistics to help draw conclusions in proteomic experiments. It is tightly integrated within the PatternLab for Proteomics project and, thus, lies within a complete computational environment that provides parsers and pattern recognition tools designed for spectral counting. GOEx offers three independent methods to query data: an interactive directed acyclic graph, a specialist mode where key words can be searched, and an automatic search. A recent hack included in GOEx is to load the sparse matrix index file directly into GOEx, instead of going through the report generation using the AC/T-fold methods. This makes it easy for GOEx to analyze any list of proteins as long as the list follows the index file format (described in manuscript) . Please note that if using this alternative strategy, there will be no protein fold information. Platform: Windows compatible

Proper citation: GOEx - Gene Ontology Explorer (RRID:SCR_005779) Copy   

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http://ndct.nimh.nih.gov

A database which houses human subjects clinical trial data. NDCT currently contains data on 13,409 subjects and has access to data on 100,500 subjects from the NIMH Data Archive. Users can also sign up for news updates and watch video tutorials.

Proper citation: National Database for Clinical Trials related to Mental Illness (RRID:SCR_013795) Copy   

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https://biccn.org/data

Searchable table of datasets. Data generated from projects through BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network. Datasets can be filtered by species, research investigator, grant number or experimental technique. Includes links to data directories at data archives and links to protocols.

Proper citation: BICCN Cell Registry (RRID:SCR_017267) Copy   

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https://mass-spec.stanford.edu/instruments

Advanced benchtop tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer which expands scope of ultimate sensitivity analysis. Fatures probe design which allows users much easier maintenance, optimization and improved reproducibility between operators. Method transfer onto Xevo TQ-XS is made simple by Xtended Dynamic Range detector which allows six orders of linear dynamic range. Wider compound coverage without changing ionization technique is delivered by the revolutionary UniSpray source option.

Proper citation: Xevo TQ-XS mass spectrometer (RRID:SCR_018510) Copy   

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/

Non-profit academic organization for research and services in bioinformatics. Provides freely available data from life science experiments, performs basic research in computational biology, and offers user training programme, manages databases of biological data including nucleic acid, protein sequences, and macromolecular structures. Part of EMBL.

Proper citation: European Bioinformatics Institute (RRID:SCR_004727) Copy   

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https://sites.google.com/site/jingyijli/SLIDE.zip

Software package that takes exon boundaries and RNA-Seq data as input to discern the set of mRNA isoforms that are most likely to present in an RNA-Seq sample. It is based on a linear model with a design matrix that models the sampling probability of RNA-Seq reads from different mRNA isoforms. To tackle the model unidentifiability issue, SLIDE uses a modified Lasso procedure for parameter estimation. Compared with deterministic isoform assembly algorithms (e.g., Cufflinks), SLIDE considers the stochastic aspects of RNA-Seq reads in exons from different isoforms and thus has increased power in detecting more novel isoforms. Another advantage of SLIDE is its flexibility of incorporating other transcriptomic data such as RACE, CAGE, and EST into its model to further increase isoform discovery accuracy. SLIDE can also work downstream of other RNA-Seq assembly algorithms to integrate newly discovered genes and exons. Besides isoform discovery, SLIDE sequentially uses the same linear model to estimate the abundance of discovered isoforms.

Proper citation: SLIDE (RRID:SCR_005137) Copy   

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http://www.neuralgate.org/download/NeuralAct

Software to visualize electrocorticographic (ECoG) and possibly also other kinds of neural activity (EEG / EMG/ DOT) on a 3D model of the cortical surface. The tool has been used to produce cortical activation images and image sequences in several recent studies using ECoG. The tool is written in matlab. The package is thoroughly documented and includes a demo.

Proper citation: NeuralAct (RRID:SCR_002066) Copy   

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https://mass-spec.stanford.edu/instruments

System includes Thermo Orbitrap Eclipse Tribid mass spectrometer and Waters M-Class Acquity nanoUPLC. This platform features sequential acquisition capabilities and multiple fragmentation types, enabling complex, in depth proteomic experiments.

Proper citation: Thermo Orbitrap Eclipse nanoLC/MS system (RRID:SCR_022212) Copy   

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https://cellarium.ai

Software platform to annotate cell types.

Proper citation: Cellarium (RRID:SCR_025438) Copy   

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http://www.essentialtremor.us/

Finding a cure for any neurological disorder begins with the scientific study of the disorder''s causes, processes, and development in the brain. For essential tremor (ET), rigorous study of this kind had not been undertaken until 2003, when the Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository (ETCBR) was established at Columbia University. For the past five years, brain tissue from ET donors has been collected, processed and compared alongside age-matched control brains at the ETCBR, and already several significant findings have been made. However, there is still much to learn and a severe shortage of ET brains for scientific study. If you have been diagnosed with essential tremor, donating your brain tissue in the hours immediately after your death is of utmost importance in providing crucial information about what causes ET. Direct analysis of the shape and number of nerve cells and their content will provide medical researchers with the information they need in order to understand this complex illness. By advancing our medical knowledge of ET, the gift of brain tissue is a central piece of the puzzle in the search to develop better treatments and find a cure.

Proper citation: Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository (RRID:SCR_004464) Copy   

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http://med.stanford.edu/narcolepsy.html

The Stanford Center for Narcolepsy was established in the 1980s as part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Today, it is the world leader in narcolepsy research with more than 100 articles on narcolepsy to its name. The Stanford Center for Narcolepsy was the first to report that narcolepsy-cataplexy is caused by hypocretin (orexin) abnormalities in both animal models and humans. Under the direction of Drs. Emmanuel Mignot and Seiji Nishino, the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy today treats several hundred patients with the disorder each year, many of whom participate in various research protocols. Other research protocols are conducted in animal models of narcolespy. We are always looking for volunteers in our narcolepsy research studies. We are presently recruiting narcoleptic patients for genetic studies, drug clinical trials, hypocretin measurement studies in the CSF and functional MRI studies. Monetary gifts to the Center for Narcolepsy are welcome. If you wish to make the ultimate gift, please consider participating in our Brain Donation Program. To advance our understanding of the cause, course, and treatment of narcolepsy, in 2001 Stanford University started a program to obtain human brain tissue for use in narcolepsy research. Donated brains provide an invaluable resource and we have already used previously donated brains to demonstrate that narcolepsy is caused by a lack of a very specific type of cell in the brain, the hypocretin (orexin) neuron. While the brain donations do not directly help the donor, they provide an invaluable resource and a gift to others. The real answers as to what causes or occurrs in the brain when one has narcolepsy will only be definitively understood through the study of brain tissue. Through these precious donations, narcolepsy may eventually be prevented or reversible. We currently are seeking brains from people with narcolepsy (with cataplexy and without), idiopathic hypersomnia and controls or people without a diagnosed sleep disorder of excessive sleepiness. Control brains are quite important to research, as findings must always be compared to tissue of a non-affected person. Friends and loved ones of people who suffer with narcoleps may wish to donate to our program to help fill this very important need. Refer to the Movies tab for movies of Narcolepsy / Cataplexy.

Proper citation: Stanford Center for Narcolepsy (RRID:SCR_007021) Copy   

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http://www.med.upenn.edu/cndr/biosamples-brainbank.html

A brain and tissue bank that contains human brain samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and other related neurodegenerative dementias and movement disorders. This brain bank serves as a resource for scientists and researchers, providing access to tissue samples for further research. While priority is given to University of Pennsylvania researchers, this bank will provide requests to researchers not associated with the University of Pennsylvania. This tissue bank accepts donations from those seeing a University of Pennsylvania physician or collaborator.

Proper citation: University of Pennslyvania Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_008820) Copy   

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http://www.mssm.edu/research/programs/manhattan-hiv-brain-bank/

Biorepository of tissues and fluids relevant for the neurologic, neuropsychologic, psychiatric and neuropathologic manifestations of HIV infection, linked to medical records and an on-going clinical trial for research use by the scientific community. The MHBB conducts a longitudinal, observational study that follows a group of HIV-infected individuals who have agreed to be fluid and organ donors for the purposes of AIDS research. They are currently the largest, multidisciplinary neuroAIDS cohort in New York City, the epicenter of the US HIV epidemic. Research participants undergo regular neurologic, neuropsychologic, and psychiatric evaluations, and provide body fluid samples that are linked to clinical information. Upon their demise, study participants become organ donors. This program has supplied clinical information, tissue, and fluid samples to over 70 qualified AIDS researchers across America, Europe and Australia. In fulfilling its resource mission, the MHBB functions as part of the National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC). MHBB provides a means by which people living with HIV can be engaged in the struggle to improve our knowledge about HIV infection and the damage it causes to the body.

Proper citation: Manhattan HIV Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_010520) Copy   

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https://confluence.crbs.ucsd.edu/display/NIF/StemCellInfo

Data tables providing an overview of information about stem cells that have been derived from mice and humans. The tables summarize published research that characterizes cells that are capable of developing into cells of multiple germ layers (i.e., multipotent or pluripotent) or that can generate the differentiated cell types of another tissue (i.e., plasticity) such as a bone marrow cell becoming a neuronal cell. The tables do not include information about cells considered progenitor or precursor cells or those that can proliferate without the demonstrated ability to generate cell types of other tissues. The tables list the tissue from which the cells were derived, the types of cells that developed, the conditions under which differentiation occurred, the methods by which the cells were characterized, and the primary references for the information.

Proper citation: National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Tables (RRID:SCR_008359) Copy   

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https://www.tycho.pitt.edu/

Database to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy making that includes data from all weekly notifiable disease reports for the United States dating back to 1888. Additional U.S. and international data will be released twice yearly.

Proper citation: Project Tycho (RRID:SCR_010489) Copy   

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https://www.nanomaterialregistry.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 9,2023. Registry that archives curated nanomaterial research data and their biological and environmental implications. The Registry provides data management plans for researchers, and accepts users' public-ready data, archive them, integrate them into the registry, allowing for the data to be shared publicly. Users can request more information on specific nanomaterial records, compare multiple nanomaterials, and export data to their desktop.

Proper citation: Nanomaterial Registry (RRID:SCR_013700) Copy   

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https://astrocyte.rnaseq.sofroniewlab.neurobio.ucla.edu

Database containing information about RNA-sequencing and astrocyte reactivity. Searching a gene through this engine provides differential expression data for various experimental conditions.

Proper citation: Astrocyte Reactivity RNA-Seq Browser (RRID:SCR_015033) Copy   

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