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http://opencourse.org/Collaboratories/harveyproject/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 23, 2016. It is an international collaboration of educators, researchers, physicians, students, programmers, instructional designers and graphic artists working together to build interactive, dynamic human physiology course materials on the Web. Sponsors: This work has received funding from the US National Science Foundation.

Proper citation: Harvey Project: Open Course Collaboratories (RRID:SCR_001887) Copy   

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http://www-genome.stanford.edu/

This resource hyperlinks to systematic analysis projects, resources, laboratories, and departments at Stanford University.

Proper citation: Stanford Genomic Resourses (RRID:SCR_001874) Copy   

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http://mouse.ncifcrf.gov/

The NCI Mouse Repository cryoarchives and distributes strains of genetically engineered mice that are of immediate interest to the cancer research community. These are either gene-targeted or transgenic mice that display a cancer-related phenotype, or tool strains (e.g., cre transgenics) that can be used to develop new cancer models. You do not have to be a member of the NCI Mouse Repository or a recipient of NCI funding to have your mouse model distributed through the NCI Mouse Repository. NCI Mouse Repository strains are maintained as live colonies or cryoarchived as frozen embryos, depending on demand. Up to three breeder pairs may be ordered from live colonies. Cryoarchived strains are supplied as frozen embryos or recovery of live mice by the NCI Mouse Repository may be requested.

Proper citation: NCI Mouse Repository (RRID:SCR_002264) Copy   

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http://www.cogneurosociety.org/

The Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition. Since its founding in 1994, the Society has been dedicated to bringing its 2000 worldwide members the latest research and dialogues in order to facilitate public, professional and scientific discourse. The term cognitive neuroscience has now been with us for almost three decades, and identifies an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the nature of thought. Our members, who are engaged in research focused on elucidating the biological underpinnings of mental processes, form a network of scientists and scholars working at the interface of mind, brain and behavior research. The findings of this research are presented at our member-supported annual scientific conference. The three-day program of plenary speakers, symposia, posters and special events covers all aspects of cognitive neuroscience research. The Society also disseminates information regarding employment opportunities, training fellowships, research grants, and information on related scientific conferences in its monthly newsletter. Our members can receive the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience at a substantial discount.

Proper citation: Cognitive Neuroscience Society (RRID:SCR_001990) Copy   

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http://bbrfoundation.org/

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) is committed to alleviating the suffering of mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research. Additionally, learn about brain and behavior disorders and upcoming events.
100% of all donor contributions for research are invested in NARSAD Grants leading to discoveries in understanding causes and improving treatments of disorders in children and adults, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and anxiety disorders like obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic stress disorders. Over a quarter of a century, we have awarded nearly $300 million worldwide to more than 3,000 scientists carefully selected by our prestigious Scientific Council. We receive no government funding. All of our work relies on contributions from families, foundations and other caring donors.

Proper citation: Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (RRID:SCR_001992) Copy   

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http://brainmapping.org/

This is a topical portal dedicated to the communication of news, science, and information of interest to the brain mapping community, and to sharing and promoting the science of brain mapping. The purpose and goal of brain mapping is to advance the understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the human brain. Scientists in this field seek to gain knowledge of the physical processes that underly human sensation, attention, awareness and cognition. These results are immediately applicable to surgical intervention, to the design of medical interventions and to the treatment of psychological and psychiatric disorders.

Proper citation: www.brainmapping.org (RRID:SCR_001987) Copy   

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http://www.iscbfm.org/

The International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism is a corporation operated exclusively for the purpose of promoting the advancement of education in the science of cerebral blood flow and metabolism throughout the world. The ISCBFM produces a quarterly newsletter, an official journal (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism), have a yearly meeting, opportunities to host summer schools and a job board. ISCBFM members organize summer schools which are courses that have the aim to bring together young and experienced scientists for educational purposes. The biennial Brain Meetings also have a substantial part of the time allocated for educational purposes for young scientists interested in the field of cerebral blood flow and metabolism. Preference will be given to suggestions that are seen as a complement to scheduled courses in connection with the Brain Meetings and to courses that are given in between Brain Meetings.

Proper citation: ISCBFM - International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (RRID:SCR_001989) Copy   

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http://ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/mhc/rbc/Final Archive

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 23, 2019.BGMUT was database that provided publicly accessible platform for DNA sequences and curated set of blood mutation information. Data Archive are available at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/mhc/rbc/Final Archive.

Proper citation: Blood Group Antigen Gene Mutation Database (RRID:SCR_002297) Copy   

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http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on 7/15/13. The Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment offering more than 500 items to the public, many of which are free of charge. They distribute the latest studies and surveys, guides, videocassettes, and other types of information and materials on substance abuse from various agencies, such as the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. They staff both English- and Spanish-speaking information specialists who are skilled at recommending appropriate publications, posters, and videocassettes; conducting customized searches; providing grant and funding information; and referring people to appropriate organizations. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take your calls at 1-800-729-6686. NCADI services include: * an information services staff (English, Spanish, TDD capability) equipped to respond to the public's alcohol, tobacco, and drug (ATD) inquiries; * the distribution of free or low-cost ATD materials, including fact sheets, brochures, pamphlets, monographs, posters, and video tapes from an inventory of over 1,000 items; * a repertoire of culturally-diverse prevention, intervention, and treatment resources tailored for use by parents, teachers, youth, communities and prevention/treatment professionals; * customized searches in the form of annotated bibliographies from alcohol and drug data bases; * access to the Prevention Materials database (PMD) including over 8,000 prevention-related materials and the Treatment Resources Database, available to the public in electronic form; * rapid dissemination of Federal grant announcements for ATD prevention, treatment, and research funding opportunities.

Proper citation: SAMHSAs National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (RRID:SCR_002053) Copy   

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http://www.talairach.org/

Software automated coordinate based system to retrieve brain labels from the 1988 Talairach Atlas. Talairach Daemon database contains anatomical names for brain areas using x-y-z coordinates defined by the 1988 Talairach Atlas.

Proper citation: Talairach Daemon (RRID:SCR_000448) Copy   

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http://www.pbtc.org/

The PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR CONSORTIUM (PBTC) is a multidisciplinary cooperative research organization devoted to the study of correlative tumor biology and new therapies for primary CNS tumors of childhood. PBTC's mission is to contribute rapidly and effectively to the understanding and cure of these tumors through the conduct of multi-center, multidisciplinary, innovative studies with designs and analyses based on uniformly high quality statistical science. While the primary mission of the PBTC is to identify through laboratory and clinical science superior treatment strategies for children with brain cancers, the PBTC investigators recognize their profound responsibility to meet the special needs of the children and families as they face this enormous challenge. Members are committed to working within their institutions and communities to improve support services and follow up care for these patients and their families. The PBTC's primary objective is to rapidly conduct novel phase I and II clinical evaluations of new therapeutic drugs, new biological therapies, treatment delivery technologies and radiation treatment strategies in children from infancy to 21 years of age with primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors. A second objective is to characterize reliable markers and predictors (direct or surrogate) of brain tumors' responses to new therapies. The Consortium conducts research on brain tumor specimens in the laboratory to further understand the biology of pediatric brain tumors. A third objective is to develop and coordinate innovative neuro-imaging techniques. Through the PBTC's Neuro-Imaging Center, formed in May 2000, research to evaluate new treatment response criteria and neuro-imaging methods to understand regional brain effects is in progress. These imaging techniques can also advance understanding of significant neuro-toxicity in a developing child's central nervous system. The Neuro-Imaging Center is supported in part by private sources - grants from foundations and non-profit organizations - in addition to the NCI. As an NCI funded Consortium, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) is required to make research data available to other investigators for use in research projects. An investigator who wishes to use individual patient data from one or more of the Consortium's completed and published studies must submit in writing a description of the research project, the PBTC studies from which data are requested, the specific data requested, and a list of investigators involved with the project and their affiliated research institutions. A copy of the requesting investigator's CV must also be provided. Participating Institutions: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Children's National Medical Center (Washington, DC), Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago), Duke University, National Cancer Institute, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, and University of Pittsburgh.

Proper citation: Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (RRID:SCR_000658) Copy   

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http://cvrl.ioo.ucl.ac.uk/index.htm

The Colour & Vision Research laboratory and database are based at the Institute of Ophthalmology, which is part of University College London. The Institute and CVRL are both closely associated with Moorfields Eye Hospital. The Institute is next door to Moorfields Eye Hospital near Old Street tube station (see directions). At the Colour & Vision Research laboratory, we investigate normal and clinical human visual perception. Our research focuses on questions about colour perception, light and dark adaptation, night-time vision, and the temporal and spatial properties of vision. Our primary goal is to understand the nature of the mechanisms that underlie visual perception, and to understand how those mechanism malfunction in clinical cases. More details about our research can be found by looking at the publications of members of the laboratory. The CVRL database, first set up in 1995, provides an annotated library of downloadable standard data sets relevant to colour and vision research. The focus of this site is primarily scientific and technical, but some introductory background information is also provided. A consistent set of functions for modeling colour vision based on the Stockman & Sharpe cone fundamentals and on our more recent luminous efficiency measurements are summarized under the category CVRL functions. These functions are tabulated in 0.1, 1 and 5 nm steps and can be returned as csv, xml, or tabular data or as dynamic plots. The Stockman & Sharpe cone fundamentals are the basis of a CIE proposal for physiologically-relevant colour matching functions. These functions, which are indentical to the CVRL functions, are summarized under the category CIE 2007 functions. The CIE functions are also tabulated in 0.1, 1 and 5 nm steps, and can also be returned as csv, xml, or tabular data or as dynamic plots. Significant additions to the database are the individual colour matching measurements made by Stiles & Burch. These have been compiled and cross-checked with the help of Boris Oicherman, Alexander Logvinenko, and Abhijit Sarkar from hard copies of the original data provided by Pat Trezona and Mike Webster. They can be obtained as Excel files and are available for both 2 and 10 colour matches. Other data sets, which are provided as csv files, include cone fundamentals, colour matching functions, chromaticity coordinates, prereceptoral filter density spectra, photopigment spectra, and CIE standards. Many of these data sets can also be viewed as dynamic plots. Sponsors: CVRL is funded by BBSRC The Wellcome Trust, Fight for Sight, National Eye Institute, and NIH.

Proper citation: Colour and Vision Research Laboratory (RRID:SCR_000770) Copy   

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http://www.yandell-lab.org/software/index.html

Sequenced genomes contain a treasure trove of information about how genes function and evolve. Getting at this information, however, is challenging and requires novel approaches that combine computer science and experimental molecular biology. My lab works at the intersection of both domains, and research in our group can be summarized as follows: generate hypotheses concerning gene function and evolution by computational means, and then test these hypotheses at the bench. This is easier said than done, as serious barriers still exist to using sequenced genomes and their annotations as starting points for experimental work. Some of these barriers lie in the computational domain, others in the experimental. Though challenging, overcoming these barriers offers exciting training opportunities in both computer science and molecular genetics, especially for those seeking a future at the intersection of both fields. Ongoing projects in the lab are centered on genome annotation and comparative genomics; exploring the relationships between sequence variation and human disease; and high-throughput biological image analysis. Current software tools available: VAAST (the Variant Annotation, Analysis & Search Tool) is a probabilistic search tool for identifying damaged genes and their disease-causing variants in personal genome sequences. VAAST builds upon existing amino acid substitution (AAS) and aggregative approaches to variant prioritization, combining elements of both into a single unified likelihood-framework that allows users to identify damaged genes and deleterious variants with greater accuracy, and in an easy-to-use fashion. VAAST can score both coding and non-coding variants, evaluating the cumulative impact of both types of variants simultaneously. VAAST can identify rare variants causing rare genetic diseases, and it can also use both rare and common variants to identify genes responsible for common diseases. VAAST thus has a much greater scope of use than any existing methodology. MAKER 2 (updated 01-16-2012) MAKER is a portable and easily configurable genome annotation pipeline. It's purpose is to allow smaller eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomeprojects to independently annotate their genomes and to create genome databases. MAKER identifies repeats, aligns ESTs and proteins to a genome, produces ab-initio gene predictions and automatically synthesizes these data into gene annotations having evidence-based quality values. MAKER is also easily trainable: outputs of preliminary runs can be used to automatically retrain its gene prediction algorithm, producing higher quality gene-models on seusequent runs. MAKER's inputs are minimal and its ouputs can be directly loaded into a GMOD database. They can also be viewed in the Apollo genome browser; this feature of MAKER provides an easy means to annotate, view and edit individual contigs and BACs without the overhead of a database. MAKER should prove especially useful for emerging model organism projects with minimal bioinformatics expertise and computer resources. RepeatRunner RepeatRunner is a CGL-based program that integrates RepeatMasker with BLASTX to provide a comprehensive means of identifying repetitive elements. Because RepeatMasker identifies repeats by means of similarity to a nucleotide library of known repeats, it often fails to identify highly divergent repeats and divergent portions of repeats, especially near repeat edges. To remedy this problem, RepeatRunner uses BLASTX to search a database of repeat encoded proteins (reverse transcriptases, gag, env, etc...). Because protein homologies can be detected across larger phylogenetic distances than nucleotide similarities, this BLASTX search allows RepeatRunner to identify divergent protein coding portions of retro-elements and retro-viruses not detected by RepeatMasker. RepeatRunner merges its BLASTX and RepeatMasker results to produce a single, comprehensive XML-based output. It also masks the input sequence appropriately. In practice RepeatRunner has been shown to greatly improve the efficacy of repeat identifcation. RepeatRunner can also be used in conjunction with PILER-DF - a program designed to identify novel repeats - and RepeatMasker to produce a comprehensive system for repeat identification, characterization, and masking in the newly sequenced genomes. CGL CGL is a software library designed to facilitate the use of genome annotations as substrates for computation and experimentation; we call it CGL, an acronym for Comparitive Genomics Library, and pronounce it Seagull. The purpose of CGL is to provide an informatics infrastructure for a laboratory, department, or research institute engaged in the large-scale analysis of genomes and their annotations.

Proper citation: Yandell Lab Portal (RRID:SCR_000807) Copy   

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http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/

International collaborative research project and database of annotated mammalian genome. Used to improve estimates of total number of genes and their alternative transcript isoforms in both human and mouse. Consortium to assign functional annotations to full length cDNAs that were collected during Mouse Encyclopedia Project at RIKEN.

Proper citation: Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome (RRID:SCR_000788) Copy   

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http://phm.utoronto.ca/~jeffh/neuromouse.htm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 17, 2023.Toolbook(tm) based, interactive graphical database which provides structural, molecular, and genetic information on the adult murine nervous system; and its relevance to human neurobiology. This resource is primarily designed as a platform for users to interact, each sharing knowledge on their own area of expertise, which is compiled to a master database. This hypertext atlas presently comprises more than 1000 pages and is designed to provide a flexible integrated resource for the description and discussion of all forms mammalian neurologic data. Version 4.0 of the NeuroMouse program extends the program's basic framework to include a number of areas in modern molecular neurobiology. This system provides an integrated resource for the characterization and description of mammalian neurological data. Major divisions include: Neural Atlas, Molecular Atlas, Genetics/Surgical Lesion Atlas. Neuromouse has been integrated into our strain-specific three dimensional MRI and surgical atlases of the murine CNS. Database contents: Neural Atlas: - Rotational representation of the murine brain. - Neural structures: visual and alphabetic point and click index of neural structures, pathways and systems. - Brain atlas:photographic serial sections in the coronal, sagittal, and horizontal planes (average plate distance - 300 um). Physical brain distances are also provided as are meta-index grids to allow rapid movement between different planes and regions. # Catalog of primary and immortalized neural cells indexed to relevant neural structures. Molecular Atlas: - Index of neurotransmitters: Acetylcholine, GABA, Glutamate, Aspartate, Glycine, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Serotonin (synthesis, distribution, degradation, molecular modules, receptors, subunits, agonists, antagonists, gene structure, localization, physical properties and transgenics are indicated for each item). - Index of neurotrophins / neurokines: NGF, BDNF, NT-3, NT-4/5, CNTF, LIF, Onostain M, IL-6, GDNF, FGF's, S100b (ligand, receptors, expression pattern, physical properties, homologous factors, transgenics/knockouts, chromosomal location, effects of agent, and effects of factors on agent are indicated for each item). - Index of additional neural agents: Bcl-2, TNF/Fas, TGF-beta, P53/Rb, PDGF, EGF family (ligand, receptor, expression patterns, physical properties, homologous factors, transgenics/ knockouts, chromosomal location, effects of agent, effects of factors on agent are indicated for each item). - Molecular biology: Molecular biology of important neural genes with integrated l links, plus selected neural topics (ex. programmed cell death, inducible gene systems, protein motifs, neural gene elements, and selected signal transduction pathways). Genetics Atlas: - Lesion paradigms: Index of common neuronal structural and chemical lesion paradigms. - Selected procedures: description of common neurosurgical, cell tracing, culturing and laboratory procedures. - Neurologic syndromes: Index of important human neurologic syndromes and appropriate animals models. - Neural mutant database: Index and description of naturally occurring and genetically modified murine neurologic mutations; including pages on double knockout animals. Interactive maps of each murine chromosome and human syntenic maps.

Proper citation: NeuroMouse Database (RRID:SCR_001143) Copy   

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http://www.tmslab.org/tmscore.php

At the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (CNBS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School we have three distinct missions: Research, Education and Patient Care. Our research explores brain-behavior relations, brain plasticity and its modulation, employing different noninvasive brain stimulation techniques combined with careful task design, electroencephalography, and functional brain imaging. Educational efforts feature several Continuing Medical Education Courses including a week long intensive course in noninvasive brain stimulation offered 3 times per year. Our clinical program offers noninvasive brain stimulation for treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia, epilepsy, and chronic pain. Clinical work also includes studies of central motor conduction time, cortical excitability, and noninvasive cortical mapping.

Proper citation: BIDMC Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Core (RRID:SCR_011022) Copy   

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https://abctb.org.au/abctbNew2/default.aspx

A tissue bank which houses and supplies cancerous tissue for use by the research community. Along with tissue, the bank collects clinical history, lifestyle factors, breast pathology, treatment information, and follow up information.

Proper citation: Australia Breast Cancer Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_000926) Copy   

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http://www.informatics.jax.org/homology.shtml

MGI contains homology information for mouse, human, rat, chimp, dog and other species. Complete set of human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, dog, cattle, rat, chicken, western clawed frog and zebrafish Homology Classes for mouse genes. Report includes Chromosome and EntrezGene and OMIM IDs. Report of Human and Mouse Homology Classes sorted by HomoloGene ID includes associated nucleotide and protein sequences, Chromosome and OMIM IDs. Report of Human and Mouse Homology with phenotype annotations. Several additional MGI reports are available, including those for Gene Ontology, Phenotypes and Nomenclature.

Proper citation: Vertebrate Homology (RRID:SCR_017517) Copy   

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https://anvilproject.org/

Portal to facilitate integration and computing on and across large datasets generated by NHGRI programs, as well as initiatives funded by National Institutes of Health or by other agencies that support human genomics research. Resource for genomic scientific community, that leverages cloud based infrastructure for democratizing genomic data access, sharing and computing across large genomic, and genomic related data sets. Component of federated data ecosystem, and is expected to collaborate and integrate with other genomic data resources through adoption of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, as their specifications emerge from scientific community. Will provide collaborative environment, where datasets and analysis workflows can be shared within consortium and be prepared for public release to broad scientific community through AnVIL user interfaces.

Proper citation: Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) (RRID:SCR_017469) Copy   

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https://portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-data/rnaseq

Software tool to visualize and analyze transcriptomics data and transcriptomic cell types for mouse and human, all directly in web browser. To explore gene expression heatmap across cell types in datasets, search for genes of interest, explore tSNE visualization, colored by cell types or expression of genes of interest, visualize dataset’s sampling strategy to see how cells and nuclei were sampled across brain areas, cortical layer, and other dimensions, find cell type of interest in one visualization and see its characteristics in different visualization.Used for Allen Brain Map Cell Types Database to Browse Data: Human - Multiple Cortical Areas, and Mouse - Cortex and Hippocampus.

Proper citation: Transcriptomics Explorer (RRID:SCR_017567) Copy   

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