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http://openconnectomeproject.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 9, 2023. Connectomes repository to facilitate the analysis of connectome data by providing a unified front for connectomics research. With a focus on Electron Microscopy (EM) data and various forms of Magnetic Resonance (MR) data, the project aims to make state-of-the-art neuroscience open to anybody with computer access, regardless of knowledge, training, background, etc. Open science means open to view, play, analyze, contribute, anything. Access to high resolution neuroanatomical images that can be used to explore connectomes and programmatic access to this data for human and machine annotation are provided, with a long-term goal of reconstructing the neural circuits comprising an entire brain. This project aims to bring the most state-of-the-art scientific data in the world to the hands of anybody with internet access, so collectively, we can begin to unravel connectomes. Services: * Data Hosting - Their Bruster (brain-cluster) is large enough to store nearly any modern connectome data set. Contact them to make your data available to others for any purpose, including gaining access to state-of-the-art analysis and machine vision pipelines. * Web Viewing - Collaborative Annotation Toolkit for Massive Amounts of Image Data (CATMAID) is designed to navigate, share and collaboratively annotate massive image data sets of biological specimens. The interface is inspired by Google Maps, enhanced to allow the exploration of 3D image data. View the fork of the code or go directly to view the data. * Volume Cutout Service - RESTful API that enables you to select any arbitrary volume of the 3d database (3ddb), and receive a link to download an HDF5 file (for matlab, C, C++, or C#) or a NumPy pickle (for python). Use some other programming language? Just let them know. * Annotation Database - Spatially co-registered volumetric annotations are compactly stored for efficient queries such as: find all synapses, or which neurons synapse onto this one. Create your own annotations or browse others. *Sample Downloads - In addition to being able to select arbitrary downloads from the datasets, they have also collected a few choice volumes of interest. * Volume Viewer - A web and GPU enabled stand-alone app for viewing volumes at arbitrary cutting planes and zoom levels. The code and program can be downloaded. * Machine Vision Pipeline - They are building a machine vision pipeline that pulls volumes from the 3ddb and outputs neural circuits. - a work in progress. As soon as we have a stable version, it will be released. * Mr. Cap - The Magnetic Resonance Connectome Automated Pipeline (Mr. Cap) is built on JIST/MIPAV for high-throughput estimation of connectomes from diffusion and structural imaging data. * Graph Invariant Computation - Upload your graphs or streamlines, and download some invariants. * iPad App - WholeSlide is an iPad app that accesses utilizes our open data and API to serve images on the go.

Proper citation: Open Connectome Project (RRID:SCR_004232) Copy   

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http://www.mged.org/index.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on July 7, 2022. Functional Genomics Data Society - FGED Society, founded in 1999 as the MGED Society, advocates for open access to genomic data sets and works towards providing concrete solutions to achieve this. Our goal is to assure that investment in functional genomics data generates the maximum public benefit. Our work on defining minimum information specifications for reporting data in functional genomics papers have already enabled large data sets to be used and reused to their greater potential in biological and medical research. We work with other organizations to develop standards for biological research data quality, annotation and exchange. We facilitate the creation and use of software tools that build on these standards and allow researchers to annotate and share their data easily. We promote scientific discovery that is driven by genome wide and other biological research data integration and meta-analysis.

Proper citation: Functional Genomics Data Society (RRID:SCR_004358) Copy   

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http://www.sysmo-db.org/

SysMO-DB is a project that is creating a web-based platform, and tooling, for finding, sharing and exchanging Data, Models and Processes in Systems Biology. It was designed to support the SysMO Consortium (Systems Biology for Micro-Organisms), but the principles and methods employed are equally applicable to other multi-site Systems Biology projects. All code is open source and available for download. SEEK, a component of SysMO-DB, is a private community collaboration and asset sharing platform for Systems Biology models, data and protocols serving 120 research institutions throughout Europe. SEEK is the main web-based access point to the system and provides an access control layer to enable researchers to restrict access to collaborators, colleagues or other individuals until they are ready to share with the whole consortium or the wider community. The main objectives of SysMO-DB are to: facilitate the web-based exchange of data between research groups within- and inter- consortia, and to provide an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community. We aim to devise a progressive and scalable solution to the data management needs of the SysMO initiative, that: * facilitates and maximizes the potential for data exchange between SysMO research groups; * maximizes the ''shelf life'' and utility of data generated by SysMO; * provides an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community; and * facilitates standardization of practices in Systems Biology for the interfacing of modeling and experimentation. We follow several key principles: * exploit what is already available, both within the consortium and outside it, and do not reinvent; * identify the least we can do to make a benefit and do this incrementally. SysMO-DB will soon be opening it up to the wider scientific community, but for now it is currently only available for those within the SysMO consortium.

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http://www.cure.med.ucla.edu/

Center whose interests and activities encompass several facets of gastrointestinal regulatory physiology and cell biology. It provides an infrastructure to support basic, translational and clinical research and to facilitate interdisciplinary research and training activities in digestive diseases.

Proper citation: CURE - Digestive Diseases Research Center (RRID:SCR_004238) Copy   

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http://www.cancerdiagnosis.nci.nih.gov/

National program to improve the diagnosis and assessment of cancer by moving scientific knowledge into clinical practice by coordinating and funding resources and research for the development of innovative in vitro diagnostics, novel diagnostic technologies and appropriate human specimens. The Cancer Diagnosis Program is divided into four branches: Biorepository and Biospecimen Research Branch (BBRB), Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch (DBTB), Diagnostics Evaluation Branch (DEB), and the Pathology Investigation and Resources Branch (PIRB).

Proper citation: CDP (RRID:SCR_004236) Copy   

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http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/

Public database of information about all clinical trials involving humans, this global initiative provides a single point of access to information about ongoing and completed clinical trials. It contains the trial registration data sets made available by data providers around the world meeting criteria for content and quality control. It also aims to: * To improve the comprehensiveness, completeness and accuracy of registered clinical trial data * To communicate and raise awareness of the need to register clinical trials * To ensure the accessibility of registered data * To build capacity for clinical trial registration * To encourage the utilization of registered data * To ensure the sustainability of the ICTRP The mission of the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform is to ensure that a complete view of research is accessible to all those involved in health care decision making. This will improve research transparency and will ultimately strengthen the validity and value of the scientific evidence base. The registration of all interventional trials is a scientific, ethical and moral responsibility. The ICTRP: * Publishes the ICTRP Search Portal * Supports the WHO Registry Network * Supports countries and regions wanting to establish WHO-compliant clinical trial registries or policies on trial registration.

Proper citation: WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (RRID:SCR_004475) Copy   

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http://www.cvrgrid.org/

Infrastructure for sharing cardiovascular data and data analysis tools. Human ExVivo heart data set and canine ExVivo normal and failing heart data sets are available. Canine hearts atlas and human InVivo atlases are available.

Proper citation: CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG) (RRID:SCR_004472) Copy   

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http://proteome.gs.washington.edu/software/bibliospec/documentation/index.html

BiblioSpec enables the identification of peptides from tandem mass spectra by searching against a database of previously identified spectra. This suite of software tools is for creating and searching MS/MS peptide spectrum libraries. BiblioSpec is available free of charge for noncommercial use through an interactive web-site at http://depts.washington.edu/ventures/UW_Technology/Express_Licenses/bibliospec.php The BiblioSpec package contains the following programs: * BlibBuild creates a library of peptide MS/MS spectra from MS2 files. * BlibFilter removes redundant spectra from a library. * BlibSearch searches a spectrum library for matches to query spectra, reporting the results in an SQT file. In addition to the primary programs, the following auxiliary programs are available: * BlibStats writes summary statistics describing a library. * BlibToMS2 writes a library in MS2 file format. * BlibUpdate adds, deletes, or annotates spectra. * BlibPpMS2 processes spectra (bins peaks, removes noise, normalizes intensity) as done in BlibSearch and prints the resulting spectra to a text file. Several reference libraries are available for download. These libraries are updated regularly and are for use under the Linux operating system. You will find libraries for * Escherichia coli * Saccharomyces cerevisiae * Caenorhabditis elegans

Proper citation: BiblioSpec (RRID:SCR_004349) Copy   

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http://www.dvbic.org/

The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is a congressionally mandated collaboration of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) health centers serving patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its mission is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military, VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI. In 2008, DVBIC''s mission expanded to include Force Health Protection and Management. This encompasses the following Department of Defense (DoD) programs: * TBI Surveillance * TBI Registry * Pre-deployment neurocognitive testing * Family Caregiver Curriculum * 15 year longitudinal study of TBI * Independent study of automated neurocognitive tests DVBIC has been named the Office of Responsibility or Executive Agency for these programs. The DVBIC multi-site network includes a growing number of DoD and VA hospitals as well as civilian TBI rehabilitation programs. Each DVBIC site works collaboratively to provide and improve TBI care for active duty military, veterans and their eligible beneficiaries. DVBIC''s multi-center network design and collaborations with forward medical commands allows for clinical innovation along the entire continuum of care: from initial injury in the war zone through to medical evacuation, acute care, rehabilitation and ultimately a return to community, family, and work or continued duty when possible. WHAT WE DO * Develop and provide advanced TBI-specific evaluation, treatment and follow-up care for military personnel, their beneficiaries, and veterans with mild to severe TBIs * Conduct clinical research that defines optimal care and treatment for individuals with TBI * Develop and deliver effective educational materials and programming for the prevention, assessment and treatment of TBI including the management of its continuing effects. DVBIC is specifically committed to the effort to prevent, treat, and provide education on TBI for US military members currently on active duty, National Guard and reservists recently injured in the line of duty, their beneficiaries, and retired military personnel. * Oversee congressionally-mandated DoD TBI programs All of the above are done through innovative collaborations among the Armed Forces, VA, federal agencies, and coordinating academic institutions.

Proper citation: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (RRID:SCR_004505) Copy   

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http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/

Collection of biology-focused teaching materials created and administered by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute including free lectures, videos and animations for science education. Many of the resources are also available on DVD and CD-ROM. In addition to the resources on the website, BioInteractive offers DVDs of HHMI''s annual Holiday Lectures on Science and CD-ROMs of the Virtual Lab series. These materials are available to educators for free and can be ordered from the catalog at http://catalog.hhmi.org. Each Holiday Lectures on Science is a set of four one-hour lectures presented each December at the headquarters of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland . The lectures give students and teachers the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge biomedical research directly from some of the world''s leading scientists. Intended to inspire young students to pursue careers in science, the lectures bring the latest developments in a rapidly moving field of research into the classroom. The lectures are primarily geared to high school students in honors and Advanced Placement biology classes. Other high school students and undergraduates can certainly benefit from the content of the lectures. Some of the related materials on the biointeractive website (http://www.biointeractive.org/) are aimed at a broader audience. With a teacher''s guidance, middle school students can also enjoy learning about the topic. Holiday Lectures are webcast live at http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hl/. Following the live event, they are available as on-demand streaming video at the same Web address. Webcasts of all past Holiday Lectures are available as on-demand streaming video at http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/lectures/index.html. Holiday Lectures are also available as podcasts from http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/podcast_popup.html

Proper citation: Biointeractive (RRID:SCR_004388) Copy   

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https://sfari.org/

Launched in 2005, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is a research campaign within the Simons Foundation''s overall suite of programs. SFARI''s mission is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding, catalyzing and driving innovative research of the greatest quality and relevance. Although SFARI''s priority is to benefit individuals challenged by these disorders, its efforts are certain to yield insights into the neural mechanisms of fundamental human capabilities, thereby promoting the broader mission of the Simons Foundation to advance the frontiers of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. Autism spectrum disorders are a set of complex developmental disorders characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction, as well as restricted behaviors, interests or activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that roughly 1 in 110 children in the U.S. have autism, with many more boys affected than girls. These disorders cost the U.S. economy an estimated $35 billion dollars each year in direct care costs and lost productivity, and extract an incalculable human toll.

Proper citation: SFARI - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (RRID:SCR_004261) Copy   

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http://stemcellcommons.org/

Open source environment for sharing, processing and analyzing stem cell data bringing together stem cell data sets with tools for curation, dissemination and analysis. Standardization of the analytical approaches will enable researchers to directly compare and integrate their results with experiments and disease models in the Commons. Key features of the Stem Cell Commons * Contains stem cell related experiments * Includes microarray and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data from human, mouse, rat and zebrafish * Data from multiple cell types and disease models * Carefully curated experimental metadata using controlled vocabularies * Export in the Investigation-Study-Assay tabular format (ISA-Tab) that is used by over 30 organizations worldwide * A community oriented resource with public data sets and freely available code in public code repositories such as GitHub Currently in development * Development of Refinery, a novel analysis platform that links Commons data to the Galaxy analytical engine * ChIP-seq analysis pipeline (additional pipelines in development) * Integration of experimental metadata and data files with Galaxy to guide users to choose workflows, parameters, and data sources Stem Cell Commons is based on open source software and is available for download and development.

Proper citation: Stem Cell Commons (RRID:SCR_004415) Copy   

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http://www.digimorph.org/

A dynamic archive of information on digital morphology and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens serving imagery for more than 750 specimens contributed by almost 150 collaborating researchers from the world''s premiere natural history museums and universities. Browse through the site and see spectacular imagery and animations and details on the morphology of many representatives of the Earth''s biota. Digital Morphology, part of the National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative, develops and serves unique 2D and 3D visualizations of the internal and external structure of living and extinct vertebrates, and a growing number of ''invertebrates.'' The Digital Morphology library contains nearly a terabyte of imagery of natural history specimens that are important to education and central to ongoing cutting-edge research efforts. Digital Morphology visualizations are now in use in classrooms and research labs around the world and can be seen in a growing number of museum exhibition halls. The Digital Morphology site currently presents: * QuickTime animations of complete stacks of serial CT sections * Animated 3D volumetric movies of complete specimens * Stereolithography (STL) files of 3D objects that can be viewed interactively and rapidly prototyped into scalable physical 3D objects that can be handled and studied as if they were the original specimens * Informative introductions to the scanned organisms, often written by world authorities * Pertinent bibliographic information on each specimen * Useful links * A course resource for our ''Digital Methods for Paleontology'' course, in which students learn how to generate all of the types of imagery displayed on the Digital Morphology site

Proper citation: DigiMorph (RRID:SCR_004416) Copy   

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http://webvision.med.utah.edu/

Online textbook that has evolved into an interactive, dynamic blog that covers all things related to the bioscience of the visual system. It summarizes recent advances in knowledge and understanding of the visual system through dedicated chapters and evolving discussion to serve as a clearing house for all things related to retina and vision science.

Proper citation: Webvision - The Organization of the Retina and Visual System (RRID:SCR_004254) Copy   

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https://www.med.unc.edu/pgc/

Consortium conducting meta-analyses of genome-wide genetic data for psychiatric disease. Focused on autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa (AN), Tourette syndrome (TS), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Used to investigate common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped on commercial arrays, structural variation (copy number variation) and uncommon or rare genetic variation. To participate you are asked to upload data from your study to central computer used by this consortium. Genetic Cluster Computer serves as data warehouse and analytical platform for this study . When data from your study have been incorporated, account will be provided on central server and access to all GWAS genotypes, phenotypes, and meta-analytic results relevant to deposited data and participation aims. NHGRI GWAS Catalog contains updated information about all GWAS in biomedicine, and is usually excellent starting point to find comprehensive list of studies. Files can be obtained by any PGC member for any disease to which they contributed data. These files can also be obtained by application to NIMH Genetics Repository. Individual-level genotype and phenotype data requires application, material transfer agreement, and informed consent consideration. Some datasets are also in controlled-access dbGaP and Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium repositories. PGC members can also receive back cleaned and imputed data and results for samples they contributed to PGC analyses.

Proper citation: Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (RRID:SCR_004495) Copy   

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http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm

A global species database and encyclopedia of over 32,800 species and subspecies of fishes that is searchable by common name, genus, species, geography, family, ecosystem, references literature, tools, etc. It links to other, related databases such as the Catalog of Fishes, GenBack, and LarvalBase. It is associated with a partner journal, Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. It is available in English, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Italian, and German. Photo and video submissions are welcome. FishBase 2004 is also available on DVD or CD-ROMs with full information on 28,500 species. It comes together with the FishBase 2000 book and can be ordered for 95 US$ including air-mail.

Proper citation: FishBase (RRID:SCR_004376) Copy   

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http://www.uniprot.org/locations/

The subcellular locations in which a protein is found are described in UniProtKB entries with a controlled vocabulary, which includes also membrane topology and orientation terms. You may search in subcellular locations or list them all along with their definitions (490). By default, searching the subcellular locations will look for matches in both name and definition.

Proper citation: UniProtKB Subcellular Locations (RRID:SCR_004373) Copy   

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http://pathinformatics.wikispaces.com/

The Pathology Informatics Curriculum Wiki is a public wiki based on community-based, continually updated online resources. It is about computers and information technology as tools within the field of pathology. Its content includes information management and communication (e.g. meetings on quality, electronic medical records, electronic order entry, reporting critical values, etc.) The goals of the Pathology Informatics Curriculum Wiki are four-fold: 1. To increase interest among pathology residents in pathology informatics; 2. To become a shared educational resource for pathology training programs to supplement or develop their own local curriculum in pathology informatics; 3. To increase research activities in the field; and 4. To connect pathology residents to experts in pathology informatics. We encourage contributors to (1) use the the wiki format to improve and extend this curriculum; (2) help edit and maintain the pathology informatics related pages in Wikipedia that are linked to this curriculum, and (3) create new pathology informatics pages in Wikipedia and link them to this website. In each of the lessons of the curriculum, we highlight areas where we feel that there is need for new or updated articles in Wikipedia relating to that topic.

Proper citation: Pathology Informatics Curriculum Wiki (RRID:SCR_004525) Copy   

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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Immunology

Immunology is a wikibook with the following contents: * Introduction * Organs of the Immune System * Cells of the Immune System * Antigens * Antibodies * Immune System Genetics * Antibody/Antigen Interactions * Major Histocompatibility Complex * Antigen Processing and Presentation * T Cells * B Cells * Cell-Mediated Immune Response * Cytokines * The Complement System * Inflammation * Hypersensitivity * Infectious Disease * Immunodeficiency * Autoimmunity * Transplants * Cancer * Vaccines * Experimental Methods in Immunology You may download as a PDF or print it.

Proper citation: Immunology (RRID:SCR_004527) Copy   

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https://www.hupo.org/human-antibody-initiative/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on January 19, 2022.The mission of the Human Antibody Initiative (HAI) aims to promote and facilitate the use of antibodies for proteomics research. The initiative consists of two separate activities; (1) the generation of a catalogue of validated antibodies from many different sources and (2) a protein atlas for the expression and localization of human proteins in normal and disease tissue. The two separate activities have as their primary deliverables to generate databases with free public accessibility. The Antibody Resource database (www.antibodypedia.org) is aimed to produce a comprehensive catalogue of validated antibodies towards human proteins. This initiative depends on input from a large number of academic groups and commercial companies. The Protein Atlas initiative (www.proteinatlas.org) is aimed to provide comprehensive and annotated database of high-resolution images showing tissue profiles in normal and cancer tissues. Both databases will be open to the public without restriction (no passwords).

Proper citation: HUPO Antibody Initiative (RRID:SCR_004568) Copy   

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