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http://www.wicell.org/

A nonprofit organization offering research and clinical grade pluripotent stem cell lines, cytogenetic testing, quality control testing and cell banking services to researchers worldwide. The organization is focused on enhancing and expanding the study of human pluripotent stem cells by supporting basic research; establishing research protocols; creating and distributing cell lines; providing training to scientists worldwide; and supporting efforts to unlock the therapeutic potential of stem cell technologies. As home to the Wisconsin International Stem Cell (WISC) Bank, and previously the first US National Stem Cell Bank, WiCell serves the worldwide scientific stem cell community through banking, characterization, and distribution of stem cell lines as well as providing technical support. WiCell also offers cytogenetic services, quality control testing services and clinical grade cell lines to researchers across the globe.

Proper citation: WiCell Research Institute (RRID:SCR_004364) 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.brainarchitecture.org/mouse-home

An atlas project whose goal is to enerate brainwide maps of inter-regional neural connectivity that specify the inputs and outputs of every brain region, at a "mesoscopic" level of analysis. A 3D injection viewer is used to view the mouse brain. To determine the outputs of a brain region, anterograde tracers are used which are taken up by neurons locally ("the input"), then transported actively down the axons to the "output regions." The whole brain is then sliced thinly, and each slice is digitally imaged. These 2-D images are reconstructed in 3D. The majority of the resulting 3-D brain image is unlabeled. Only the injected region and its output regions have tracer in them, allowing for identification of this small fraction of the connectivity map. This procedure is repeated identically, to account for individual variability. To determine the inputs to the same brain region as above, a retrograde tracer is injected in the same stereotaxic location ("the input"), and the process is repeated. In order to accumulate data from different mice (each of whom has a slightly different brain shape and size), 3-D spatial normalization is performed using registration algorithms. These gigapixel images of whole-brain sections can be zoomed to show individual neurons and their processes, providing a "virtual microscope." Each sampled brain is represented in about 500 images, each image showing an optical section through a 20 micron-thick slice of brain tissue. A multi-resolution viewer permits users to journey through each brain, following the pathways taken through three-dimensional brain space by tracer-labeled neuronal pathways. A key point is that at the mid-range "mesoscopic" scale, the team expects to assemble a picture of connections that are stereotypical and probably genetically determined in a species-specific manner. By dividing the volume of a hemisphere of the mouse brain into 250 equidistant, predefined grid-points, and administering four different kinds of tracer injections at each grid point -- in different animals of the same sex and age a complete wiring diagram that will be stitched together in "shotgun" fashion from the full dataset.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004683) Copy   

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

An independent, nonprofit organization focused on mammalian genetics research to advance human health. Their mission is to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating, and curing human disease, and to enable research for the global biomedical community. Jackson Laboratory breeds and manages colonies of mice as resources for other research institutions and laboratories, along with providing software and techniques. Jackson Lab also conducts genetic research and provides educational material for various educational levels.

Proper citation: Jackson Laboratory (RRID:SCR_004633) Copy   

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http://variant.bioinfo.cipf.es/

Analysis tool that can report the functional properties of any variant in all the human, mouse or rat genes (and soon new model organisms will be added) and the corresponding neighborhoods. Also other non-coding extra-genic regions, such as miRNAs are included in the analysis. It not only reports the obvious functional effects in the coding regions but also analyzes noncoding SNVs situated both within the gene and in the neighborhood that could affect different regulatory motifs, splicing signals, and other structural elements. These include: Jaspar regulatory motifs, miRNA targets, splice sites, exonic splicing silencers, calculations of selective pressures on the particular polymorphic positions, etc. Software analysis pipelines used in the analysis of NGS data are highly modular, heterogeneous, and rapidly evolving. VARIANT can easily be incorporated into a NGS resequencing pipeline either as a CLI or invoked a webservice. It inputs data directly from the most widely used programs for SNV detection., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: VARIANT (RRID:SCR_005194) Copy   

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https://www.bioconductor.org/packages//2.12/bioc/html/dexus.html

Software package that identifies differentially expressed genes in RNA-Seq data under all possible study designs such as studies without replicates, without sample groups, and with unknown conditions. It works also for known conditions, for example for RNA-Seq data with two or multiple conditions. RNA-Seq read count data can be provided both by the S4 class Count Data Set and by read count matrices. Differentially expressed transcripts can be visualized by heatmaps, in which unknown conditions, replicates, and samples groups are also indicated. This software is fast since the core algorithm is written in C. For very large data sets, a parallel version of DEXUS is provided in this package. DEXUS is a statistical model that is selected in a Bayesian framework by an EM algorithm. It does not need replicates to detect differentially expressed transcripts, since the replicates (or conditions) are estimated by the EM method for each transcript. The method provides an informative/non-informative value to extract differentially expressed transcripts at a desired significance level or power.

Proper citation: DEXUS (RRID:SCR_001309) Copy   

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https://scicrunch.org/scicrunch/data/source/nlx_154697-1/search?q=*&l=

Integrated Animals is a virtual database currently indexing available animal strains and mutants from: AGSC (Ambystoma), BCBC (mice), BDSC (flies), CWRU Cystic Fibrosis Mouse Models (mice), DGGR (flies), FlyBase (flies), IMSR (mice), MGI (mice), MMRRC (mice), NSRRC (pig), NXR (Xenopus), RGD (rats), Sperm Stem Cell Libraries for Biological Research (rats), Tetrahymena Stock Center (Tetrahymena), WormBase (worms), XGSC (Xiphophorus), ZFIN (zebrafish), and ZIRC (zebrafish).

Proper citation: Integrated Animals (RRID:SCR_001421) Copy   

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http://incf.org/programs/atlasing/projects/waxholm-space

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 1st, 2023. Coordinate based reference space for the mapping and registration of neuroanatomical data. Users can download image volumes representing the canonical Waxholm Space (WHS) adult C57BL/6J mouse brain, which include T1-, T2*-, and T2-Weighted MR volumes (generated at the Duke Center for In-Vivo Microscopy), Nissl-stained optical histology (acquired at Drexel University), and a volume of labels. All volumes are represented at 21.5μ isotropic resolution. Datasets are provided as gzipped NIFTI files.

Proper citation: Waxholm Space (RRID:SCR_001592) Copy   

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https://github.com/Ensembl

Public database that stores areas of genome that differ between individual genomes (variants) and, where available, associated disease and phenotype information. Different types of variants for several species: single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), short nucleotide insertions and/or deletions, and longer variants classified as structural variants (including CNVs). Effects of variants on the Ensembl transcripts and regulatory features for each species are predicted. You can run same analysis on your own data using Variant Effect Predictor. These data are integrated with other data sources in Ensembl, and can be accessed using the API or website. For several different species in Ensembl, they import variation data (SNPs, CNVs, allele frequencies, genotypes, etc) from a variety of sources (e.g. dbSNP). Imported variants and alleles are subjected to quality control process to flag suspect data. In human, they calculate linkage disequilibrium for each variant, by population.

Proper citation: Ensembl Variation (RRID:SCR_001630) Copy   

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http://type1diabetes.jax.org/

International repository for importation, curation, genotypic and phenotypic validation, cryopreservation, and distribution of mouse stocks of value to the type 1 diabetes scientific community holding over 250 genetically modified or congenic mouse stocks that are being used to dissect genetic and biologic features of T1D. They provide extensive genotypic and phenotypic quality control and genetic stabilization for these strains, as well as incidence studies when available. An added value of T1DR stocks is their ability to propel advances in related areas of science, including research in non-T1D autoimmunity and infectious diseases. The staff provides information and technical assistance regarding selection and use of existing T1DR models, and will provide limited support for development of new models considered to be of high-value for the T1D community. The resource includes strains generated at the Jackson Laboratory as well as strains donated by external scientists. Investigators are highly encouraged to donate a strain to ensure its preservation and availability to other researchers.

Proper citation: Type 1 Diabetes Resource (RRID:SCR_001475) Copy   

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http://www.informatics.jax.org/cookbook/

A book adapted for the Web on the anatomy of the laboratory mouse by Margaret J. Cook, 143 pages, M.R.C. Laboratory Animals Centre, Carshalton, Surrey, England. Academic Press 1965. Mouse Externals, Skeleton, Viscera and Circulatory System are covered.

Proper citation: Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse (RRID:SCR_001509) Copy   

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http://ancora.genereg.net/

Web resource that provides data and tools for exploring genomic organization of highly conserved noncoding elements (HCNEs) for multiple genomes. It includes a genome browser that shows HCNE locations and features novel HCNE density plots as a powerful tool to discover developmental regulatory genes and distinguish their regulatory elements and domains. They identify HCNEs as non-exonic regions of high similarity between genome sequences from distantly related organisms, such as human and fish, and provide tools for studying the distribution of HCNEs along chromosomes. Major peaks of HCNE density along chromosomes most often coincide with developmental regulatory genes. Their aim with this site is to aid discovery of developmental regulatory genes, their regulatory domains and their fundamental regulatory elements.

Proper citation: Ancora (RRID:SCR_001623) Copy   

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https://phenogen.org

Website for analyzing microarray data. Software toolbox for storing, analyzing and integrating microarray data and related genotype and phenotype data. The site is particularly suited for combining QTL and microarray data to search for candidate genes contributing to complex traits. In addition, the site allows, if desired by the investigators, sharing of the data. Investigators can conduct in-silico microarray experiments using their own and/or shared data. There are five major sections of the site: Genome/Transcriptome Data Browser, Microarray Analysis Tools, Gene List Analysis Tools, QTL Tools, and Downloads. The genome/transcriptome data browser combines a genome browser with all the microarray, RNA-Seq, and Genomic Sequencing data. This provides an effective platform to view all of this data side by side. Source code is available on GitHub.

Proper citation: PhenoGen Informatics (RRID:SCR_001613) Copy   

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http://www.norcomm.org/index.htm

Large-scale research initiative focused on developing and distributing a library of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell lines carrying single gene trapped or targeted mutations across the mouse genome. NorCOMM's large and growing archive of ES cells is publicly available on a cost-recovery basis from the Canadian Mouse Mutant Repository. As an international public resource, access to clones is unrestricted and nonexclusive. Through NorCOMM's affiliation with the Canadian Mouse Consortium (CMC), NorCOMM also provides clients with a single point of access to regional mouse derivation, phenotyping, genetic and archiving services across Canada. These value-added services can help your company harness NorCOMM's resources for drug discovery, target discovery and preclinical validation.

Proper citation: North American Conditional Mouse Mutagenesis Project (RRID:SCR_001614) Copy   

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http://www.tigm.org/

Resource for any researcher looking to obtain knockout mice and embryonic stem (ES) cells quickly and with favorable intellectual property (IP) terms. Our resources include the world’s largest gene trap library of ES cells in the C57BL/6N mouse strain and a constantly expanding repository of cryopreserved germplasm of knockout lines. TIGM provides both ES cell clones and mice as well as other transgenic core services including CRISPR/Cas9-based genome modifications within the Texas A&M system and to the public and private international research community.

Proper citation: Texas A and M Institute for Genomic Medicine (RRID:SCR_001615) Copy   

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http://www.findmice.org/index.jsp

Database of mouse strains and stocks available worldwide, that will assist international research community in finding mouse resources they need, including inbred, mutant, and genetically engineered mice. IMSR is multi institutional international collaboration supporting use of mouse as model system for studying human biology and disease. IMSR began with initial collaboration between Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) group at Jackson Laboratory and Medical Research Council Mammalian Genetics Unit at Harwell. Additional institutions and collaborators are now contributing mouse resource information to IMSR. Data content found in IMSR is as it was supplied by data provider sites. You are encouraged to participate in making this database as complete as possible for all worldwide mouse strain resources. If you or your institution hold mice, cryopreserved gametes or embryos, or ES cell lines that you distribute to other researchers, contributing information about them to IMSR catalog will make them more widely known.

Proper citation: International Mouse Strain Resource (RRID:SCR_001526) Copy   

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http://globin.cse.psu.edu/

Data and tools for studying the function of DNA sequences, with an emphasis on those involved in the production of hemoglobin. It includes information about naturally-occurring human hemoglobin mutations and their effects, experimental data related to the regulation of the beta-like globin gene cluster, and software tools for comparing sequences with one another to discover regions that are likely to play significant roles.

Proper citation: Globin Gene Server (RRID:SCR_001480) Copy   

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http://www.stjudebgem.org/web/mainPage/mainPage.php

This database contains gene expression patterns assembled from mouse nervous tissues at 4 time points throughout brain development including embryonic (e) day 11.5, e15.5, postnatal (p) day 7 and adult p42. Using a high throughput in situ hybridization approach we are assembling expression patterns from selected genes and presenting them in a searchable database. The database includes darkfield images obtained using radioactive probes, reference cresyl violet stained sections, the complete nucleotide sequence of the probes used to generate the data and all the information required to allow users to repeat and extend the analyses. The database is directly linked to Pubmed, LocusLink, Unigene and Gene Ontology Consortium housed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine. These data are provided freely to promote communication and cooperation among research groups throughout the world.

Proper citation: Brain Gene Expression Map (RRID:SCR_001517) Copy   

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http://www.gudmap.org

Project aggregates and provides experimental gene expression data from genito-urinary system. International consortium providing molecular atlas of gene expression for developing organs of GenitoUrinary (GU) tract. Mouse strains to facilitate developmental and functional studies within GU system. Experimental protocols and standard specifications. Tutorials describing GU organogenesis and primary data via database. Data are from large-scale in situ hybridization screens (wholemount and section) and microarray gene expression data of microdissected, laser-captured and FACS-sorted components of developing mouse genitourinary (GU) system.

Proper citation: GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project (RRID:SCR_001554) Copy   

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http://www.nesys.uio.no/Atlas3D/

A multi-platform visualization tool which allows import and visualization of 3-D atlas structures in combination with tomographic and histological image data. The tool allows visualization and analysis of the reconstructed atlas framework, surface modeling and rotation of selected structures, user-defined slicing at any chosen angle, and import of data produced by the user for merging with the atlas framework. Tomographic image data in NIfTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) file format, VRML and PNG files can be imported and visualized within the atlas framework. XYZ coordinate lists are also supported. Atlases that are available with the tool include mouse brain structures (3-D reconstructed from The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates by Paxinos and Franklin (2001)) and rat brain structures (3-D reconstructed from The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates by Paxinos and Watson (2005)). Experimental data can be imported in Atlas3D and warped to atlas space, using manual linear registration, with the possibility to scale, rotate, and position the imported data. This facilitates assignment of location and comparative analysis of signal location in tomographic images.

Proper citation: Atlas3D (RRID:SCR_001808) Copy   

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