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http://biosciencedbc.jp/

The National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) intends to integrate all databases for life sciences in Japan, by linking each database with expediency to maximize convenience and make the entire system more user-friendly. We aim to focus our attention on the needs of the users of these databases who have all too often been neglected in the past, rather than the needs of the people tasked with the creation of databases. It is important to note that we will continue to honor the independent integrity of each database that will contribute to our endeavor, as we are fully aware that each database was originally crafted for specific purposes and divergent goals. Services: * Database Catalog - A catalog of life science related databases constructed in Japan that are also available in English. Information such as URL, status of the database site (active vs. inactive), database provider, type of data and subjects of the study are contained for each database record. * Life Science Database Cross Search - A service for simultaneous searching across scattered life-science databases, ranging from molecular data to patents and literature. * Life Science Database Archive - maintains and stores the datasets generated by life scientists in Japan in a long-term and stable state as national public goods. The Archive makes it easier for many people to search datasets by metadata in a unified format, and to access and download the datasets with clear terms of use. * Taxonomy Icon - A collection of icons (illustrations) of biological species that is free to use and distribute. There are more than 200 icons of various species including Bacteria, Fungi, Protista, Plantae and Animalia. * GenLibi (Gene Linker to bibliography) - an integrated database of human, mouse and rat genes that includes automatically integrated gene, protein, polymorphism, pathway, phenotype, ortholog/protein sequence information, and manually curated gene function and gene-related or co-occurred Disease/Phenotype and bibliography information. * Allie - A search service for abbreviations and long forms utilized in life sciences. It provides a solution to the issue that many abbreviations are used in the literature, and polysemous or synonymous abbreviations appear frequently, making it difficult to read and understand scientific papers that are not relevant to the reader's expertise. * inMeXes - A search service for English expressions (multiple words) that appear no less than 10 times in PubMed/MEDLINE titles or abstracts. In addition, you can easily access the sentences where the expression was used or other related information by clicking one of the search results. * HOWDY - (Human Organized Whole genome Database) is a database system for retrieving human genome information from 14 public databases by using official symbols and aliases. The information is daily updated by extracting data automatically from the genetic databases and shown with all data having the identifiers in common and linking to one another. * MDeR (the MetaData Element Repository in life sciences) - a web-based tool designed to let you search, compare and view Data Elements. MDeR is based on the ISO/IEC 11179 Part3 (Registry metamodel and basic attributes). * Human Genome Variation Database - A database for accumulating all kinds of human genome variations detected by various experimental techniques. * MEDALS - A portal site that provides information about databases, analysis tools, and the relevant projects, that were conducted with the financial support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.

Proper citation: NBDC - National Bioscience Database Center (RRID:SCR_000814) Copy   

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http://synapses.clm.utexas.edu/tools/reconstruct/reconstruct.stm

A Windows (Win32) software application for montaging, aligning, tracing, measuring, and reconstructing objects from serial microscopic section images. The software is designed for microscopy in which section resolution is much less than section thickness, such as transmitted electron microscopy (EM) where the resolution is a few nanometers while the section thickness is many tens of nanometers. Reconstruct can easily handle series with hundreds of very large, high-resolution section images. It facilitates image cropping, scaling and alignment. Multiple images can be placed side-by-side to make a montage of a section from a mosaic of images. The alignment of adjacent sections can be rapidly compared by either blending the two sections or by flickering between them. Sections can be moved while blended. Reconstruct aids in the calibration of image size. Images taken at different magnifications can be combined, calibrated and aligned. Tools for tracing and editing of objects on sections are provided. Objects can be surfaced from the traces and previewed in an OpenGL-based 3D scene window. The 3D scene can be saved as a bitmap or as a VRML file.

Proper citation: Synapse Web Reconstruct (RRID:SCR_002716) Copy   

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https://www.ibdgc.org/

Repository of biospecimen and phenotype data collected from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis cases and controls recruited at six sites throughout North America that are available to the scientific community. Phenotyping is performed using a standardized protocol, and lymphoblastoid cell lines are established for each subject. Phenotype data for each subject are collected by the Consortium's Data Coordinating Center (DCC), and phenotype data for all subjects with DNA samples are available. The resulting DNA samples have already been utilized by the Consortium to complete various association studies, including genome-wide association studies using dense genotyping arrays. Researchers can obtain DNA samples and phenotype, genotype, and pedigree data through the Data Repository. GWAS data must be requested through dbGAP. The IBDGC is involved with independent genetic research studies and actively works with members of the IBD and genetic communities on collaborative projects. They are also members of the International IBD Genetics Consortium. Phenotype Tools: The Consortium Phenotype Committee, led by Dr. Hillary Steinhart designed and validated paper forms to collect extensive phenotype data on Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. Consortium phenotype tools are available for use by non-Consortium members.

Proper citation: NIDDK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium (RRID:SCR_001461) Copy   

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https://www.upf.edu/web/ntsa/downloads/-/asset_publisher/xvT6E4pczrBw/content/2012-nonrandomness-nonlinear-dependence-and-nonstationarity-of-electroencephalographic-recordings-from-epilepsy-patients

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented November 23, 2020; EEG data set, source code, and results from 7500 signal pairs from 5 epilepsy patients analyzed in the manuscript, Andrzejak RG, Schindler K, Rummel C. Nonrandomness, nonlinear dependence, and nonstationarity of electroencephalographic recordings from epilepsy patients. Phys. Rev. E, 86, 046206, 2012. All Matlab source codes are included in the file ASR_Sources_2012_10_16.zip. The clinical purpose of these recordings was to delineate the brain areas to be surgically removed in each individual patient in order to achieve seizure control.

Proper citation: Bern-Barcelona EEG database (RRID:SCR_001582) Copy   

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http://oppnet.nih.gov/

OppNet is a trans-NIH initiative to expand the agency's funding of basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR). Basic-BSSR studies mechanisms and processes that influence behavior at the individual, group, community and population level. Research results lead to new approaches for reducing risky behaviors and improving the adoption of healthy practices. The mission of OppNet is to pursue opportunities for strengthening basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR) at the NIH while innovating beyond existing investments. * OppNet advances basic behavioral and social science research through activities and initiatives that build a body of knowledge about the nature of behavior and social systems. * OppNet prioritizes activities and initiatives that focus on basic mechanisms of behavior and social processes; that are relevant to the missions and public health challenges of multiple NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs); and that build upon existing NIH investments without replicating them. All NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) share the mission of supporting b-BSSR. OppNet will also develop a plan for focused multi-year programs across ICs to advance priority topics within b-BSSR.

Proper citation: OppNet - Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (RRID:SCR_003522) Copy   

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http://www.genetrap.org/

Consortium represents all publicly available gene trap cell lines, which are available on non-collaborative basis for nominal handling fees. Researchers can search and browse IGTC database for cell lines of interest using accession numbers or IDs, keywords, sequence data, tissue expression profiles and biological pathways, can find trapped genes of interest on IGTC website, and order cell lines for generation of mutant mice through blastocyst injection. Consortium members include: BayGenomics (USA), Centre for Modelling Human Disease (Toronto, Canada), Embryonic Stem Cell Database (University of Manitoba, Canada), Exchangeable Gene Trap Clones (Kumamoto University, Japan), German Gene Trap Consortium provider (Germany), Sanger Institute Gene Trap Resource (Cambridge, UK), Soriano Lab Gene Trap Resource (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA), Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine - TIGM (USA), TIGEM-IRBM Gene Trap (Naples, Italy).

Proper citation: International Gene Trap Consortium (RRID:SCR_002305) Copy   

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http://www.vigenetech.com/microvigeneV3.0.htm

Automated software program for image analysis based on microarray based image application. Various output styles are available, including image overlay with warping and registration and scattered correlation plot with 2D or 3D spot profile. Outputs can be formatted in text, xml, excel, or custom format.

Proper citation: MicroVigene (RRID:SCR_002820) Copy   

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http://www.koada.com/koadarray/

A fully automatic array image analysis software which can process single or multiple array images. Koadarray automatically finds the spot locations within each image and quantifies the spot intensity data. It can be used in conjunction with radioactive applications, macroarray applications, fluorescent microarray image analysis and fluorescent microplate images.

Proper citation: Koadarray (RRID:SCR_000321) Copy   

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https://openmm.org/

Software toolkit to run modern molecular simulations. It can be used either as a standalone application for running simulations, or as a library that enables accelerated calculations for molecular dynamics on high-performance computer architectures.

Proper citation: OpenMM (RRID:SCR_000436) Copy   

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http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/MniTalairach

Resource that discusses MNI brain, and the difference between the MNI brain and the brain in the Talairach atlas. Approaches to converting MNI coordinates to Talairach coordinates and a few other methods for locating your activation are also presented.Matlab function that transforms MNI coordinates to Talaraich coordinates. The inverse function, tal2mni is also available.

Proper citation: MNI brain and the Talairach atlas (RRID:SCR_000434) Copy   

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http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/

Research and outreach organization dedicated to promoting science, research and education. The society has four main objectives, including building international cooperative networks, enhancing education and research at universities, building evidence-based science-promotion systems and creating diverse world level knowledge.

Proper citation: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (RRID:SCR_001085) Copy   

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https://bacpacresources.org

It is the distribution arm of their academic laboratory. They operate on a cost-recovery mechanism in order to make the resources generated in their laboratory available to the academic scientific community. While clones and screening services are widely available, library arrays are primarily available to researchers with a scientific need to analyze most clones in the library. This site contains information on currently available BAC and PAC genomic DNA libraries, BAC Clones, PAC Clones, Fosmid Clones, cDNA collections, high-density colony hybridization filters, and BAC and PAC cloning vectors. Protocols used in our laboratory for the hybridization-based screening of colony filters, purification of BAC and PAC DNA, and end-sequencing methodologies, are also provided. BPRC does not list clones, for two reasons: 1)most clones have not been characterized and lack specific data. 2)all clones are part of libraries and all clones from a particular library share common characteristics. Hence, to find out if BPRC has a particular clone, one needs either use Automatic Clone Validation or else find out if the clone is compatible with the range of clone names for a corresponding clone library. Typically (although not always), clone names are derived from the library name. BPRC uses the NCBI-recommended clone nomenclature & library nomenclature. Most arrayed libraries are available in frozen microtiter dish format to academic and non-academic users provided that there is a scientific need for complete-library access. (for instance to annotate, modify or analyze all BAC clones as part of a genome project).

Proper citation: BacPac Resources Center (RRID:SCR_001520) Copy   

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http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/

Organization portal for neuromuscular disease community and contains comprehensive listing of biological and clinical aspects of neuromuscular disorders.This knowledge base contains information on the physiology, structure of ion channels, neurotransmitters, neuroreceptors, and associated diseases. Major categories include DISORDERS & SYNDROMES, INDEXES, NEUROMUSCULAR EVALUATION, ANTIBODY TESTING and NEUROMUSCULAR DIVISION.

Proper citation: Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center (RRID:SCR_002059) Copy   

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https://github.com/princelab/mspire-simulator

A free, open-source shotgun proteomic simulator that goes beyond previous simulation attempts by generating LC-MS features with realistic m/z and intensity variance along with other noise components.

Proper citation: Mspire-Simulator (RRID:SCR_001431) Copy   

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https://orwh.od.nih.gov/

The mission of the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is to stimulate and encourage meritorious research on women's health, including the role of sex and gender in health and disease. The priorities signify approaches and areas for which there is a need to stimulate and encourage research on women's health, or sex/gender factors, and the advancement of women in biomedical research careers. These research priorities are not an exclusive list of research areas important to women's health; therefore other innovative or significant research areas should also be considered. The following four overarching themes are important for addressing research on women's health: Lifespan, Sex/Gender Determinants, Health Disparities/Differences and Diversity, ad Interdisciplinary Research. Special Areas of Emphasis - Prevention/Treatment: from basic biological factors, including identifying and validating biomarkers, to risk and its applications to disease prevention, early detection, and treatment. - Sex and Genetics/Pharmacogenomics: genetic, molecular, and cellular basis for action of pharmacologic agents known to have different effects in females than in males. Research on effects of sex as a modifier of gene function and response is under-investigated. Sponsors: This research is funded by the NAtional Institutes of Health.

Proper citation: Office of Research on Womens Health: Reseach (RRID:SCR_001822) Copy   

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http://lbgi.fr/balibase/

A collection of high quality multiple sequence alignments for objective, comparative studies of alignment algorithms. The alignments are constructed based on 3D structure superposition and manually refined to ensure alignment of important functional residues. A number of subsets are defined covering many of the most important problems encountered when aligning real sets of proteins. It is specifically designed to serve as an evaluation resource to address all the problems encountered when aligning complete sequences. The first release provided sets of reference alignments dealing with the problems of high variability, unequal repartition and large N/C-terminal extensions and internal insertions. Version 2.0 of the database incorporates three new reference sets of alignments containing structural repeats, trans-membrane sequences and circular permutations to evaluate the accuracy of detection/prediction and alignment of these complex sequences.
Within the resource, users can look at a list of all the alignments, download the whole database by ftp, get the "c" program to compare a test alignment with the BAliBASE reference (The source code for the program is freely available), or look at the results of a comparison study of several multiple alignment programs, using BAliBASE reference sets.

Proper citation: BAliBASE (RRID:SCR_001940) Copy   

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http://english.nhri.org.tw/

Nonprofit, government-funded research organization dedicated to the enhancement of medical research and the improvement of health care in Taiwan. Research interests include both aspects of basic biomedical sciences and specific diseases such as cancer, mental disorders and infectious diseases. The institute is meant to provide direction to national science and technology development in health and medical care, educate young scientists and physicians, establish an objective and fair system for research, and promoting domestic and international cooperation.

Proper citation: National Health Research Institutes; Taipei; Taiwan (RRID:SCR_000335) Copy   

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http://www.cnprc.ucdavis.edu/research/arc.aspx

The Analytical and Resource Core provides services and resources to the scientific research community in areas including hematology, clinical chemistry, genetics, immunology, endocrinology, flow cytometry, and pathogen detection. Available resources include biological specimens, viral stocks, DNA, and species-specific reagents. Scientists and staff associated with each of the seven Core Laboratories provide consultation in experimental design, sample collection, and data analysis, and offer assays that utilize species-specific reagents wherever possible. Core Laboratory scientists can also work with users to develop new assays to meet research needs. Training is available for all assays, and Core Laboratories equipment can be made available, typically on a recharge basis. Nonhuman primate resources developed at CNPRC are available to qualified individuals via the Resource Services component of the Core. * Clinical Laboratory * Endocrine Core Laboratory * Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory * Genetics Core Laboratory * Infectious Diseases Immunology Core Laboratory * Pathogen Detection Core Laboratory * Respiratory Disease Immunology Core Laboratory * Affiliated Laboratory: Clinical Proteomics Core Laboratory * Affiliated Laboratory: Microarray Core Facility * Resource Services: The following research resources of CNPRC are available to scientists on a recharge basis. ** Allergen: Characterized protein extracts of house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae) are available for allergen sensitization projects. ** Biological Specimens: Tissues collected at necropsy are available from rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis), and titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus). Contact: Biospecimens (at) primate.ucdavis.edu Blood samples are available through our blood donor program. ** Data: Data for colony animals are available from our computerized database. Data include birth records, weights, reproductive history, relocation history, etc. ** DNA: DNA extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells is available on animals of all age-sex classes from known pedigrees. ** Reagents and Samples: Reagents, controls, and known/unknown samples are available from the Pathogen Detection Core Laboratory. Samples include pedigreed sera/plasma, fixed tissues and DNA from macaques and various other species. Validated reagents for many pathogens are available, including SIV, SRV1-5, SFV, STLV, RRV, RhCMV, Herpes B, SV40, and LCV. More information is available at: http://pdl.primate.ucdavis.edu/PDLreagents.html. ** Shipping: Shipping services are available by trained staff who can properly document, package and ship critical experimental materials, including nonhuman primate samples. Assistance is also provided for obtaining CITES permits, required for international shipment of any nonhuman primate samples. ** Transformed B-Cell Lines: Cryopreserved Herpes papio - transformed B cell lines from over 300 rhesus monkeys in the CNPRC colony are available. Transformation of macaque B cells to establish a new cell line is available on request. ** Virus Stock: Rhesus Cytomegalovirus: A unique primary isolate, developed at CNPRC, is available. ** Virus Stock: Simian Immunodeficiency Virus: Aliquots of SIVmac251 and SIVmac239 virus stocks were prepared by propagation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rhesus macaques and contain approximately 100,000 50% tissue culture infectious doses per ml. As measured by the commercial SIV branched chain assay, SIVmac251 contains 2 x 109 copies of SIV RNA per ml and SIVmac239 contains 109 copies of SIV RNA per ml. These virus stocks are infectious for rhesus macaques by intravenous, intravaginal and oral routes of inoculation.

Proper citation: California National Primate Research Center Analytical and Resource Core (RRID:SCR_000696) Copy   

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http://www.imagescience.org/meijering/software/neuronj/

NeuronJ is an ImageJ plugin to facilitate the tracing and quantification of elongated structures in two-dimensional (2D) images (8-bit gray-scale and indexed color), in particular neurites in fluorescence microscopy images. Sponsors: The development of NeuronJ started while the primary developer ( Dr. Erik Meijering, PhD) was with the Biomedical Imaging Group (collaborating with people from the Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and was finished while Dr. Meijering was with the Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Proper citation: NeuronJ: An ImageJ Plugin for Neurite Tracing and Quantification (RRID:SCR_002074) Copy   

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http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/

Private, non-profit institution dedicated to utilizing knowledge in science, engineering, technology and health to improve government decision making and public policy as well as increase public education and understanding. The council collects, analyzes and shares information and knowledge through activities such as consensus studies, meetings and workshops, and program and research management.

Proper citation: National Research Council (RRID:SCR_000446) Copy   

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