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http://www.i3crb.fr/

Project to improve data and sample exchanges and to facilitate large scale analysis of data by improving interoperability of French Biological Resources Centres (BRC or biobanks) IT systems and biological databases. The work done in this project will be linked to other national (IBiSA, ANR, R��seau des Biobanques, Club 3C-R), European (BBMRI, ELIXIR) or international project (P3G). In the preliminary phase (2009-2010) I3-CRB has developed a directory of French Biological Resource Centres / Biobanks where one may register their French BRC or perform a search across all of them. Detail by overall data or kingdom is provided as well as many filtering options. Access to biological samples is provided by the participating BRC''''s. Biological Resources Centres (BRC or biobanks) collect annotated biological samples from various sources (human, animal, plant, bacteria...). The type of samples depends on the collection and the associated thematic (DNA, proteins, cells, tissues, blood, serum, organisms...). The aims of these centers are to collect, to store, to transform and to distribute the biological samples. They constitute a vital infrastructure for life science and health research. Goals of the French Biobanks/Biological Resource Centres: * List French biobanks and their biological collections * Improve sample exchanges * Improve the international visibility of the French biological collections MeSH terms have been integrated: Domains, diseases, and location of the disease (Anatomy). Collections/species are based on NCBI Taxonomy.

Proper citation: I3-CRB: Interoperable IT Infrastructure for Biological Resources Centres / Biobanks - France (RRID:SCR_006991) Copy   

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http://www.lyonbiopole.com/index-en.html

A worldwide competitiveness cluster centered on pharmaceutical activities including the fight against human and animal infectious diseases and cancers. Designed as a tool interface and public / private approximation, the division has implemented measures to encourage collaborative R & D, help in setting up projects and find funding, increase strategic and financial partnerships for economic development and international companies, provide access to reception areas, technological shared platforms such as the Infectious Diseases Center Lyonbiop��le. It aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the sector health and the attractiveness of the Rh��ne-Alpes area, mainly on the Lyon-Grenoble axis. (adapted from the translated Wikipedia)

Proper citation: Lyonbiopole (RRID:SCR_003733) Copy   

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http://www.epitarget.eu/

A multidisciplinary project focused on the process leading to epilepsy, epileptogenesis, in adults. Their main hypothesis is that there are combinations of various causes, acting in parallel and/or in succession, that lead to epileptogenesis and development of seizures. Their central premise and vision is that a combinatorial approach is necessary to identify appropriate biomarkers and develop effective antiepileptogenic therapeutics. The project will focus on: * identifying novel biomarkers and their combinations for epileptogenesis after potentially epileptogenic brain insults in clinically relevant animal models, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and status epilepticus (SE); * exploring multiple basic mechanisms of epileptogenesis and their mutual interactions; * and translating these findings towards the clinic by validating biomarkers in human samples accessible to the consortium.

Proper citation: EpiTarget (RRID:SCR_003771) Copy   

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http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/CriticalPathInitiative/

The FDA''s national strategy for transforming the way FDA-regulated products--human drugs, biological products, medical devices, veterinary drugs, foods, and cosmetics--are developed, evaluated, manufactured, and used. Specific key areas of focus identified by FDA experts and the public: * Developing better evaluation tools like biomarkers and new assays * Streamlining clinical trials by modernizing the clinical trial sciences to make trials safe and efficient * Harnessing bioinformatics (e.g., moving from a paper-based to electronic environment for exchanging information and overseeing the safety of FDA-regulated products) * Moving manufacturing into the 21st Century, using tools such as process analytic technology and nanotechnology * Developing products to address urgent public health needs, including, improved antimicrobial testing, new animal models to test bioterrorism countermeasures and vaccine testing * Focusing on at-risk populations, such as pediatrics

Proper citation: Critical Path Initiative (RRID:SCR_012967) Copy   

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http://fmri.wfubmc.edu/software/PickAtlas

A software toolbox that provides a method for generating Region of Interest (ROI) masks based on the Talairach Daemon database. The atlases include Brodmann area, Lobar, Hemisphere, Anatomic Label (gyral anatomy), and Tissue type. The atlases have been extended to the vertex in MNI space, and corrected for the precentral gyrus anomaly. Additional atlases (including non-human atlases) can be added without difficulty., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: WFU PickAtlas (RRID:SCR_007378) Copy   

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http://genomics.senescence.info/

Collection of databases and tools designed to help researchers study the genetics of human ageing using modern approaches such as functional genomics, network analyses, systems biology and evolutionary analyses. A major resource in HAGR is GenAge, which includes a curated database of genes related to human aging and a database of ageing- and longevity-associated genes in model organisms. Another major database in HAGR is AnAge. Featuring over 4,000 species, AnAge provides a compilation of data on aging, longevity, and life history that is ideal for the comparative biology of aging. GenDR is a database of genes associated with dietary restriction based on genetic manipulation experiments and gene expression profiling. Other projects include evolutionary studies, genome sequencing, cancer genomics, and gene expression analyses. The latter allowed them to identify a set of genes commonly altered during mammalian aging which represents a conserved molecular signature of aging. Software, namely in the form of scripts for Perl and SPSS, is made available for users to perform a variety of bioinformatic analyses potentially relevant for studying aging. The Perl toolkit, entitled the Ageing Research Computational Tools (ARCT), provides modules for parsing files, data-mining, searching and downloading data from the Internet, etc. Also available is an SPSS script that can be used to determine the demographic rate of aging for a given population. An extensive list of links regarding computational biology, genomics, gerontology, and comparative biology is also available.

Proper citation: Human Ageing Genomic Resources (RRID:SCR_007700) Copy   

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http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/ibsc/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on February 07, 2013. A framework for understanding human cognition, grounded in principles specifying the character of human cognitive processes, and constrained by properties, of the underlying neural mechanisms. The Center will exploit this framework to guide formulation of explicit, testable models of normal and disordered cognition, including models of the development of cognitive functions and of their disintegration as a result of brain damage or disease. This site is intended as a public service and as a focal point for exchange of ideas among the participants in the Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science Center (IBSC). Public areas of the site provide information about the Center as a whole and about the various projects in the Center, as well as web-accessible documents and tools that we are making available as a public service. A fundamental tenet is that cognition is an emergent phenomenon, arising from the interactions of cooperating processing elements organized into specialized populations. One aim of the center will be to investigate the utility of explicit models that are formulated in terms of this approach, addressing many aspects of cognition including semantic knowledge, language processing, cognitive control, perception, learning and memory. A second aim will also investigate the principles that are embodied in the models, including principles of learning, processing and representation. Learning will be a central focus, since it plays a crucial role in cognitive development, acquisition of skills, formation of memories, and remediation of cognitive functions. A third aim of the Center will be to incorporate constraints from neuroscience. Findings from neuroscience will guide the specification of the principles and the formulation of domain-specific details of particular models, and will provide target experimental observations against which to assess the adequacy of the models. In addition, the Center will make use of neurophysiological methods in animals and functional brain imaging in humans to test predictions and generate additional data needed to constrain and inform model development. The Center will provide training funds for interdisciplinary research fellowships, to train junior scientists in the convergent use of behavioral, computational, and neuroscience methodologies. The outcome of the Centers efforts will be a fuller characterization of the nature of human cognitive processes, a clearer formulation of the underlying principles, and a more complete understanding of normal and disordered functions across many domains of cognition. This Center includes eight projects dedicated to various aspects of cognition and various general issues that arise in the effort to build explicit models that capture different aspects of cognition, and also includes an administrative core to help foster integration and provide computing resources. * Project 1: Functional and Neural Organization of Semantic Memory * Project 2: Interactive Processes in Language: Lexical Processing * Project 3: Interactive Processes in Language: Sentence Processing * Project 4: Mechanisms of Cognitive Control * Project 5: Interactive Processes in Perception: Neurophysiology of Figure-Ground Organization * Project 6: Basic Mechanisms and Cooperating Systems in Learning Memory * Project 7: Age and Experience Dependent Processes in Learning * Project 8: Theoretical Foundations * Core: Integration, Computational Resources, and Administration

Proper citation: NIMH Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science Center (RRID:SCR_008085) Copy   

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https://neuinfo.org/about/sources/nlx_143622-1

International registry of biomaterial supply resources both for transplantation and research. Contributions to this resource are welcome. The database is searchable through NIF and is updated regularly.

Proper citation: One Mind Biospecimen Bank Listing (RRID:SCR_004193) Copy   

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http://hcc.musc.edu/research/resources/biorepository/

The Hollings Cancer Center Tissue Biorepository & Research Pathology Services Shared Resource provides investigators with a centralized infrastructure that promotes biomedical research involving the use and study of human biospecimens. The shared resource is comprised of four integrated components: Biospecimens and data bank, Laser Capture Microdissection, Tissue Microarray, and Research Pathology Services. These components, along with extensive staff expertise, offer a comprehensive means by which researchers can utilize valuable human biospecimens and cutting edge technology to support basic, translational and clinical research. Services: * Biospecimen and Data Bank ** Collecting, processing, and banking of tissue, saliva, urine, blood, plasma, serum, and other tissue derivatives; including those for protocol driven studies ** Retrieval of banked specimens linked to clinicopathologic data, while maintaining patient confidentiality, for research use ** Quality control of collected tissue by the Tissue Biorepository Director, a trained pathologist: verification of diseased state and assessment of tumor purity, etc ** Quality control of DNA/RNA/protein isolated from collected tissue using the Agilent Bioanalyzer * Laser Capture Microdissection ** Identification, localization, and microdissection of targeted cell populations (from human and animal tissue sources) ** Extraction of DNA/RNA/protein from microdissected samples. ** Quality analysis and quality control of isolated nucleic acid using Agilent Bioanalyzer * Tissue Microarray ** Create custom and standard TMAs ** Consultation and technical support in the construction and analyses of TMA * Research Pathology Services ** Macrodissection of tissue prior to isolation of DNA/RNA/protein to increase tumor purity ** Immunohistochemistry and In-situ hybridization ** Quantitative image analysis on conventional and TMA sections, including tissue scoring, Ki-67 labeling index, microvascular density counting, and tissue microarray scoring, etc. * Bio-molecular Assessment ** Cellular DNA, RNA and protein prepared by the Tissue Repository from banked specimens or any other biomolecules submitted by investigators can be qualitatively assessed by Agilent Bioanalyzer, prior to use for downstream applications such as microarray and/or qRT-PCR analysis

Proper citation: Hollings Cancer Center Tissue Biorepository and Research Pathology Services Shared Resource (RRID:SCR_004626) Copy   

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http://www.hpacultures.org.uk/collections/ecacc.jsp

A cell culture collection to service the research community and provide an International Depository Authority recognized patent depository for Europe. The collections currently hold over 40,000 cell lines representing 45 different species, 50 tissue types, 300 HLA types, 450 monoclonal antibodies and at least 800 genetic disorders. ECACC has developed a comprehensive range of cell culture services and diversified into new product areas such as high quality genomic DNA extracted from cell lines. ECACC is one of the four collections which constitute the Health Protection Agency Culture Collections (HPA Culture Collections). Its products include: General Cell Collection, Hybridoma Collection, Primary Cells, Neuron Culture Kits, HepaRG Cells, GPCR Cell Lines, HLA-Typed Collection, Human Random Control Collection, Human Genetic Collection, and DNA Products. Its services include: Assay Ready Cells, Cell Culture Management Services, Contract Cell Culture, Cell Line Identity Verification, Genetic Support Services, Mycoplasma Testing and Eradication, Patent Deposits, Safe Deposits, Sterility Testing, and Training.

Proper citation: European Collection of Cell Cultures (RRID:SCR_010617) Copy   

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http://www.biobanco.com/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 22, 2016. An ichtyological gene bank with data from fisheries in British Columbia, Canada.

Proper citation: BC Fisheries Living Gene Bank (RRID:SCR_000917) Copy   

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http://cris.nifa.usda.gov

A database of documentation and reporting for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research, education and extension activities for the United States Department of Agriculture; with a focus on the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant programs. Projects are conducted or sponsored by USDA research agencies, state agricultural experiment stations, land-grant universities, other cooperating state institutions, and participants in NIFA-administered grant programs, including Small Business Innovation Research and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.

Proper citation: Current Research Information System (RRID:SCR_001441) Copy   

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http://www.hiv.lanl.gov/content/immunology/index

An annotated, searchable collection of HIV-1 cytotoxic and helper T-cell epitopes and antibody binding sites, plus related tools and information. The goal of this database is to provide a comprehensive listing of defined HIV epitopes. These data are also printed in the HIV Molecular Immunology compendium, which is updated yearly and provided free of charge to scientific researchers, both by online download and as a printed copy. The data included in this database are extracted from the HIV immunology literature. HIV-specific B-cell and T-cell responses are summarized and annotated. Immunological responses are divided into three sections, CTL (CD8+), T helper (CD4+), and antibody. Within these sections, defined epitopes are organized by protein and binding sites within each protein, moving from left to right through the coding regions spanning the HIV genome. We include human responses to natural HIV infections, as well as vaccine studies in a range of animal models and human trials. Responses that are not specifically defined, such as responses to whole proteins or monoclonal antibody responses to discontinuous epitopes, are summarized at the end of each protein sub-section. Studies describing general HIV responses to the virus, but not to any specific protein, are included at the end of each section. The annotation includes information such as cross-reactivity, escape mutations, antibody sequence, TCR usage, functional domains that overlap with an epitope, immune response associations with rates of progression and therapy, and how specific epitopes were experimentally defined. Basic information such as HLA specificities for T-cell epitopes, isotypes of monoclonal antibodies, and epitope sequences are included whenever possible. All studies that we can find that incorporate the use of a specific monoclonal antibody are included in the entry for that antibody. A single T-cell epitope can have multiple entries, generally one entry per study. Finally, tables and maps of all defined linear epitopes relative to the HXB2 reference proteins are provided. Alignments of CTL, helper T-cell, and antibody epitopes are available through the search interfaces. Only responses to HIV-1 and HIV-2 are included in the database.

Proper citation: HIV Molecular Immunology Database (RRID:SCR_002893) Copy   

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http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/databases/exomiser/query/exomiser2

A Java program that functionally annotates variants from whole-exome sequencing data starting from a VCF (Variant Call Format) file (version 4). The functional annotation code is based on Annovar and uses UCSCKnownGene transcript definitions and hg19 genomic coordinates. Variants are prioritized according to user-defined criteria on variant frequency, pathogenicity, quality, inheritance pattern, phenotype data from human and model organisms, and proximity in the interactome to phenotypically similar genes.

Proper citation: Exomiser (RRID:SCR_002192) Copy   

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http://www.ccehindy.org

Research center for hematology research. It provides services through four scientific core facilities: the Experimental Mouse Resources Core, the Optical Microscopy Services Core, the Angiogenesis Core, and the Flow Cytometry Core in addition to the Enrichment Program of the Center.

Proper citation: Indiana University Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology (RRID:SCR_015343) Copy   

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

Gene expression data from published journal articles that test hypotheses relevant to neuroscience of addiction and addictive behavior. Data types include effects of particular drug, strain, or knock out on particular gene, in particular anatomical region. Focuses on gene expression data and exposes data from investigations using DNA microarrays, polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridizations. Data are available for query through NIF interface.Data submissions are welcome.

Proper citation: Drug Related Gene Database (RRID:SCR_003330) Copy   

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http://www.brc.riken.jp/inf/en

RIKEN BRC contributes to advancement of life science research by collecting, preserving and distributing biological resources such as experimental animals, experimental plants, cultured cell lines, genetic materials (DNA), and associated bioinformatics. The RIKEN BRC develops novel bioresources to promote scientific research and new technologies to increase the value of bioresources, and also to implement effective procedures for the preservation, quality control and usage of bioresources. The RIKEN BRC is working closely with institutions in Japan and abroad.

Proper citation: RIKEN BioResource Center (RRID:SCR_003250) Copy   

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http://talkbank.org/

Databases of transcript and media data collected from conversations with adults and older children to foster fundamental research in the study of human and animal communication. Conversations with children are available from CHILDES. All of the data is transcribed in CHAT and CA/CHAT formats. Databases of the following types are included in the collection: Aphasia patient speech, Child speech, Study of Phonological Development, Conversation Analysis, and Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition. TalkBank will use these databases to advance the development of standards and tools for creating, sharing, searching, and commenting upon primary materials via networked computers.

Proper citation: TalkBank (RRID:SCR_003242) Copy   

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http://norccentral.org

Portal to research centers and core facilities specifically support obesity research and better understand the relationship between health and nutrition.

Proper citation: Nutrition and Obesity Research Centers (RRID:SCR_004131) Copy   

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http://fmatoolbox.sourceforge.net

Matlab toolbox used to help analyze electrophysiological and behavioral data recorded from freely moving animals.

Proper citation: FMAToolbox (RRID:SCR_015533) Copy   

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