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Library of many-to-many relationships between Affymetrix probesets transcripts and genes, by directly mapping every probe against publicly available mRNAs/cDNA sequences from RefSeq and Ensembl. You can search the database by AffymetrixProbeset ID, Transcript Accession, Gene Symbol or Gene Accession. Currently, the ADAPT database holds information on 23 Array Types containing 255771 unique Probesets, that themselves map onto 252788 entries in both RefSeq and Ensembl. ADAPT is clusterable, cross platform, runs on any Java Virtual machine after version 1.4, and utilises the following software: :- Apache Tomcat :- Apache Struts :- JBoss Application Server :- Postgresql Sponsors: ADAPT has been written with funding by Cancer Research UK. Keywords: Database, Gene, Transcript, Mapping, Probe, mRNA, cDNA, Sequence, Association, Array, Probeset,

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The Disease Ontology group has developed a set of standard representations of phenotypes associated with diseases useful in bioinformatics applications. These are formalized into an ontological structure and are encoded in OWL. Neurodegenerative diseases have a wide and complex range of biological and clinical symptoms. While neurodegenerative diseases share many pathological features in common, they also contain unique signatures. Animal models of these disorders are key to translational research. However, animal models typically replicate only a subset of disease features or display features that are only indirectly related to a given disorder, whose relationship to the human condition may be across several diseases. Matching animal models to human diseases is therefore a significant informatics challenge. We have been working to develop ontologies that capture essential features of neurodegenerative diseases and associated animal models in a way that allows more flexible matching of animal models to human disorders and in a way that makes explicit commonalities and differences among animal models and human neurodegenerative disease. Creating ontologies for diseases and disorders is a very challenging task (Gupta et al., 2003) because of the complexity of the disorders and because of the limitations of current ontology formalisms. In order to simplify the approach and make it practical for use in information systems, we have focused on formal descriptions of phenotypes associated with diseases and animal models rather than on a formal model of the disease process itself. We employ the modular ontologies developed as part of the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF: http://nif.nih.gov) and the Phenotype and Trait Ontology (PATO), an ontology of qualities associated with biological phenotypes, to create a flexible template for creating phenotypic statements at the class and instance levels. We show how these phenotypes can be used to look for commonalities across multiple neurodegenerative conditions and animal models.

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Tools for the integration of data from various sources (public and confidential), for the generation and validation of computer models for toxic effects, libraries for the development and seamless integration of new algorithms, and scientifically sound validation routines. The goal of OpenTox is to develop an interoperable predictive toxicology framework which may be used as an enabling platform for the creation of predictive toxicology applications. OpenTox is relevent for users from a variety of research areas: Toxicological and chemical experts (e.g. risk assessors, drug designers, researchers) computer model developers and algorithm developers non specialists requiring access to Predictive Toxicology models and data OpenTox applications can combine multiple web services providing users access to distributed toxicological resources including data, computer models, validation and reporting. Applications are based on use cases that satisfy user needs in predictive toxicology. OpenTox was initiated as a collaborative project involving a combination of different enterprise, university and government research groups to design and build the initial OpenTox framework. Additionally numerous organizations with industry, regulatory or expert interests are active in providing guidance and direction. The goal is to expand OpenTox as a community project enabling additional expert and user participants to be involved in developments in as timely a manner as possible. To this end, our mission is to carry out developments in an open and transparent manner from the early days of the project, and to open up discussions and development to the global community at large, who may either participate in developments or provide user perspectives. Cooperation on data standards, data integration, ontologies, integration of algorithm predictions from different methods, and testing and validation all have significant collaboration opportunities and benefits for the community. OpenTox is working to meet the requirements of the REACH legislation using alternative testing methods to contribute to the reduction of animal experiments for toxicity testing. Relevant international authorities (e.g., ECB, ECVAM, US EPA, US FDA) and industry organizations participate actively in the advisory board of the OpenTox project and provide input for the continuing development of requirement definitions and standards for data, knowledge and model exchange. OpenTox actively supports the development and validation of in silico models and algorithms by improving the interoperability between individual systems (common standards for data and model exchange), increasing the reproducibility of in silico models (by providing a quality source of structures, toxicity data and algorithms) and by providing scientifically sound and easy-to-use validation routines. OpenTox is committed to the support and integration of alternative testing methods using in vitro assay approaches, systems biology, stem cell technology, and the mining and analysis of human epidemiological data. Hence the framework design must take into account extensibility to satisfy a broad range of scientific developments and use cases.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on May 12,2023. Portal that provides researchers with easy access to data on rat genes, QTLs, strain models, biological processes and pathways related to neurological diseases. This resource also includes dynamic data analysis tools.

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Service that allows you to process CEL files from Affymetrix, Inc. GeneChip Exon 1.0 ST Arrays to identify alternative splicing.

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BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free, making it the most comprehensive free search on the web. :Besides free-form search, users can search based on Author, Journal Title, Publication Date, the Language in which the article was published (many non-English articles have English language abstracts), MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and more. : The goal of BioMedSearch.com is to provide free access to a massive collection of authoritative documents relating to the biomedical field. Our mission is to make these important works available to the community in a way that is fast and easy, while still offering the advanced features demanded by power users such as portfolios, collaboration features, bibliographical citation export, alerts, and more. Whether you are doctor, scientist, or someone interested in researching a medical topic out of personal interest, BioMedSearch aggregates a vast number of authoritative documents in one place to make finding medical information easy, fast and free.

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The Finite Element ToolKit (FETK) is a collaboratively developed, evolving collection of adaptive finite element method (AFEM) software libraries and tools for solving coupled systems of nonlinear geometric partial differential equations (PDE). The FETK libraries and tools are written in an object-oriented form of ANSI-C and in C , and include a common portability layer (MALOC) for all of FETK, a collection of standard numerical libraries (PUNC), a stand-alone high-quality surface and volume simplex mesh generator (GAMer), a stand-alone networked polygon display tool (SG), a general nonlinear finite element modeling kernel (MC), and a MATLAB toolkit (MCLite) for protyping finite element methods and examining simplex meshes using MATLAB. The entire FETK Suite of tools is highly portable (from iPhone to Blue Gene/L), thanks to use of a small abstraction layer (MALOC) and heavy use of the GNU Autoconf infrastructure. The primary FETK ANSI-C software libraries are: :- MALOC is a Minimal Abstraction Layer for Object-oriented C/C programs. :- PUNC is Portable Understructure for Numerical Computing (requires MALOC). :- GAMer is a Geometry-preserving Adaptive MeshER (requires MALOC). :- SG is a Socket Graphics tool for displaying polygons (requires MALOC). :- MC is a 2D/3D AFEM code for nonlinear geometric PDE (requires MALOC; optionally uses PUNC GAMER SG). Application-specific software designed for use with the FETK software libraries is: :- GPDE is a Geometric Partial Differential Equation solver (requires MALOC PUNC MC; optionally uses GAMER SG). :- APBS is an Adaptive Poisson-Boltzmann Equation Solver (requires MALOC PUNC MC; optionally uses GAMER SG). :- SMOL is a Smoluchowki Equation Solver solver (requires MALOC PUNC MC; optionally uses GAMER SG). MATLAB toolkits designed for use with MC and SG or as standalone packages: :- MCLite is a simple 2D MATLAB version of MC designed for teaching. :- FEtkLAB is a sophisticated 2D MATLAB adaptive PDE solver built on top of MCLite. Related packages developed and maintained by FETK developers (included in PUNC above): :- PMG is a Parallel Algebraic MultiGrid code for general semilinear elliptic equatons. :- CgCode is a package of Conjugate gradient Codes for large sparse linear systems. Sponsors: This resource is developed and supported by the MCP Research Group at the UCSD Center for Computational Mathematics.

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The Ensembl Genomes project produces genome databases for important species from across the taxonomic range, using the Ensembl software system. Five sites are now available, one of which is Ensembl Fungi, which houses fungal species. Sponsors: EnsembFungi is a project run by EMBL - EBI to maintain annotation on selected genomes, based on the software developed in the Ensembl project developed jointly by the EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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Ensembl Genomes project produces genome databases for important species from across the taxonomic range, using the Ensembl software system. Five sites are now available, one of which is Ensembl Plants, which houses plant species. Sponsors: EnsembPlants is a project run by EMBL - EBI to maintain annotation on selected genomes, based on the software developed in the Ensembl project developed jointly by the EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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The Ensembl Genomes project produces genome databases for important species from across the taxonomic range, using the Ensembl software system. Five sites are now available, one of which is Ensembl Bacteria, which houses bacterial species. All bacterial collections in Ensembl Bacteria have been updated with the latest data from ENA and UniProtKB. New genomes have been added to Escherichia/Shigella (3 additional genomes) and Staphylococcus (3 additional genomes). The mapping of array probes has been expanded to all genomes in the Escherichia/Shigella and Staphylococcus collections. Ensembl Bacteria also now features improved interfaces for selecting regions of circular molecules a new visualisation allowing the large scale comparison of multiple genomes. In multi-synteny view, users can select multiple genomes and observe the syntenic relationships between them. Sponsors: EnsembBacteria is a project run by EMBL - EBI to maintain annotation on selected genomes, based on the software developed in the Ensembl project developed jointly by the EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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Portal for gerontology research with a variety of clinical, research and educational programs, with the aim of improving the lives of those affected by Alzheimer's Disease and memory losses associated with normal aging. The Center investigates the nature of Alzheimer's Disease, its progression over time, its response to treatments, and problems patients and caregivers experience in dealing with the changes that occur. It also conducts studies that look at changes that occur over the course of normal aging and have a Normal Aging Brain Donor Program. The Aging Clinical Research Center puts out a newsletter that showcases various projects and includes informative articles on dementia.

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A neuroscience training program for Minnesota students and teachers. It provides teachers with three years of neuroscience training, materials, and staff support to bring brain science to their students. In these professional workshops, participants receive updates on the latest in neuroscience research -- discussion is complemented with hands-on activities and lab work. Teachers also receive curriculum materials to aid them in using neuroscience topics in support of Minnesota Intermediate and Middle Level standards. The program was expanded in 2008 to include high school teachers.

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Quertle is a biomedical search engine focused on delivering informative results to biomedical researchers using advanced linguistic technologies, along with an in-depth understanding of the biomedical field. Quertle''s friendly interface makes it simple to search and refine results. Using advanced semantics, Quertle finds quality results, not just long lists. And it hods: all of PubMed, a growing number of full-text documents, news, and more. Features: :- Find Relationships, not Just :- Focus on Core Concepts: Since Quertle searches for Relationships, all the terms in your query must be found together in a meaningful way. Thus, Quertle immediately gives you results with more relevance. :- Unleash the Strength of Power Terms: Use Power Terms to search for categories of objects. For instance, you can use Protein to search for any protein, rather than the occurrence of the term, protein. View all Power Terms. :- Search Full-text Documents: The Quertle search engine has been optimized to search full-text documents, including the Material and Methods section (but not the Bibliography). :- Use Real Biology & Chemistry Terms: Quertle recognizes capital TWIST as the transcription factor (not the verb), and capital NO as nitrous oxide(not a negative). So, use proper capitalization in your query, and you won''t be lost in a sea of irrelevant results. :- Look for the Quertle Difference on the Results Page : More relevant results : Easy filtering and breadcrumb tracking : Automatic identification of key concepts : Single-click access to PDFs of full-text documents :Keyword: Biomedical, Search engine, Database, Researcher, Linguistic, Technology, Semantic, Relationship, Protein, Biology, Chemistry, :

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The images in this collection are derived from high resolution scans of glass 3.25 X 4 inch lantern slides that were part of a large collection of slides covering his years at the Rockefeller University and Yale University School of Medicine. These selected images were scanned by James D. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., a student of Palade. The images also include some of the earliest electron micrographs taken by collaborators of George Palade both at the Rockefeller University (1945 - 1973) and at Yale (1973 - 1990). They include micrographs taken by Professor Marilyn Farquhar, Ph.D., whose studies elucidated the function of the glomerular basement membrane in renal filtration. There are 5 ways to find information in this collection: search for particular words that appear in the text by clicking the Search button; browse documents by Title by clicking the Titles button; browse documents by Subject by clicking the Subjects button; browse documents by Creator by clicking the Creators button, and browse documents by References by clicking the References button. Sponsors: This collection is the result of a collaboration between James D. Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, and Arthur R. Belanger, OBE, Systems Manager, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, both at the Yale University School of Medicine.

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PathoNet is a virtual meeting place for pathologists from all over the world. They can use it as a virtual pathology laboratory in which they can exchange their views on their cases. Join us and share your experience. Special or rare cases maybe very useful in the diagnostic practice. Everybody who would like to use digital microscopy in human, veterinary or forensic pathology; in laboratory medicine, in human anatomy; in experimental research, and when teaching can benefit from this resource. Additionally, practicing physicians, students, tutors, experts and researchers can all contribute and benefit from PathoNet. Sponsors: This resource is supported by 3DHISTECH Ltd.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 17, 2013. Commercial software vendor.

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A robust, secure, medical-grade, web application that lives in the cloud and has the ability to analyze and annotate entire human genomes in a rapid and cost-effective way.

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A pipeline for ranking nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants given a specific phenotype.

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Designed to identify Driver Genes and Pathways in cancer genome sequencing studies.

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DelPhi provides numerical solutions to the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (both linear and nonlinear form) for molecules of arbitrary shape and charge distribution. The current version is fast, accurate, and can handle extremely high lattice dimensions. It also includes flexible features for assigning different dielectric constants to different regions of space and treating systems containing mixed salt solutions. DelPhi takes as input a coordinate file format of a molecule or equivalent data for geometrical objects and/or charge distributions and calculates the electrostatic potential in and around the system, using a finite difference solution to the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. DelPhi is a versatile electrostatics simulation program that can be used to investigate electrostatic fields in a variety of molecular systems. Features of DelPhi include solutions to mixtures of salts of different valence; solutions to different dielectric constants to different regions of space; and estimation of the best relaxation parameter at run time.

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