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The University of Colorado at Boulder offers a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, as well as graduate and undergraduate Certificates in Neuroscience that can be combined with a variety of majors. The Neuroscience Community at the University of Colorado at Boulder is made up of over 80 faculty and research associates rostered in 13 departments and institutes. Neuroscience activities on the campus are coordinated by the Center for Neuroscience.

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Software genome annotation pipeline. Portable and easily configurable genome annotation pipeline. Used to allow smaller eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomeprojects to independently annotate their genomes and to create genome databases. MAKER identifies repeats, aligns ESTs and proteins to genome, produces ab-initio gene predictions and automatically synthesizes these data into gene annotations having evidence based quality values.

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

The Synergizer database is a growing repository of gene and protein identifier synonym relationships. This tool facilitates the conversion of identifiers from one naming scheme (a.k.a namespace) to another. The Synergizer is a service for translating between sets of biological identifiers. It can, for example, translate Ensembl Gene IDs to Entrez Gene IDs, or IPI IDs to HGNC gene symbols, and much more. Unlike some other tools for this purpose, The Synergizer is simple and easy to learn. The Synergizer works via a web interface (for users who are not programmers) or through a web service (for programmatic access).

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A logistic regression based classifier distinguishing heterozygous sites from systematic errors. Given a list of candidate heterozygous genomic locations and a sam file of sequenced reads SysCall classifies each genomic location as either a heterozygous site or a systematic error and outputs according lists, along with the assigned posterior probabilities.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Service that automatically extracts mutation-gene pairs from MEDLINE abstracts for a given disease.

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Tool for searching sequence databases for homologs of protein sequences, and for making protein sequence alignments. It implements methods using probabilistic models called profile hidden Markov models (profile HMMs). Compared to BLAST, FASTA, and other sequence alignment and database search tools based on older scoring methodology, HMMER aims to be significantly more accurate and more able to detect remote homologs because of the strength of its underlying mathematical models. In the past, this strength came at significant computational expense, but in the new HMMER3 project, HMMER is now essentially as fast as BLAST.

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SUPFAM is a database that consists of clusters of potentially related homologous protein domain families, with and without three-dimensional structural information, forming superfamilies. The present release (Release 3.0) of SUPFAM uses homologous families in Pfam (Version 23.0) and SCOP (Release 1.69) which are examples of sequence -alignment and structure classification databases respectively. The two steps involved in setting up of SUPFAM database are * Relating Pfam and SCOP families using a new profile-profile alignment algorithm AlignHUSH. This results in identifying many Pfam families which could be related to a family or superfamily of known structural information. * An all-against-all match among Pfam families with yet unknown structure resulting in identification of related Pfam families forming new potential superfamilies. The SUPFAM database can be used in either the Browse mode or Search mode. In Browse mode you can browse through the Superfamilies, Pfam families or SCOP families. In each of these modes you will be presented with a full list which can be easily browsed. In Search mode, you can search for Pfam families, SCOP families or Superfamilies based on keywords or SCOP/Pfam identifiers of families and superfamilies., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

A database of manually curated dSNPs on the 3''UTRs of human genes from available publications in PubMed. The advanced web interface allows users to perform proximity searches between miRNA target sites and dSNPs by gene name, miRbase ID, target prediction algorithm, disease, and any nucleotide distance between dSNPs and miRNA target sites. The web interface displays detailed sequence views showing the relationship between dSNPs, miRNA target sites, and SNPs. An interactive visualization tool shows the chromosomal distribution of dSNPs, miRNA target sites (from TargetScan), and SNPs. miRdSNP provides a comprehensive data source of dSNPs and robust tools to capture their spacial relationship with miRNA target sites on the 3''UTRs of human genes. miRdSNP enables researchers to further explore the molecular mechanism of gene dysregulation for dSNPs at posttranscriptional level.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Portal supporting the North East Bioinformatics Collaborative''s project to sequence the genome of the Little Skate. Provided is a clearinghouse for Little Skate Genome Project and other publicly available Skate and Ray (Batoidea) genome data, and tools for data visualization and analysis. Little Skate Genome Project The little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) is a chondrichthyan (cartilaginous) fish native to the east coast of North America. Elasmobranchs (Skates, Rays, and Sharks) exhibit many fundamental vertebrate characteristics, including a neural crest, jaws and teeth, an adaptive immune system, and a pressurized circulatory system. These characteristics have been exploited to promote understanding about human physiology, immunology, stem cell biology, toxicology, neurobiology and regeneration. The development of standardized experimental protocols in elasmobranchs such as L. erinacea and the spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) has further positioned these organisms as important biomedical and developmental models. Despite this distinction, the only reported chondrichthyan genome is the low coverage (1.4x) draft genome of the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii). To close the evolutionary gaps in available elasmobranch genome sequence data, and generate critical genomic resources for future biomedical study, the genome of L. erinacea is being sequenced by the North East Bioinformatics Collaborative (NEBC). As close evolutionary relatives, the little skate sequence will facilitate studies that employ dogfish shark and other elasmobranchs as model organisms. Skate tools include the SkateBLAST and the Skate Genome Browsers: Little Skate Mitochondrion, Thorny Skate Mitochondrion, and Ocellate Spot Skate Mitochondrion.

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Ontology of Computer retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP).

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Core facility provides a model for collaborative approaches to use specialized resources and expertise in an integrated process. Core builds on the expertise and resources provided by the Bioinformatics Cores of the five northeastern states that form NECC. The Skate Genome Annotation Workshops and Jamborees offer training and opportunities for faculty and students to work with and annotate genome sequences. Workshops include lectures, tutorials and exercises annotating the genome of the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea.

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Software that performs a morphology-based approach for the automatic identification of outlier neurons based on neuronal tree structures. This tool was used by Zawadzki et al. (2012), who reported on and its application to the NeuroMorpho database. For the analysis, each neuron is represented by a feature vector composed of 20 measurements, which are projected into lower dimensional space with PCA. Bivariate kernel density estimation is then used to obtain a probability distribution for cells. Cells with high probabilities are understood as archetypes, while those with the small probabilities are classified as outliers. Further details about the method and its application in other domains can be found in Costa et al. (2009) and Echtermeyer et al. (2011). This version requires Matlab (Mathworks Inc, Natick, USA) and allows the user to apply the workflow using a graphical user interface.

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A database thatprovides access to information about toxic compounds (names, synonyms and structures). It is primarily designed for pharmacists, biochemists, and medical scientists, but also researchers working in cognate disciplines. SuperToxic predicts the toxicity of compounds, informs about potential targets in biochemical pathways and shows potential binding partners. The database also includes links to suppliers, where the compound can be obtained for further investigations. The current version of this database compiles approx. 60,000 compounds with about 100,000 synonyms. These molecules are classified according to their toxicity based on more than 2,500,000 measurements.

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Patient-derived specimens are essential to research in genomics, proteomics, and biomarkers. We provide banking for biological fluid and tissue specimens as well as human DNA and RNA. We provide secure archival sample storage as well as clinically-annotated specimen biobanks for defined research projects. The core serves the human research blood and tissue banking needs of clinical and translational researchers. Samples can be banked by an individual PI or by a consortium of investigators. All samples are tracked and archived using a secure tracking database, the Einstein-Montefiore Bio-Repository Databank (EM-BRED), http://informatics30.aecom.yu.edu/em-bred/default.aspx. EM-BRED provides qualified investigators with a solution to securely link patient specimens to clinical and pathological data. It consists of a user-friendly query engine that allows for comprehensive specimen search, and ultimately to build clinical annotations of relevance. The facility works under the best practices set out by NCI and ISBER (2006) for collection, storage, and retrieval of human biological materials for research.

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A web service to extract Protein-protein interaction (PPI)-relevant articles from MEDLINE that provides protein interaction information (PPI) articles for biologists, baseline system performance for bio-text mining researchers and a compact PubMed-search environment for PubMed users. It accepts PubMed input formats including All Fields, Author, Journal, MeSH Terms, Publication Date, Title, and Title/Abstract with Boolean operations (AND, OR, and NOT). However, the output is the list of articles prioritized by PPI confidence rates. Some words (mostly gene/protein names) which contributed for PPI prediction are underlined and linked to Entrez or Entrez Gene. Even though our system focuses on a PubMed search environment, it also provides a CGI access for bio-text mining researchers. Using the CGI program, a list of PubMed IDs can be obtained as a query result, thus it can be utilized as a baseline system performance. PIE the search is based on a winning approach in the BioCreative III ACT competition (BC3)1. For input queries, MEDLINE articles are first retrieved through the PubMed service. PPI scores are calculated for the retrieved articles, and the articles are re-ranked based on scores. To effectively capture PPI patterns from biomedical literature, their approach utilizes both word and syntactic features for machine learning classifiers. Dependency parsing, gene mention tagging, and term-based features are utilized along with a Huber classifier.

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A commercial service organization from Zyagen.

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A SVM (support vector machine-based software tool for prediction of most probable microRNA coding regions in genome scale sequences.

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An encyclopedia that is dedicated to a ligand and binding site oriented view of the protein structural space. SuperSite integrates evolutionary information in the proteins as well as predicted binding sites from LigsiteCSC. A point set match algorithm is implemented that allows to screen the surface of a protein for the occurrence of possible binding sites as well as a similarity screen for similar compounds based on fingerprints. SuperSite allows users to discover the ligand space of the PDB, check for evolutionary conservation of residues using HSSP files, display possible binding sites of proteins via the LigsiteCSC algorithm, similarity screen for ligands contained in the SuperSite, and screen a protein for the possible similarity of binding pockets towards certain known drug binding sites.

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Collaborative environment of building and validating electronic phenotype algorithms using electronic medical records (EMRs) and natural language processing (NLP) for use in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). On this site you can: View existing algorithms, Enter or create new algorithms, Collaborate with others to create or review algorithms, View implementation details for existing algorithms. The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network (eMERGE) has investigated whether data captured through routine clinical care using electronic medical records (EMRs) can identify disease phenotypes with sufficient positive and negative predictive values for use in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Most EMRs captured key information (diagnoses, medications, laboratory tests) used to define phenotypes in a structured format; in addition, natural language processing has also been shown to improve case identification rates. PheKB is an outgrowth of that validation effort. Phenotype algorithms can be viewed by data modalities or methods used: CPT codes, ICD 10 codes, ICD 9 codes, Laboratories, Medications, Vital Signs, Natural Language Processing Algorithms can also be viewed by: * Implementation results (positive predictive value, sensitivity, publications) * Institution * Work Group

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A web-based tool that supports more than 50 different classes of queries against nearly a dozen different types of text, scientific abstract or bioinformatic databases. The typical query supported by PolySearch is Given X, find all Y''s where X or Y can be diseases, tissues, cell compartments, gene/protein names, SNPs, mutations, drugs and metabolites. PolySearch also exploits a variety of techniques in text mining and information retrieval to identify, highlight and rank informative abstracts, paragraphs or sentences.

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