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A mini-collection of human gait data that was constructed as a teaching resource for an intensive course (The Modern Science of Human Aging, conducted at MIT) that includes walking stride interval time series from 15 subjects: 5 healthy young adults (23 - 29 years old), 5 healthy old adults (71 - 77 years old), and 5 older adults (60 - 77 years old) with Parkinson's disease. For each subject, two columns of data are included. The first column is time (in seconds) and the second is the stride interval (variously known as stride time, gait cycle duration, and time between successive heel strikes of the same foot). The same data are also available as standard PhysioBank-format annotation (.str) and header (.hea) files, for viewing or analysis using PhysioToolkit software from this site. Subjects walked continuously on level ground around an obstacle-free path. The stride interval was measured using ultra-thin, force sensitive resistors placed inside the shoe. The analog force signal was sampled at 300 Hz with a 12 bit A/D converter, using an ambulatory, ankle-worn microcomputer that also recorded the data. Subsequently, the time between foot-strikes was automatically computed. The method for determining the stride interval is a modification of a previously validated method that has been shown to agree with force-platform measures, a gold standard. Data were collected from the healthy subjects as they walked in a roughly circular path for 15 minutes, and from the subjects with Parkinson's disease as they walked for 6 minutes up and down a long hallway.

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The Confederation of Cancer Biobanks (CCB) is a consortium of organisations based in the UK that are involved in the development, management and use of biobank resources for cancer research. The Confederation aims to promote and disseminate a collective view on best practices for biobanks and to promote transfer of knowledge and experiences between banks. While individual banks retain their full autonomy, membership leads to mutual benefit, ensures complementarities, avoids unnecessary competition and ensures a coordinated approach to cancer biosample provision. This will benefit all involved by allowing the sharing of expertise and information, the establishment of harmonized standards for the operation of cancer biobanks and provide a means to access a larger pool of biosamples from the confederated banks. The initial achievements of the NCRI Confederation of Cancer Biobanks were the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding for the founder members of the Confederation, and a document outlining the Guiding Principles for the management and operation of a tissue bank / biobank in the contemporary ethical and legal setting. Any organization based in the UK, which collects and distributes biosamples for cancer research (not necessarily in the UK), may apply to join. CCB Members receive: * access to the Members Area of the web site containing shared resources * inclusion in email discussion fora with other members * networking opportunities with other members * inclusion in a collective voice to research funders, policy makers, legislators and others * inclusion in the NCRI''s new on-line sample directory * one free registration for each CCB workshop * a future opportunity to pursue accreditation/quality endorsement for the bank * a potential future opportunity for your donors to join a donor forum, which provides patients/sample donors with a mechanism of keeping in touch with research biobanking activities.

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• 16 years ago - by Anonymous

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on August 27, 2019.<br/><br/>Database for those interested in the consequences of Factor VIII genetic variation at the DNA and protein level, it provides access to data on the molecular pathology of haemophilia A. The database presents a review of the structure and function of factor VIII and the molecular genetics of haemophilia A, a real time update of the biostatistics of each parameter in the database, a molecular model of the A1, A2 and A3 domains of the factor VIII protein (based on the crystal structure of caeruloplasmin) and a bulletin board for discussion of issues in the molecular biology of factor VIII. The database is completely updated with easy submission of point mutations, deletions and insertions via e-mail of custom-designed forms. A methods section devoted to mutation detection is available, highlighting issues such as choice of technique and PCR primer sequences. The FVIII structure section now includes a download of a FVIII A domain homology model in Protein Data Bank format and a multiple alignment of the FVIII amino-acid sequences from four species (human, murine, porcine and canine) in addition to the virtual reality simulations, secondary structural data and FVIII animation already available. Finally, to aid navigation across this site, a clickable roadmap of the main features provides easy access to the page desired. Their intention is that continued development and updating of the site shall provide workers in the fields of molecular and structural biology with a one-stop resource site to facilitate FVIII research and education. To submit your mutants to the Haemophilia A Mutation Database email the details. (Refer to Submission Guidelines)

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

Blog about the interests of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. They use tools from physics, mathematics and computer science to help us better understand the behavior of biological systems, large and small. Jobs and postdoc positions are available under the corresponding categories. Interests: * Methods for quantitative measurement, and for data analysis. Although much is said about the flood of new data in biology, nearly every time you want to understand a biological system at a mathematical or mechanical level you find that the numbers you need most are missing. Measuring and extracting the parameters that describe key features of the system is a major interest. * Theoretical and computational methods that can cope with the special features of biological systems. Issues such as combinatorial complexity, stochasticity, and variation from individual to individual and tissue to tissue are hard to deal with using conventional tools. * Philosophies of modeling. How do we represent what we know about the system what level of abstraction is appropriate for a given question, what is important and what can be ignored? What are models useful for? * Evolution. One of the more useful tools to identify what''s important is evolution a comparison across species helps to show what is allowed to change and what is not. * Synthetic biology. If I understand it, can I build it? (And in any case, can I build useful stuff?) They will post thoughts about recent papers in the literature that they find interesting, news about the Department, and information about Department Alumni. Please check back frequently, and feel free to comment.

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A sequence mapping software that utilizes the massive parallelism of graphics processing units to accelerate the inexact alignment of short sequence reads to a particular location on a reference genome. It can align a paired-end library containing 14 million pairs of 76bp reads to the Human genome in about 27 minutes (from fastq files to SAM alignment) using a ��380 NVIDIA Geforce GTX 680*. The alignment throughput can be boosted further by using multiple GPUs (up to 8) at the same time. Being based on BWA (http://bio-bwa.sf.net) from the Sanger Institute, BarraCUDA delivers a high level of alignment fidelity and is comparable to other mainstream alignment programs. It can perform gapped alignment with gap extensions, in order to minimise the number of false variant calls in re-sequencing studies.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Software to evaluate and improve the accuracy of sequencing error under different experimental conditions. It can identify which components of a system may be suboptimal and which regions of the genome may be problematic.

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A database of interactions between HIV-1 and human proteins published in the peer-reviewed literature. The goal is to provide a concise, yet detailed, summary of all known interactions of HIV-1 proteins with host cell proteins, other HIV-1 proteins, or proteins from disease organisms associated with HIV/AIDS. For each HIV-1 human protein interaction the following information is provided: * NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq) protein accession numbers. * NCBI Entrez Gene ID numbers. * Amino acids from each protein that are known to be involved in the interaction. * Brief description of the protein-protein interaction. * Keywords to support searching for interactions. * PubMed identification numbers (PMIDs) for all journal articles describing the interaction. In addition, all protein-protein interactions documented in the database are integrated into Entrez Gene records and listed in the ''HIV-1 protein interactions'' section of Entrez Gene reports. The database is also tightly linked to other databases through Entrez Gene, enabling users to search for an abundance of information related to HIV pathogenesis and replication.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

An interactive multiresolution brain atlas that is based on over 20 million megapixels of sub-micron resolution, annotated, scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and integrated with a high-speed database for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function. Currently featured are complete brain atlas datasets for various species, including Macaca mulatta, Chlorocebus aethiops, Felis catus, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Tyto alba and many other vertebrates. BrainMaps is currently accepting histochemical, immunocytochemical, and tracer connectivity data, preferably whole-brain. In addition, they are interested in EM, MRI, and DTI data.

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• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

The Loom is a blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.

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• 16 years ago - by Anonymous

A list of various databases freely available to the public, including several mutation and variation resources, such as education resources for teachers students provided by the Human Genome Variation Society. Databases listed include: * Locus Specific Mutation Databases * Disease Centered Central Mutation Databases * Central Mutation and SNP Databases * National and Ethnic Mutation Databases * Mitochondrial Mutation Databases * Chromosomal Variation Databases * Other Mutation Databases ( i.e. your round holes don''''t fit our square pegs) * Clinical and Patient Aspects Databases * Non Human Mutation Databases * Artificial Mutations Only * Other Related Databases * Education Resources for Teachers and Students

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A collection of high-quality images and videos for education and outreach from the Integrated Earth Data Applications Facility. Albums include: Ridge2000, MARGINS, GeoMapApp, GeoPRISMS, Antarctic and Southern Ocean, Global Multi-Resolution Topography. To contribute your media to Media Bank, you are asked to supply metadata with each image/video supplied.

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• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

A database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions that provides a central point of access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research. The RePORTER has replaced the CRISP database. The database, maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health, includes projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH).

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented January 29, 2018.<br/>From website: "Note that the eXpress software is also no longer being developed. We recommend you use kallisto instead." Kallisto can be found at http://pachterlab.github.io/kallisto/.<br/><br/>Software for streaming quantification for high-throughput DNA/RNA sequencing. <br/>Can be used in any application where abundances of target sequences need to be estimated from short reads sequenced from them.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

The mission of ILAR is to evaluate and disseminate information on issues related to the scientific, technological, and ethical use of animals and related biological resources in research, testing, and education. Using the principles of refinement, reduction, and replacement (3Rs) as a foundation, ILAR promotes high-quality science through the humane care and use of animals and the implementation of alternatives. Through the reports of expert committees, the ILAR Journal, web-based resources, and other means of communication, ILAR functions as a component of the National Academies to provide independent, objective advice to the federal government, the international biomedical research community, and the public. ILAR supports the responsible use of animals in research, testing, and education as a key component to advancing the health and quality of life of humans and animals. It promotes high-quality science and humane care and use of research animals based upon the principles of refinement, replacement, and reduction (the 3Rs) and high ethical standards. It fosters best practices that enhance human and animal welfare by organizing and disseminating information and by facilitating dialogue among interested parties. It has developed a unique Search Engine to search for animal models and strains. This search engine surveys all the websites of vendors and repositories of laboratory animals and biological material on our Links page. The ILAR develops guidelines on laboratory animal care and use and conducts conferences, symposia, and workshops on important laboratory animal problems. ILAR publishes the ILAR Journal on a quarterly basis, as well as conference proceedings and special reports prepared by committees of experts. A list of ILAR publications on issues related to laboratory animal research is available on the Web site. As part of the Animal Models and Genetic Stocks Information Exchange Program, ILAR staff members answer direct telephone and mail inquiries and maintain a Web page containing a database on animal models and genetic stock. The Web site also offers a comprehensive search engine that enables users to find information on the existence and location of special animal models, correct nomenclature to identify animals, and related topics such as diseases of animals and relevant publications. Sponsors: ILAR receives funding from the following sponsors: -Abbott Laboratories -Abbott Fund -American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) -American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) -Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) -Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. -Charles River -Charles River Laboratories Foundation -Covance -Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) -GlaxoSmithKline -Merck &amp; Co., Inc. -National Science Foundation (NSF) -Pfizer -Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) -U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -U.S. Department of the Army -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) :*National Institutes of Health (NIH) :*Office of Research Integrity (ORI) -U.S. Department of the Navy -U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs -Wellcome Trust -Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

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The Protein Research Foundation has collected information related to amino acids, peptides and proteins and created several databases. The website is partially commerical and some databases are available only for a fee, although all can be accessed for a brief period as a guest account as well. They provide a literature search database, a Peptide/Protein Sequence Database, and a Synthetic Compounds Database.

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A group blog providing expert, independent commentary on the personal genomics industry. The goal of the project is to provide genetic testing consumers with independent and informed analysis of developments in the field of genetics and the genetic testing industry. Members of Genomes Unzipped include active researchers in various fields of genetics, as well as specialists in the legal and public health issues surrounding new genomic technologies. Many of us have also been extensively involved in public communication about genetics. Members of the group have had their DNA tested with a variety of products. We have released all of these genetic data openly to the public, both as raw data and in a custom genome browser. As the project proceeds we plan to obtain more genetic tests ����?? up to and including whole genome sequencing ����?? and to continue to release these data to the world. The group is also performing analyses of our own raw genetic data to illustrate fundamental concepts in genetics, using software written both by group members and other collaborators; and we����??ll be releasing the code for that software in our new code repository. As the project expands, we����??ll be looking to add data from other volunteers to the project, as well as to collaborate with other ����??genome hackers����?? on the development of new tools for exploring genetic data.

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The Center for Molecular Imaging integrates molecular imaging and molecular medicine with systems biology approaches to understand disease complexity, promising to provide predictive, preventative and personalized medicine that will transform health care. The multi-modality molecular imaging program is composed of individual but overlapping research themes with specific projects under each theme. As all projects are underpinned by methodology development in the chemistry, biology, physics and bioengineering of imaging, there is always a strong overlap and cross feed in terms of methods and assays. The research themes include: * Biomarker pharmacodynamic imaging of metabolism, proliferation, cell death and vascular perfusion * Molecular genetic imaging in developing multi-modal reporter gene-based probes * Molecular imaging of angiogenesis and its relation to tumor hypoxia * Multi-modal nanoparticle probes for drug delivery and molecular imaging, including cell and immune-based therapies * Radiolabeled drug pharmacokinetics and studies of drug discovery and structural biology using molecular imaging strategies * Development of nanotechnology molecular imaging systems * Imaging proteomic mass spectrometry * Molecular imaging and molecular pathology diagnostic research The Center for Molecular Imaging fosters collaborative research, bringing together the advances being made in technology-driven research such as bioengineering, chemical genomics and nanotechnology with biomedical research groups studying cell and molecular biology and radiobiology, biologically targeted therapeutics, immuno-based mechanisms, and drug and biomarker discovery. The aim is to develop and validate multi-modality molecular imaging tools that will facilitate the advancement of translational medicine and clinical science research in oncology and neuroscience as well as other clinical research areas. The center is equipped with laboratories for radiochemistry, analytical chemistry, molecular biology, nanotechnology and animal imaging, as well as a dedicated facility for translational clinical imaging. Imaging technologies within the center include Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (preclinical and clinical), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, optical imaging, autoradiography and multi-modality nanotechnology imaging. Molecular probe developments underpin the biological and biomedical research conducted using the above modalities.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Growing library of software for physiologic signal processing and analysis, detection of physiologically significant events using both classical techniques and novel methods based on statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics, interactive display and characterization of signals, creation of new databases, simulation of physiologic and other signals, quantitative evaluation and comparison of analysis methods, and analysis of nonequilibrium and nonstationary processes. A unifying theme of the research projects that contribute software to PhysioToolkit is the extraction of hidden information from biomedical signals, information that may have diagnostic or prognostic value in medicine, or explanatory or predictive power in basic research. Contributions of software to PhysioToolkit are welcome, http://physionet.org/guidelines.shtml#software-contributions

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Software R package to quickly scan reads and gather statistics on base and quality frequencies, read length, k-mers by position, and frequent sequences. Produces graphical output of statistics for use in quality control pipelines, and an optional HTML quality report. S4 SequenceSummary objects allow specific tests and functionality to be written around the data collected.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous