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Launched in 2005, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is a research campaign within the Simons Foundation''s overall suite of programs. SFARI''s mission is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding, catalyzing and driving innovative research of the greatest quality and relevance. Although SFARI''s priority is to benefit individuals challenged by these disorders, its efforts are certain to yield insights into the neural mechanisms of fundamental human capabilities, thereby promoting the broader mission of the Simons Foundation to advance the frontiers of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. Autism spectrum disorders are a set of complex developmental disorders characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction, as well as restricted behaviors, interests or activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that roughly 1 in 110 children in the U.S. have autism, with many more boys affected than girls. These disorders cost the U.S. economy an estimated $35 billion dollars each year in direct care costs and lost productivity, and extract an incalculable human toll.

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The Broadband Forum is the central organization driving broadband wireline solutions and empowering converged packet networks worldwide to better meet the needs of vendors, service providers and their customers. They develop multi-service broadband packet networking specifications addressing interoperability, architecture and management. Their work enables home, business and converged broadband services, encompassing customer, access and backbone networks. Keywords: Vendor, Service, Broadband, Wireline, Forum, Network,

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Biomedical technology research center that develops new algorithms, visualizations and conceptual frameworks to study biological networks at multiple levels and scales, from protein-protein and genetic interactions to cell-cell communication and vast social networks. They are developing freely available, open-source suite of software technology that broadly enables network-based visualization, analysis, and biomedical discovery for NIH-funded researchers. This software is enabling researchers to assemble large-scale biological data into models of networks and pathways and to use these networks to better understand how biological systems operate under normal conditions and how they fail in disease. The National Resource for Network Biology is organized around the following key components: Technology Research and Development, Driving Biomedical Projects, Outreach, Training and Dissemination of Tools. The NRNB supports several types of training events, including both virtual and live workshops; tutorials sessions for clinicians, biologists and bioinformaticians; presentations and demonstrations at conferences; online tutorials and webcasts; and annual symposium.

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Biospecimen repository for tumor specimens, available to all researchers actively engaged in cancer research whether they are in University, Academic, or Pharmaceutical industry, with a goal to accelerate the discovery and development of new agents for the treatment and cure of cancer. The START tumor bank was created to make tumor tissue gifted by patients receiving care or treatment at The START Center available to all researchers involved in developing a better understanding of the biology of cancer or those engaged in the discovery of new therapies. The START Tumor Bank is a department within the PK Department and handles skin and tumor biopsies required by clinical trial protocols. A member of the PK Department is present during biopsy procedures for immediate processing of the sample for the trial. Additionally, the Tumor Bank collects and banks the tumor tissues of patients who consent. This tissue is then stored for future use by researchers developing new therapies.

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HHMI Center for integrated teams of lab scientists and tool builders to share methods, results, and tools with the scientific community. Janelia Research campus is a research campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute located in Ashburn, Virginia.

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The Biorepository contains plasma, serum, RNA stabilized buffy coat, urine, viable tumor samples, and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor; all with associated clinical information. These can be provided to investigators with Cancer Sample Banking Committee approval (IRB approval is also required for projects requesting ongoing sample collection or clinical annotation.) Urine and blood-derived specimens are available from a wide variety of cancer cases and cancer-free controls. Tumor sample availability is more limited and predominately from breast and gastrointestinal malignancies. Samples are collected from consented subjects and de-identified clinical information on the subjects is collected over time. Subjects are consented for research germ line genotyping. Access to the clinical annotation is determined based on need as justified in each investigator''s request or protocol. Anonymized samples from the biorepository are available compliant with UCSD HRPP exempt category 4.

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An Antibody supplier

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Online textbook that has evolved into an interactive, dynamic blog that covers all things related to the bioscience of the visual system. It summarizes recent advances in knowledge and understanding of the visual system through dedicated chapters and evolving discussion to serve as a clearing house for all things related to retina and vision science.

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Interactive graphical browser for biological networks and molecular interaction data. The N-Browse server at NYU currently provides access to a variety of large-scale functional genomic datasets from several species.

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Provia Laboratories Inc. offers Store-A-Tooth, the industry-leading dental stem cell banking service for preserving the stem cells found in baby teeth and wisdom teeth. Store-A-Tooth is a service that provides you the opportunity to store the stem cells inside of teeth that come out. Eligible teeth include baby teeth, wisdom teeth, and other healthy teeth that need to be surgically extracted during the normal course of dental care. Store-A-Tooth has been available since 2006 from dentists across the U.S. At the core of our tooth transport device is the Save-A-Tooth device, which is FDA-approved and ADA accepted for the preservation of avulsed teeth. We use Save-A-Tooth for tooth collection and transport to ensure optimal viability of your sample for processing and cryopreservation. Our laboratory is FDA-registered, CLIA-certified, and AABB-accredited.

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Ontology designed as a structured controlled vocabulary for cell types. It was constructed for use by the model organism and other bioinformatics databases. It includes cell types from prokaryotes, mammals, and fungi. The ontology is available in the formats adopted by the Open Biological Ontologies umbrella and is designed to be used in the context of model organism genome and other biological databases.

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R package for differential expression analysis of RNA-seq data.

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A repository for bacterial small regulatory RNA. They welcome you to submit new experimental validated sRNA targets.

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The DNA Bank accepts the clinical samples from projects that have been approved by the Committee on Human Research (CHR). Genomic DNA isolation is performed utilizing standardized and quality controlled Gentra Systems'' PureGene DNA isolation system or Qiagen Kits. The quantity and quality of the genomic DNA isolate is determined by 260/280 UV spectrophotometery. Following isolation and quality assessment, DNA can be aliquoted into a normalized concentration. The preparation of aliquots serves to allow ready distribution of DNA samples to both the client laboratory and their collaborators and to preclude excessive routine freezing and thawing of the primary DNA isolate, a practice which is well known to result in notable degradation of genomic DNA stocks. All samples are stored in alarmed Revco ultra-low freezers at -80����?����?����?��������C. All of the ultra-low freezer units utilized by the DNA Bank are monitored by a temperature sensitive alarm system that provides 24 hour oversight. In the event of a power outage, all freezers are on an emergency back-up electrical generator.

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StRAnGER (Statistical Ranking of ANotated Genomic Experimental Results) is a web application for the automated statistical analysis of annotated gene profiling experiments, exploiting controlled biological vocabularies, like the Gene Ontology or the KEGG pathways terms. Starting from annotated lists of differentially expressed genes StRAnGER repartitions and reorders the initial distribution of terms to define a new distribution of elements where each element pools terms holding the same enrichment score. The elements are then prioritized according to StRAnGER''''s algorithm and, by applying bootstrapping techniques, a corrected measure of the statistical significance of these elements is derived, enabling the selection of terms mapped to these elements, unambiguously associated with respective significant gene sets. Besides their high statistical score, another selection criterion for the terms is the number of their members, something that incurs a biological prioritization in line with a Systems Biology context. Platform: Online tool

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Kickstarter is the world''s largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields. A new form of commerce and patronage. This is not about investment or lending. Project creators keep 100% ownership and control over their work. Instead, they offer products and experiences that are unique to each project. All or nothing funding. On Kickstarter, a project must reach its funding goal before time runs out or no money changes hands. Why? It protects everyone involved. Creators aren''t expected to develop their project without necessary funds, and it allows anyone to test concepts without risk. Each and every project is the independent creation of someone like you. Projects are big and small, serious and whimsical, traditional and experimental. They''re inspiring, entertaining and unbelievably diverse. We hope you agree... Welcome to Kickstarter!

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Biobank Graz is a non-profit central Medical University of Graz (MUG) service facility that provides the logistics and infrastructure to optimally support MUG research teams in the collection, processing and storage of biological samples and their associated data. In the course of this, special attention is given to sample and data quality and to the protection of the individual rights of patients. Samples from selected patients at the Graz LKH-University Clinical Centre, who have signed an informed consent declaration, are deposited in Biobank Graz. This means that excess tissue and blood samples are collected and placed in storage. The samples are harvested in the course of routine interventions undertaken by the different departments and institutes of the Graz LKH-University Clinical Centre and approved for use in research projects only after the completion of all necessary laboratory and histopathological analyses. No additional material is removed: in other words, there are no associated drawbacks whatsoever for the patients involved. Biobank Graz operates a quality management system according to ISO 9001:2008 and offers the following services for the processing and storage of biological samples and the handling of data: * Consistently high sample quality through the processing of samples using standardized methods in accordance with written working instructions (SOPs) * Efficient use of resources through the building of shared infrastructure and the development of optimized processes * A high degree of reliability provided by the storage of samples in 24/7 - monitored storage systems. * Processing and storage of all data in accordance with data protection legislation. Biobank Graz comprises both population-based and disease-focused collections of biological materials. It currently contains approx. 3.8 mio samples from approx. 1.2 mio patients representing a nonselected patient group characteristic of central Europe. Because the Institute of Pathology was, until 2003, the exclusive pathology service provider for major parts of the province of Styria, including its capital Graz (population approx. 1.2 mio people), samples from all human diseases, treated by surgery or diagnosed by biopsy, are included in the collection at their natural frequency of occurrence and thus represent cancers and non-cancerous diseases from all organs, and from all age groups. The scientific value of the existing tissue collection is, thus, not only determined by its size and technical homogeneity (all samples have been processed in a single institute under constant conditions for more than 20 years), but also by its population-based character. These features provide ideal opportunities for epidemiological studies and allow the validation of biomarkers for the identification of specific diseases and determination of their response to treatment. Prospectively collected tissues, blood samples and clinical data comprise, on the one hand, randomly selected samples from all diseases and patient groups to provide sufficient numbers of samples for the evaluation of the disease-specificity of any gene or biomarker. On the other hand, Biobank Graz adopts a disease-focused approach for selected diseases (such as breast, colon and liver cancers as well as some metabolic diseases) through the collection of a range of different human biological samples of highest quality and detailed clinical follow-up data. Graz Medical University established the Biobank to provide improved and sustainable access to biological samples and related (clinical) data both for its own academic research and for external research projects of academic and industrial partners. It is a major interest of the university to initiate co-operative research projects. Biological samples and data are available to external institutions performing high-quality research projects which comply with the Biobank''s ethical and legal framework according to the access rules (Contact: COO Karine Sargsyan, MD, PhD).

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Public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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AIDS and HIV Research is a disease-related portal that includes Articles, News, Jobs, Free Journals, Links, Forum, Structures, Labs & Rankings. * AIDS and HIV research links are profiled and rated. You can rate each website and view the websites in a number of categories including portals, blogs, databases, software and several other categories. Below you will find the top 10 rated AIDS and HIV research links. * Recent AIDS and HIV research literature is highlighted. We have taken the entire set of AIDS and HIV research articles and arranged them according to their previous or expected citation rate. This allows you to quickly identify the most important articles in the field. * Recent AIDS and HIV research news and press releases are highlighted. We scour over 20,000 news sources to bring you the latest AIDS and HIV research news. * AIDS and HIV research laboratories are featured. We have actually profiled nearly 99% of all AIDS and HIV research laboratories. We have also ranked all labs based upon the citation rating of the papers of the principal investigator. Laboratories may alter information on each lab page including picture, publications, affiliation, and biography. You will find the top 20 AIDS and HIV research laboratories.

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Life Alaska Donor Services is the tissue donation organization serving the state of Alaska, offering the option of donation to families who have suffered a death in Alaska. Life Alaska was established in 1991 as the state''s tissue donation program. Since that time, Life Alaska has had many donors and has supplied thousands of tissues for transplantation to Alaskan patients. Life Alaska works in partnership with the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization in Washington (LifeCenter Northwest) to provide education on tissue and organ donation throughout the state. Tissue donations have taken place across the state, from Barrow to Ketchikan. The age criteria for transplantable tissues and organs are generally from birth to 80 years of age, with patients of any age being candidates for research. Tissues donated to Life Alaska are first offered to Alaskan patients and physicians before being made available outside the state. Organs are shared using the federally mandated national sharing system operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing and are first offered to transplant centers in the Pacific northwest.

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