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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on February 25,2022.NOTE:Blogs hosted on Nature Network have now moved to new homes in the Nature Publishing Group network of blogs. We''''ve made these changes so that our bloggers can take advantage of improvements in blogging technology, and so that we can offer a better service to our colleagues and those who choose to blog with us. We are no longer hosting blogs on Nature Network itself. Nature Network Blogs are blogs posted by members of Nature Network, the professional networking website for scientists around the world. All features on Nature Network are completely free. All you need to do is create a profile.

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A Matlab toolbox for fMRI data analysis using Independent Component Analysis (ICA). It provides an integrated environment to manage, process and analyze fMRI data in a single framework so that users can complete the analysis without switching between software. In addition, it provides an interactive Matlab graphic user interface (GUI). All the necessary processes to apply ICA to fMRI data and review its results can be run from the graphic interface. The FMRLAB processing flow is straightforward. Custom analyses can be performed with Matlab scripts using the FMRLAB functions and data structure. Since fMRI data analysis is a complex enterprise, including digital image processing, statistical analysis and data visualization, an integrated framework combining processing elements is desired eagerly by users in the neuroimaging community. Recently, large number of software tools for data analysis and visualization have been developed for this purpose. However, most of these tools use model-based statistical methods which assume that the users know the hemodynamic response (HR) for their paradigm in advance and can specify a reasonable HR model. Often, however, accurate or reasonable response HR models are unavailable. An alternative data-driven method, infomax ICA (McKeown et al., 1998), does not require that an a priori HR model, instead deriving HRs of spatially independent components of the entire data set from the higher-order statistics of the data themselves. FMRLAB is a toolbox running under Matlab containing necessary components for data-driven fMRI data analysis using the highly reliable infomax ICA algorithm (Bell & Sejnowski, 1995), normalized (Amari, 1999), extended (Lee, Girolami and Sejnowski, 1999) and automated by Makeig et al. FMRLAB has been developed under Matlab 6.1 running on Red Hat Linux. FMRLAB Features * Graphic user interface * Flexible data importing * Interactive data plotting * Computationally efficient * Defined FMRI data structure * Independent component browser * Smooth, transparent component exporting and spatial normalization process * Interface with other software for further analysis or visualization. * SPM-style component plots (MIP, 2-D slice overlay and 3-D)

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 22, 2023. National initiative to advance biomedical research through data sharing and online collaboration that provides data sharing infrastructure, software tools, strategies and advisory services. Groups may choose whether to share data internally or with external audiences. Hardware and data remain under control of individual user groups.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute (TBGRI) is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Kerala on 17th November 1979 and registered on 23rd November 1979 under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. It functions under the umbrella of the Science, Technology and Environment Department, Government of Kerala. Prof. A. Abraham, a visionary and a great Botanist, conceived the idea of establishing a Botanic Garden and Research Institute to study and conserve the rare and vanishing wild plant genetic resources of the country. Kinded by the spirit of his concept, the Government of Kerala took a far sighted decision resulting in the establishment of Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute (TBGRI) as an autonomous organization at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital City of Kerala. In the beginning, the Institute functioned at Thiruvananthapuram city on a rented duplex building. Thanks to the Forests & Wildlife Department, the land for establishment of the garden was allotted in 1983 and the foundation stone was laid on 27th May 1983 by the then Chief Minister, Shri K. Karunakaran. The then Education Minister, the late C. H. Mohammed Koya laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Visiting Scientists'' Guest House. The meeting was presided over by the Minister for Forests, Shri K. P. Noorudeen. With the recruitment of a skeletal scientific and technical staff, the Institute made a modest beginning. Biotechnology and Taxonomy were the two subjects considered to have immediate relevance to the development of the garden. While taxonomists prepared a flora of the garden documenting the native plant wealth before mass introduction and face lift which subsequently followed, the bio-technologists mass multiplied plants of commercial importance, especially orchids for cultivation and distribution to the public. The Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew played an exemplary and significant role in shaping and design of garden lay out of TBGRI in its formative stages. RBG, Kew not only lent its best men to train our technical staff in gardening and landscaping but also generously supplied books and living plants as gifts to enrich the respective collections. Undoubtedly, the continuing support of RBG, Kew is of special mention in the development of the Garden.

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A set of Ruby modules to annotate consequence terms, defined by the Sequence Ontology, of variants (SNP/SNVs, INDELs, SVs, CNAs) using Ensembl gene sets. Prior to annotation of variants an Ensembl gene set and reference coding sequences are loaded into memory from a database file, which can be downloaded or generated by the user from reference files. This allows rapid annotation of variants, making it suitable for annotation of whole genome scale calls. Annotation is performed on a transcript level basis, identifying associated sequence ontology terms for affected and nearby transcripts. Default output can be obtained on a gene basis, summarising the consequences for each gene affected, or on a transcript level basis. Output information is also readily customisable using user-generated scripts.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

An international career website for vacancies in academic, research and related professions in Science, Technology and Engineering. Announcements on upcoming conferences, workshops, training courses, etc are also available in the site. Job seekers can subscribe for email alerts on latest jobs/event postings. Employers can post jobs free of cost. The site can be viewed in about 35 world languages. About 500 jobs, fellowships and conference announcements are made available to the site every month. Users belong to more than 120 countries.

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ScienceBlogs posts about Brain & Behavior.

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ScienceBlogs posts about Life Science.

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A leading online job board for scientists, Access-ScienceJobs.co.uk was initially launched in July 2005 from an existing scientific recruitment platform with the sole aim to provide employers a more cost-effective recruitment advertising solution, and for jobseekers a one-stop portal for finding their ideal scientific position. For Jobseekers We work with some of the UK''s leading recruitment agencies and direct employers to bring you an extensive selection of scientific jobs across all related industry sectors. Start your job search here or find a direct employer or agency in our companies a-z directory. Don''t miss our articles section, with useful careers, reviews and news articles written by respected recruitment and cv specialists. * Apply Online - fast, securely & professionally * Save your Job Alerts and manage them easily within your control panel * Create an effective CV Profile and let recruiters find you For Recruiters Looking to fill a job vacancy? We attract a wide range of Scientists within the UK through various forms of job distributions, networks and media coverage. * Post your Science related Jobs to our network of qualified Scientists * Edit, Repost & Expire your Job postings, anytime * Find professional Science Candidates when you CV Search online * Post your Career & News Articles to enhance your Employer brand * List your Profile for FREE in our Companies A-Z Directory

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

The journal Science is one of the most prestigious and widely cited scientific journals in the world. Founded by Thomas Edison in 1880, Science has been publishing breaking news and seminal research for more than 125 years. Science Careers is the careers component of Science that scientists rely on for career information and job postings. Science Careers offers a wide variety of content designed to assist scientists of all disciplines, backgrounds and experience levels navigate their career path. This includes over 3,000 job listings that are updated daily, thousands of career advice articles written by the Science Careers editorial staff, graduate program information, meetings and event information, funding opportunities on GrantsNet, and a Career Forum where scientists can join a community of experts and peers engaging in real time discussions around career issues. For employers, Science Careers provides multiple platforms for recruiting scientists and extending their employment brand including job postings, banner advertisements, email and newsletters and sponsorships.

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At New Scientist Jobs you can search our database for hundreds of Science and Technology jobs from across the globe. Registration is free and you can upload your resume, set up email job alerts, subscribe to RSS feeds and apply for Science and Technology jobs online. Employers can post jobs. We also work in partnership with the science and academic community to help them recruit the right Science and Technology candidates for their vacancies online.

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International job board for careers in academic, research, science and related professions in the UK, Europe, Australasia, Africa, America and Asia & Middle East. Launched by the University of Warwick, they have grown to become the top recruitment site in their sector, attracting the most qualified and talented people from the UK, Europe and across the world. Users may subscribe to Jobs by Email for vacancies in universities, colleges, research institutions, commercial and public sector, schools and charities. You may upload your CV to give yourself an advantage by making your CV visible to top employers now!

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StellaBase is a genomics database of Nematostella vectensis. It allows users to query the assembled Nematostella genome, a confirmed gene library, and a predicted genome using both keyword and homology based search functions. Data provided by these searches will elucidate gene family evolution in early animals. Unique research tools, including a Nematostella genetic stock library, a primer library, a literature repository and a gene expression library will provide support to the burgeoning Nematostella research community. Supported by: National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0212773 to JRF)

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The editors of Scientific American regularly encounter perspectives on science and technology that we believe our readers would find thought-provoking, fascinating, debatable and challenging. The guest blog is a forum for such opinions. The views expressed belong to the author and are not necessarily shared by Scientific American.

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Search for the widest range of science jobs with thousands of vacancies advertised globally on the site. Employers range from top international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to highly respected academic and government institutions. Job seekers can find a wide range of scientific career information and news as well as expert advice, all free to access. What''s more, employers can post jobs for free.

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Software for quantitative detection of alternative transcripts with RNA-Seq data. The method, based on quadratic programming, estimates biases introduced by experimental settings and is thus a powerful tool to reveal and quantify novel (alternative) transcripts.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

STCDB is a database of signal transduction pathways and classifications. Signal transduction classifications are listed in signal transduction number order. Each entry provides a link to details of that signal transduction. Alternatively, if looking for a specific signal transduction used in the classification of the broad outline defined by the first two numbers are given as a tree representation. Each of these subclass entries is linked to a location where the category is subdivided to sub-subclasses. These in turn are linked to a list of recommended names for each signal transduction in the sub-subclass. The links are to a list of sub-subclasses which in turn list the signal transductions linked to separate files for each signal transduction.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The UMKC Neuroscience Brain Tissue Bank and Research Laboratory has been established to obtain, process, and distribute human brain tissue to qualified scientists and clinicians dedicated to neuroscience research. No other living organ approaches the human brain in complexity or capacity. Healthy, it astounds and inspires miracles. Diseased, it confounds and diminishes hope. The use of human brain tissue for research will provide insight into the anatomical and neurochemical aspects of diseased and non-diseased brains. While animal models are helpful and necessary in understanding disease, certain disorders can be more efficiently studied using human brain tissue. Also, modern research techniques are often best applied to human tissue. We also need samples of brain tissue that have not been affected by disease. They help us to compare a 'normal' brain with a diseased one. Also, we have a critical need for brain donations from relatives who have genetically inherited disorders. Tissue preparation consists of fresh quick-frozen tissue blocks or coronal slices (nitrogen vapor frozen; custom dissection of specific anatomic regions) or formalin-fixed coronal slices (custom dissection of specific anatomic regions).

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

Videos of Knight ADRC related events for educational and informational purposes. A link to additional Center produced media is provided to access the Knight ADRC YouTube Channel. Videos are in HTML5 mp4 format and are available in 1080p or 4K resolution.

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous