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Commercial antibody vendor which supplies antibodies and other products to life science researchers.

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The OBO Relation Ontology is an ontology of core relations for use by OBO Foundry ontologies. To enhance the treatment of relations in biomedical ontologies we advance a methodology for providing consistent and unambiguous formal definitions of the relational expressions used in such ontologies in a way designed to assist developers and users in avoiding errors in coding and annotation. The resulting Relation Ontology can promote interoperability of ontologies and support new types of automated reasoning about the spatial and temporal dimensions of biological and medical phenomena. The OBO Relation ontology is undergoing substantial changes: * Core domain-independent relations will live in BFO * Biology specific relations (defined in terms of core relations) will live in RO

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Collection of information about chemical structures and biological properties of small molecules and siRNA reagents hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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Evolving portal that will provide interactive tools and resources to allow researchers, clinicians, and students to discover, analyze, and visualize what is known about the brain's organization, and what the evidence is for that knowledge. This project has a current experimental focus: creating the first brainwide mesoscopic connectivity diagram in the mouse. Related efforts for the human brain currently focus on literature mining and an Online Brain Atlas Reconciliation Tool. The primary goal of the Brain Architecture Project is to assemble available knowledge about the structure of the nervous system, with an ultimate emphasis on the human CNS. Such information is currently scattered in research articles, textbooks, electronic databases and datasets, and even as samples on laboratory shelves. Pooling the knowledge across these heterogeneous materials - even simply getting to know what we know - is a complex challenge that requires an interdisciplinary approach and the contributions and support of the greater community. Their approach can be divided into 4 major thrusts: * Literature Curation and Text Mining * Computational Analysis * Resource Development * Experimental Efforts

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 9, 2023.A Joint Project between Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) and the Knight Cancer Institute, the OHSU Biolibrary provides information on campus collections of biospecimens originating from OHSU patients. The Biolibrary Search Engine is a user-friendly, online search tool that allows OHSU researchers to search for suitable biospecimen samples. As of October 2010, the Biolibrary Search Engine contains data on over 500,000 biospecimens. The Search Engine accesses data from the OHSU Cancer Registry, the Department of Pathology, and the OCTRI Research Data Warehouse. You must be connected to the OHSU network to access the Search Engine. The Search Engine is accessible on Internet Explorer through WTS connection to the OHSU network.

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Provides access to services for standardized and centralized acquisition, processing, storage and distribution of biospecimens for research. Services include biospecimen storage, serum and plasma processing, preparation of kits for sample collection and shipping, automated DNA/RNA extraction from blood, saliva, tissue and other materials, biofluid collection, processing and storage, tissue collection, processing and storage.Home to Better Outcomes for Children (BofC) biorepository.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 9, 2023. In this web site you will find the central European database of OECI-TuBaFrost collecting the information of biobanks or in the project support environment on human material; i.e., frozen tumor tissue specimens, pathology blocks, blood samples in different forms, cell lines, Tissue Micro Arrays, etc. Our goal is by centralizing the tumor tissues information to facilitate the search of doctors / researchers for tumor materials, which they need for their cancer research there with facilitating cancer research. OECI members only can participate in the OECI-TuBaFrost exchange platform, or those introduced by an OECI member. We are a group of pathology and research departments as well as bio-bankers in clinical based biobanking based in comprehensive cancer centers or hospitals with a competence in comprehensive cancer care across Europe. Each participating institute is involved in cancer research resulting in innovative procedures, new drugs, improved diagnosis and new insights in disease development. The overall result is better care and treatment for cancer patients. To maximize the scientific value of the human tissue samples, information about the clinical status of the patient in combination with the quality and type of samples is very important. A TuBaFrost electronic database will securely store all this information. Within the closed project supporting environments, the data collected will include: * Diagnosis - identification of the type of cancer * Type of tissue collected - the origin, i.e. breast, skin, colorectal * Quality of tissue collected - collection and storage details The tissue is stored in the hospital where the donor was diagnosed/treated. It stays there until it is used or sent to another hospital or research center within the TuBaFrost group. The electronic database will track samples throughout the network. The tissue is not sold. The exchange of tissue to other hospitals is regulated by a contract, which uses the national regulations of the country supplying the tissue. Tissue samples within the TuBaFrost collection will only be used for research, which has been approved by ethics committees. This ensures that the tissue is only used for the best quality research and only for the specific reasons given to the ethics committee.

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Scholarometer (beta) is a social tool to facilitate citation analysis and help evaluate the impact of an author''s publications. It is a social (crowdsourcing) application that leverages the wisdom of the crowds. Scholarometer makes visualization of author and discipline networks available on the web site. It requires users to tag their queries with one or more discipline names, choosing from predefined ISI subject categories or arbitrary tags. This generates annotations that go into a database, which collects statistics about the various disciplines, such as average number of citations per paper, average number of papers per authors, etc. This data is publicly available. Scholarometer users can save the finding into formats appropriate for local reference management software (e.g., EndNote), or for social publication sharing systems (e.g., BibSonomy). Currently, our system supports the following export formats: BibTex (BIB), RefMan (RIS), EndNote (ENW), comma-separated values (CSV), tab-separated values (XLS), and BibJSON. Export data is dynamically generated in response to any filter, merge or delete actions performed by the user. Since Scholarometer is a browser extension that provides a smart interface for Google Scholar, it does not have the limitations of server based citation analysis tools that sit between the user and Google Scholar. At the same time Scholarometer is not an application, such as Publish or Perish, and therefore it is platform independent and runs on every system that supports the Firefox or the Chrome browser. Still, Scholarometer uses Google Scholar, which provides the most comprehensive source of citation data across the sciences and social sciences. Scholarometer provides a RESTful web API so that other developers can make use of our crowdsourced data. Select the method on the left panel to see corresponding documentation. The extension/add-on code is available in the Mozilla Firefox Add-ons and Google Chrome Extensions repositories. Additional server-side code is not available at this time.

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DNA barcode data with an online workbench that supports data validation, annotation, and publication for specimen, distributional, and molecular data. The data platform consists of three main modules, a data portal, a database of barcode clusters, and data collection workbench. The Public Data Portal provides access to all public barcode data which consists of data generated using the Workbench module as well as data mined from other sources. The Barcode Index Number (BIN) system assigns a unique identifier to each sequence cluster of COI, providing an interim taxonomic system for species in the animal kingdom. The workbench module integrates secure databases with analytical tools to provide a private collaborative environment for researchers to collect, analyze, and publish barcode data and ancillary DNA sequences. This platform also provides an annotation framework that supports tagging and commenting on records and their components (i.e. taxonomy, images, and sequences), allowing for community-based validation of barcode data. By providing specialized services, it aids in the assembly of records that meet the standards needed to gain BARCODE designation in the global sequence databases. Because of its web-based delivery and flexible data security model, it is also well positioned to support projects that involve broad research alliances. Public data records include record identifiers, taxonomy, specimen details, collection information and sequence data. Data that has been publicly released through BOLD can be retrieved manually through the BOLD public interface or automatically through BOLD web services. BOLD analytical tools are available for any data set that exists in BOLD (including publicly available data). Analytical tools can be accessed through the BOLD Project Console under the headings Sequences Analysis or Specimen Aggregates. Some examples include Taxon ID Tree, Alignment Viewer, Distribution Maps, and Image Library.

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Atlas of high resolution Nissl stained digital images of the brain of the zebra finch, the mainstay of songbird research. The cytoarchitectural high resolution photographs and atlas presented here aim at facilitating electrode placement, connectional studies, and cytoarchitectonic analysis. This initial atlas is not in stereotaxic coordinate space. It is intended to complement the stereotaxic atlases of Akutegawa and Konishi, and that of Nixdorf and Bischof. (Akutagawa E. and Konishi M., stereotaxic atalas of the brain of zebra finch, unpublished. and Nixdorf-Bergweiler B. E. and Bischof H. J., A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain Of the Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia Guttata, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.) The zebra finch has proven to be the most widely used model organism for the study of the neurological and behavioral development of birdsong. A unique strength of this research area is its integrative nature, encompassing field studies and ethologically grounded behavioral biology, as well as neurophysiological and molecular levels of analysis. The availability of dimensionally accurate and detailed atlases and photographs of the brain of male and female animals, as well as of the brain during development, can be expected to play an important role in this research program. Traditionally, atlases for the zebra finch brain have only been available in printed format, with the limitation of low image resolution of the cell stained sections. The advantages of a digital atlas over a traditional paper-based atlas are three-fold. * The digital atlas can be viewed at multiple resolutions. At low magnification, it provides an overview of brain sections and regions, while at higher magnification, it shows exquisite details of the cytoarchitectural structure. * It allows digital re-slicing of the brain. The original photographs of brain were taken in certain selected planes of section. However, the brains are seldom sliced in exactly the same plane in real experiments. Re-slicing provides a useful atlas in user-chosen planes, which are otherwise unavailable in the paper-based version. * It can be made available on the internet. High resolution histological datasets can be independently evaluated in light of new experimental anatomical, physiological and molecular studies.

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Nevada Donor Network (NDN) is a federally designated, not-for-profit organ, tissue, and eye procurement organization. NDN is responsible for the coordination, recovery, and distribution of donated human organs and tissues for transplantation and medical research throughout the Las Vegas area. In addition, NDN participates in national organ and tissue sharing in an effort to meet the ever-growing needs of patients awaiting transplantation therapy. NDN is one of the few organ procurement agencies in the country to manage the recovery of organs, tissues, and eyes in the same facility, making Nevada progressive in the field of organ and tissue procurement. NDN is certified by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Network is accredited by the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA), and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB).

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University of Pennsylvania is private Ivy League research university located in University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in 1740, UPenn has 4 undergraduate schools and 12 graduate schools.

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Transplant Services Center is a clinical and academic service center of UT Southwestern Medical Center which completes the Circle of Care from donation to transplantation by providing a full service tissue bank which procures, processes, stores and distributes tissue allografts. These transplantable tissues include corneas, sclera, skin, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular allografts, which restore function, improve the quality of life and in some cases even save lives. Transplant Services Center provides services to hospitals and physicians throughout Texas, the nation and on occasion worldwide. The mission of the Transplant Services Center is to * provide quality tissue grafts for transplantation, teaching, research and medical need that is responsive and appropriate to both the recipient need and the donor family; * to promote public and professional education to increase donor awareness; * and to contribute to advancements in transplantation technology.

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New Life Generation is a not-for-profit tissue agency headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. We recognize our responsibility to recover, process, store and distribute human tissues in a professional manner that is of service to the medical community, ensures safety of transplantable tissue, and increases the availability of quality allograft tissue. While our primary focus is tissue donation, we recognize that donation also includes organ, bone marrow, blood, and blood products.

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A non-profit, community resource that works with volunteer donors to provide the highest quality blood and tissue components to patients. They collect and test more than 200,000 components of life-saving blood and tissue each year from volunteers all over South Texas. Because patients are in constant need of blood, blood components, and/or tissue, donors are essential. By using cutting-edge technology, the team of dedicated professionals have helped save hundreds of thousands of lives over more than 35 years. They are a member of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB); American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) and America''s Blood Centers (ABC). We are also one of the first blood centers in the country to be registered by the International Standards Organization.

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Repository of serum, plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), whole blood, extracted DNA, and urine samples from NEALS and Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) research studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Samples from this repository are available to researchers for the purpose of furthering the understanding of ALS or developing disease biomarkers. Applications will be accepted at any time, but the committee meets bi-monthly to review applications. The application requires a brief description and scientific justification for the use of the samples. Priority will be given to members of NEALS and investigators from sites that participated in the collection of samples. Investigators must provide IRB approval from their institution. Applications may be submitted to: mghneuroclinicaltrialsunit (at) partners.org (please cc: tlincoln (at) partners.org) NEALS collects an administrative fee of $1,000 at the time of application submission to offset processing costs. If an application for samples is denied, 80% of the administrative fee will be returned. The administrative fee is waived for NEALS members. Checks may be made payable to: The Northeast ALS Consortium.

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Procure and distribute human tissue and other biological samples in support of basic, translational, and clinical cancer research at the University of Minnesota. The TPF is a centralized resource with standardized patient consent, sample collection, processing, storage, quality control, distribution, and electronic record maintenance. Since the 1996 inception of the TPF, over 61,000 tissue samples including well-preserved samples of malignant and benign tumors, organ-matched normal tissue, and other types of diseased tissues, have been collected from surgical specimens obtained at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview (UMMC-F) University Campus. Surgical pathologists are intellectually engaged in TPF functions, providing researchers with specimen-oriented medical consultation to facilitate research productivity. Prior to surgery, TPF personnel identify and consent patients for procurement of tissue, blood, urine, saliva, and ascites fluid. Within the integrated working environment of the surgical pathology laboratory, freshly obtained tissues not needed for diagnosis are selected and provided by pathologists to TPF personnel. Tissue samples are then assigned an independent code and processed. TPF staff can also work with researchers to individualize the procurement of tissues to fit specific research needs.

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Medpedia is an open platform connecting people and information to advance medicine. This wiki is the collaborative encyclopedia and resource for information about health, medicine and the body. Only physicians and Ph.D.s are allowed to edit the Articles on Medpedia after they create an account and are approved as an Editor. Non-Editors can create an account and then suggest changes that must be approved by an Editor before going live on the site. To suggest changes, click the link Suggest Changes at the top of Article Pages. Intended Uses and Benefits: * Reference source for both medical professionals and the lay-public covering information about health, medicine and the body * Forum for individuals and groups to be recognized for their areas of expertise * Clearinghouse of bio-medical journal articles, data, research, and educational materials * Forum for debating emerging issues * Platform for advancing medical knowledge Medpedia Portals - Adult Primary Care, Allergy and Immunology, Anatomy, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, General Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Neurology & Neurobiology, Nutrition, OB/GYN and Reproductive Health, Oncology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Public Health, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Women''s Health In association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations, Medpedia will be a commons for the gathering of the information and people critical to health care.

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A peak-calling software program for DNAseI-seq data.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 28,2023. Free genome browser and annotation tool that allows visualization of sequence features, next generation data and the results of analyses within the context of the sequence, and also its six-frame translation. Artemis is free software and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Artemis is written in Java, and is available for UNIX, Macintosh and Windows systems. It can read EMBL and GENBANK database entries or sequence in FASTA, indexed FASTA or raw format. Other sequence features can be in EMBL, GENBANK or GFF format.

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