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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 17, 2013. An archived video on the web providing comprehensive and hands-on training in genetics and epigenetic methodology. The purpose of the course is to provide an introduction to approaches and tools for identifying genes that confer vulnerability to addiction and individual differences in responses to treatments. The course is targeted to those who are new to the field of addiction genetics. The course was held over 5 days with lectures and hands-on demonstrations given each day. Viewers of the course will gain familiarity with conceptual and practical approaches to complex disorders using relevant genetic and epigenetic databases, and appropriate statistical and empirical approaches. Topics covered Behavioral genetics, genetic epidemiology, twin and adoption studies, statistical genetic concepts and approaches for mapping complex traits, haplotype based approaches for association mapping, genome-wide scans for addictive disorders, application of linkage for mapping genes and genetic loci for addictive disorders, pharmacogenomics of treatment of addictive disorders, Baysian Methods for identifying gene-gene interactions, analysis of copy number variation, practical use of genetic databases, mapping of complex traits in mice, methods for analyzing gene expression, and methods for doing epigenetic analysis are covered. The course was held April 4, 2008, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology--the quantitative properties of biological systems of interest to computational, systems and molecular cell biologists. Contents of the database range from cell sizes to metabolite concentrations, from reaction rates to generation times, from genome sizes to the number of mitochondria in a cell. Along with the numbers, you'll find the relevant references to the original literature, useful comments, and related numbers. While always of importance to biologists, having numbers in hand is becoming increasingly critical for experimenting, modeling, and analyzing biological systems. BioNumbers was motivated by an appreciation of how long it can take to find even the simplest number in the vast biological literature. All numbers are taken directly from a literature source and that reference is provided with the number. BioNumbers is designed to be highly searchable and queries can be performed by keywords or browsed by menus. BioNumbers is a collaborative community platform where registered users can add content and make comments on existing data. All new entries and commentary are curated to maintain high quality.

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• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

A community-defined, uniform, generic description of the core attributes of biological databases. The BioDBCore checklist is overseen by the International Society for Biocuration (ISB), in collaboration with the BioSharing forum. A catalogue of databases, described according to the BioDBcore guidelines, along with the standards used within them have been partly compiled with the support of Oxford University Press and Re3Data.org. Database providers are encouraged to either create or claim their BioDBCore entry and update it as appropriate., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

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• 16 years ago - by Anonymous

Software for aligning viewing and editing dna / aminiacid sequences, intuitive, fast and leightweight. It has been designed to meet the requirements of next generation sequencing era phylogenetic datasets.

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• 12 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 16, 2013. Database and customized tools to study the PFAM protein domain content of the transcriptome for all expressed genes of Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Drosophila melanogaster, and Caenorhabditis elegans tethered to both a genomics array repository database and a range of external information resources. GeneSpeed has merged information from several existing data sets including the Gene Ontology Consortium, InterPro, Pfam, Unigene, as well as micro-array datasets. GeneSpeed is a database of PFAM domain homology contained within Unigene. Because Unigene is a non-redundant dbEST database, this provides a wide encompassing overview of the domain content of the expressed transcriptome. We have structured the GeneSpeed Database to include a rich toolset allowing the investigator to study all domain homology, no matter how remote. As a result, homology cutoff score decisions are determined by the scientist, not by a computer algorithm. This quality is one of the novel defining features of the GeneSpeed database giving the user complete control of database content. In addition to a domain content toolset, GeneSpeed provides an assortment of links to external databases, a unique and manually curated Transcription Factor Classification list, as well as links to our newly evolving GeneSpeed BetaCell Database. GeneSpeed BetaCell is a micro-array depository combined with custom array analysis tools created with an emphasis around the meta analysis of developmental time series micro-array datasets and their significance in pancreatic beta cells.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Software that infers the identity of transcription factors used to regulate cell response to stimulus or determine a program of differentiation. It uses genome wide information on enhancer proximal nucleosome occupancy, acquired using ChIP-seq targeting enhancer related histone modifications., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Forum within psychiatry and neurology aimed at providing updated evidence-based educational resources and information for health care professionals including an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences online. The CNSforum includes Educational resources, Clinical resources, Patient Websites, Publications, and a Community forum. Educational resources: * Brain Explorer - A graphical and educational presentation of the brain and the disorders affecting it, aimed at GPs and specialists in training. * Image Bank - A collection of CNS images for download and free use in presentations. Expert Talks Online presentations by leading experts on scientific topics. * Journal Links - A collection of links to websites of scientific journals in neurology and psychiatry. * Film Forum - Specialists discuss mainstream films with a psychiatric or neurological element from an educational point of view. Clinical resources: * Psychiatry Quality Measurement, PQM PQM is and electronic patient database/journal for use by psychiatrists. * Psychotropics - A database of psychotropic and neurological drugs. Rating scales Descriptions of and references to central scales used in psychiatry and neurology as well as an introduction to the topic. * Commented Articles - Commented articles written for CNSforum by leading international specialists. Patient Websites: * DepNet - An online community and information website for people affected by depression. * DementiaNet - An online community and information website for people affected by dementia and their relatives. * Publications (A catalogue of The Lundbeck Institute's publications on topics of clinical relevance in psychiatry and neurology.) * Institute Books, Institute Magazine Community forum: available only for former seminar participants and other members of The Lundbeck Institute Network., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Software tool for acquisition and device control for standard research applications, requiring four dimensional imaging. Provides access to advanced image capture, archiving, and analysis solutions that are easy-to-use and provide maximum workflow. Handles multi dimensional imaging with support for capture, display, data management, analysis and additional options for peripheral device control, and multi-dimensional acquisition. Provides advanced image processing options such as database capabilities and report generation, intensity over time measurement, and Extended Depth of Focus functionality.

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• 12 years ago - by Anonymous

Image processing software package that provides scientific image acquisition, visualization, analysis and laboratory automation in single package. Allows users to acquire grayscale and color images from most video cameras, variety of cooled CCD digital cameras and high resolution flatbed scanners. Capable of analyzing image data in seven different data types, this program can calculate integrated intensity, mean, min, and max values plus several morphometric parameters on object regions within images., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

Database of genomes at various stages of completion, from early access to partial genomes with automatic annotation through to complete genomes with extensive manual curation. Its primary goals are: 1) to provide reliable access to the latest sequence data and annotation/curation for the whole range of organisms sequenced by the Pathogen group, and 2) to develop the website and other tools to aid the community in accessing and obtaining the maximum value from these data.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Database of human genes that provides concise genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic, genetic and functional information on all known and predicted human genes. Information featured in GeneCards includes orthologies, disease relationships, mutations and SNPs, gene expression, gene function, pathways, protein-protein interactions, related drugs and compounds and direct links to cutting edge research reagents and tools such as antibodies, recombinant proteins, clones, expression assays and RNAi reagents.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Our NINDS Center Core Grant supports centralized resources and facilities shared by investigators with existing NINDS-funded research projects. Our Center is composed of three research cores, each of which will enrich the effectiveness of ongoing research, and promote new research directions. The three Core facilities support Electrophysiology, Neuropathology / Histology, and High-Throughput/High-Content Chemical and Genomic Library screening. By making these important Core Services available to the local Neuroscience community, the La Jolla Neurosciences Program hopes to promote the study of how the nervous system works and develop treatments for nervous system diseases. The cores and their services are available to La Jolla neuroscientists. Core services are available to NINDS-supported neuroscience projects from local investigators as well as young neuroscientists prior to obtaining their first NIH-funded grant. * Electrophysiology: SBMRI Electrophysiology ** The Electrophysiology Core consists of the Sanford-Burnham Electrophysiology Facility. This facility can perform patch-clamp intracellular and extracellular field recordings on a range of material including cultured cells and brain slices. The Sanford-Burnham facility emphasizes electrophysiological analysis of cultured cells and the detailed electrical properties of channels, receptors and recombinant proteins expressed in Xenopus oocytes or mammalian cells. * Neuropathology: UCSD Neuropathology ** The Neuropathology laboratory applies immunocytochemistry, neurochemistry, molecular genetics, transgenic models of disease, and imaging by scanning laser confocal microscopy to analysis of neurological disease in animal models. * Chemical Library Screening: SBIMR Assay Development, SBIMR Chemical Library Screening, SBIMR Cheminformatics, SBIMR High-content Screening ** The Chemical Library Screening core offers high-throughput screening (HTS) of biochemical and cell-based array using traditional HTS readouts and automated microscopy for high-content screening (HCS)> These facilities also offer array development and screening, as well as cheminformatics and medicinal chemistry., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 15,2026.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, Documented on March 24, 2014. A resource for gene expression studies, storing highly curated MIAME-compliant studies (i.e. experiments) employing a variety of technologies such as filter arrays, 2-channel microarrays, Affymetrix chips, SAGE, MPSS and RT-PCR. Data were available for querying and downloading based on the MGED ontology, publications or genes. Both public and private studies (the latter viewable only by users having appropriate logins and permissions) were available from this website. Specific details on protocols, biomaterials, study designs, etc., are collected through a user-friendly suite of web annotation forms. Software has been developed to generate MAGE-ML documents to enable easy export of studies stored in RAD to any other database accepting data in this format. RAD is part of a more general Genomics Unified Schema (http://gusdb.org), which includes a richly annotated gene index (http://allgenes.org), thus providing a platform that integrates genomic and transcriptomic data from multiple organisms. NOTE: Due to changes in technology and funding, the RAD website is no longer available. RAD as a schema is still very much active and incorporated in the GUS (Genomics Unified Schema) database system used by CBIL (EuPathDB, Beta Cell Genomics) and others. The schema for RAD can be viewed along with the other GUS namespaces through our Schema Browser.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

A physiologic and molecular look at drug addiction involving many factors including: basic neurobiology, a scientific examination of drug action in the brain, the role of genetics in addiction, and ethical considerations. Designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public, the materials meet selected US education standards for science and health. Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by changes in the brain which result in a compulsive desire to use a drug. A combination of many factors including genetics, environment and behavior influence a person's addiction risk, making it an incredibly complicated disease. The new science of addiction considers all of these factors - from biology to family - to unravel the complexities of the addicted brain. * Natural Reward Pathways Exist in the Brain: The reward pathway is responsible for driving our feelings of motivation, reward and behavior. * Drugs Alter the Brain's Reward Pathway: Drugs work over time to change the reward pathway and affect the entire brain, resulting in addiction. * Genetics Is An Important Factor In Addiction: Genetic susceptibility to addiction is the result of the interaction of many genes. * Timing and Circumstances Influence Addiction: If you use drugs when you are an adolescent, you are more likely to develop lifetime addiction. An individual's social environment also influences addiction risk. * Challenges and Issues in Addiction: Addiction impacts society with many ethical, legal and social issues.

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• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and congeneric species are the most common native North American mammal. Laboratory stock of both wild-type and genetically variant Peromyscus are used for investigations in which laboratory-based studies can be interfaced with those of natural populations. The major function of the Stock Center is to provide genetically characterized types of Peromyscus in limited quantities to scientific investigators. It provides a reliable source of genetically defined and virus-free animals and related materials to the scientific and educational communities. The center currently keeps nine species and more than 27 distinctive mutant and other genetically defined stocks. Included among the species maintained are P. californicus, P. leucopus, P. eremicus, P. aztecus, P. melanophrys as well as two subspecies each of P. maniculatus and P. polionotus and three inbred lines of P. leucopus. Among the mutant stocks are 17 with altered coat phenotypes, 3 with neurological symptoms, and 6 others with developmental/physiological effects. One of these is a line deficient in alcohol dehydrogenase that has been widely used in studies of alcohol metabolism. The stock center also supplies biological materials, including fresh, frozen, and preserved tissues; molecular probes, and libraries. The center functions as a clearinghouse for information regarding this genus by sponsoring an Internet database and the semi-annual Peromyscus Newsletter. The center maintains a collection of over 3,000 Peromyscus-related reprints of published articles, books, and journals-photocopies of which are available upon request. Continuation of the center is dependent upon significant external utilization, therefore potential users are encouraged to take advantage of this resource. Sufficient animals of the mutant types generally can be provided to initiate a breeding stock. Some what larger numbers, up to about 50 animals, can be provided from the wild-type stocks. A user fee of $25.00 per wild-type animal and $33.00 per mutant or other special types is charged. The user assumes the cost of air shipment. Animals lost in transit are replaced without charge. Tissues, blood, skins, etc. can also be supplied at a modest fee. Arrangements for special orders will be negotiated. :Sponsors: The peromyscus genetic stock center is supported by the University of South Carolina, :a grant from the Special Projects Program of the National Science Foundation and a P40 grant ( grant number: P40 RR014279) from the National Institutes of Health. physiological, Developmental, Biological, Animal,

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Material resource that provides germ-free and selectively colonized rodents to requesting investigators. Germ-free rodents are axenic, with no detectible bacteria, yeast, molds, parasites or viruses (except retroviruses).

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. A pilot effort that has developed a centralized, web-based biospecimen locator that presents biospecimens collected and stored at participating Arizona hospitals and biospecimen banks, which are available for acquisition and use by researchers. Researchers may use this site to browse, search and request biospecimens to use in qualified studies. The development of the ABL was guided by the Arizona Biospecimen Consortium (ABC), a consortium of hospitals and medical centers in the Phoenix area, and is now being piloted by this Consortium under the direction of ABRC. You may browse by type (cells, fluid, molecular, tissue) or disease. Common data elements decided by the ABC Standards Committee, based on data elements on the National Cancer Institute''s (NCI''s) Common Biorepository Model (CBM), are displayed. These describe the minimum set of data elements that the NCI determined were most important for a researcher to see about a biospecimen. The ABL currently does not display information on whether or not clinical data is available to accompany the biospecimens. However, a requester has the ability to solicit clinical data in the request. Once a request is approved, the biospecimen provider will contact the requester to discuss the request (and the requester''s questions) before finalizing the invoice and shipment. The ABL is available to the public to browse. In order to request biospecimens from the ABL, the researcher will be required to submit the requested required information. Upon submission of the information, shipment of the requested biospecimen(s) will be dependent on the scientific and institutional review approval. Account required. Registration is open to everyone.. Documented on June 8, 2020.Macaque genomic and proteomic resources and how they are providing important new dimensions to research using macaque models of infectious disease. The research encompasses a number of viruses that pose global threats to human health, including influenza, HIV, and SARS-associated coronavirus. By combining macaque infection models with gene expression and protein abundance profiling, they are uncovering exciting new insights into the multitude of molecular and cellular events that occur in response to virus infection. A better understanding of these events may provide the basis for innovative antiviral therapies and improvements to vaccine development strategies.

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• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

Contains several C++ codes for compress, decompress, and access each of the fields of any SAM format file.

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• 12 years ago - by Anonymous

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 14,2026. Sample collection of oocytes obtained from various sized antral follicles, and embryos obtained through a variety of different protocols. The PREGER makes it possible to undertake quantitative gene-expression studies in rhesus monkey oocytes and embryos through simple and cost-effective hybridization-based methods.

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A Support Vector Machine-based classifier to assesses the protein-coding potential of a transcript based on six biologically meaningful sequence features. CPC can discriminate coding from noncoding transcripts with high accuracy and speed. In addition to predicting the coding potential of the input transcripts, the CPC web server also graphically displays detailed sequence features and additional annotations of the transcript that may facilitate users' further investigation. The coding potential calculator tool reads FASTA data format as input.

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• 13 years ago - by Anonymous