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Collection of biology-focused teaching materials created and administered by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute including free lectures, videos and animations for science education. Many of the resources are also available on DVD and CD-ROM. In addition to the resources on the website, BioInteractive offers DVDs of HHMI''s annual Holiday Lectures on Science and CD-ROMs of the Virtual Lab series. These materials are available to educators for free and can be ordered from the catalog at http://catalog.hhmi.org. Each Holiday Lectures on Science is a set of four one-hour lectures presented each December at the headquarters of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland . The lectures give students and teachers the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge biomedical research directly from some of the world''s leading scientists. Intended to inspire young students to pursue careers in science, the lectures bring the latest developments in a rapidly moving field of research into the classroom. The lectures are primarily geared to high school students in honors and Advanced Placement biology classes. Other high school students and undergraduates can certainly benefit from the content of the lectures. Some of the related materials on the biointeractive website (http://www.biointeractive.org/) are aimed at a broader audience. With a teacher''s guidance, middle school students can also enjoy learning about the topic. Holiday Lectures are webcast live at http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/hl/. Following the live event, they are available as on-demand streaming video at the same Web address. Webcasts of all past Holiday Lectures are available as on-demand streaming video at http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/lectures/index.html. Holiday Lectures are also available as podcasts from http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/podcast_popup.html

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• SciCrunch
• 16 years ago - by Anonymous

The Multiple Sclerosis Outcome Assessments Consortium (MSOAC) is a public-private partnership which aims to accelerate the development of new therapies for MS by generating new tools for measuring outcomes in clinical trials. It is collecting, standardizing, and analyzing data about MS with the goal of qualifying new measures of disability for the disease. MSOAC is the newest of the eight consortia of Critical Path Institute (C-Path), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to accelerating drug development by delivering on the mission outlined by FDA''''s critical path initiative.

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• Consortia-pedia, a FasterCures Project
• 12 years ago - submitted by Taylor Cronin

Error correction algorithm designed for short-reads from next-generation sequencing platforms such as Illumina''s Genome Analyzer II.

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• SciCrunch
• 13 years ago - by Anonymous

RTI Donor Services is a not-for-profit, American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) accredited organization, working with organ and tissue agencies to provide responsible stewardship of the gift of donation. By working with RTI Donor Services, you will receive the benefit of the science, safety and innovation of RTI Biologics, Inc. (RTI). While RTI Biologics and RTI Donor Services are separate but affiliated organizations, our missions are symbiotic ����?? both are aimed at improving the lives of others with a focus on maximizing the gift of tissue donation, providing safe tissue implants for recipients, and providing education and support programs to donor families and the donation community. Please visit http://www.rtidonorservices.org/about_rti_donor_services for more information.

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• SciCrunch
• 16 years ago - by Anonymous

A software registry containing digital research tools ranging from content management systems to statistical analysis packages and mind mapping software. The site contains detailed descriptions, license information, and links to software developer websites and downloads.

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• SciCrunch
• 12 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Web service that converts all 30 reconstruction formats (and 65 variations) described in scientific literature into SWC standard. Service is available open-source through user-friendly browser interface and Application Programming Interface.

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• RRID
• 4 years ago - by Anonymous

Biospecimen repository of normal and diseased human material from a variety of tissues and conditions along with clinical annotation. Both frozen aliquots and paraffin embedded tissue are available. Biospecimens are available to qualified researchers with IRB approval. * Preliminary inquires please contact Cheryl Spencer at cheryl.spencer (at) bmc.org

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• SciCrunch
• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

A web application which organizes current scientific literature by fields, people, institutes, labs, places, and historical sets they are a part of. Sciencscape allows users to subscribe to topics to receive new material, as well as provides visual representations to organize recent and most cited papers.

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• SciCrunch
• 12 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Facility with two locations:Marley and Life Sciences North. Dedicated to acquisition of images for research, industrial and clinical applications.Marley location features inverted point scanning confocal microscope, upright confocal/multiphoton microscope with superresolution capabilities, fluorescence stereo microscope and research quality microwave. Life Sciences North location features superresolution fluoresence microscope:structured illumination, SIM; inverted multifunction widefield microscope:color brightfield, polarized light, fluorescence; image analysis workstation.

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• SciCrunch
• 3 years ago - submitted by Edyta Vieth

A collection of software plug-ins developed for the automatic segmentation of magnetic resonance brain images. The tools include multiple published algorithms developed at Johns Hopkins University. The SPECTRE algorithm performs brain extraction. The TOADS algorithm generates a topology-preserving tissue classification into cortical, subcortical, and cerebellar structures. The CRUISE algorithm produces inner, central, and outer cortical surfaces suitable for computing thickness and other geometric measures. Tools are also included for performing gyral labeling, lesion segmentation, thickness computation, surface visualization, and surface file conversion. All tools are released as plug-ins for the MIPAV software package and were developed using the Java Image Science Toolkit (both available at NITRC: http://nitrc.org). They are therefore cross-platform and compatible with a wide variety of file formats.

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• SciCrunch
• 15 years ago - by Anonymous

A software registry which offers links to various free statistical software programs for stand-alone computing. The software programs are split into different categories: General Packages, Subset Packages, Curve Fitting and Modeling, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Surveys, Testing and Measurement, Excel Spreadsheets and Add-ins, Programming Languages and Subroutine Libraries, Scripts and Macros, Miscellaneous, and Other Collections.

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• SciCrunch
• 12 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Provides access and training to instruments including optical microscopes with three confocal systems, two wide-field systems, light sheet system, laser-microdissection system, cell-culture microscope, stereomicroscope, optical tweezer system, and Atomic Force Microscope. Maintains cell culture equipment such as biosafety cabinet, incubators, refrigerator, and microfuges and lab support areas for cell culture and sample preparation.

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• SciCrunch
• 3 years ago - submitted by Edyta Vieth

The LBDA is a Lewy Body Disease (LBD) information resource for lewy body patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. It provides general information on LBD, including diagnosis, symptoms, treatments, etc., as well as providing links to support resources and an LBD online community. For professionals, the site also provides information on patient care, current LBD research and publications, and diagnostics information. LBDA offers many support resources for those affected by LBD and for their loved ones. These resources include local support group meeting information, online support groups, and user forums where users can find information or ask any questions they may have about the disease. A portion of the site is also dedicated to those who wish to help, either through participation in clinical trials, donations, or volunteering. LBDA also offers information on upcoming LBD-related events. LBDA is located Atlanta, GA. :NIF thanks the : :Parkinson''s Disease Foundation : : :for their referral of this resource to us.

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• SciCrunch
• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

A collection of concise summaries of scientific articles that link back to the physical article. Users can contribute resources to the site and may choose to provide a summary; if they do not, Useful Science will do so. Summaries are then tagged with the appropriate topic. Topics that relate to everday life such as health, fitness, nutrition, and sleep are the main focus of the site.

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• SciCrunch
• 12 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Software tool for visualising de novo assembly graphs. By displaying connections which are not present in contigs file, opens up new possibilities for analysing de novo assemblies. Used for interactive visualization of de novo genome assemblies.

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• RRID
• 4 years ago - submitted by Fan Jiang

A digital image database of serially sectioned human embryos from the Carnegie Collection originally developed as a collaboration between embryologist Dr. Raymond Gasser at Louisiana State University Health Science Center (LSUHSC) and the Human Developmental Anatomy Center (HDAC) in Washington D.C. The aim of the project is to increase understanding of human embryology and to encourage study of human embryonic development by providing students and researchers with reliable resources for human embryo morphology. The VHE project has several components: * DREM: The Digitally Reproduced Embryonic Morphology (DREM) project, with funding from NICHD, project has produced 27 image databases of labeled serial sections from representative human embryos at each of the 23 Carnegie stages. These databases, together with animations and reconstructions of the embryos are available on DVD and CD. * HEIRLOOM: The HEIRLOOM Collection (Human Embryo Imaging and Reconstruction, Library Of Online Media) was funded by the National Library of Medicine to provide greater access to the DREM databases. NLM provided funding to set up this website and to produce additional 3D-reconstructions and animations that are included on the DREM disks. Original website, http://virtualhumanembryo.lsuhsc.edu/HEIRLOOM/heirloom.htm * EHD: Starting in 2011, The Endowment for Human Development (EHD) will also host the VHE databases. They have made the project accessible to everyone and include a comprehensive cataloging of all the terms used to label the embryos. Their website enables users to browse through the complete VHE atlas of human embryology, http://www.ehd.org/virtual-human-embryo/

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• SciCrunch
• 14 years ago - by Anonymous

A cloud-based platform which allows users to analyze, visualize, and archive multiparamter cytometry data for single-cell biology. Multiple single-cell data sets can be analyzed and visualized simultaneously with a variety of graphics, inlcuding Sunburst, SPADE, and viSNE. Users can store and back up related data such as protocols, microscopy images, and presentations and collaborate and share analysis and data sets with other Cytobank users. Cytobank also provides a variety of services and training sessions to assist with experiment workflow.

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• SciCrunch
• 12 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Software commands for Extra EMBOSS and protein domain alignment. The DOMALIGN programs were developed by Jon Ison and colleagues at MRC HGMP for their protein domain research. They are included as an EMBASSY package as a work in progress.

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• SciCrunch
• 9 years ago - submitted by Isabella Froman

Publicly available database of summary level findings from genetic association studies in humans, including genome wide association studies (GWAS). Previously named HGBASE, HGVbase and HGVbaseG2P.

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• SciCrunch
• 17 years ago - by Anonymous

A semi-automated software tool for dental plaque biofilm quantification in quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) images.

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• SciCrunch
• 11 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen