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A project''s launch partners are three research studies that have an established record crowd-sourcing health data for research studies. One initiatives is the Personal Genome Project, established at geneticist George Church''s Harvard lab, which creates a freely available scientific resource that brings together genomic, environmental and human trait data. These data are donated by volunteers enrolled in a PGP study from our global network. A second partner is the GoViral project, started by researchers at Harvard University and New York University, which enables volunteers to provide easy-to-collect specimens when sick with a respiratory infection, and get confirmation of what type of viral illness they have. By testing samples when symptoms occur, participants can validate symptomatic reports as well as enable a better understanding of the representativeness of self-reported data and symptom profiles for different acute respiratory illnesses. Third on the list is the American Gut project, based at the University of California-San Diego and the University of Chicago, which is studying the vast microbial flora that inhabit the human digestive system from crowd-sourced (and properly sealed) samples of feces or skin swabs.

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The FP-CIT SPECT brain template has been created using a fully automatic procedure involving posterization of the source image to three levels: background, brain and striatum. We performed a spatial affine registration of these 40 posterized source images to a posterized reference image in the MNI space. The intensity values of the transformed images is normalized linearly, assuming that the histogram of the intensity values follows an alpha-stable distribution. Lastly, we built the [123I]FP-CIT SPECT template by the mean of the transformed and normalized images. More info: 1) Salas-Gonzalez et al. Building a FP-CIT SPECT brain template using a posterization approach. Accepted in Neuroinformatics. 2) Salas-Gonzalez et al. Linear intensity normalization of FP-CIT SPECT brain images using the alpha-stable distribution. NeuroImage, Volume 65, 2013, pp. 449-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2...

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Collection of specification documents that define extensions the the W3C PROV standard for the domain of human brain mapping. NIDM uses provenance information as a means to link components from different stages of the scientific research process from dataset descriptors and computational workflow, to derived data and publication.

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Scientific Transparency (SciTran) is a software project that has grown out of the Project on Scientific Transparency at Stanford University. At the heart of SciTran is a scientific data management system – SDM – designed to enable and foster reproducible research. SciTran SDM delivers efficient and robust archiving, organization, and sharing of scientific data. We have developed the system around neuroimaging data, but our goal is to build a system that is flexible enough to accomodate all types of scientific data – from paper-and-pencil tests to genomics data. SDM will also allow for the sharing of data and computations between remote sites. SciTran is open-source software, released under the MIT license. Our code is hosted on GitHub. Feel free to try it out or to contribute. Commercial support for SciTran SDM is available through our partners at Flywheel. Check out their demo, if you''d like to give SDM a quick try.

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Mass spectrometry Interactive Virtual Environment (MassIVE) is a community resource developed by the NIH-funded Center for Computational Mass Spectrometry to promote the global, free exchange of mass spectrometry data. Data repository for proteomics data.

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A resource for managing study data collected by the Northwestern University neuroimaging community. It includes a secure database, automated pipelines for processing managed data, and tools for exploring and accessing the data. Access to data in the NUNDA is restricted to users authorized by the specific study's investigators. The NUNDA is hosted by the Neuroimaging & Applied Computational Anatomy Lab, and it is modeled after the Washington University's Central Neuroimaging Data Archive (CNDA). The NUNDA is powered by XNAT, an open source software package for managing neuroimaging and related data.

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Volume Visualization and Naviagtion Tool (VVNT) is a platform to visualize, navigate, process and analyze the multi-modality multi-dimensional medical images. Image processing functions from the Insight Registration and Segmentation tool kit (ITK), Volume visualization functionality from the Visualization tool kit (VTK) are seamlessly integrated into this application. It is built as a Multi-Document Interface (MDI) application, so that several windows can be opened, several operations compared.Some of the current features include * Opens all formats of the DICOM files. * Performs basic image processing functions, contrast brightness adjustments, zooming, panning and other operations. * Surface rendering and Maximum Intensity Projections. * Rotate the rendered volume by specified direction and angle * Automatic segmentation / object extraction * Voxel counts and statisticsSeveral volume measurements and processing functions are currently being added.

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SNAP (Small-world Network Analysis and Partitioning) is an extensible parallel framework for exploratory analysis and partitioning of large-scale networks. SNAP is implemented in C, uses OpenMP primitives for parallelization, and targets sequential, multicore, and symmetric multiprocessor platforms. Our intent with SNAP is to provide a simple and intuitive interface for network analysis and application design, hiding the parallel programming complexity from the user. In addition to path-based, centrality, and community identification queries on large-scale graphs, we support commonly-used preprocessing kernels and quantitative measures that help understand the global network topology. The latest version of SNAP (0.4) was released in August 2010. Sponsors: This work was supported in part by NSF Grants CAREER CCF-0611589, NSF DBI-0420513, ITR EF/BIO 03-31654, IBM Faculty Fellowship and Microsoft Research grants, NASA grant NP-2005-07-375-HQ, and DARPA Contract NBCH30390004. Keywords: network, analysis, software, graph, traversal, betweenness centrality, community, identification, multicore,

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NeuGen is a tool for the efficient generation and description of dendritic and axonal morphology of realistic neurons and neural networks in 3D. :NeuGen builds real neural network geometries and is based on experimental data. The ''in silico'' neurons are based on cells of cortical columns in the neocortex. :L4 spiny stellate neurons, L2/3 pyramidal cells, L5A and L5B pyramidal cells, L4 star pyramidal cells, measuring of morphological paprameters (This is misspelled so not sure we can use), .hoc files, .dx resp. .net files, Via .net files, Data visualization software, OpenDX DataExplorer, simulation software, NEURON, Anatomical Fingerprints, stochastic model, Electromagnetic Simulation Software :

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A networking tool for European researchers abroad. It provides information about research in Europe, European research policy, opportunities for research funding, for international collaboration and for trans-national mobility. Membership is free. :The objective of EURAXESS Links is a flourishing network of European researchers, scientists and scholars abroad. The network is already running in the USA since 2005 and has been launched in Japan in June 2008. The members of the network are informed about European Union research policies and made aware of career opportunities in Europe as well as opportunities for collaboration with Europe. The multidisciplinary network involves researchers at all stages of their careers and allows them to become well connected amongst themselves and in Europe, ensuring that they are recognised as an important resource for the European Research Area, whether they remain abroad or choose to return. :Through the success of the network, EURAXESS Links is intended to contribute to the improvement of Europe''s position in the global competition for talent, and the reinforcement of research collaboration. :EURAXESS Links focuses on three types of activity: networking of researchers, information dissemination and helping expatriate researchers to collaborate with colleagues in Europe or to return to rewarding careers in Europe. Membership of EURAXESS Links is free. :social networking; people resource :

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It is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide. :AAAS History: Founded in 1848, AAAS serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. The non-profit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to advance science and serve society through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert!, the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS. :Membership and Programs: Open to all, AAAS membership includes a subscription to Science. Four primary program areas fulfill the AAAS mission: * Science and Policy * International Activities * Education and Human Resources * Project 2061 :AAAS Mission: AAAS seeks to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people. To fulfill this mission, the AAAS Board has set these broad goals: * Enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public; * Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use; * Strengthen support for the science and technology enterprise; * Provide a voice for science on societal issues; * Promote the responsible use of science in public policy; * Strengthen and diversify the science and technology workforce; * Foster education in science and technology for everyone; * Increase public engagement with science and technology; and * Advance international cooperation in science. :

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Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan :Animal Diversity Web Has: Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy. Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part. :Animal Diversity Web Is An Online Encyclopedia: ADW is a large searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every day, thousands of classroom students and informal visitors use it to answer animal questions. Other sites specialize in local, endangered, or particular kinds of animals. We aim to be as comprehensive as possible. :A Science Learning Tool: ADW facilitates inquiry-driven learning, that is, teaching about science by leading students to use the methods of science. Our large database is structured, providing consistent information for all species to foster comparisons. An advanced search tool allows a user to call up species accounts fitting any combination of descriptors. Students can explore for patterns and relationships, learn how to frame and answer scientific questions and, with the help of a good teacher, experience the excitement and satisfaction of doing science. Our long-term goal is to create a database rich enough that students can discover for themselves basic concepts in ecology and conservation biology. :A Virtual Museum: ADW provides a way to make the contents of research museums available globally for teaching and research. So far, our efforts have been directed mainly at mammals. Photographs of scientific specimens are available for representative species from most mammal families. We''ve also included several hundred Quick Time Virtual Reality Movies of skulls. These allow the user to rotate the specimen, providing an excellent impression of its 3-dimensional structure. We''ve written in depth about and illustrated many of the characteristics of interest to students of mammals. An important goal for the future is to expand to cover other groups of animals and include other media such as animal behavior video. :Wiki features, database, teaching tool :

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Progressive Supranuculear Palsy (PSP) is a little known but fatal degenerative brain disease that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimers or Parkinsons disease. Only by becoming more aware of PSP and the devastating effects on its victims and their families can we begin to work toward more effective treatments and eventually a cure. :CurePSP has always believed that truly effective clinical interventions will follow good, solid basic scientific research. For this reason, CurePSP promotes research that helps generate an integrated picture of PSP and CBD at the molecular and cellular levels. CurePSP believes that in the long term, research of this nature will prove indispensable in developing a prevention or cure for PSP and CBD. :CurePSP has carefully structured its research program and has identified the programs that have been the most successful and those that need strengthening. With an increased research budget made possible through improved donor support, CurePSP will be able to markedly intensify the efforts to cure the disease in a way that promises relief for those afflicted today as well as hope for those who may be afflicted tomorrow. :grant :

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on October 26,2023. CCAM is one of five National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, NTCNP, funded throught the NIH Technology Center for Networks and Pathways, TCNP. CCAM integrates new microscope technologies for making quantitative in vivo live cell measurements with new physical formulations and computational tools that will produce spatially realistic quantitative models of intracellular dynamics. :The overarching rationale for CCAMs research as a TCNP is that polarity in networks and pathways is determined by the spatial organization, subcellular distribution, dynamic behavior, interactions and functions of specific molecules within the cell. To investigate these relationships, we use a tripartite approach described as: :1) Measure - develop new tools for measuring spatially resolved dynamic behavior of molecules in cells, :2) Model - develop new methods for spatial modeling of biological systems. :3) Manipulate - develop new techniques for manipulating the spatial distribution of molecules in living cells. :Microscopy contrast enhancement protocol, biophotonics, subcellular :

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on April 16, 2013. The resource redirects to its parent, OSSP. Project seeking to increase the transparency and accessibility of the scientific research process by connecting researchers with an additional source of funding - microinvestments received from the broader online community. In exchange for these public investments, researchers will maintain research logs detailing the play-by-play progress made in their project, as well as publishing all of their data in a public database under a science commons license. These research projects, in turn, will serve to continually update a research-based neuroscience-based human brain & body curriculum.

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An Antibody supplier

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