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http://esbank.nia.nih.gov/

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Proper citation: Mouse ES Stem Cell Bank (RRID:SCR_010660) Copy   

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http://www0.nfh.uit.no/mabcent/

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Proper citation: Marbank - National Marine BioBank (RRID:SCR_010592) Copy   

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http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Collections/NIGMS/?SsId=8

Highly characterized cell lines and high quality DNA for cell and genetic research representing a variety of disease states, chromosomal abnormalities, apparently healthy individuals and many distinct human populations. The NIGMS Repository contains more than 10,600 cell lines, primarily fibroblasts and transformed lymphoblasts, and over 5,500 DNA samples. The NIGMS Repository has a major emphasis on heritable diseases and chromosomally aberrant cell lines. In addition, it contains a large collection dedicated to understanding human variation that includes samples from populations around the world, the CEPH collection, the Polymorphism Discovery Resource, and many apparently healthy controls. Human induced pluripotent stem cell lines, many of which were derived from NIGMS Repository fibroblasts, have recently become available through the NIGMS Repository. Sample donation facilitates all areas of research by making available well-characterized materials to any qualified researcher who might have otherwise been unable to invest the time and resources to collect needed samples independently. Donations to the Repository have created a resource of unparalleled scope. Samples from the collection have been used in more than 5,500 publications and are distributed to scientists in more than 50 countries. This resource is continuously expanding to support new directions in human genetics.

Proper citation: NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository (RRID:SCR_004517) Copy   

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http://www.betacell.org/

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 August 1, 2015. Consortium that aims to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations to advance the understanding of pancreatic islet development and function, with the goal of developing innovative therapies to correct the loss of beta cell mass in diabetes, including cell reprogramming, regeneration and replacement. They are responsible for collaboratively generating the necessary reagents, mouse strains, antibodies, assays, protocols, technologies and validation assays that are beyond the scope of any single research effort. The scientific goals for the BCBC are to: * Use cues from pancreatic development to directly differentiate pancreatic beta cells and islets from stem / progenitor cells for use in cell-replacement therapies for diabetes, * Determine how to stimulate beta cell regeneration in the adult pancreas as a basis for improving beta cell mass in diabetic patients, * Determine how to reprogram progenitor / adult cells into pancreatic beta-cells both in-vitro and in-vivo as a mean for developing cell-replacement therapies for diabetes, and * Investigate the progression of human type-1 diabetes using patient-derived cells and tissues transplanted in humanized mouse models. Many of the BCBC investigator-initiated projects involve reagent-generating activities that will benefit the larger scientific community. The combination of programs and activities should accelerate the pace of major new discoveries and progress within the field of beta cell biology.

Proper citation: Beta Cell Biology Consortium (RRID:SCR_005136) Copy   

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http://www.btool.org/WegoLoc

Data analysis service that predicts protein subcellular localizations of animal, fungal, plant, and human proteins based on sequence similarity and gene ontology information.

Proper citation: WegoLoc (RRID:SCR_001402) Copy   

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http://cancer.case.edu/research/sharedresources/tissue/services/

A combined tissue bank and core facility which provides annotated human tissue samples for research purposes. The facility also offers high quality tissue procurement, tissue microarray, histology, immunohistochemistry, photomicroscopy, and laser capture microdissection services for both human and animal tissues to biomedical investigators conducting non-clinical research studies. The TPHC offers instruction to researchers on how to incorporate human tissue into research activities and how to work within the boundaries of patient confidentiality and other regulatory issues. The purpose of the TPHC is to provide tissue collection and processing services to intramural and extramural researchers studying cancer and other diseases. Normal, diseased, benign and malignant tissues are obtained, and matched normal adjacent tissues and tissues from different organ sites from the same donor can also be provided when available. Tissue samples are prepared according to user-specified protocols and can be fresh in a medium of choice, fixed in formalin, quick frozen in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen or snap-frozen by plunging the sample into liquid nitrogen. Frozen tissues are held in the vapor phase of the liquid nitrogen. Tissues can also be embedded, cut and mounted on slides, and stained upon request. Tissue Microarray (TMA) services are offered for the design and construction of TMAs meeting specific project needs. Basic demographic data (age, race, gender) and histopathologic data from Surgical Pathology Reports are provided by the TPHC with the tissues.

Proper citation: Case Western Reserve Tissue Procurement and Histology Core Facility (RRID:SCR_005344) Copy   

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http://ccr.coriell.org/nia/

A cell repository containing cells and DNA for studies of aging and the degenerative processes associated with it. Scientists use the highly-characterized, viable, and contaminant-free cell cultures from this collection for research on such diseases as Alzheimer's disease, progeria, Parkinson's disease, Werner syndrome, and Cockayne syndrome. The collections of the Repository include DNA and cell cultures from individuals with premature aging disorders, as well as DNA from individuals of advanced age from the the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging at the Gerontology Research Center and other Longevity Collections. The Repository also includes samples from an Adolescent Study of Obesity, Apparently Healthy Controls, Animal Models of Aging, and both human and animal differentiated cell types. The cells in this resource have been collected over the past three decades using strict diagnostic criteria and banked under the highest quality standards of cell culture. Scientists can use the highly-characterized, viable, and contaminant-free cell cultures from this collection for genetic and cell biology research.

Proper citation: Aging Cell Repository (RRID:SCR_007320) Copy   

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http://dsarm.niapublications.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on February 18, 2014.

A networking site for investigators using animal models to study aging, developed to provide a venue for sharing information about research models for aging studies. If you have tissue or data from animal models relevant to aging research that you are willing to share with other investigators, D-SARM allows you to identify the model and provides a secure, blinded email contact for investigators who would like to contact you about acquiring tissue or related resources. Investigators looking for resources from a particular model enter search terms describing the model of interest and then use the provided link to send emails to the contacts (names blinded) listed in the search results to initiate dialog about tissue or resources available for sharing. The database is housed on a secure server and admission to the network is moderated by the NIA Project Officer and limited to investigators at academic, government and non-profit research institutions. The goal is to provide a secure environment for sharing information about models used in aging research, promoting the sharing of resources, facilitating new research on aging in model systems, and increasing the return on the investment in research models.

Proper citation: Database for Sharing Aging Research Models (RRID:SCR_008691) Copy   

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http://rover.bsd.uchicago.edu/lfepr/

Biomedical technology research center that develops instrumentation, analysis techniques, spin probes and spin traps, and methodologies for imaging physiologically relevant aspects of tissue fluids, including high-resolution oxygen maps, with very low frequency electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI). Novel bridges and high-access, low-field magnet/gradient systems have produced physiologically relevant measurements and accommodate a number of resonant structures. The Center is a consortium between the University of Chicago, the University of Denver, the University of Maryland and Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry (NIOC), Russia.

Proper citation: Center for EPR Imaging in Vivo Physiology (RRID:SCR_001410) Copy   

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https://bli.uci.edu/laser-microbeam-program/

Biomedical technology research center dedicated to the use of lasers and optics in biology and medicine with activities in technological research and development, collaborative research, service, training, and dissemination. One of the primary goals of LAMMP is to facilitate translational research by rapidly moving basic science and technology discoveries from blackboard to benchtop to bedside. This is accomplished by combining state of the art optical technologies with specialized resource facilities for cell and tissue engineering, histopathology, pre-clinical animal models, and clinical care. The resource center has been organized into 3 cores: * Microscopy and Microbeam Technologies (MMT) for high-resolution functional imaging and manipulation of living cells and tissues * Medical Translational Technologies (MTT) for non- and minimally-invasive monitoring, treating, and imaging pre-clinical animal models and human subjects, and * Virtual Photonics Technologies (VPT) for developing computational models and methods that advance the performance of biophotonic technologies, and enhance the information content derived from optical measurements. LAMMP cores contain complementary technologies that are capable of quantitatively characterizing, imaging, and perturbing structure and biochemical function in cells and tissues with scalable resolution and depth sensitivity ranging from micrometers to centimeters.

Proper citation: Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (RRID:SCR_001409) Copy   

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http://www.lfd.uci.edu/

Biomedical technology research center and training resource that develops novel fluorescence technologies, including instrumentation, methods and software applicable to cellular imaging and the elucidation of dynamic processes in cells. The LFD's main activities are: * Services and Resources: the LFD provides a state-of-the-art laboratory for fluorescence measurements, microscopy and spectroscopy, with technical assistance to visiting scientists. * Research and Development: the LFD designs, tests, and implements advances in the technology of hardware, software, and biomedical applications. * Training and Dissemination: the LFD disseminates knowledge of fluorescence spectroscopic principles, instrumentation, and applications to the scientific community.

Proper citation: Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (RRID:SCR_001437) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/

Biomedical technology resource center specializing in novel approaches and tools for neuroimaging. It develops novel strategies to investigate brain structure and function in their full multidimensional complexity. There is a rapidly growing need for brain models comprehensive enough to represent brain structure and function as they change across time in large populations, in different disease states, across imaging modalities, across age and sex, and even across species. International networks of collaborators are provided with a diverse array of tools to create, analyze, visualize, and interact with models of the brain. A major focus of these collaborations is to develop four-dimensional brain models that track and analyze complex patterns of dynamically changing brain structure in development and disease, expanding investigations of brain structure-function relations to four dimensions.

Proper citation: Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (RRID:SCR_001922) Copy   

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http://www.cmrr.umn.edu/

Biomedical technology research center that focuses on development of unique magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy methodologies and instrumentation for the acquisition of structural, functional, and biochemical information non-invasively in humans, and utilizing this capability to investigate organ function in health and disease. The distinctive feature of this resource is the emphasis on ultrahigh magnetic fields (7 Tesla and above), which was pioneered by this BTRC. This emphasis is based on the premise that there exists significant advantages to extracting biomedical information using ultrahigh magnetic fields, provided difficulties encountered by working at high frequencies corresponding to such high field strengths can be overcome by methodological and engineering solutions. This BTRC is home to some of the most advanced MR instrumentation in the world, complemented by human resources that provide unique expertise in imaging physics, engineering, and signal processing. No single group of scientists can successfully carry out all aspects of this type of interdisciplinary biomedical research; by bringing together these multi-disciplinary capabilities in a synergistic fashion, facilitating these interdisciplinary interactions, and providing adequate and centralized support for them under a central umbrella, this BTRC amplifies the contributions of each of these groups of scientists to basic and clinical biomedical research. Collectively, the approaches and instrumentation developed in this BTRC constitute some of the most important tools used today to study system level organ function and physiology in humans for basic and translational research, and are increasingly applied world-wide. CMRR Faculty conducts research in a variety of areas including: * High field functional brain mapping in humans; methodological developments, mechanistic studies, and neuroscience applications * Metabolism, bioenergetics, and perfusion studies of human pathological states (tumors, obesity, diabetes, hepatic encephalopathy, cystic fibrosis, and psychiatric disorders) * Cardiac bioenergetics under normal and pathological conditions * Automated magnetic field shimming methods that are critical for spectroscopy and ultrafast imaging at high magnetic fields * Development of high field magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy techniques for anatomic, physiologic, metabolic, and functional studies in humans and animal models * Radiofrequency (RF) pulse design based on adiabatic principles * Development of magnetic resonance hardware for high fields (e.g. RF coils, pre-amplifiers, digital receivers, phased arrays, etc.) * Development of software for data analysis and display for functional brain mapping.

Proper citation: Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (RRID:SCR_003148) Copy   

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https://radiology.duke.edu/research/centers-and-shared-resources/center-advanced-magnetic-resonance-development

Research facility of the Department of Radiology at the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) providing access to a whole-body, commercially manufactured 3 Tesla (Trio, Siemens Medical Systems) MR Imaging and Spectroscopy System with full research capability. The Center is fully equipped to perform clinical and research MR imaging or spectroscopy studies on humans or large animals. A full range of monitoring, anesthesia, RF coil development, computer and instrumental control facilities as well as MR research technologists and physics/chemistry consultation are available to Department of Radiology researchers and their collaborators.

Proper citation: CAMRD (RRID:SCR_001713) Copy   

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http://tcag.ca/index.html

Service and training support for academic, government, and private sector scientists worldwide in genomics, including laboratory experimentation, statistical analysis, and comprehensive bioinformatics support, including large-scale genome comparisons, algorithm and tools development, and database curation, annotation and hosting. The Centre for Applied Genomics hosts a variety of databases related to ongoing supported projects: *Autism Chromosome Rearrangement Database *Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database *The Lafora Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy Mutation and Polymorphism Database *Database of Genomic Variants *The Chromosome 7 Annotation Project *Human Genome Segmental Duplication Database *Non-Human Segmental Duplication Database Healthy control DNA samples from the Ontario Population Genomics Platform are available. The Biobanking and Databasing Facility provides DNA extraction from lymphoblasts, fibroblasts and other cell types, archiving of white cell pellets, preparation and immortalization of cell lines, and comprehensive databasing and tracking of samples and/or cell lines within the facility.

Proper citation: TCAG (RRID:SCR_001840) Copy   

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https://www.bu.edu/tech/support/research/whats-happening/highlights/earlab/

Freely-accessible auditory databases as well as custom designed modeling and data analysis software tools. A fully functional online auditory modeling environment is also available, as well as downloadable models in several languages. The models cover many aspects of auditory function and at many different levels of detail ranging from multi-compartment celluar models to high-level abstractions of large portions of the auditory pathway. Currently a few models are available that can be run online and others are available for downloading. EarLab also provides custom cross-platform software for creating your own distributed auditory modeling environment, as well as software for analyzing the results from experimentation. A database of auditory modules is available for online use or download for the distributed auditory modeling environment, as well as instructions and specifications for creating your own modules. All these databases and custom software tools can be used in a wide variety of hearing research applications. This unique resource provides a wealth of information on auditory processing in humans and other animals. Mathematical models are also provided.

Proper citation: EarLab (RRID:SCR_001798) Copy   

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http://www.brc.riken.jp/inf/en

RIKEN BRC contributes to advancement of life science research by collecting, preserving and distributing biological resources such as experimental animals, experimental plants, cultured cell lines, genetic materials (DNA), and associated bioinformatics. The RIKEN BRC develops novel bioresources to promote scientific research and new technologies to increase the value of bioresources, and also to implement effective procedures for the preservation, quality control and usage of bioresources. The RIKEN BRC is working closely with institutions in Japan and abroad.

Proper citation: RIKEN BioResource Center (RRID:SCR_003250) Copy   

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http://talkbank.org/

Databases of transcript and media data collected from conversations with adults and older children to foster fundamental research in the study of human and animal communication. Conversations with children are available from CHILDES. All of the data is transcribed in CHAT and CA/CHAT formats. Databases of the following types are included in the collection: Aphasia patient speech, Child speech, Study of Phonological Development, Conversation Analysis, and Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition. TalkBank will use these databases to advance the development of standards and tools for creating, sharing, searching, and commenting upon primary materials via networked computers.

Proper citation: TalkBank (RRID:SCR_003242) Copy   

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http://www.lyonbiopole.com/index-en.html

A worldwide competitiveness cluster centered on pharmaceutical activities including the fight against human and animal infectious diseases and cancers. Designed as a tool interface and public / private approximation, the division has implemented measures to encourage collaborative R & D, help in setting up projects and find funding, increase strategic and financial partnerships for economic development and international companies, provide access to reception areas, technological shared platforms such as the Infectious Diseases Center Lyonbiop��le. It aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the sector health and the attractiveness of the Rh��ne-Alpes area, mainly on the Lyon-Grenoble axis. (adapted from the translated Wikipedia)

Proper citation: Lyonbiopole (RRID:SCR_003733) Copy   

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http://www.orion.fi/en/

A globally operating Finnish developer, manufacturer and marketer of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients and diagnostic tests. They are continuously developing new drugs and treatment methods. Pharmaceutical RD focuses on central nervous system drugs, oncology and critical care drugs, and Easyhaler pulmonary drugs.

Proper citation: Orion (RRID:SCR_003911) Copy   

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