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http://zebrafinch.brainarchitecture.org/

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 (Akutagawa E. and Konishi M., stereotaxic atalas of the brain of zebra finch, unpublished.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.

Proper citation: Zebrafinch Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004277) Copy   

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http://avis.princeton.edu/pixie/index.php

bioPIXIE is a general system for discovery of biological networks through integration of diverse genome-wide functional data. This novel system for biological data integration and visualization, allows you to discover interaction networks and pathways in which your gene(s) (e.g. BNI1, YFL039C) of interest participate. The system is based on a Bayesian algorithm for identification of biological networks based on integrated diverse genomic data. To start using bioPIXIE, enter your genes of interest into the search box. You can use ORF names or aliases. If you enter multiple genes, they can be separated by commas or returns. Press ''submit''. bioPIXIE uses a probabilistic Bayesian algorithm to identify genes that are most likely to be in the same pathway/functional neighborhood as your genes of interest. It then displays biological network for the resulting genes as a graph. The nodes in the graph are genes (clicking on each node will bring up SGD page for that gene) and edges are interactions (clicking on each edge will show evidence used to predict this interaction). Most likely, the first results to load on the results page will be a list of significant Gene Ontology terms. This list is calculated for the genes in the biological network created by the bioPIXIE algorithm. If a gene ontology term appears on this list with a low p-value, it is statistically significantly overrepresented in this biological network. As you move the mouse over genes in the network, interactions involving these genes are highlighted. If you click on any of the highlighted interactions graph, evidence pop-up window will appear. The Evidence pop-up lists all evidence for this interaction, with links to the papers that produced this evidence - clicking these links will bring up the relevant source citation(s) in PubMed. You may need to download the Adobe Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) plugin to utilize the visualization tool (you will be prompted if you need it).

Proper citation: bioPIXIE (RRID:SCR_004182) Copy   

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http://www.lipidmaps.org/data/structure/

Collection of structures and annotations of biologically relevant lipids that contains unique lipid structures. Structures of lipids from : LIPID MAPS Consortium's core laboratories and partners; lipids identified by LIPID MAPS experiments; biologically relevant lipids manually curated from LIPID BANK, LIPIDAT, Lipid Library, Cyberlipids, ChEBI and other public sources; novel lipids submitted to peer-reviewed journals; and computationally generated structures for appropriate classes. All the lipid structures adhere to the structure drawing rules proposed by the LIPID MAPS consortium. A number of structure viewing options are offered: gif image (default), Chemdraw (requires Chemdraw ActiveX/Plugin), MarvinView (Java applet) and JMol (Java applet). All lipids have been classified using the LIPID MAPS Lipid Classification System. Each lipid structure has been assigned a LIPID MAPS ID (LM_ID) which reflects its position in the classification hierarchy. In addition to a classification-based retrieval of lipids, users can search using either text-based or structure-based search options.

Proper citation: LIPID MAPS Structure Database (RRID:SCR_003817) Copy   

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https://github.com/katiasmirn/PERFect#perfect-permutation-filtering-package-in-r

Software R package as filtering test for microbiome data. Permutation filtering approach to address two unsolved problems in microbiome data processing: (i) define and quantify loss due to filtering by implementing thresholds and (ii) introduce and evaluate a permutation test for filtering loss to provide a measure of excessive filtering.

Proper citation: PERFect (RRID:SCR_024682) Copy   

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https://webprotege.stanford.edu

Web based platform for editing biomedical ontologies. Web application for editing OWL 2 ontologies. Open source, lightweight, web based ontology editor implemented in Java and JavaScript using OWL API and Google Web Toolkit. For users who do not wish to host their ontologies on Stanford servers, WebProtégé is available as Web app that can be run locally using Servlet container such as Tomcat.

Proper citation: WebProtege (RRID:SCR_024627) Copy   

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http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/mummergpu/index.php?title=MUMmerGPU

Software tool as high throughput DNA sequence alignment program that runs on nVidia G80-class GPUs. Aligns sequences in parallel on video card to accelerate widely used serial CPU program MUMmer.

Proper citation: MUMmerGPU (RRID:SCR_001200) Copy   

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http://drugdesigndata.org

Project portal's database of protein-ligand data sets provided by pharmaceutical partners that provide atomic details of drug mechanisms that will be used to improve computer-aided drug-design methods and thus accelerate drug discovery. The project aims to help companies release the high-quality data they have generated, which has incredible value to researchers working to improve methods of computer-aided drug discovery. Everyone stands to benefit from the ability to develop new medications more quickly and inexpensively. What computational chemists globally are trying to do is to make faster, more accurate, more predictive programs to speed up the process. Part of their mission is to engage the community in these challenges to test newly developed predictive algorithms.

Proper citation: Drug Design Data Resource (RRID:SCR_000497) Copy   

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https://openmm.org/

Software toolkit to run modern molecular simulations. It can be used either as a standalone application for running simulations, or as a library that enables accelerated calculations for molecular dynamics on high-performance computer architectures.

Proper citation: OpenMM (RRID:SCR_000436) 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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https://glimmpse.samplesizeshop.org/#/

Web based software tool that calculates power and sample size for study designs with normally distributed outcomes. Permits power calculations for clinical trials, randomized experiments, and observational studies with clustering, repeated measures, and both, and almost any testable hypothesis. GLIMMPSE Version 3 release back end has been refactored in Python, interface has been simplified, requiring user decisions about only one topic per screen, new menu improves specification of both between-participant and within-participant hypothese, recursive algorithm permits computing covariances for up to ten levels of clustering., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: GLIMMPSE (RRID:SCR_016297) Copy   

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https://gitlab.com/gernerlab/cytomap/-/wikis/home

Software tool as spatial analysis software for whole tissue sections.Utilizes information on cell type and position to phenotype local neighborhoods and reveal how their spatial distribution leads to generation of global tissue architecture.Used to make advanced data analytic techniques accessible for single cell data with position information.

Proper citation: CytoMAP (RRID:SCR_021227) Copy   

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https://github.com/CEGRcode/stencil

Web engine for visualizing and sharing life science datasets.Designed to organize, visualize, and enable sharing of interactive genomic data visualizations. Provides ability to inspect and interpret sequencing data, without requiring programming expertise.

Proper citation: STENCIL (RRID:SCR_021878) Copy   

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https://github.com/zdk123/SpiecEasi

Software R package for microbiome network analysis. Used for inference of microbial ecological networks from amplicon sequencing datasets. Combines data transformations developed for compositional data analysis with graphical model inference framework that assumes underlying ecological association network is sparse.

Proper citation: SpiecEasi (RRID:SCR_022712) Copy   

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https://zdock.umassmed.edu/

Web tool as protein docking server, based on rigid body docking programs ZDOCK and M-ZDOCK, to predict structures of protein-protein complexes and symmetric multimers.

Proper citation: ZDOCK Server (RRID:SCR_022518) Copy   

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https://github.com/FunctionLab/sei-framework

Web server for systematically predicting sequence regulatory activities and applying sequence information to human genetics data. Provides global map from any sequence to regulatory activities, as represented by sequence classes, and each sequence class integrates predictions for chromatin profiles like transcription factor, histone marks, and chromatin accessibility profiles across wide range of cell types.

Proper citation: sei (RRID:SCR_022571) Copy   

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http://virtualplant.bio.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/vpweb/

Software platform to support systems biology research. Integrates genomic data and provides visualization and analysis tools for exploration of genomic data. Provides tools to generate biological hypotheses.

Proper citation: VirtualPlant (RRID:SCR_022576) Copy   

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https://github.com/ChristopherWilks/megadepth

Software tool for quantifying alignments and coverage for BigWig and BAM/CRAM input files.Quantifies number of RNA-seq reads assigned to gene in BAM file, successor of bamcounts.

Proper citation: Megadepth (RRID:SCR_022779) Copy   

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http://www.evidenceontology.org

A controlled vocabulary that describes types of scientific evidence within the realm of biological research that can arise from laboratory experiments, computational methods, manual literature curation, and other means. Researchers can use these types of evidence to support assertions about research subjects that result from scientific research, such as scientific conclusions, gene annotations, or other statements of fact. ECO comprises two high-level classes, evidence and assertion method, where evidence is defined as a type of information that is used to support an assertion, and assertion method is defined as a means by which a statement is made about an entity. Together evidence and assertion method can be combined to describe both the support for an assertion and whether that assertion was made by a human being or a computer. However, ECO can not be used to make the assertion itself; for that, one would use another ontology, free text description, or other means. ECO was originally created around the year 2000 to support gene product annotation by the Gene Ontology. Today ECO is used by many groups concerned with provenance in scientific research. ECO is used in AmiGO 2

Proper citation: ECO (RRID:SCR_002477) Copy   

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https://github.com/vpc-ccg/svict

Software tool for detecting structural variations from cell free DNA containing low dilutions of circulating tumor DNA.

Proper citation: SViCT (RRID:SCR_023656) Copy   

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https://www.crisprscan.org/

Web tool for predictive sgRNA-scoring that captures sequence features affecting Cas9/sgRNA activity in vivo. Scoring algorithm to help select the best gRNAs for CRISPR.

Proper citation: CRISPRscan (RRID:SCR_023777) Copy   

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