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Silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse. Database stores reusable silhouette images and phylogenetic taxonomy of all organisms. Each image is associated with one or more taxonomic names and indicates roughly what ancestral member of each taxon looked like.
Proper citation: PhyloPic (RRID:SCR_019139) Copy
http://geneatlas.roslin.ed.ac.uk
Database of associations between traits and variants using UK Biobank cohort. Searchable atlas of genetic associations. Assists researchers to query UK Biobank. Provides unbiased view of phenotype and genotype associations across of traits.
Proper citation: GeneATLAS (RRID:SCR_017577) Copy
https://www.humancellatlas.org
Software tool as a catalog of comprehensive reference of human cells based on their stable properties, transient features, locations and abundances. Map to show the relationships among its elements. Open data international collaborative project involving diverse scientific communities to provide a framework for understanding cellular dysregulation in human disease.
Proper citation: Human Cell Atlas (RRID:SCR_016530) Copy
https://cm.jefferson.edu/rna22/
Software tool as a pattern based algorithm for detecting microRNA binding sites and their corresponding microRNA and mRNA complexes. Allows interactive exploration and visualization of miRNA target predictions. Permits link-out to external expression repositories and databases.
Proper citation: RNA22 (RRID:SCR_016507) Copy
Collection of curated papillomavirus genomic sequences, accompanied by web-based sequence analysis tools. Database and web applications support the storage, annotation, analysis, and exchange of information.
Proper citation: PaVE (RRID:SCR_016599) Copy
International biobank storing whole blood and DNA from 200,000 individuals, serum and plasma samples from more than 100,000 individuals as well as urine, RNA tubes, cells, buffy coat and Na-heparin tubes for environmental analysis for as many as 50,000 individuals. All bio-specimens from the HUNT surveys are collected, processed and stored at the HUNT Biobank in Levanger. The National CONOR Biobank is located on the same site, where it serves as a central research repository for DNA samples from all the largest Norwegian health surveys. These make up the Cohorts of Norway (CONOR), which include samples from more than 200,000 individuals. * HUNT 1 was carried out in 1984-1986 to establish the health history of 75,000 people. * HUNT 2, carried out in 1995-1997, focused on the evolution of the health history of 74,000 people. This included blood sample collection from 65,000 people. The data that accompany biospecimens in the biobank are stored in secured computer systems that run complex database management and analysis software. * HUNT 3 was completed in June 2008. 93,210 people were invited to participate in the study, and as of the 6th of June, 2008, 48,289 people participated (52% participation rate). The data, collected by means of questionnaires, interviews, clinical examinations and collection of blood and urine samples, will be ready for analysis in January 2009. * Young-HUNT is the adolescent part of HUNT including participants aged 13-19 years. Young-HUNT1 (1995-97) was conducted as part of HUNT2, 9141 adolescents participated (90% response rate). Young-HUNT2 (2000-01) was a follow-up study of Young-HUNT1, 2400 students participated in both studies (77% of the invited). Young-HUNT3 (2006-08) was a new cross-sectional study as part of HUNT3. This time 8677 adolescents participated (87% response rate). Data collection included self-reported questionnaires, structured interviews, clinical measurements and, in Young-HUNT3, buccal smears. All institutions with research expertise can apply for access to analyze HUNT data. Projects must have recommendations from The Regional Committee for Medical Research in Norway (REK) and be registered with The Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD).
Proper citation: Hunt Biobank (RRID:SCR_010626) Copy
https://www.broadinstitute.org/ccle/
A collaborative project between the Broad Institute and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and its Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, with the goal of conducting a detailed genetic and pharmacologic characterization of a large panel of human cancer models. The CCLE also works to develop integrated computational analyses that link distinct pharmacologic vulnerabilities to genomic patterns and to translate cell line integrative genomics into cancer patient stratification. The CCLE provides public access to genomic data, analysis and visualization for about 1000 cell lines.
Proper citation: Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (RRID:SCR_013836) Copy
https://www.girinst.org/repbase/
Database of repetitive DNA elements.Database of prototypic sequences representing repetitive DNA from different eukaryotic species. Used in genome sequencing projects worldwide as reference collection for masking and annotation of repetitive DNA.
Proper citation: Repbase (RRID:SCR_021169) Copy
https://www.apbenson.com/cyrillic-downloads
Software application for pedigree drawing with fully integrated risk analysis and support for industry standard databases (MS Access and Corel Paradox). It is designed for genetic counselors and others who work with patients. Cyrillic 2 draws pedigrees, works with genetic marker data, lets you do haplotyping and allows exports to a range of linkage analysis packages.
Proper citation: CYRILLIC (RRID:SCR_001823) Copy
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 4, 2023.Consortium that developed brief, standardized and reliable procedures for the evaluation and diagnosis of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias of the elderly. These procedures included data forms, flipbooks, guidebooks, brochures, instruction manuals and demonstration tapes, which are now available for purchase. The CERAD assessment material can be used for research purposes as well as for patient care. CERAD has developed several basic standardized instruments, each consisting of brief forms designed to gather data on normal persons as well as on cognitively impaired or behaviorally disturbed individuals. Such data permit the identification of dementia based on clinical, neuropsychological, behavioral or neuropathological criteria. Staff at participating CERAD sites were trained and certified to administer the assessment instruments and to evaluate the subjects enrolled in the study. Cases and controls were evaluated at entry and annually thereafter including (when possible) autopsy examination of the brain to track the natural progression of AD and to obtain neuropathological confirmation of the clinical diagnosis. The CERAD database has become a major resource for research in Alzheimer's disease. It contains longitudinal data for periods as long as seven years on the natural progression of the disorder as well as information on clinical and neuropsychological changes and neuropathological manifestations., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.
Proper citation: CERAD - Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (RRID:SCR_003016) Copy
DISCO is an information integration approach designed to facilitate interoperation among Internet resources. It consists of a set of tools and services that allows resource providers who maintain information to share it with automated systems such as NIF. NIF is then able to harvest the information and keep those sets of information up-to-date. How is this accomplished? By using a series of files and/or scripts which are then placed in the root directory of the resource developer''s resource. (NIF can also host the files on its servers and crawl for changes there.) Once the files of the resource providers are in place, and DISCO is notified, the DISCO server can then recognize and consume the information shared, providing machine understandable information to NIF Integrator Servers (also known as Aggregators) about your resource. What can DISCO do for my resource? * Inform search engines about your resource and keep your NIF Registry resource description up-to-date. * Expose your data (semi-structured datasets or fields within your structured database) through NIF''s Data Federation you choose what data will be shared. * Create links from an NCBI database (e.g., PubMed, Protein, Nucleotide, etc.) to your data records in NIF using Entrez LinkOut. * Advertise your terminology or ontological information. * Share your resource''s news with the NIF community., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.
Proper citation: DISCO (RRID:SCR_004586) Copy
Our robust searchable Tissue Bank database at US Biomax contains normal, non-cancerous disease and cancer samples, just a fraction of total paraffin tissue bank. Use advanced search function to define your search. Some of them have H&E images. Our tissue repository, tissue bank has huge paraffin tissue blocks, a large selection of histology tissue section slides of human cancer, normal tissue, rhesus and cynomolgus normal fresh frozen tissue as well as paraffin blocks and slides. It has also normal human organs in paraffin embedded tissue blocks as well as rhesus and cynomolgus monkey normal organ tissues. Snap frozen (fresh frozen) tissue of rhesus/cynomolgus monkey are also available. We also provide tissue array, custom tissue microarray (with samples you provided or from our tissue bank) as well as OEM services. Other products/services available include tissue microarray, paraffin tissue sections, histology services and quantitative telomerase detection kit.
Proper citation: US Biomax (RRID:SCR_004295) Copy
http://dbmi.mc.vanderbilt.edu/research/dnadatabank.html
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 11, 2023. BioVU is a research resource providing a View into biology at the level of DNA and other important macromolecules. BioVU has two major components. The first is a repository of DNA samples (extracted from discarded blood samples) that are coded solely by a Research Unique Identifier (RUI) derived from the Medical Record Number (MRN) using a one-way hash function. This is a computer algorithm that creates a transformation of each MRN such that the resulting RUI (which is in this instance is a 512 byte identifier) is unique, and has the property that it is not possible to infer or compute the MRN that generated it. As of early 2009, over 50,000 DNA samples were in the biobank, with new samples being added at the rate of approximately 700 per week. The second component of the resource is the creation of a database known as the Synthetic Derivative which is a collection of de-identified information extracted from VUMC''s electronic clinical information systems, indexed by the same one-way RUI used to track samples, and with content changed by deletion or permutation of all identifiers contained within each record. The Synthetic Derivative search interface is available to Vanderbilt researchers via the StarBRITE research portal created and maintained by the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. This user interface enables investigators meeting protocol approval criteria and other user agreement requirements to receive protocol-specific sets of data derived from DNA samples and from the Synthetic Derivative., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.
Proper citation: Vanderbilt BioVU (RRID:SCR_004632) Copy
http://www.yandell-lab.org/software/maker.html
Software genome annotation pipeline. Portable and easily configurable genome annotation pipeline. Used to allow smaller eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomeprojects to independently annotate their genomes and to create genome databases. MAKER identifies repeats, aligns ESTs and proteins to genome, produces ab-initio gene predictions and automatically synthesizes these data into gene annotations having evidence based quality values.
Proper citation: MAKER (RRID:SCR_005309) Copy
A large multi-site pediatric MRI and genetics data resource to facilitate studies of the genomic landscape of the developing human brain. It includes information about the developing mental and emotional functions of the children to understand the genetic basis of individual differences in brain structure and connectivity, cognition, and personality. Investigators on the project are studying 1400 children between the ages of 3 and 20 years so that links between genetic variation and developing patterns of brain connectivity can be examined. Investigators interested in the effects of a particular gene will be able to search the database for any brain areas or connections between areas that differ as a function of variation in a particular gene, and also to determine if the genes appear to affect the course of brain development at some point during childhood. A data exploration tool has been created for mapping and analyzing MRI data sets collected for PING and related developmental studies. Approved investigators will be able to view raw image sets and derived 3D brain maps of MRI and DTI data, conduct hypothesis testing, and graph brain area measures as they change across the time course of development. PING Cores * Coordinating Core: Functions include project management, screening of participants and maintaining the database * Neuroimaging Core: applying a standardized high-resolution structural MRI protocol involving 3-D T1-weighted scans, a T2-weighted volume, and a set of diffusion-weighted scans with multiple b values and diffusion directions, scans to estimate MRI relaxation rates, and gradient echo EPI scans for resting state fMRI. Importantly, adaptive motion compensation, using ����??PROMO����??, a novel real-time motion correction algorithm will be used. Specific PING protocols for each scanner manufacturer: ** PING MRI Protocol - GE ** PING MRI Protocol - Philips ** PING MRI Protocol - Siemens * Assessment Core: Cognitive assessments for the PING project are conducted using the NIH Toolbox for Cognition. * Genomics Core: functions as a central repository for receipt of saliva samples collected for each study participant. Once received, samples are catalogued, maintained, and DNA is extracted using state-of-the-field laboratory techniques. Ultimately, genome-wide genotyping is performed on the extracted DNA using the Illumina Human660W-Quad BeadChip. PING involves 10 sites throughout the country including UCSD, University of Hawaii, Scripps Genomics, UCLA, UC Davis, Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins, Sacker Institute/Cornell University, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard, and Yale. Families who may want to participate in the study, or others who want to know more about it, may email questions to ping (at) ucsd.edu.
Proper citation: Pediatric Imaging Neurocognition and Genetics (RRID:SCR_008953) Copy
http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~spike/
Database of curated human signaling pathways with an associated interactive software tool for analysis and dynamic visualization of pathways. Individual pathway maps can be viewed and downloaded; the entire database may be browsed, or launched via a map viewer tool that allows dynamic visualization of the database and save networks in XGMML format that can be viewed in all generic XGMML viewers. Map Topics * Cell cycle progress and check points * DNA damage response * Programmed cell death related processes * Stress-activated transcription factors * Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways * Immune response signaling * HEarSpike: hearing related pathways
Proper citation: SPIKE (RRID:SCR_010466) Copy
A public repository of metabolite information as well as tandem mass spectrometry data is provided to facilitate metabolomics experiments. It contains structures and represents a data management system designed to assist in a broad array of metabolite research and metabolite identification. An annotated list of known metabolites and their mass, chemical formula, and structure are available. Each metabolite is linked to outside resources for further reference and inquiry. MS/MS data is also available on many of the metabolites.
Proper citation: METLIN (RRID:SCR_010500) Copy
http://www-amdis.iaea.org/ALADDIN/
Numerical database of atomic and molecular processes and particle-surface interactions. It has formatted data on atomic structure and spectra (energy levels,wave lengths, and transition probabilities); electron and heavy particle collisions with atoms, ions, and molecules (cross sections and/or rate coefficients, including, in most cases, analytic fit to the data); sputtering of surfaces by impact of main plasma constituents and self sputtering; particle reflection from surfaces; thermophysical and thermomechanical properties of beryllium and pyrolytic graphites.
Proper citation: ALADDIN (RRID:SCR_010476) Copy
http://tools.neb.com/NEBcutter2/
This tool will take a DNA sequence and find the large, non-overlapping open reading frames using the E.coli genetic code and the sites for all Type II and commercially available Type III restriction enzymes that cut the sequence just once. By default, only enzymes available from NEB are used, but other sets may be chosen. Just enter your sequence and submit. Further options will appear with the output. The maximum size of the input file is 1 MByte, and the maximum sequence length is 300 KBases. NEBcutter produces a variety of outputs including restriction enzyme maps, theoretical digests and links into the restriction enzyme database, REBASE (http://rebase.neb.com/rebase/rebase.html). Importantly, its table of recognition sites is updated daily from REBASE and it marks all sites that are potentially affected by DNA methylation (Dam, Dcm, etc.). Many options exist to choose the enzymes used for digestion, including all known specificities, subsets of those that are commercially available or sets of enzymes that produce compatible termini.
Proper citation: NEBcutter (RRID:SCR_010664) Copy
A website which assigns molecular functional effects of non-synonymous SNPs based on structure and sequence analysis.
Proper citation: SNPs3D (RRID:SCR_010787) Copy
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