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http://www.nigms.nih.gov/

NIGMS supports basic biomedical research that is not targeted to specific diseases. NIGMS funds studies on genes, proteins, and cells, as well as on fundamental processes like communication within and between cells, how our bodies use energy, and how we respond to medicines. The results of this research increase our understanding of life and lay the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. NIGMS also supports research training programs that produce the next generation of biomedical scientists, and it has special programs to encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue biomedical research careers. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) primarily supports research that lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Institute's research training programs help provide the next generation of scientists. Each year, NIGMS-supported scientists make many advances in understanding fundamental life processes. In the course of answering basic research questions, these investigators increase our knowledge about the mechanisms and pathways involved in certain diseases. Institute grantees also develop important new tools and techniques, some of which have medical applications. In recognition of the significance of their work, a number of NIGMS grantees have received the Nobel Prize and other high scientific honors. At any given time, NIGMS supports approximately 4,700 research grants—approximately 11 percent of the grants funded by NIH as a whole. NIGMS also supports approximately 26 percent of the trainees who receive assistance from NIH. NIGMS also supports approximately 25% of the trainees who receive assistance from NIH. The Institute places great emphasis on supporting investigator-initiated research grants. It funds a limited number of research center grants in selected fields, including structural genomics, trauma and burn research, and systems biology. In addition, NIGMS supports several important scientific resources, including the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository and the Protein Data Bank.

Proper citation: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (RRID:SCR_012887) Copy   

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http://images.nigms.nih.gov/

Database of scientific photos, illustrations, and videos made available by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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http://www.nih.gov/

NIH is the nations medical research agency - making important medical discoveries that improve health and save lives. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve peoples health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases. NIH research impacts: * child and teen health, * men's health, * minority health, * seniors' health, * women's health, and * wellness and lifestyle issues. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.

Proper citation: National Institutes of Health (RRID:SCR_011417) Copy   

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http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/

Collaborative framework that includes the NIH Office of the Director and the 14 NIH Institutes and Centers that support research on the nervous system. By pooling resources and expertise, the Blueprint identifies cross-cutting areas of research, and confronts challenges too large for any single Institute or Center. The Blueprint makes collaboration a day-to-day part of how the NIH does business in neuroscience, complementing the basic missions of Blueprint partners. During each fiscal year, the partners contribute a small percentage of their funds to a common pool. Since the Blueprint's inception in 2004, this pool has comprised less than 1 percent of the total neuroscience research budget of the partners. In 2009, the Blueprint Grand Challenges were launched to catalyze research with the potential to transform our basic understanding of the brain and our approaches to treating brain disorders. * The Human Connectome Project is an effort to map the connections within the healthy brain. It is expected to help answer questions about how genes influence brain connectivity, and how this in turn relates to mood, personality and behavior. The investigators will collect brain imaging data, plus genetic and behavioral data from 1,200 adults. They are working to optimize brain imaging techniques to see the brain's wiring in unprecedented detail. * The Grand Challenge on Pain supports research to understand the changes in the nervous system that cause acute, temporary pain to become chronic. The initiative is supporting multi-investigator projects to partner researchers in the pain field with researchers in the neuroplasticity field. * The Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network is helping small labs develop new drugs for nervous system disorders. The Network provides research funding, plus access to millions of dollars worth of services and expertise to assist in every step of the drug development process, from laboratory studies to preparation for clinical trials. Project teams across the U.S. have received funding to pursue drugs for conditions from vision loss to neurodegenerative disease to depression. Since its inception in 2004, the Blueprint has supported the development of new resources, tools and opportunities for neuroscientists. For example, the Blueprint supports several training programs to help students pursue interdisciplinary areas of neuroscience, and to bring students from underrepresented groups into the neurosciences. The Blueprint also funds efforts to develop new approaches to teaching neuroscience through K-12 instruction, museum exhibits and web-based platforms. From fiscal years 2007 to 2009, the Blueprint focused on three major themes of neuroscience - neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, and neuroplasticity. These efforts enabled unique funding opportunities and training programs, and helped establish new resources including the Blueprint Non-Human Primate Brain Atlas.

Proper citation: NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (RRID:SCR_003670) Copy   

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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/computinglife/

An NIGMS magazine that showcases the exciting ways that scientists are using the power of computers to expand our knowledge of biology and medicine. From text messaging friends to navigating city streets with GPS technology, we''re all living the computing life. But as we''ve upgraded from snail mail and compasses, so too have scientists. Computer advances now let researchers quickly search through DNA sequences to find gene variations that could lead to disease, simulate how flu might spread through your school and design three-dimensional animations of molecules that rival any video game. By teaming computers and biology, scientists can answer new and old questions that could offer insights into the fundamental processes that keep us alive and make us sick. This booklet introduces you to just some of the ways that physicists, biologists and even artists are computing life. Each section focuses on a different research problem, offers examples of current scientific projects and acquaints you with the people conducting the work. You can follow the links for online extras and other opportunities to learn aboutand get involved inthis exciting new interdisciplinary field.

Proper citation: NIGMS Computing Life (RRID:SCR_005850) Copy   

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http://www.youtube.com/user/NIGMS/

YouTube videos provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

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http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/

NIGMS places great emphasis on the support of individual, investigator-initiated grants within its scientific mission areas. Most grants are for research projects (R01), but NIGMS also funds program projects (P01) as well as some research resources. The Institute encourages research in certain scientific areas through requests for applications and program announcements. This website has information for upcoming grants, minority grants as well as training opportunities in medical research in the following disciplines: cell biology, biophysics, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

Proper citation: National Institute of General Medical Sciences: Research Funding (RRID:SCR_003096) Copy   

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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/multimedia/searchresults.asp?search=All

As part of its multimedia outreach, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health -- the United States'' medical research agency -- offers audio and video podcasts and other multimedia resources that explore the exciting world of basic biomedical research.

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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/chemhealth/

Visit ChemHealthWeb for research highlights, chemist profiles, games and videos and other Web extras. The NIGMS Chemistry of Health booklet describes basic chemistry and biochemistry research that spurs a better understanding of human health.

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http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page

A collection of open source software tools for creating and managing genome-scale biological databases. GMOD is made up databases, applications, and adaptor software that connects these components together. You can use it to create a small laboratory database of genome annotations, or a large web-accessible community database. At first GMOD just featured model organisms but now any organism with any kind of sequence associated with it is a good candidate as a subject for a GMOD database. There are GMOD databases with just protein sequence in them, with EST sequence only, those that are concerned primarily with gene expression, and even those dedicated to collections of RNA sequence. They have also heard of GMOD databases for oligonucleotides and plasmids.

Proper citation: Generic Model Organism Database Project (RRID:SCR_001731) Copy   

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http://merna.lbl.gov

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 15, 2013. A database of metal ion binding sites in RNA. It provides information that allows the classification of and search for specific metal binding motifs (e.g., tandem G-U pairs, loop E motif, A-platform motif). The RNA binding sites of 23 different metal ions are described, the most common of these being Mg2+, Na+, Ca2+, Cd2+ and K+. The user can browse the database or search by PDB or NDB identifier, metal ion, binding motif, type of binding, distance cutoff criteria, experimental conditions (NMR, X-ray, etc.), resolution and R-values, and any combination of the aforementioned criteria or author(s) name. The design and development of the database of metal ion binding sites in RNA is part of a research program which focuses on classification and understanding of RNA motif structure, function, tertiary interactions and their relationships. Using the information contained in our database, we will explore approaches to predicting metal ion binding sites in RNA sequence and structure and to identifying new RNA metal ion binding motifs, which will eventually lead to the design of RNA structures with specific metal binding characteristics.

Proper citation: MeRNA (RRID:SCR_007776) Copy   

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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/insidelifescience/

The NIGMS Inside Life Science series brings you inside the science of health. Each story shows how basic biomedical researchfrom the history of a field to the people doing cutting-edge work todaylays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Through explorations of how the body works and highlights from recent studies, you''ll discover even more on what scientists have found and are finding about fundamental life processes. NIGMS supported all of the featured research.

Proper citation: NIGMS Inside Life Science (RRID:SCR_005852) Copy   

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