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http://www.enfin.org/

ENFIN is a virtual institute to enable systems-level integration of experimental results. It is committed to provide a Europe-wide integration of computational approaches in systems biology. Its objectives are: - To develop a shared approach between traditionally dry and traditionally wet researchers in the area of systems-level interpretation of experimental results - To develop a distributed computational platform this integration and analysis of experimental data - To directly prove that such an approach has scientific value - To encourage and participate in the critical assessment of systems-level approaches - To disseminate knowledge and techniques to other academic researchers worldwide - To disseminate knowledge and techniques to commercial researchers, in particular European SMEs - To train young European researchers from a variety of backgrounds in system-level informatics techniques. The ENFIN Network runs four major platforms: A Joint Research Program covering the fields of Discrete Function Prediction, Network Reconstruction, Systems-Level Modeling, a Provision of Analysis Tools - EnSUITE, a Platform for Data Integration - EnCORE, and training Courses and Workshops on Systems Biology. Sponsors: The ENFIN project is funded by the European Commission within its FP6 Programme, under the thematic area Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health,contract number LSHG-CT-2005-518254.

Proper citation: Experimental Network for Functional Integration: A European Network of Excellence for Data Integration and Systems Biology (RRID:SCR_001724) Copy   

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http://www.bioeden.com/

International private stem cell storage bank to collect, assess and cryogenically store living tooth cells from deciduous baby teeth. Tooth cell banking is a safe, natural and completely noninvasive method of collecting and preserving valuable stem cells which could hold the key to your child's health. Simply enroll, send us your child's tooth when it falls out, and they'll do the rest. Stem cell treatment to repair or replace damaged tissues or organs is the cornerstone of future medical science. Children's milk teeth, (baby teeth) have been identified as a rich source of these stem cells and have the potential to treat some of the worst illnesses and diseases facing people today. Stem cells from teeth (mesenchymal stem cells) are different from those found in cord blood (hematopoietic stem cells). Cord blood cells can be used to treat blood disorders such as leukemia, but stem cells from teeth are different. Stem cells from teeth can be used to grow a range of tissues including bone, nerve, fat, muscle and cartilage and may one day be used to grow entire organs. It is widely believed that stem cells will be used to treat a wide variety of diseases and injuries within the next decade. Their UK facility is regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA), and they hold a full license. They are also registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. BioEDEN, Ltd is ISO 9001:2008 accredited by the British Assessment Bureau. When you enroll for the BioEDEN service, you will be offered the opportunity to consent to donate any excess cells. BioEDEN will provide these cells to leading academic and clinical research centers to help further the progression of this technology to useful clinical applications. BioEDEN will only provide cells to researchers that have full ethical approval for their research and will be guided by our Advisory team as to the most appropriate research to support. The cells will be donated in accordance with strict regulatory guidelines and anonymity of the donor will be strictly assured at all times. Donation of cells is an entirely opt in service. If you choose not to give consent to donate, BioEDEN will simply store the cells for your child.

Proper citation: BioEden Tooth Cell Bank (RRID:SCR_000507) Copy   

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http://neurograd.ucsd.edu/

The Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate training in one of the most highly interactive scientific environments available in the United States. Recently, our graduate program was named by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences as the top-ranking neuroscience graduate program in the country. The faculty who participate in the Graduate Program in Neurosciences have been brought together from many campus departments, the School of Medicine and from a number of affiliated institutes, including the Salk Institute, the Scripps Research Institute, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the UCSD Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Because there is an enormous breadth of neuroscience research interests represented among the faculty, students are able to pursue study in a wide range of neuroscience areas and they often carry out their dissertation research in collaboration with more than one laboratory. Sponsors: FUnding for this program comes from the University of California at San Diego.

Proper citation: University of California at San Diego, Neurosciences Graduate Program (RRID:SCR_001941) Copy   

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http://www.cea.fr/english_portal

A French government-funded technological research organization and ensures that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world. The CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research.

Proper citation: CEA; Gif sur Yvette; France (RRID:SCR_000616) Copy   

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http://www.epfl.ch/

A research institute in Lausanne, Switzerland that specializes in the physical sciences and engineering.

Proper citation: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; Lausanne; Switzerland (RRID:SCR_000961) Copy   

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http://www.mindspec.org

MindSpec is a nonprofit organization that utilizes innovative bioinformatics strategies to accelerate research on common neurodevelopmental disorders. With our research we hope to foster discovery and development of treatments that alleviate the symptoms of affected individuals. Our core mission at MindSpec is to advance research on neurodevelopmental conditions. Founded in 2006, MindSpec is an independent, non-profit research organization established to facilitate the discovery of a cure for autism. Although the initial focus was autism, we have gradually expanded our scope to other neurological disorders. We develop bioinformatics strategies using current information technology platforms to build disease specific databases. At MindSpec we place a strong emphasis on translational research, that is, closing the gap between basic science discoveries and practical treatments with the potential of benefiting people who have autism. Goals: * Build an integrated, up-to-date, relevant, searchable resource on autism, AutDB. * Build a community of scientists, practitioners, educators, policymakers and people affected by autism to share and disseminate knowledge of autism. * Identify gaps in autism research around the world. * Identify priority areas in autism research based on real-world needs. * Build an autism dictionary and digital information library. * Address cultural differences in treatments for autism, a social disease. * Build knowledge about autism for immediate use.

Proper citation: MindSpec: Informatics for Neurodevelopmental Conditions (RRID:SCR_004439) Copy   

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http://crbs.ucsd.edu/

CRBS is a UCSD organized research unit (ORU) that exists to provide human resources, high technology equipment, and administrative services to researchers engaged in fundamental research on cell structure and function relationships in central nervous system processes, cardiovascular networking, and muscular contraction through multiple scales and modalities. CRBS scientists investigate these processes through invention, refinement, and deployment of sophisticated technologies, especially: - High-powered electron microscopes that reveal three-dimensional cell structures - State-of-the-art X-ray crystallography and magnetic resonance analysis that provide detail on protein structures at high-resolution - Laser-scanning and confocal light microscopes that reveal molecules tagged with fluorescent markers as they traffic within cells and pass transfer signals within and between cells - High performance computing and grid-based integration of distributed data CRBS facilitates an interdisciplinary infrastructure in which people from biology, medicine, chemistry, and physics can work with those from computer science and information technologies in collaborative research. Researchers share interests in the study of complex biological systems at many scales, from the structures of enzymes, proteins, and the body's chemical communications network at atomic and molecular levels, to an organism's physiology, strength, and support at cellular and tissue levels. The CRBS infrastructure integrates resources for high-performance computing, visualization, and database technologies, and the grid-integration of large amounts of archival storage data. The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-IT2) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) are collaborators in simulating the activity of biological systems, analyzing the results, and organizing the growing storehouse of biological information. CRBS is an entity evolving as research evolves. It forges interactions with biotechnology and biocomputing companies for technology transfer. Interaction, collaboration, and multiscale research produce new perspectives, reveal fruitful research topics, lead to the development of new technologies and drugs, and train a new generation of researchers in biological systems. Sponsors: CRBS is supported by the University of California at San Diego.

Proper citation: Center for Research in Biological Systems (RRID:SCR_002666) Copy   

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https://dgrc.bio.indiana.edu/Home

Serves Drosophila research community by collecting and distributing DNA clones and vectors; collecting and distributing Drosophila cell lines; developing and testing genomics technologies for use in Drosophila and assisting members of the research community in their use.

Proper citation: Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (RRID:SCR_002845) Copy   

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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/index.shtml

Blog by the NIMH Director, Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Users may sort posts by topic and/or subsribe to the RSS Feed, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/site-info/feed-directors-blog.atom

Proper citation: NIMH Director's Blog (RRID:SCR_008841) Copy   

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http://www.phylo.org/sub_sections/portal/

This database is a public resource for inference of large phylogenetic trees. It is designed to provide all researchers with access to large computational resources of the NSF TeraGrid through a simple browser interface. The CIPRES Science Gateway provides new hybrid parallel versions of RAxML (7.2.7) and MrBayes (3.1.2), as well as parallel GARLI (1.0) code to insure the fastest possible run times for submitted jobs. Through a collaboration with Alexandros Stamatakis and Wayne Pfeiffer, they now offer the fastest hybrid versions of RAxML and MrBayes currently available. Sponsors: The CIPRES project is a multi-site collaboration funded by the NSF Information Technology Research (ITR) program grant entitled BUILDING THE TREE OF LIFE: A National Resource for Phyloinformatics and Computational Phylogenetics.

Proper citation: CIPRES Science Gateway (RRID:SCR_008439) Copy   

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http://www.precisionmed.com/

A biorepository of human biological material from healthy and diseased populations with a special focus on subjects with Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders. Data is collected longitudinally. PrecisionMed aims to facilitate research in genetics, drug discovery, biomarker research and molecular diagnostics. Materials collected include DNA, RNA, plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, among others.

Proper citation: PrecisionMed (RRID:SCR_010486) Copy   

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http://www.conversantbio.com

Tissue bank that specifically provides human tissue and cell samples for research purposes. It offers PBMCs, whole blood, solid tumor tissues, circulating tumor cells, and a variety of other bio-specimens.

Proper citation: Conversant Biologics Inc. (RRID:SCR_010675) Copy   

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http://www.iba-lifesciences.com/home.html

A commercial company that provides a range of services from nucleic acid custom services to products and services for cloning, transfection, recombinant protein production and cell isolation.

Proper citation: IBA GmbH (RRID:SCR_001132) Copy   

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http://curie.fr/en

A private, non-profit foundation that operates a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology. The institute, located in Paris, France, is also home to a hospital that specializes in the treatment of cancer.

Proper citation: Curie Institute; Paris; France (RRID:SCR_000959) Copy   

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http://www.ism.ac.jp/index_e.html

The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) is a national research institute in Tokyo, Japan that conducts studies relating to theory and application of statistics and data science. IMS focuses on data-centric science, which includes fields of engineering involving massive data, statistical science, computer science, machine learning, and data mining.

Proper citation: Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Tokyo; Japan (RRID:SCR_000970) Copy   

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http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/

Coordinated and targeted service, training, and research to speed the development and enhance the utility of informatics tools related to neuroimaging. The initial focus will be on tools that are used in fMRI. If NIfTI proves useful in addressing informatics issues in the fMRI research community, it may be expanded to address similar issues in other areas of neuroimaging. Objectives of NIfTI * Enhancement of existing informatics tools used widely in neuroimaging research * Dissemination of neuroimaging informatics tools and information about them * Community-based approaches to solving common problems, such as lack of interoperability of tools and data * Unique training activities and research career development opportunities to those in the tool-user and tool-developer communities * Research and development of the next generation of neuroimaging informatics tools

Proper citation: Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (RRID:SCR_003141) Copy   

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http://neurosciencenews.com

Science website dedicated strictly to neuroscience research news including brain research news, neuroscience jobs, neuroscience forums, social network, student resources and events. They scour news sources every weekday and choose only neuroscience research related news headlines and links to post. They attempt to link to the original neuroscience research news release as much as possible to enable readers to bypass opinion and get straight to the news. In a few cases, the original neuroscience research article is not available without registration, so they will link to a secondary source to ensure that readers get the neuroscience news as soon as possible. Neuroscience News staff encourages visitors to submit neuroscience research articles, brain research news, neuroscience article reviews, breaking neuroscience news tips, original neuroscience blog posts, neuroscience book reviews and suggestions to be reviewed, implemented and possibly published on Neuroscience News.

Proper citation: Neuroscience News (RRID:SCR_004600) Copy   

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http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/

ScienceNOW is science headline news from all realms of science, including biology, genetics, medicine, stem cells, evolution, animals, climate change, the environment, physics, astronomy, and science policy. This free content is produced by Science Magazine''s award-winning team of journalists.

Proper citation: ScienceNOW (RRID:SCR_004649) Copy   

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http://www.i3crb.fr/

Project to improve data and sample exchanges and to facilitate large scale analysis of data by improving interoperability of French Biological Resources Centres (BRC or biobanks) IT systems and biological databases. The work done in this project will be linked to other national (IBiSA, ANR, R��seau des Biobanques, Club 3C-R), European (BBMRI, ELIXIR) or international project (P3G). In the preliminary phase (2009-2010) I3-CRB has developed a directory of French Biological Resource Centres / Biobanks where one may register their French BRC or perform a search across all of them. Detail by overall data or kingdom is provided as well as many filtering options. Access to biological samples is provided by the participating BRC''''s. Biological Resources Centres (BRC or biobanks) collect annotated biological samples from various sources (human, animal, plant, bacteria...). The type of samples depends on the collection and the associated thematic (DNA, proteins, cells, tissues, blood, serum, organisms...). The aims of these centers are to collect, to store, to transform and to distribute the biological samples. They constitute a vital infrastructure for life science and health research. Goals of the French Biobanks/Biological Resource Centres: * List French biobanks and their biological collections * Improve sample exchanges * Improve the international visibility of the French biological collections MeSH terms have been integrated: Domains, diseases, and location of the disease (Anatomy). Collections/species are based on NCBI Taxonomy.

Proper citation: I3-CRB: Interoperable IT Infrastructure for Biological Resources Centres / Biobanks - France (RRID:SCR_006991) Copy   

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http://www.alzforum.org/res/com/ant/

The Alzheimer Research Forum is the web''s most dynamic scientific community dedicated to understanding Alzheimer''s disease and related disorders. It also contains a database of providers of antibodies directed against several hundred molecules and proteins of relevant to research on Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases. The web site reports on the latest scientific findings, from basic research to clinical trials; creates and maintains public databases of essential research data and reagents, and produces discussion forums to promote debate, speed the dissemination of new ideas, and break down barriers across the numerous disciplines that can contribute to the global effort to cure Alzheimer''s disease. The ARF team of professional science writers and editors, information technology experts, web developers and producers all work closely with our distinguished and diverse Advisory Board to ensure a high-quality of information and services. We very much welcome our readers'' participation in all aspects of the web site. Sponsors: The Alzheimer Research Forum is an independent nonprofit organization. It is supported by grants and individual donations.

Proper citation: Alzforum Antibody Directory for Neuroscience Research (RRID:SCR_013601) Copy   

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