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http://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/epilepsy_center/

The LSU Epilepsy Center of Excellence is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art, comprehensive epilepsy treatment, enhancing access to epilepsy education for patients and physicians, and promoting multidisciplinary epilepsy research in pharmacology, neuroelectrophysiology, neuroimaging, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, biomedical engineering and public health. The center''s team of professionals offers diagnostic and presurgical monitoring, the strategic use of antiepileptic medications, specialized epilepsy neuroimaging, vagus nerve stimulator implantation, ketogenic diet management, neuropsychological testing, psychiatric support and epilepsy surgery for adults and children. The Center also hosts several clinical research trials each year for investigational medications and devices. The following are the treatment methods currently available at this center: - Epilepsy Brain Implants - Responsive Neurostimulator (RNS) - Medications - Medication blood level monitoring - Vagus Nerve Stimulators (VNS) - Epilepsy Surgery - Ketogenic Diet - Psychiatric Services - Radiosurgery Epilepsy Center Sections: *Electrophysiology *Neuroimaging *Neuropsychology *Neuroscience *Neurosurgery *Pharmacology *Psychiatry *Research

Proper citation: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center: Epilepsy Center (RRID:SCR_006519) Copy   

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/

Public archive providing a comprehensive record of the world''''s nucleotide sequencing information, covering raw sequencing data, sequence assembly information and functional annotation. All submitted data, once public, will be exchanged with the NCBI and DDBJ as part of the INSDC data exchange agreement. The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) captures and presents information relating to experimental workflows that are based around nucleotide sequencing. A typical workflow includes the isolation and preparation of material for sequencing, a run of a sequencing machine in which sequencing data are produced and a subsequent bioinformatic analysis pipeline. ENA records this information in a data model that covers input information (sample, experimental setup, machine configuration), output machine data (sequence traces, reads and quality scores) and interpreted information (assembly, mapping, functional annotation). Data arrive at ENA from a variety of sources including submissions of raw data, assembled sequences and annotation from small-scale sequencing efforts, data provision from the major European sequencing centers and routine and comprehensive exchange with their partners in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC). Provision of nucleotide sequence data to ENA or its INSDC partners has become a central and mandatory step in the dissemination of research findings to the scientific community. ENA works with publishers of scientific literature and funding bodies to ensure compliance with these principles and to provide optimal submission systems and data access tools that work seamlessly with the published literature. ENA is made up of a number of distinct databases that includes the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (Embl-Bank), the newly established Sequence Read Archive (SRA) and the Trace Archive. The main tool for downloading ENA data is the ENA Browser, which is available through REST URLs for easy programmatic use. All ENA data are available through the ENA Browser. Note: EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (EMBL-Bank) is entirely included within this resource.

Proper citation: European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (RRID:SCR_006515) Copy   

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http://www.aspet.org/

Scientific society whose members conduct basic and clinical pharmacological research in academia, industry and the government developing disease-fighting medicines and therapeutic agents. ASPET publishes five journals: Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Molecular Pharmacology, Pharmacological Reviews, and Molecular Interventions. ASPET''s membership newsletter is The Pharmacologist. ASPET''s annual meeting is part of Experimental Biology. There are numerous career opportunities in the field of pharmacology available to graduates of advanced training programs. The Society''s web site lists university departments of pharmacology that have established Web sites describing their graduate study programs but it is unlikely that their listing will be complete. ASPET supports nine Divisions, each of which is governed by an Executive Committee. * Division for Behavioral Pharmacology * Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology * Division for Drug Discovery and Development * Division for Drug Metabolism * Division for Integrative Systems, Translational and Clinical Pharmacology * Division for Molecular Pharmacology * Division for Neuropharmacology * Division for Pharmacology Education * Division for Toxicology

Proper citation: ASPET (RRID:SCR_006476) Copy   

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http://www.batb.org.uk/

The BATB is open to individuals who are involved or interested in Tissue Banking, research, clinical or donor-related activities. Corporate membership is available for organizations that supply technology/services to tissue banks (or have an interest in the use of human tissue for research, bio-engineering or other medical purposes). The Association is instituted for the advancement of tissue banking: * to contribute to the preparation and maintenance of professional standards for the practice of tissue banking in the United Kingdom * to facilitate the interchange of information between members * to provide opportunities for the discussion of all aspects of tissue banking practice * to encourage relevant research and development: to provide informed comment to external agencies * to foster education and training in tissue banking: to maintain national and international links with relevant bodies * to make knowledge in the field of tissue banking available to any person for the general good of the community

Proper citation: British Association for Tissue Banking (RRID:SCR_006477) Copy   

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http://www.psp.org

CurePSP+ is an organization dedicated to increasing awareness of progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and related disorders, advancing research toward a cure, educating health professionals, and providing support, education and hope for persons with PSP, CBD and their families. PSP provides a number of resources, including a research grants/funding program, support for patients and families, educational materials, and PSP-related events. Patient and family support services include an online magazine, a resources guide, an educational center that provides The Guide for Persons with PSP, videos, support group meetings, and outreach and education brochures and conferences. In addition, CurePSP offers ART2CURE, a program of CurePSP (The Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) that helps to generate essential revenue for research, advocacy, outreach, education and operating through the promotion and sale of artwork provided by various artists throughout the country. CurePSP is located in Hunt Valley, Maryland. :NIF thanks the : :Parkinson''s Disease Foundation : : :for their referral of this resource to us.

Proper citation: Cure PSP: Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (RRID:SCR_006478) Copy   

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum

Pictorial database of an at-a-glance overview of the contents of each 3D structure deposited in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). It shows the molecule(s) that make up the structure (ie protein chains, DNA, ligands and metal ions) and schematic diagrams of their interactions. Extensive use is made of the freely available RasMol molecular graphics program to view the molecules and their interactions in 3D. Entries are accessed either by their 4-character PDB code, or by one of the two search boxes provided on the PDBsum home page: text search or sequence search. The information given on each PDBsum entry is spread across several pages, as listed below and accessible from the tabs at the top of the page. Only the relevant tabs will be present on any given page. * Top page - summary information including thumbnail image of structure, molecules in structure, enzyme reaction diagram (where relevant), GO functional assignments, and selected figures from key reference * Protein - wiring diagram, topology diagram(s) by CATH domain, and residue conservation (where available) * DNA/RNA - DNA/RNA sequence and NUCPLOT showing interactions made with protein * Ligands - description of bound molecule and LIGPLOT showing interactions made with protein * Prot-prot - schematic diagrams of any protein-protein interfaces and the residue-residue interactions made across them * Clefts - listing of top ten clefts in the surface of the protein, listed by volume with any bound ligands shown * Links - links to external databases Additionally, it accepts users'''' own PDB format files and generates a private set of analyses for each uploaded structure.

Proper citation: PDBsum (RRID:SCR_006511) Copy   

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http://www.jobs.nih.gov/

A listing of all current openings across the NIH. You may search for NIH Jobs, browse job descriptions, view all descriptions or use the quick links.

Proper citation: Jobs(at)NIH (RRID:SCR_006471) Copy   

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http://projects.tcag.ca/autism/

The Autism Chromosome Rearrangement Database is a collection of hand curated breakpoints and other genomic features, including phenotypes, organized by chromosome, related to autism, taken from publicly available literature: databases and unpublished data. The database welcomes submission of data and comments regarding the database from the research community. The database is continuously updated with information from in-house experimental data as well as data from published research studies.

Proper citation: Autism Chromosome Rearrangement Database: A database of structural variants in autism spectrum disorder (RRID:SCR_006474) Copy   

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http://www.mitre.org/news/digest/archives/2002/neuroinformatics.html

This resource''s long-term goal is to develop informatics methodologies and tools that will increase the creativity and productivity of neuroscience investigators, as they work together to use shared human brain mapping data to generate and test ideas far beyond those pursued by the data''s originators. This resource currently has four major projects supporting this goal: * Database tools: The goal of the NeuroServ project is to provide neuroscience researchers with automated information management tools that reduce the effort required to manage, analyze, query, view, and share their imaging data. It currently manages both structural magnetic resonance image (MRI) datasets and diffusion tensor image (DTI) datasets. NeuroServ is fully web-enabled: data entry, query, processing, reporting, and administrative functions are performed by qualified users through a web browser. It can be used as a local laboratory repository, to share data on the web, or to support a large distributed consortium. NeuroServ is based on an industrial-quality query middleware engine MRALD. NeuroServ includes a specialized neuroimaging schema and over 40 custom Java Server Pages supporting data entry, query, and reporting to help manage and explore stored images. NeuroServ is written in Java for platform independence; it also utilizes several open source components * Data sharing: DataQuest is a collaborative forum to facilitate the sharing of neuroimaging data within the neuroscience community. By publishing summaries of existing datasets, DataQuest enables researchers to: # Discover what data is available for collaborative research # Advertise your data to other researchers for potential collaborations # Discover which researchers may have the data you need # Discover which researchers are interested in your data. * Image quality: The approach to assessing the inherent quality of an image is to measure how distorted the image is. Using what are referred to as no-reference or blind metrics, one can measure the degree to which an image is distorted. * Content-based image retrieval: NIRV (NeuroImagery Retrieval & Visualization) is a work environment for advanced querying over imagery. NIRV will have a Java-based front-end for users to issue queries, run processing algorithms, review results, visualize imagery and assess image quality. NIRV interacts with an image repository such as NeuroServ. Users can also register images and will soon be able to filter searches based on image quality.

Proper citation: MITRE Neuroinformatics (RRID:SCR_006508) Copy   

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http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/

Software tool that stores definitions of views of data, along with the ontology concepts they represent. This is a part of the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) code stack.

Proper citation: ConceptMapper (RRID:SCR_006548) Copy   

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http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/software/biostatistics/art/

A set of simulation tools to generate synthetic next-generation sequencing reads. ART simulates sequencing reads by mimicking real sequencing process with empirical error models or quality profiles summarized from large recalibrated sequencing data. ART can also simulate reads using user own read error model or quality profiles. ART supports simulation of single-end, paired-end/mate-pair reads of three major commercial next-generation sequencing platforms: Illumina''''s Solexa, Roche''''s 454 and Applied Biosystems'''' SOLiD. ART can be used to test or benchmark a variety of method or tools for next-generation sequencing data analysis, including read alignment, de novo assembly, SNP and structure variation discovery. ART is implemented in C++ with optimized algorithms and is highly efficient in read simulation. ART outputs reads in the FASTQ format, and alignments in the ALN format. ART can also generate alignments in the SAM alignment or UCSC BED file format.

Proper citation: ART (RRID:SCR_006538) Copy   

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http://www.yu.edu/

Private research university with four campuses in New York City.

Proper citation: Yeshiva University; New York; USA (RRID:SCR_006534) Copy   

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https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html

This module implements pseudo-random number generators for various distributions. For integers, uniform selection from a range. For sequences, uniform selection of a random element, a function to generate a random permutation of a list in-place, and a function for random sampling without replacement. On the real line, there are functions to compute uniform, normal (Gaussian), lognormal, negative exponential, gamma, and beta distributions. For generating distributions of angles, the von Mises distribution is available. Sponsors: This resource is supported by ASTi logo Advanced Simulation Technology Inc. (ASTi); Array BioPharma Inc.; BizRate.com; Canonical Ltd.; CCP Games; cPacket Networks; EarnMyDegree.com; Enthought Inc.; Exoweb Ltd.; Google; HitMeister Inc.; IronPort Systems; KNMP; Lucasfilm; Madison Tyler LLC.; Merfin, LLC.; Microsoft; OpenEye Scientific Software; Opsware, Inc.; O''Reilly & Associates, Inc.; PropertySold.ca; Rogue Wave; SEO Moves; Strakt Holdings, Inc.; Sun Microsystems; Tabblo; ZeOmega, LLC., and Zope Corporation.

Proper citation: Generate Pseudo-Random Numbers (RRID:SCR_006535) Copy   

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http://archive.igbmc.fr/recherche/Prog_FGC/Eq_HGron/Bioinfotools/NGS/website/index.php

Computational-based software that infers quality indicators from the distribution of sequenced reads associated to a particular NGS profile. Such information is then used for comparative purposes and for defining strategies to improve the quality of sample-derived datasets.

Proper citation: NGS-QC Generator (RRID:SCR_006536) Copy   

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http://ctdbase.org/

A public database that enhances understanding of the effects of environmental chemicals on human health. Integrated GO data and a GO browser add functionality to CTD by allowing users to understand biological functions, processes and cellular locations that are the targets of chemical exposures. CTD includes curated data describing cross-species chemical–gene/protein interactions, chemical–disease and gene–disease associations to illuminate molecular mechanisms underlying variable susceptibility and environmentally influenced diseases. These data will also provide insights into complex chemical–gene and protein interaction networks.

Proper citation: Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) (RRID:SCR_006530) Copy   

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http://davinci.crg.es/deafness/

Database and data set of known mutations in connexins related to deafness with associated information including published work and classification scheme. Users may submit new mutations. A large number of subjects are affected by hearing impairment. In developed countries deafness has an important genetic origin and at least 60% of the cases are inherited. The pattern of inheritance can be dominant, recessive, X-linked and mitochondrial. Many genes are involved in the different types of deafness (syndromic and non-syndromic). Non-syndromic hereditary deafness is mainly (80%) due to recessive genes (or mutations). It is believed that more than one hundred genes could be involved in hearing impairment. Several of these genes have been identified recently by positional cloning or positional candidate gene approaches. Despite the fact that more than 20 loci have been described for non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness (DFNB), a single locus, DFNB1, accounts for a high proportion of the cases, with variability depending on the population. The gene involved in this type of deafness is GJB2, which encodes the gap junction protein connexin 26(Cx26). NEW Recent data indicates that DFNB1 can also be due to a deletion of 342Kb involving GJB6, a gene that is very close to GJB2. This deletion has been reported to cause deafness both in the homozygous status and in heterozygosity with a GJB2 point mutation in trans (see big deletions affecting connexin genes...). Connexins are transmembrane proteins that form channels allowing rapid transport of ions or small molecules between cells. There are two types of connexins, alpha and beta, named GJA or GJB followed by a number. Connexins are expressed in many different tissues. Other connexin genes are also involved in deafness. These are GJB1 (Cx32), which is also responsible for X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type I; GJB3 (Cx31), involved in both deafness or a skin disease, erythrokeratodermia variabilis, depending on the location of the mutation; GJB6 (Cx30), which has been related to a dominant type of deafness in an Italian family and NEW GJA1 (Cx43), which has recently been shown to be involved in recessive deafness.

Proper citation: Connexin-deafness (RRID:SCR_006531) Copy   

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/cohcap/

An algorithm to analyze single-nucleotide resolution methylation data (Illumina 450k methylation array, targeted BS-Seq, etc.). It provides QC metrics, differential methylation for CpG Sites, differential methylation for CpG Islands, integration with gene expression data, and visualization of methylation values.

Proper citation: COHCAP (RRID:SCR_006499) Copy   

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https://www.phenxtoolkit.org/

Set of measures intended for use in large-scale genomic studies. Facilitate replication and validation across studies. Includes links to standards and resources in effort to facilitate data harmonization to legacy data. Measurement protocols that address wide range of research domains. Information about each protocol to ensure consistent data collection.Collections of protocols that add depth to Toolkit in specific areas.Tools to help investigators implement measurement protocols.

Proper citation: Phenotypes and eXposures Toolkit (RRID:SCR_006532) Copy   

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http://www.roslin.ed.ac.uk/

World class research center that undertakes top-class basic and translational science to tackle some of the most pressing issues in animal health and welfare, their implications for human health and for the role of animals in the food chain. Roslin provides holistic solutions to global challenges in human and veterinary medicine and the livestock industry. Its mission is to gain fundamental understanding of genetic, cellular, organ and systems bioscience underpinning common mechanisms of animal development and pathology, and to drive this into prevention and treatment of important veterinary diseases and develop sustainable farm animal production systems. The Roslin Institute aims to enhance the lives of animals and humans through world class research in animal biology. The principal objectives are to: * Enhance animal health and welfare through knowledge of genetic factors affecting resistance to disease. * Enhance sustainability and productivity of livestock systems and food supply chains through understanding of reproductive and developmental biology. * Enhance food safety by understanding interactions between disease causing organisms and animals. * Enhance human health through an understanding of basic mechanisms of health and disease and comparative biology of animal species. * Identify of new and emerging zoonoses and understand how pathogens might cross from animals to humans. * Enhance quality of life for animals by studying the mechanisms and behaviors associated with optimizing their environment and life experiences.

Proper citation: Roslin Institute (RRID:SCR_006533) Copy   

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http://nkdep.nih.gov/

Educational resource to increase awareness of kidney disease and its risk factors, improve early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD), reduce the burden of CKD, facilitate identification of patients at greatest risk for progression to kidney failure, stress the importance of testing those at risk, promote evidence-based interventions to slow progression of CKD, and support the coordination of Federal responses to CKD. Target audiences include individuals at risk, particularly those with diabetes, high blood pressure, and a family history of kidney disease, and primary care providers.

Proper citation: National Kidney Disease Education Program (RRID:SCR_006527) Copy   

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