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Research institute which investigates chronic disease and its triggers.

Proper citation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center (RRID:SCR_002946) Copy   

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http://compgen.bscb.cornell.edu/phast/

A freely available software package for comparative and evolutionary genomics that consists of about half a dozen major programs, plus more than a dozen utilities for manipulating sequence alignments, phylogenetic trees, and genomic annotations. For the most part, PHAST focuses on two kinds of applications: the identification of novel functional elements, including protein-coding exons and evolutionarily conserved sequences; and statistical phylogenetic modeling, including estimation of model parameters, detection of signatures of selection, and reconstruction of ancestral sequences. It consists of over 60,000 lines of C code.

Proper citation: PHAST (RRID:SCR_003204) Copy   

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http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/SoftwareInventory

A free open source software platform consisting of the 3D Slicer application software, a number of tools and toolkits such as VTK and ITK, and a software engineering methodology that enables multiplatform implementations. It also draws on other best practices from the community to support automatic testing for quality assurance. The NA-MIC kit uses a modular approach, where the individual components can be used by themselves or together. The NA-MIC kit is fully-compatible with local installation (behind institutional firewalls) and installation as an internet service. Significant effort has been invested to ensure compatibility with standard file formats and interoperability with a large number of external applications. Users of the NAMIC Kit will typically use a combination of its many modular components. * 3D Slicer is a general purpose application. Biomedical researchers will typically use this software tool to load, view, analyze, process and save image data. Slicer has been implemented to interoperate with many other tools, including XNAT, which is an open source image database. * Slicer modules, which are dynamically loaded by Slicer at run-time, can be used to extend Slicer''''s core functionality including defining graphical user interfaces. Modules are typically used by algorithms and application developers. * Application and algorithms developers may also use NA-MIC Kit toolkits and libraries. For example, the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit ITK can be used to develop slicer modules for medical image analysis. The Visualization Toolkit can be used to process, visualize and graphically interact with data. KWWidgets is a 2D graphical user interface toolset that can be used to build applications. Teem is a library of general purpose command-line tools that are useful for processing data. Finally, those individuals wishing to create and manage complex software, the NAMIC-Kit software process is available as embodied in CMake, CTest, CPack, DART and the various documentation, bug tracking and communication tools.

Proper citation: NA-MIC Kit (RRID:SCR_005616) Copy   

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http://www.stanford.edu/group/brainsinsilicon/neurogrid.html

A specialized hardware platform that will perform cortex-scale emulations while offering software-like flexibility. With sixteen 12x14 sq-mm chips (Neurocores) assembled on a 6.5x7.5 sq-in circuit board that can model a slab of cortex with up to 16x256x256 neurons - over a million! The chips are interconnected in a binary tree by 80M spike/sec links. An on-chip RAM (in each Neurocore) and an off-chip RAM (on a daughterboard, not shown) softwire vertical and horizontcal cortical connections, respectively. It provides an affordable option for brain simulations that uses analog computation to emulate ion-channel activity and uses digital communication to softwire synaptic connections. These technologies impose different constraints, because they operate in parallel and in serial, respectively. Analog computation constrains the number of distinct ion-channel populations that can be simulatedunlike digital computation, which simply takes longer to run bigger simulations. Digital communication constrains the number of synaptic connections that can be activated per secondunlike analog communication, which simply sums additional inputs onto the same wire. Working within these constraints, Neurogrid achieves its goal of simulating multiple cortical areas in real-time by making judicious choices.

Proper citation: Neurogrid (RRID:SCR_005024) Copy   

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http://www.phrap.org/consed/consed.html

A graphical tool for sequence finishing (BAM File Viewer, Assembly Editor, Autofinish, Autoreport, Autoedit, and Align Reads To Reference Sequence)

Proper citation: Consed (RRID:SCR_005650) Copy   

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http://www.feinsteininstitute.org/Feinstein/Feinstein+HomePage

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is the research branch of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Biomedical research has been a vital aspect of its two academic medical centers North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center since their establishment in the early 1950''s. Through its connection to the hospital system, the Institute bridges the gap between biomedical research and patient care, accessing hundreds of thousands of patients in the health system''s 15 hospitals, four long-term care facilities, three trauma centers, six home health agencies and dozens of outpatient facilities. Institute scientists collaborate with clinicians throughout the system to shed light on basic biological processes underlying disease. This knowledge is used to develop new therapies and diagnostics. Currently, more than 800 scientists and investigators are conducting research in oncology, immunology and inflammation, genetics, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics, surgery, urology, obstetrics/gynecology and many other specialties. In 2008, the Feinstein received funding from the National Institutes of Health in excess of $28 million, and an additional $10 million from other federal sources. Total annual research funding from all sources exceeded $44 million in 2008. We stand at the threshold of an extraordinary time in medicine. Over the last 100 years, biomedical science has progressed very rapidly. Advances coming from the integration of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics into the biomedical toolkit hold the promise that this transformation will continue well into the 21st century. The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is a growing force in research innovation, education and progress.

Proper citation: Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (RRID:SCR_004470) Copy   

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http://www.poissonboltzmann.org/apbs/

APBS is a software package for modeling biomolecular solvation through solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE), one of the most popular continuum models for describing electrostatic interactions between molecular solutes in salty, aqueous media. APBS was designed to efficiently evaluate electrostatic properties for such simulations for a wide range of length scales to enable the investigation of molecules with tens to millions of atoms. It also provides implicit solvent models of nonpolar solvation which accurately account for both repulsive and attractive solute-solvent interactions. APBS uses FEtk (the Finite Element ToolKit) to solve the Poisson-Boltzmann equation numerically. FEtk is a portable collection of finite element modeling class libraries written in an object-oriented version of C. It is designed to solve general coupled systems of nonlinear partial differential equations using adaptive finite element methods, inexact Newton methods, and algebraic multilevel methods.

Proper citation: Adaptive Poisson-Boltzmann Solver (RRID:SCR_008387) Copy   

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http://www.scripps.edu/research/

Nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences. Headquartered in San Diego, California with a sister facility in Jupiter, Florida, the institute has laboratories employing scientists, technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff, making it the largest private, non-profit biomedical research organization in the United States and among the largest in the world.

Proper citation: Scripps Research Institute (RRID:SCR_001907) Copy   

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https://www.agilent.com/en/product/next-generation-sequencing/hybridization-based-next-generation-sequencing-ngs/ngs-automation-platforms/bravo-ngs-232819

Workstation is built on Bravo automated liquid handling robot preconfigured for library prep and target enrichment using Next-Generation Sequencing protocols. Workstation modules add microplate handling. Intuitive Agilent VWorks software enables setup of preprogrammed protocols and allows users to create custom protocols., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: Agilent: Bravo NGS (RRID:SCR_019473) Copy   

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http://www.project-redcap.org/

Web application that allows users to build and manage online surveys and databases. Using REDCap's stream-lined process for rapidly developing projects, you may create and design projects using 1) the online method from your web browser using the Online Designer; and/or 2) the offline method by constructing a "data dictionary" template file in Microsoft Excel, which can be later uploaded into REDCap. Both surveys and databases (or a mixture of the two) can be built using these methods. REDCap provides audit trails for tracking data manipulation and user activity, as well as automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel, PDF, and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R). Also included are a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields. REDCap has a quick and easy software installation process, so that you can get REDCap running and fully functional in a matter of minutes. Several language translations have already been compiled for REDCap (e.g. Chinese, French, German, Portuguese), and it is anticipated that other languages will be available in full versions of REDCap soon. The REDCap Shared Library is a repository for REDCap data collection instruments and forms that can be downloaded and used by researchers at REDCap partner institutions.

Proper citation: REDCap (RRID:SCR_003445) Copy   

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https://www.teamtat.org

Web based collaborative text annotation tool. Used for managing multi-user, multi-label document annotation. Project managers can specify annotation schema for entities and relations and select annotators and distribute documents anonymously to prevent bias. Document input format can be plain text, PDF or BioC (uploaded locally or automatically retrieved from PubMed/PMC), and output format is BioC with inline annotations. Displays figures from full text.

Proper citation: TeamTat (RRID:SCR_023439) Copy   

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https://github.com/wlloyduw/ContainerProfiler

Software tool supports profiling resource utilization including CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics of containerized tasks. Resource utilization metrics are obtained across three levels: virtual machine (VM)/host, container, and process. Implementation leverages facilities provided by Linux operating system that is integral with Docker containers.

Proper citation: ContainerProfiler (RRID:SCR_023770) Copy   

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http://dockground.bioinformatics.ku.edu/

Data sets, tools and computational techniques for modeling of protein interactions, including docking benchmarks, docking decoys and docking templates. Adequate computational techniques for modeling of protein interactions are important because of the growing number of known protein 3D structures, particularly in the context of structural genomics. The first release of the DOCKGROUND resource (Douguet et al., Bioinformatics 2006; 22:2612-2618) implemented a comprehensive database of cocrystallized (bound) protein-protein complexes in a relational database of annotated structures. Additional releases added features to the set of bound structures, such as regularly updated downloadable datasets: automatically generated nonredundant set, built according to most common criteria, and a manually curated set that includes only biological nonobligate complexes along with a number of additional useful characteristics. Also included are unbound (experimental and simulated) protein-protein complexes. Complexes from the bound dataset are used to identify crystallized unbound analogs. If such analogs do not exist, the unbound structures are simulated by rotamer library optimization. Thus, the database contains comprehensive sets of complexes suitable for large scale benchmarking of docking algorithms. Advanced methodologies for simulating unbound conformations are being explored for the next release. The Dockground project is developed by the Vakser lab at the Center for Bioinformatics at the University of Kansas. Parts of Dockground were co-developed by Dominique Douguet from the Center of Structural Biochemistry (INSERM U554 - CNRS UMR5048), Montpellier, France.

Proper citation: Dockground: Benchmarks, Docoys, Templates, and other knowledge resources for DOCKING (RRID:SCR_007412) Copy   

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/NIHbmic/nih_data_sharing_repositories.html

A listing of NIH supported data sharing repositories that make data accessible for reuse. Most accept submissions of appropriate data from NIH-funded investigators (and others), but some restrict data submission to only those researchers involved in a specific research network. Also included are resources that aggregate information about biomedical data and information sharing systems. The table can be sorted according by name and by NIH Institute or Center and may be searched using keywords so that you can find repositories more relevant to your data. Links are provided to information about submitting data to and accessing data from the listed repositories. Additional information about the repositories and points-of-contact for further information or inquiries can be found on the websites of the individual repositories.

Proper citation: NIH Data Sharing Repositories (RRID:SCR_003551) Copy   

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http://www.informatics.jax.org/searches/AMA_form.shtml

Ontology that organizes anatomical structures for the adult mouse (Theiler stage 28) spatially and functionally, using ''is a'' and ''part of'' relationships. The ontology is used to describe expression data for the adult mouse and phenotype data pertinent to anatomy in standardized ways. The browser can be used to view anatomical terms and their relationships in a hierarchical display.

Proper citation: Adult Mouse Anatomy Ontology (RRID:SCR_006568) Copy   

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https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/NEMO/?p=summary

Ontology that describes classes of event-related brain potentials (ERP) and their properties, including spatial, temporal, and functional (cognitive / behavioral) attributes, and data-level attributes (acquisition and analysis parameters). Its aim is to support data sharing, logic-based queries and mapping/integration of patterns across data from different labs, experiment paradigms, and modalities (EEG/MEG).

Proper citation: NEMO Ontology (RRID:SCR_003386) Copy   

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http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/SAO

Ontology that describes structures from the dimensional range encompassing cellular and subcellular structure, supracellular domains, and macromolecules. It is built according to ontology development best practices (re-use of existing ontologies; formal definitions of terms; use of foundational ontologies). It describes the parts of neurons and glia and how these parts come together to define supracellular structures such as synapses and neuropil. Molecular specializations of each compartment and cell type are identified. The SAO was designed with the goal of providing a means to annotate cellular and subcellular data obtained from light and electron microscopy, including assigning macromolecules to their appropriate subcellular domains. The SAO thus provides a bridge between ontologies that describe molecular species and those concerned with more gross anatomical scales. Because it is intended to integrate into ontological efforts at these other scales, particular care was taken to construct the ontology in a way that supports such integration.

Proper citation: Subcellular Anatomy Ontology (RRID:SCR_003486) Copy   

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https://em-lab.berkeley.edu/EML/zeiss-xb-550-sem

Zeiss Crossbeam 550 (sometimes referred to as the XB 550) is dual-beam system that combines the Gemini 2 SEM with the Ion-sculptor FIB (Focused Ion Beam) for advanced materials analysis and sample preparation. XB 550 combined with the Leica EM VCT 500 is a highly specialized system designed for advanced cryogenic workflows in materials and life sciences. It enables researchers to investigate and prepare samples at ultra-low temperatures without exposing them to air or contamination.

Proper citation: Zeiss: Crossbeam 550 with Leica VCT 500 Cryo-Suite (RRID:SCR_028555) Copy   

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https://www.pharmgkb.org/

NIH-funded resource that provides information about how human genetic variation affects response to medications. PharmGKB collects, curates and disseminates knowledge about clinically actionable gene-drug associations and genotype-phenotype relationships.

Proper citation: PharmKGB (RRID:SCR_025580) Copy   

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http://udn.nichd.nih.gov/brainatlas_home.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on October 1, 2019. The first brain atlas for the common marmoset to be made available since a printed atlas by Stephan, Baron and Schwerdtfeger published in 1980. It is a combined histological and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) atlas constructed from the brains of two adult female marmosets. Histological sections were processed from Nissl staining and digitized to produce an atlas in a large format that facilitates visualization of structures with significant detail. Naming of identifiable brain structures was performed utilizing current terminology. For the present atlas, an adult female was perfused through the heart with PBS followed by 10% formalin. The brain was then sent to Neuroscience Associates of Knoxville, TN, who prepared the brain for histological analysis. The brain was cut in the coronal (frontal) plane at 40 microns, every sixth section stained for Nissl granules with thionine and every seventh section stained for myelinated fibers with the Weil technique. The mounted sections were photographed at the NIH (Medical Arts and Photography Branch). The equipment used was a Nikon Multiphot optical bench with Zeiss Luminar 100 mm lens, and scanned with a Better Light 6100 scan back driven by Better Light Viewfinder 5.3 software. The final images were saved as arrays of 6000x8000 pixels in Adobe Photoshop 6.0. A scale in mm provided with these images permitted construction of the final Nissl atlas files with a horizontal and vertical scale. Some additional re-touching (brightness and contrast) was done with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. The schematic (labeled) atlas plates were created from the Nissl images. The nomenclature came almost exclusively from brainmaps.org, where a rhesus monkey brain with structures labeled can be found. The labels for the MRI images were placed by M. R. Zametkin, under supervision from Dr. Newman.

Proper citation: Brain atlas of the common marmoset (RRID:SCR_005135) Copy   

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