Links by research center specialty

Updated 2/3/10

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Children's Memorial Research Center Specialties

Biochemistry
Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
Brain Tumor Research
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Human Molecular Genetics
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Neurobiology
Pathology
Statistics and Epidemiology
Transgenics
Veterinary Medicine
Other Resources
Biomedical Societies/Associations
Government Agencies, Offices and Institutes
Libraries of Interest
National Laboratories
Sources of Funding/Grants

Children's Memorial Research Center Specialties

Biochemistry

• BioCyc Database Collection Pathway/genome databases
• Carcinogen Potency Database
• Chemical acronyms Indiana University Libraries
• ChemIDplus Search by substance identification, toxicity, structure, etc.
• Chemistry humor Molecules with silly or unusual names
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology Chemical nomenclature, terminology, symbols and units
• Organic chemistry resources worldwide
• The Protein Kinase Resource
• PubChem
• Reactome - A Curated Knowledgebase of Biological Pathways
• The Medical Biochemistry Page
• The Wired Chemist A collection of chemistry resources
  
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Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Links

• Animal Genome Size Database
• Argo Genome Browser Visualizing and manually annotating whole genomes
• BASE Project Page Management of data generated by microarray analysis
• Bioinformatics Links Directory (UBC)
• Bioinformatics.Org
• BioMart: Query-oriented data management system
• BIRN: Biomedical Informatics Research Network
• Bitesize Bio: Brain food for cell and molecular biologists
• BMRB: Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
• CBioC: Collaborative Bio Curation
• The ConSurf Server: Identification of Functional Regions in Proteins by Surface-Mapping of Phylogenetic Information
• Crystallographic Tutorials
• Cytoscape Visualize molecular interaction networks and integrate with gene expression profiles
• dictyExpress: Data analytics application providing access to Dictyostelium gene expression experiments
• Dictyostelium Genome Resources
• Entrez Genome: Rat
• ExPASy Life Science Directory
• ExPASy Proteomics Server
• FANTOM: Functional annotation of the mammalian genome
• Gene Infinity Web Bench
• GenePaint Gene expression patterns in the mouse
• GeneShelf: A web-based visual interface for large gene expression time-series data repositories
• GenoQuery: Functional annotation in a genomic warehouse
• GEPAS: Gene expression pattern analysis suite
• Globin Gene Server
• Indiana University Molecular Structure Center
• InstaSeq Scans the web for DNA, RNA and protein sequences
• Integrated Microbial Genomes DOE Joint Genome Institute
• International Sequencing Consortium
• L2L Microarray Analysis Tool Biological significance in microarray data
• List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Locate: Mammalian protein subcellular localization database
• Metazome Comparative genomic studies within the Metazoa. Firefox or Safari recommended.
• Methods for Genomics
• MG-RAST: Meta Genome Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology
• miRBase: the microRNA database
• MnM: Minimotif Miner Searches for short sequence motifs in proteins
• Mouse Genetics: Concepts and Applications (online textbook)
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Nematode.net: Genome Sequencing Center
• OMIA: Online Mendelian Inheritence in Animals
• PANDORA: Protein Annotation Diagram Oriented Analysis
• Patrocles: Polymorphic miRNA-target interactions
• PDBsum 3D structures of nucleic acids and proteins
• PHOSIDA: Phosphorylation Site Database
• PipMaker Alignments of similar regions in two DNA sequences
• PlasmoDB Plasmodium genome resource
• Porphynet Porphyrins and related topics
• PRIMe: Platform for RIKEN Metabolomics
• ProSplicer Alternative splicing database
• Protein Explorer Visual exploration of protein structure
• Protein Information Resource (PIR)
• ProMAT Protein microarray analysis tool
• Quantitative PCR Primer Database
• Rat Genome Database
• RCSB PDB: Protein Databank Biological macromolecular structures
• Reciprocal Net Distributed crystallography network
• RestrictionMapper
• Ribosomal Database Project
• SAGE Genie: Serial Analysis of Gene Expression
• Sequence Manipulation Suite
• SEQUEROME Analyze BLAST searches
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (registration required)
• The tmRNA Website tRNA-like and mRNA-like
• Transport Classification Database
• UCSD Human Genome Browser
• VISTA: Tools for Comparative Genomics
• WatCut Finds SNPs in DNA samples
  
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Brain Tumor Research

• American Brain Tumor Association
• Brain Tumor Center: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Brain Tumor Research
• Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
  
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Cancer Biology

• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Cancer Society
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• Cancer Cell Line Project Genetics and genomics of cancer cell lines
• Carcinogen Potency Database
• Children's Oncology Group
• IARC TP53 Mutation Database TP53 gene mutations in human cancers
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Patient, medical professional and research information
• Mitelman Database of Chromosome Aberrations in Man
• NCI Genomics and Bioinformatics Group
• NCI Research Resources
• ONCOMINE Cancer microarray database
• Research VEGF: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and its relationship to cancer
• University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
  
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Cell Biology

• Bitesize Bio: Brain food for cell and molecular biologists
• Cell Biology Animation
• Cellnucleus.com
• Hembase Genes transcribed in blood cells
• Ion Channel, Patch Clamp and Electrophysiology
• Microscopy and Imaging Resources on the WWW
• MicroscopyU
• Nuclear Protein Database
• Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas
• Organelle Genome Resources
• Reactome -- A Curated Knowledgebase of Biological Pathways
• Virtual Cell Animation Collection
• Virtual Cell Modeling and Analysis Software
  
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Developmental Biology

• Atlases of Development of mouse
• http://mouseatlas.caltech.edu
• http://genex.hgu.mrc.ac.uk
• Cell and Molecular Biology Online
• Comparative Placentation
• Dynamics of Development (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Embryo Images: Normal and Abnormal Mammalian Development
• FlyNome: A Database of Drosophila Nomenclature
• Human Embryology Animations
• The Interactive Fly
• Patterns of Gene Expression in Drosophila Embryogenesis
• Society for Developmental Biology
• UNSW Embryology
• The Wnt Homepage
• Xenbase A xenopus web resource
  
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Human Molecular Genetics

• Barcode of Life Data Systems
• CAGED: Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Dynamics
• Chromatin Structure and Function Page
• DisEMBL Intrinsic Protein Disorder Prediction
• Ensembl: Human Genome Central
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• FINDbase: The Frequency of Inherited Disorders Database
• Gene Window: NCI bioinformatics resources
• Genome Reviews
• GlobPlot 2: Intrinsic Protein Disorder, Domain & Globularity Prediction
• HapMap: Human genetic variation
• Human Genome Project Information
• IHOP: Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins
• Mobile Group II Introns (Zimmerly lab U. Calgary)
• NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry 
• OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
• PeroxisomeDB
• Schizophrenia Research Forum
• Superlink Online: Linkage analysis
  
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Immunology

• American Association of Immunologists
• American College of Rheumatology
• American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
• dbMHC Human major histocompatibility complex data
• ExactAntigen Reagents, researchers and patents
• Immunobiology Animations
• Immunology at NIH
• ImMunoGeneTics Homepage Databases, tools, web resources
• Immunology Link Home Page Associations, online journals, knockout mice, biotechnology, etc.
• The MHC Haplotype Project Association studies of MHC-linked diseases
• Molecular Immunology
  
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Infectious Diseases

• AIDSinfo Guidelines, drugs, clinical trials, vaccines, health topics and tools
• Airborne Pathogen Database
• The Bacteriophage Ecology Group
• Bad Bug Book Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins
• The Big Picture Book of Viruses Pictures and educational materials
• BioAfrica Bioinformatics for HIV research
• Budding Yeast Cell Cycle Modeling the budding yeast cell cycle
• CIDRAP: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (University of Minnesota)
• DPDx Parasites of public health concern
• Doctor Fungus All things mycological
• EntrezGenome: Viral
• The Grapes of Staph Microbiology web site
• HIV/SIV Vaccine Trials Database (nonhuman primate)
• Influenza Virus Resources NIAID Influenza Genome Sequencing Project plus other flu sequence information
• The Microbe Project Genome-enabled microbial science
• Medical Microbiology (online textbook)
• Microbe Library Free access to visual collection
• Microbiology and Bacteriology The world of microbes
• Microbiology Video Library
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• STD Sequence Databases
• Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology
• VIPERdb Virus architecture
• Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center
• VirOligo Compilation Lab Oligonucleotide design
  
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Neurobiology

• Allen Brain Atlas
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Society for Neurochemistry
• BrainInfo Identify structures in the brain
• BrainMaps.org Interactive digital brain atlas
• Brain museum Comparative mammalian brain collections
• Center for Translational Neuroimaging Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Columbia Brain Atlas Receptors involved in psychiatric and neurologic disorders
• Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) at UCLA
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• Neurotransmitter.net Biomedical information in neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology
• Society for Neuroscience
• SumsDB (Surface Management Systems DataBase) Brain-mapping data
  

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Pathology

• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• American Society for Investigative Pathology
• Bad Bug Book Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins
• Pathology Clinical Test Handbook (University of Michigan)
  
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Statistics and Epidemiology

• CDC Health Topics A to Z
• Chicago Community Area Demographics
• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
• Electronic Statistics Textbook
• FedStats
• Illinois Department of Public Health: View Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics
• POPIN: United Nations Population Information Network
• Population Reference Bureau
• Reports of the Surgeon General
• State Snapshots on health care quality information
• StatNotes: Topics in Multivariate Analysis (G. David Garson, NCSU)
• Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and global health
  
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Transgenics

• Transgenic Animal Web (University of Michigan)
• Transgenic Mouse Facility (University of California-Irvine)
• The Virtual Transgenic Fly Lab (HHMI)
  
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Veterinary Medicine

• The Merck Veterinary Manual
• National Bio Resource Project for the Rat
• NetVet (American Veterinary Medical Association)
  
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Other Resources

Biomedical Societies/Associations

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• UC San Diego: Biomedical Societies and Associations
  
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Government Agencies, Offices and Institutes

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Clinical Trials
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Food and Drug Administration
• FDA MedSun: Medical Product Safety Network
• National Human Genome Research Institute Policy and Legislation Database
• National Institutes of Health
• OSHA
• Science.gov: Government Science and Technology Web Sites
• Superintendent of Documents (GPO Access)
  
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Libraries of Interest

• Brennemann Library
• Galter Health Sciences Library
• John Crerar Library, University of Chicago
• Library of the Health Sciences, UIC Chicago
• National Library of Medicine
• National Agricultural Library
  
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National Laboratories

• Department of Energy Laboratories and Technology Centers
• National Institutes of Health: Institutes, Centers & Offices
  
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Sources of Funding/Grants

• CDC Funding Opportunities
• Community of Science Web Server (some services available)
• Grants & Awards (NSF)
• Grants & Funding Opportunities (NIH)
• Grants.gov
• GrantsNet (DHHS)