Links by research center specialty

Updated 3/31/11

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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
• Babelomics: Gene expression and functional profiling analysis suite
• 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
• CHIP Bioinformatics Tools (registration required)
• 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
• Globin Gene Server  
• HomoloGene: Automated detection of homologs
• 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.
• 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  
• OMIA: Online Mendelian Inheritence in Animals  
• ORBIT Project: Online Registry of Biomedical Informatics Tools
• 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
• qPrimerDepot A quantitative real-time 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
• The tmRNA Website tRNA-like and mRNA-like
• Transport Classification Database 
• 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  
• EMAP: The e-Mouse Atlas Project 
• 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 
• Chromatin Structure and Function Page 
• DisEMBL Intrinsic Protein Disorder Prediction
• Ensembl: Human Genome Central 
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory 
• 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
• Immunology at NIH 
• ImMunoGeneTics Homepage Databases, tools, web resources
• Immunology Link Home Page Associations, online journals, knockout mice, biotechnology, etc.
• Labome Reagents, researchers and patents
• 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
• Entrez Genome: 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 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  
• 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)