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http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc/software/231-biomesh3d.html

A free, easy to use program for generating quality meshes for use in biological simulations. It is currently integrated with SCIRun and uses the SCIRun system to visualize the intermediate results. The BioMesh3D program uses a particle system to distribute nodes on the separating surfaces that separate the different materials and then uses the TetGen software package to generate a full tetrahedral mesh.

Proper citation: BioMesh3D (RRID:SCR_009534) Copy   

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http://researchiq.bmi.osumc.edu

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented March 14, 2016. Research Integrative Query (ResearchIQ) tool, a semantically anchored resource discovery platform that facilitates semantic discovery of local and publicly available data through a single web portal designed for researchers in the biomedical informatics domain within The Ohio State University.

Proper citation: ResearchIQ (RRID:SCR_014304) Copy   

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http://amp.pharm.mssm.edu/X2K/

Software tool to produce inferred networks of transcription factors, proteins, and kinases predicted to regulate the expression of the inputted gene list by combining transcription factor enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction network expansion, with kinase enrichment analysis. It provides the results as tables and interactive vector graphic figures.

Proper citation: eXpression2Kinases (RRID:SCR_016307) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/Debabeler

Software to manage the conversion of imaging data from one file format and convention to another. It consists of a graphical user interface to visually program the translations, and a data translation engine to read, sort and translate the input files, and write the output files to disk. The data translation engine: (1) Reads metadata from a set of image files on disk to identify the source that produced each file; (2) Groups the image files into user-defined collections using image metadata values; (3) Translates each image file collection by reading metadata and pixel data and mapping the data into the appropriate output file format through a programmable set of connected modules. The Debabeler uses the Java Image I/O Plugin Architecture to read and write a wide variety of common medical image file formats, including ANALYZE, MINC, and most variations of DICOM.

Proper citation: LONI Debabeler (RRID:SCR_001160) Copy   

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https://github.com/SciKnowEngine/kefed.io

Knowledge engineering software for reasoning with scientific observations and interpretations. The software has three parts: (a) the KEfED model editor - a design editor for creating KEfED models by drawing a flow diagram of an experimental protocol; (b) the KEfED data interface - a spreadsheet-like tool that permits users to enter experimental data pertaining to a specific model; (c) a "neural connection matrix" interface that presents neural connectivity as a table of ordinal connection strengths representing the interpretations of tract-tracing data. This tool also allows the user to view experimental evidence pertaining to a specific connection. The KEfED model is designed to provide a lightweight representation for scientific knowledge that is (a) generalizable, (b) a suitable target for text-mining approaches, (c) relatively semantically simple, and (d) is based on the way that scientist plan experiments and should therefore be intuitively understandable to non-computational bench scientists. The basic idea of the KEfED model is that scientific observations tend to have a common design: there is a significant difference between measurements of some dependent variable under conditions specified by two (or more) values of some independent variable.

Proper citation: Knowledge Engineering from Experimental Design (RRID:SCR_001238) Copy   

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https://github.com/fmaguire/Bridger_Assembler

Software package as de novo trascriptome assembler for RNA-Seq data. Framework for de novo transcriptome assembly using RNA-seq data. Can assemble all transcripts from short reads without using reference. Input RNA-Seq reads in fasta or fastq format, and ouput all assembled candidate transcripts in fasta format. Operating system Unix/Linux.

Proper citation: Bridger (RRID:SCR_017039) Copy   

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http://www.michr.umich.edu/services/biorepository

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on April 24,2025. In 2009, the Medical School and the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) unveiled a new biorepository for U-M researchers in need of a controlled storage environment for biological samples. MICHR is pleased to be able to add to its many services for the research community a centralized biological repository for controlled storage of biological samples, and related services (including DNA, RNA, and other downstream preparation) within the U-M campus. The biorepository, located in the CAP/CLIA-certified Michigan Center for Translational Pathology (MCTP) laboratory at the U-M Traverwood facility on Huron Parkway, will store biologic material, including blood and urine. Sample accessioning and tracking will be accomplished using the caTISSUE suite of programs, and samples will be processed and stored in compliance with CAP/CLIA guidelines. Initially, all samples will be used only with the authorization of the individual investigator who directed the project under which the samples were obtained. Samples will be used in accordance with the relevant informed consent. Long-term plans include federating the database in order to facilitate sharing of data and samples between research teams.

Proper citation: University of Michigan Biorepository (RRID:SCR_004643) Copy   

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http://mind.loni.usc.edu

The MiND: Metadata in NIfTI for DWI framework enables data sharing and software interoperability for diffusion-weighted MRI. This site provides specification details, tools, and examples of the MiND mechanism for representing important metadata for DWI data sets at various stages of post-processing. MiND framework provides a practical solution to the problem of interoperability between DWI analysis tools, and it effectively expands the analysis options available to end users. To assist both users and developers in working with MiND-formatted files, we provide a number of software tools for download. * MiNDHeader A utility for inspecting MiND-extended files. * I/O Libraries Programming libraries to simplify writing and parsing MiND-formatted data. * Sample Files Example files for each MiND schema. * DIRAC LONI''s Diffusion Imaging Reconstruction and Analysis Collection is a DWI processing suite which utilizes the MiND framework.

Proper citation: LONI MiND (RRID:SCR_004820) Copy   

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http://www.isi.edu/projects/bioscholar/overview

Knowledge management and engineering system software for experimental biomedical scientists permitting a single scientific worker (at the level of a graduate student or postdoctoral worker) to design, construct and manage a shared knowledge repository for a research group derived on a local store of PDF files. Usability is especially emphasized within a laboratory so that this software could provide support to experimental scientists attempting to construct a personalized representation of their own knowledge on a medium scale. The BioScholar system uses a graphical interface to create experimental designs based on the experimental variables in the system. The design is then analyzed to construct a tabular input form based on the data flow. They call this methodology "Knowledge Engineering from Experimental Design" or "KEfED". The approach is domain-independent but domain-specific modules reasoning can be constructed to generate interpretations from the observational data represented in the KEfED model. The application is available for download as platform-specific installers including Linux, Unix, Mac OS, and Windows. The installer will install an application that will run the BioScholar server. This server uses Jetty as its integrated web server.

Proper citation: Bioscholar (RRID:SCR_001380) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/LOVE

A versatile 1D, 2D and 3D data viewer geared for cross-platform visualization of stereotactic brain data. It is a 3-D viewer that allows volumetric data display and manipulation of axial, sagittal and coronal views. It reads Analyze, Raw-binary and NetCDF volumetric data, as well as, Multi-Contour Files (MCF), LWO/LWS surfaces, atlas hierarchical brain-region labelings ( Brain Trees). It is a portable Java-based software, which only requires a Java interpreter and a 64 MB of RAM memory to run on any computer architecture. LONI_Viz allows the user to interactively overlay and browse through several data volumes, zoom in and out in the axial, sagittal and coronal views, and reports the intensities and the stereo-tactic voxel and world coordinates of the data. Expert users can use LONI_Viz to delineate structures of interest, e.g., sulcal curves, on the 3 cardinal projections of the data. These curves then may be use to reconstruct surfaces representing the topological boundaries of cortical and sub-cortical regions of interest. The 3D features of the package include a SurfaceViewer and a full real-time VolumeRenderer. These allow the user to view the relative positions of different anatomical or functional regions which are not co-planar in any of the axial, sagittal or coronal 2D projection planes. The interactive part of LONI_Viz features a region drawing module used for manual delineation of regions of interest. A series of 2D contours describing the boundary of a region in projection planes (axial, sagittal or coronal) could be used to reconstruct the surface-representation of the 3D outer shell of the region. The latter could then be resliced in directions complementary to the drawing-direction and these complementary contours could be loaded in all tree cardinal views. In addition the surface object could be displayed using the SurfaceViewer. A pre-loading data crop and sub-sampling module allows the user to load and view practically data of any size. This is especially important when viewing cryotome, histological or stained data-sets which may reach 1GB (109 bytes) in size. The user could overlay several pre-registered volumes, change intensity colors and ranges and the inter-volume opacities to visually inspect similarities and differences between the different subjects/modalities. Several image-processing aids provide histogram plotting, image-smoothing, etc. Specific Features: * Region description DataBase * Moleculo-genetic database * Brain anatomical data viewer * BrainMapper tool * Surface (LightWave objects/scenes) and Volume rendering tools * Interactive Contour Drawing tool Implementation Issues: * Applet vs. Application - the software is available as both an applet and a standalone application. The former could be used to browse data from within the LONI database, however, it imposes restrictions on file-size, Internet connection and network-bandwidth and client/server file access. The later requires a local install and configuration of the LONI_Viz software * Extendable object-oriented code (Java), computer architecture independent * Complete online software documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/LONI_Viz and a Java-Class documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~dinov/LONI_Vis.dir/doc/LONI_Viz_Java_Docs.html

Proper citation: LONI Visualization Tool (RRID:SCR_000765) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/Pipeline

A free workflow application primarily aimed at neuroimaging researchers that allows users to easily describe their executables in a graphical user interface (ie. create a module) and connect them together to create complex analyses all without having to code a single line in a scripting language. The Pipeline Client runs on your PC/Mac/Linux computer upon which you can create sophisticated processing workflows using a variety of commonly available executable tools (e.g. FSL, AIR, FreeSurfer, AFNI, Diffusion Toolkit, etc). The Distributed Pipeline Server can be installed on your Linux cluster and you can submit processing jobs directly to your own compute systems. Once you����??ve created a module for use in the LONI Pipeline, you can save it into your personal library and reuse it in other workflows you create by simply dragging and dropping it in. Because the LONI Pipeline is written in Java, you can work in whatever operating system suits you best. If there are tools that you need that can only work on another operating system, you can install a Pipeline server on that computer and connect from your client to do processing and analysis remotely.

Proper citation: LONI Pipeline Processing Environment (RRID:SCR_001161) Copy   

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http://www.itk.org

Open source, cross platform library that provides developers with extensive suite of software tools for image analysis. Developed through extreme programming methodologies, ITK builds on proven, spatially oriented architecture for processing, segmentation, and registration of scientific images in two, three, or more dimensions.

Proper citation: Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (RRID:SCR_001149) Copy   

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http://www.yerkes.emory.edu/

Center for advancing scientific understanding and improving the health and well-being of humans and nonhuman primates. The Center conducts research in microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders.

Proper citation: Yerkes National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_001914) 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://brainatlas.mbi.ufl.edu/Database/

Comprehensive three-dimensional digital atlas database of the C57BL/6J mouse brain based on magnetic resonance microscopy images acquired on a 17.6-T superconducting magnet. This database consists of: Individual MRI images of mouse brains; three types of atlases: individual atlases, minimum deformation atlases and probabilistic atlases; the associated quantitative structural information, such as structural volumes and surface areas. Quantitative group information, such as variations in structural volume, surface area, magnetic resonance microscopy image intensity and local geometry, have been computed and stored as an integral part of the database. The database augments ongoing efforts with other high priority strains as defined by the Mouse Phenome Database focused on providing a quantitative framework for accurate mapping of functional, genetic and protein expression patterns acquired by a myriad of technologies and imaging modalities. You must register First (Mandatory) and then you may Download Images and Data.

Proper citation: MRM NeAt (Neurological Atlas) Mouse Brain Database (RRID:SCR_007053) Copy   

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http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/downloads/manual_align_rts2000.shtm

Software program to adjust the alignment of two adjacent images. Allows to correct for any misalignment that may occur during auto-alignment step. Serves as a bootstrap to get the images in approximately the right place.

Proper citation: Manual Align RTS2000 (RRID:SCR_007107) Copy   

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http://www.birncommunity.org/collaborators/function-birn/

The FBIRN Federated Informatics Research Environment (FIRE) includes tools and methods for multi-site functional neuroimaging. This includes resources for data collection, storage, sharing and management, tracking, and analysis of large fMRI datasets. fBIRN is a national initiative to advance biomedical research through data sharing and online collaboration. BIRN provides data-sharing infrastructure, software tools, strategies and advisory services - all from a single source.

Proper citation: Function BIRN (RRID:SCR_007291) Copy   

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http://www.nbirn.net/research/bcc/index.shtm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on September 06, 2013. It was established to develop, implement and support the information infrastructure necessary to achieve large-scale data sharing among the test bed participants (function, morphometry and mouse birn). The BIRN-CC consists of a unique and well-established partnership between computer scientists, neuroscientists and engineers. This partnership addresses a large array of technical, policy, and architectural issues to fundamentally enable a new suite of information technology supported database and analysis tools that allow scientists to analyze and interpret significantly larger sets of data than is possible in the traditional single-institution study paradigm.

Proper citation: BIRN Coordinating Center (RRID:SCR_007290) Copy   

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http://www.cmrr.umn.edu/stimulate

An fMRI analysis software package with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) front end. Stimulate offers a comprehensive set of fMRI analysis tools integrated into a single package for convenient and flexible data processing. Users can point and click with the mouse to modify analysis or display variables. Activation maps can be calculated from the fMRI data and overlaid onto structural MRI image displays.

Proper citation: Stimulate (RRID:SCR_007375) Copy   

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http://www.primate.wisc.edu/

Research center aimed towards increasing understanding of basic primate biology and improving human health and quality of life. Its goals include helping discover treatments, preventative measures and cures for human disease; gathering knowledge of primate biology and ecosystems; providing resources to scientists world wide; and collecting and disseminating research to the larger scientific community and public.

Proper citation: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_012987) Copy   

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