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Total Results Found: 164

Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN)
Bethesda, MD

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The CHTN is a unique NCI-supported resource that provides human tissues and fluids from routine procedures to investigators who utilize human biospecimens in their research. Unlike tissue banks, the CHTN works prospectively with each investigator Read More...

NIMH Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC)
Bethesda, MD

Core Facility

Repositories

The mission of Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC) within the National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Intramural Programs (NIMH IRP) is to conduct and support research on brain and behavior, with the goal of Read More...

The Human Tumor Atlas Network and HTAN Data Portal

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Bioinformatics

03/19/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded initiative to construct 3-dimensional atlases of Read More...

Human Pangenome Reference

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11/14/2023 - Dr. Ting Wang is a Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Wang’s lab Read More...

NCI Specimen Resource Locator (SRL)
ROCKVILLE, MD

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Trans NIH Facility

The Specimen Resource Locator (SRL) is a biospecimen resource database designed to help researchers locate resources that may have the samples needed for their investigational use. This publicly searchable database includes information about biospecimen banks Read More...

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2022: Lesson 9 Review

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Bioinformatics

In the previous lesson, we explored the reference genomes and genome annotation files that are needed in our analysis of the Human Brain Reference (HBR) and Universal Human Reference (UHR) RNA sequencing data.

Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
Bloomington, IN

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Trans NIH Facility

The Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (BDSC) collects, maintains, and distributes genetically defined strains of Drosophila melanogaster for research and education. The BDSC supports a large, worldwide community of scientists using Drosophila as a model organism Read More...

NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB)
Bethesda, MD

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Trans NIH Facility

With specimens that span neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders, the NBB serves as a central point of access to the world-class collections of our six biorepositories. In addition, the NBB provides researchers with Read More...

NCI at Frederick Central Repository
Frederick, MD

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The Central Repository provides the research community at the NCI with various cryogenic services, including low-temperature storage from +4° C to -196° C, controlled-rate freezing, computerized inventory and distribution of samples. The Central Repository is operated Read More...

Principles of Effective Data Visualization

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Bioinformatics

07/07/2025 - Thi hour-and-a-half online training will examine how human proce and encode vi ual information and how vi ual attribute can be utilized to create effective vi ualization . Thi will focu on enhancing graphic literacy, Read More...

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2022: Learning objectives

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As described in the Lesson 10 review above, we generated quality reports for each of the FASTQ files in the Human Brain Reference and Universal Human Reference dataset using FASTQC. However, interrogating 12 individual FASTQC reports is Read More...

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2022: Example data

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Bioinformatics

For the lesson, we will work with the differential expression analysis results from the human brain reference (HBR) and univeral human reference (uhr). HBR-UHR differential expression results For the practice session, will use the differential Read More...

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2022: RNA-Seq overview

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Bioinformatics

Thus far we have: Learned how to interact with our computer via command line. Downloaded raw RNA-Seq data (.fastq files). Examined raw data quality using fastqc and multiqc . Performed adapter and quality trimming using Trimmomatic . Read More...

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2022: Other databases

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There are many databases devoted to relating genes and gene products to pathways, processes, and other phenomenon. Again, the following is not meant to be a comprehensive list. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) Read More...

NCI Proteomic Data Commons (PDC)
Rockville, MD

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Proteomic Data Common (PDC) represents the NCI’s largest public repository of proteogenomic comprehensive tumor datasets, essentially a Proteogenomic Cancer Atlas. It was developed to advance our understanding of how proteins help shape the risk, Read More...

NIH AgingResearchBiobank
Bethesda, Maryland

Core Facility

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The AgingResearchBiobank was officially launched in January 2019 with a mission to provide a state-of-the-art inventory system for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of de-identified biospecimens and associated phenotypic, clinical, and imaging data from numerous NIA-funded Read More...

February 2023 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More. New Resources on CREx NIMH Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC) The HBCC obtains human brain tissue, hair, and blood Read More...

NIH MRI Research Facility (NMRF)
Bethesda, MD

Trans NIH Facility

The NIH MRI Research Facility (NMRF) is a shared, intramural resource for human imaging studies. The NMRF is supported by all Institutes at NIH and reports to the Shared Resources Subcommittee (SRS) of the Scientific Read More...

NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC)
Bethesda, MD

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The NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) was established by the NCI Center for Cancer Genomics (CCG) to support the receipt, harmonization, distribution, and analysis of genomic and clinical data from cancer research programs. The GDC Read More...

Molecular Targets Database and Tools
Rockville, MD

Collaborative

Thousands of molecular targets have been measured in the NCI panel of 60 human tumor cell lines. Measurements include protein levels, RNA measurements, mutation status and enzyme activity levels. You can choose to search for a Read More...

Molecular Pathology Unit
Bethesda, Maryland

Collaborative

Trans NIH Facility

The Molecular Pathology Unit is intended to spearhead opportunities for bridging basic and clinical research efforts by more precisely optimizing the development, characterization, and utilization of models of human disease. The initiative approach includes both Read More...

NCATS Functional Genomics Laboratory
Rockville, MD

Core Facility

Trans NIH Facility

The Functional Genomics Laboratory (formerly, the RNAi Screening Facility) of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) assist investigators with all stages of project planning and execution, beginning with assay development through genome-wide siRNA Read More...

NCI Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility facilitates the assessment of structural and numerical genomic changes in pre-cancer and cancer research models. This core provides comprehensive support for the cytogenetic analysis of cells from human and research animal Read More...

DCTD Tumor Repository
Frederick, MD

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Trans NIH Facility

The Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) within NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnostics (DCTD), has maintained a low temperature repository of transplantable in vivo-derived tumors and in vitro-established tumor cell lines from various species. This Read More...

CHTN Mid-Atlantic Division (University of Virginia)
Charlottesville, VA

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The Mid-Atlantic CHTN is one of six participating divisions of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) and is based in the Pathology Department at the University of Virginia. While primarily a resource for cancer researchers, Read More...

Comparative Oncology Program (COP)
Bethesda, MD

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The COP evaluates novel therapies in pet dogs with cancer to improve outcomes for human patients and established the Comparative Oncology Trial Consortium (COTC), a collaborative effort of NCI and extramural comparative oncology centers at 24 Read More...

Spatial Biology

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Employing spatial biology techniques enables acquisition of transcript and protein data from intact tissue sections, and in turn, spatial distribution information and cellular interaction patterns are revealed.

Visualization Tools for Genomic Data

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Bioinformatics

07/01/2025 - Learn how to vi ualize equencing and analy i re ult effectively. Thi e ion de cribe the application of the web-ba ed interactive OmicCirco in R hiny to con truct circular plot with Read More...

Genomics in Space

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Bioinformatics

04/15/2025 - The Demystifying Medicine Series, jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, includes presentations on pathology, diagnosis, and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward PhD students, clinicians and Read More...

From Cell Atlases to Medicines with AI

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Bioinformatics

03/27/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. Aviv Regev is head of Genentech Research and Early Development. Formerly, Regev was Chair of the Faculty and Core Read More...

GEO Analysis Tools: New and Improved

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Bioinformatics

10/30/2024 - In this session of the BTEP Coding Club, Emily Clough, PhD, GEO Curator, will explore updates to analysis tools available within the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), a public repository for gene expression and epigenomics Read More...

NGS Visualization Tool

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Bioinformatics

09/27/2024 - This session describes the application of the web-based interactive OmicCircos in R Shiny to construct circular plots with desired biological features. Example data from human and mouse genomes will be used to demonstrate over Read More...

ITCR Webinar: Introduction to the Cancer Proteome Atlas

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Bioinformatics

09/13/2024 - Reverse-phase protein arrays (RPPAs) represent a powerful functional proteomic approach to elucidate cancer-related molecular mechanisms and develop novel cancer therapies.   To facilitate community-based investigation of the large-scale protein expression data generated by Read More...

Representing and Embedding Tissue Structures

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Bioinformatics

06/25/2024 - Register for the June Emerging Technologies Seminar to hear from Dr. Dana Pe’er of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She will describe new bioinformatics tools for exploring the complex tumor Read More...

Defining the Need for Open Data Metrics

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Bioinformatics

03/06/2024 - Please join us on Wednesday, March 6 when Daniella Lowenberg from the University of California, California Digital Library will present “Defining the Need for Open Data Metrics.”   Widespread adoption Read More...

BTEP course: Course Overview

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Bioinformatics

Partek Flow is a start-to-finish solution for analyzing high dimensional multi-omics sequencing data. It is a point-and-click software and is suitable for those who wish to avoid the steep learning curve associated with analyzing sequencing Read More...

Single Cell and Spatial Genomics Users Group

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Bioinformatics

01/10/2024 - Our series of talks continues next month with two 20-minute presentations focused on single cell genomics studies in the model organism zebrafish.  There will be light refreshments and we encourage attendees to Read More...

Join us for a webinar on The AMARETTO software toolbox.

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Bioinformatics

12/11/2023 - This presentation will provide a one-hour introduction to The AMARETTO software toolbox: multimodal and multiscale circuit-, network-, and graph-based fusion of multi-omics, clinical, imaging, and perturbation data across studies of patients, etiologies and model Read More...

NGS Visualization Tool

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Bioinformatics

11/17/2023 - This session describes the application of the web-based interactive OmicCircos in R Shiny to construct circular plots with desired biological features. Example data from human and mouse genomes will be used to demonstrate over Read More...

Turning discovery into health with the spatial biology community

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Bioinformatics

10/03/2023 - Multiplexed antibody-based imaging enables the detailed characterization of molecular and cellular organization in tissues. Significant advances in the field now allow high-parameter data collection (60+ targets); however, considerable expertise and capital are needed to validate Read More...

Pan-Microbial Serology Facility (PMSF)
Bethesda, MD

Collaborative

The Pan-Microbial Serology Facility (PMSF) is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The PMSF focuses on determining individualized pan-microbial immune profiles associated with human diseases including immunological Read More...

Biological Products Core (AIDS and Cancer Virus Program)
Frederick, Maryland

Core Facility

Repositories

The Biological Products Core provides the AIDS research community with high-quality purified preparations of various strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), economically prepared by leveraging the economy of scale. Materials Read More...

Visium Spatial Gene Expression Technology

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What is Visium FFPE v2 with CytAssist? Visium FFPE v2 is sequencing-based spatial profiling technology developed by 10x Genomics. This assay can take mouse or human tissue sections on normal glass slides as input and Read More...

Spatial Biology

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Employing spatial biology techniques enables acquisition of transcript and protein data from intact tissue sections, and in turn, spatial distribution information and cellular interaction patterns are revealed.

November 2024 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New NIH Resource Resources Derive Greater Insights and Accelerate your Research Using Bioinformatic Tools! CREx is an NIH Read More...

December 2024 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New NIH Resource Resources Advance your research with the NIH Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF) The NIH Mouse Imaging Read More...

NIA Nonhuman Primate Core
Poolesville, MD

Core Facility

Trans NIH Facility

The NIA Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Core Facility maintains a colony of rhesus macaques at the National Institutes of Health Animal Center. Established in 2012, the Core's mission is to offer research services supporting multi-disciplinary translational aging Read More...

October Newsletter 2022

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October 6, 2022 crex.nih.gov CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NIH Center For Human Immunology, Inflammation, And Autoimmunity (CHI) CHI is a Read More...

Clinical Support Laboratory
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

The Clinical Support Laboratory offers processing, tracking, and testing of a broad range of clinical samples. Support can begin at the early stages of clinical trial development to aid in developing a comprehensive strategy for Read More...

June 2022 Newsletter

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CREx News & Updates June 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Click below to learn how easy it is to navigate the CREx platform. These short videos will Read More...

Antibody Engineering Program
Bethesda, MD

Collaborative

The Antibody Engineering Program (AEP) is located at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, which is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR), an intramural program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). AEP focuses on Read More...

Antibody​​ Engineering Program

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The Antibody Engineering Program (AEP) is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The program focuses on generating therapeutic antibodies by phage display technology, including human antibodies and Read More...

January 2023 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New Resources on CREx NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB) The NBB provides researchers with access to human post-mortem brain tissue Read More...

NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC)
Rockville, MD

Trans NIH Facility

NISC’s role within NHGRI, and more broadly across NIH, aims to advance genome sequencing and its many applications, with a goal not simply to produce sequence data, but to produce the infrastructure required to Read More...

February 2022 Newsletter

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CREx News & Updates February 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight ORS Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR) DVR is the central NIH lab animal support program Read More...

Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)
Bethesda, MD

Trans NIH Facility

The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)'s  mission is to support the genetics community by providing high-quality, cutting-edge genomics services and technologies in order to expand our understanding of disease and catalyze discoveries that Read More...

NCI LASP Genome Modification Core (GMC)
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

NCI LASP Genome Modification Core (GMC) is a CCR-dedicated facility that provides advice, training, and reagents to NCI scientists seeking to utilize CRISPR and other nucleases to generate genome modifications in primary cells, cell lines, Read More...

NCI Clinical Support Laboratory: Flow Cytometry Section
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

Clinical Support Laboratory – Flow Cytometry Section is a laboratory specializing in providing immunophenotyping support of NCI intramural clinical trials, though assessments may also be performed using cells from Non-human primates and other species. The CSL Read More...

Center for Advanced Tissue Imaging (CAT-I)

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The Center for Advanced Tissue Imaging (CAT-I) is an NIAID and NCI supported effort involving collaborative studies between experts in the Laboratory of Immune System Biology, DIR, NIAID and investigators in the DIR, NIAID and Read More...

CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL)

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The CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) provides an array of services for groups at the NIH Clinical Center, Fort Detrick, and Hood College, among others. They support cancer- and disease-related research by making Read More...

July 2024 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New CREx User Survey The CREx Team is carrying out a CREx User Survey. We would greatly appreciate Read More...

DTP Natural Products Repository
Frederick, MD

Repositories

Trans NIH Facility

DTP’s Natural Products Repository is the world’s largest storehouse of natural products. It houses close to >200,000 extracts from samples of more than 70,000 plants and >20,000 marine organisms collected from more than 29 countries, plus extracts Read More...

NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium (NICE)
Bethesda, MD

Trans NIH Facility

NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium (NICE) serves intramural investigators in all NIH IC’s. NICE provides access to state-of-the-art Titan Krios cryo-electron microscopes for atomic-resolution structure determination of protein, macromolecular complexes, membrane receptors, cellular organelles, and Read More...

June 2021

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CREx News & Updates June 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS Visit here to learn about services from Read More...

Biopharmaceutical Development Program (BDP)
Frederick, MD

Collaborative

The Biopharmaceutical Development Program (BDP) provides resources for the development of investigational biological agents. The BDP supports feasibility through development and Phase I/II cGMP manufacturing plus regulatory documentation.The BDP was established in 1993. We Read More...

August 2024 Newsletter

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CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New CREx User Survey The CREx Team is carrying out a CREx User Survey. If you haven’t Read More...

NIH Clinical Center Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Bethesda, MD

Core Facility

Trans NIH Facility

The PET Department, CC, functions as a core facility that supports basic, translational, and clinical research using PET. It is a vertically integrated facility, with resources to produce positron-emitting radionuclides, manufacture PET radiopharmaceuticals in a Read More...

NCI CCR-Frederick Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

The CCR-Frederick Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides research support to the Frederick-CCR community, including cytometry analysis and sorting services, instrument maintenance, new user training, and technical consultation. Typical Assays Performed by Core Instruments Immunophenotyping of Read More...

NCI Cloud Resources
Rockville, MD

Collaborative

Repositories

The NCI Cloud Resources are components of the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) that bring data and computational power together to enable cancer research and discovery. These cloud-based platforms eliminate the need for researchers Read More...

CCR Building 41 Flow Cytometry Core
Bethesda, MD

Core Facility

The CCR Building 41 Flow Cytometry Core is a full-service facility within the Center for Cancer Research that supports over 150 users representing 26 laboratories. The Core Facility provides instrument and software training, technical expertise, assay development, and Read More...

NIH Biowulf Computational Cluster
Bethesda, MD

Trans NIH Facility

The NIH Biowulf Cluster provides researchers with a world-class system to assist in solving complex biomedical problems as diverse as gene variation in worldwide human populations, deep learning to model protein structures, and PET brain Read More...

April 2022 Newsletter

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CREx News & Updates April 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Click below to learn how easy it is to navigate the CREx platform. These short videos will Read More...

CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Frederick, Maryland

Core Facility

CLIA-Certified Technologies Offered:: Fragment Analysis for Micro-satellite Instability Detection, Pharmacoscan Array for Pharmacogenomics, Mutation Detection for PCR and Sanger Sequencing, DNA extraction from whole blood, saliva, FFPE tissues, buccal swabs, nails, hair, PBMCs, buffy coats, Read More...

March 2022 Newsletter

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CREx News & Updates March 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NIA Nonhuman Primate Core The NIA Nonhuman Primate Core supports multi-disciplinary translational aging projects for Read More...

August 2022 Newsletter

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CREx News & Updates August 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NCATS Functional Genomics Laboratory (FGL) FGL is designed to help NIH Investigators use the latest Read More...

Bio-Layer Interferometry (BLI) - Octet RED96

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Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers Octet as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar.  Training includes a full analysis of a Read More...

October 2021

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CREx News & Updates October 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGLIGHTS Learn more about services from the CPTR Read More...

NCI LASP Mouse Modeling & Cryopreservation (MMC)
Frederick, MD

Core Facility

Repositories

The Mouse Modeling Core assists NIH investigators by generating and preserving genetically-engineered mouse strains. Services include scientific consultation, gene-targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, micro-injection of nucleic acids, proteins, or ES cells into mouse embryos, Read More...

NCI Genetics Branch: OMICS Technology Facility
Bethesda, MD

Collaborative

Our operational objectives are to provide state-of-the-art OMICS technologies in support of the Genetics Branch (GB) investigators and collaborators. Research Services Wet Lab Single cell isolation from fresh, frozen, and FFPE tissue, DNA/RNA extractions Read More...

NICE-NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium

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[tabby title="Home"] About NICE-NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium  NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium (NICE) serves intramural investigators in all NIH IC’s. NICE provides access to state-of-the-art Titan Krios cryo-electron microscopes for atomic-resolution structure determination of Read More...

Class Documents

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Bioinformatics

Most BTEP courses include detailed course materials including lesson content, additional resources, and lesson associated data. These course materials are listed here so that learners can easily return to and review concepts taught in class Read More...

BTEP Video Archive of Past Classes

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Bioinformatics

Listed below are the video recordings of past BTEP events (classes, seminars, workshops). Videos are hosted on various servers and may play slightly differently. Some videos may be downloaded for local viewing. Recorded Videos of Read More...

BTEP course: Course overview

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Bioinformatics

Course Overview Partek Flow is a start-to-finish solution for analyzing high dimensional multi-omics sequencing data. It is a point-and-click software and is suitable for those who wish to avoid the steep learning curve associated with Read More...

R Introductory Series: Basics of R Programming

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Bioinformatics

Objectives To understand some of the most basic features of the R language including: Creating R objects and understanding object types Using mathematical operations Using comparison operators Creating, subsetting, and modifying vectors By the end Read More...