AltraBio Links

DNA Microarrays, Transcriptomics and Gene Expression Analysis


Microarrays - NCBI Science Primer

DNA Microarray Fact Sheet at National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)

Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) at NCBI - a gene expression and molecular abundance repository and a curated resource for gene expression data browsing, query and retrieval

Array Express and other resources at EBI for transcriptomics and related data

CIBEX - a gene expression database system at DDBJ (DNA Data Bank of Japan)

Stanford MicroArray Database - SMD stores raw and normalized data from microarray experiments, and provides data retrieval, analysis and visualization interfaces

L2L (at the U. of Washington) - a database of published microarray gene expression data and a software tool for comparing that published data to a user's own microarray results

Gene Set Enrichement Analysis (GSEA) at the Broad Institute, includes the Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB)

R project - a language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics

Bioconductor - an open source and open development software project for the analysis and comprehension of genomic data

MIAME (Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment) - a standard for reporting microarray experiment data

MIBBI - Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations project at sourceforge.net

ArrayTrack - an integrated solution for managing, analyzing, and interpreting microarray gene expression data at FDA

Microarray Quality Control Project (MAQC) at FDA - provides quality control tools to the microarray community and to develop guidelines for microarray data analysis

microarrays.org - a public source for microarray protocols and software, built and maintained by the DeRisi Lab at UCSF

GNF SymAtlas - database of gene function and structure at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation

Connectivity Map at MIT/Harvard Broad Institute - links gene patterns associated with disease to corresponding patterns produced by drug candidates and a variety of genetic manipulations

Transcriptomics at Nature Omics Gateway

BMC Microarrays Gateway - open access, peer-reviewed articles related to microarrays and gene expression analysis

Nature Reviews web focus on microarrays (2004)

MGED Society - an organization of biologists, computer scientists, and data analysts that aims to facilitate the sharing of data generated using the microarray and other functional genomics technologies for a variety of applications including expression profiling

Affymetrix

Agilent Technologies

Illumina

Invitrogen


Pharmacogenomics and Toxicogenomics


Pharmacogenomics - NCBI Science Primer

PharmGKB - Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base at Stanford University - contains curated information about the relationships among drugs, diseases and genes, including their variations and gene products

FDA Critical Path Initiative - an effort to modernize the sciences through which FDA-regulated products are developed, evaluated, and manufactured

Pharmacogenomics at Nature Omics Gateway

Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) - curated information on relationships between chemicals, genes and diseases


Gene Ontology and Biological Pathways


Gene Ontology (GO) - a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene product attributes in any organism

KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes - a database of biological systems that integrates genomic, chemical and systemic functional information

Reactome - a curated knowledge base of biological pathways


Clinical trials


ClinicalTrials.gov at NIH - a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world

Food and Drug Administration (FDA, USA)

European Medicines Agency (EMEA, EU)

21 CFR - Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations - governs food and drugs in the USA (chapter I concerns the FDA)

21 CFR Part 11 - FDA guidelines on electronic records and electronic signatures in the USA. (text, resources.)