Conferences

• San Diego Conference - Genomic Technologies at the Interface of Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Sequence Analysis

• dCAPS Finder
  (Mismatch PCR Primer Design Tool) A program from Washington University to design mismatch PCR primers for the detection of SNP's by simple restriction enzyme digestion and electrophoresis. The web-based program is described by Neff, Turk , & Kalishman TIGS 18:613-15, 2002.
• SSCP Analysis
  Access to new software, QUISCA, for the analysis of capillary array SSCP data (free for academic users!) from Professor Hayashi's laboratory. QUISCA is Quantitative Interpretation of SSCP in Capillary Array and is described in BioTechniques 33:1342-8, 2002.
• Searching GenBank
  Search GenBank, dbEST (expressed sequence tag database) dbSTS (sequence tagged site database), or dbGSS (genome survey sequences database).
• Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools
  Jump station to a long list of useful Internet accessible sequence analysis programs for nucleic acid and protein sequences.
• BioToolkit
  Jump station to Internet servers- 3 categories, Nucleic Acid Analysis, Genome Resourses, and Protein Structural Imaging and Analysis.
• BLAST
  Search the public databases for homology to any sequence using BLAST.
• ExPASY
  ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) is the proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE
• Database and Search Tools
  (Formerly known as the Biologist's Control panel). Jump station to useful tools at Baylor College of Medicine.

Genomics

• UniGene
  UniGene is an experimental system for automatically partitioning GenBank sequences into a non-redundant set of gene-oriented clusters.
• I.M.A.G.E
  The Integrated Molecular Analysis of Genomes and their Expression Consortium is a public collection of cloned genes and ESTs
• Genome Database
  GDB is the central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the Human Genome Initiative.
• Genome Gateway
  A comprehensive web resource devoted to genomics maintained by the Nature publishing Group.
• Human Genome Project Information
  Educational site about the Human Genome Project at the DOE site.
• Genomics Glossaries
  A very nice set of glossaries for Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Proteomics, and Structural Biology. At the Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) site. Use the buttons on the right of the frame to go to the Genomic Glossaries.

 Genetics

• The Lieden Muscular Dystrophy page
  This site contains a lot of useful information on the genes and proteins involved in hereditary muscular dystrophy. Includes mutation/polymorphism databases and detailed protocols for molecular analyses.
• OMIM
  Online Mendelian Inhertance in Man (OMIM) is a comprehensive survey of the literature with information on genes and genetic disorders.
• GeneTests
  Listing of clinical laboratories offering genetic testing.
• Human Mutation Database
  The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) represents an attempt to collate known (published) gene lesions responsible for human inherited disease with links to many locus specific databases.
• Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database
  Compilation of mutations in the CFTR gene maintained by Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui.
• DNA Learning Center
  Introduction to DNA and genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Breast Cancer Information Core
  Compilation of mutations (and methods) associated with inherited forms of breast cancer.
• The National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
  (NTSAD ) is dedicated to the treatment and prevention of Tay-Sachs and related diseases, and to provide information and support services to individuals and families affected by these diseases, as well as the public at large.
• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
• American Medical Association Genetics and Molecular Medicine page
  Excellent resource for educational materials. Policies of the AMA regarding a number of issues pertaining to Medical Genetics.

Statistics

• Statistics Calculators
  I don't know who john71 is, but he maintains one of the most useful collection of statistical calculators and tutorials on the web! Never do a manual Chi Square calculation again!

Pharmocogenetics and Pharmocogenomics

Metabolic Pathways

• Boehringer Mannheim "Biochemical Pathways"
  This page gives access to the digitized version of the Boehringer Mannheim "Biochemical Pathways" wall chart at the ExPASy site.
• EcoCyc
  EcoCyc is a metabolic-pathway database. The database describes pathways, reactions, and enzymes of a variety of organisms, with a microbial focus.
• MetaCyc
  MetaCyc contains the E. coli pathways of EcoCyc, plus additional pathways that have been gathered from a variety of literature and on-line sources, with citations to the source of each pathway.

Cancer

• OncoLink
  Founded in 1994 by Penn cancer specialists with a mission to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge.
• The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
  (CGAP) is an interdisciplinary program established and administered by the National Cancer Institute to generate the information and technological tools needed to decipher the molecular anatomy of the cancer cell.

HIV

• AIDS Knowledge Base
  An on-line textbook on HIV disease from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital
• HIV Sequence Database
  A database maintained at Los Alamos National Laboratories of HIV genome sequences, including an on-line tool for the identification of drug resistance mutations in user submitted sequence.
• Stanford HIV RT and Protease Sequence Database
  An on-line tool for the identification of drug resistance mutations in user submitted sequence.

HCV

• CDC
  Hepatitis homepage . Educational site on hepatitis at the CDC

Microarray Technology

• DRAGON
  Online software for the annotation and analysis of microarray data from the Professor Prevsner's lab at the Kennedy-Kreiger Isntitute. DRAGON is Database Referencing of Array Genes Online.
• Brown Lab Homepage
  Homepage for one of the guru's of the field- includes instructions for building your own arrayer!
• Gene-Chips.com
  You'll find the basics on DNA microarray technology and a list of academic and industrial links related to this exciting new technology.
• NHGRI Microarray page
  About microarray research at NHGRI
• Papers on Microarrays
  List of papers maintained by Wentian Li, Rockefeller University.
• TIGR Protocols
  Microarray protocols from The Institute for Genome Research
  

Organizations

• American Cancer Society
• American Society for Human Genetics
• American Society of Clinical Oncologists
• Association for Molecular Pathology
• Centers for Disease Control
• College of American Pathologists
• National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• National Institutes of Health
• United States Patent and Trademark Office