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Harvard and CBR Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
eCommons of Harvard Medical School
Electronic journals, books, online databases, educational programs, and HMS institutes

Online Safety Training Programs

The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research

Harvard University

White Pages of Harvard Medical School

Core Facilities Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Research Computing Center at Harvard Medical School

HMS Core Facilities
Electron microscope, DNA sequencing, oligonucleotide synthesis, peptide synthesis, mass spectroscopy, amino acid analysis, machine shop, and confocal microscope

Research Facilities at Department of Cell Biology
light microscopy, conventional electron microscopy, molecular electron microscopy, bioinformatics, digital graphics, shared equipment, mass spectrometry, machine shop
DFCI Core Facilities
AIDS drug screening, bioinformatics, biostatistics/consulting, cell manipulation and gene transfer, flow cytometry, hybridoma, in situ hybridization, medical arts, DNA sequencing, DNA and peptide synthesis, protein sequencing, BIAcore protein ligand assays, mass spectrometry, and molecular diagnostics.

CBR Core Facilities
calcium imaging system, cell sorter/flow cytometer, transgenic facility, multi-photon microscopy, C. elegans imaging system, and SKY system.

Harvard Institute of Proteomics

Databases Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
PubMed and Entrez
search literature, Protein, Nucleotide, Genome, PopSet, OMIM, Taxonomy, Books, ProbeSet, and 3D Domains.

Protein Data Bank (PDB)
biomolecular structure database; SearchFields; links to macromolecular structure related resources; and more

SCOP
structural classification of proteins by class, fold, superfamily, family, protein, and species

CATH
a hierarchical domain classification of protein structures by class, architecture, topology (fold family), and homologous superfamily

Dali server
a network service for comparing protein structures in 3D

ExPaSy (Expert Protein Analysis System)
analysis of protein sequences, structures, and 2D PAGE; links to databases, proteomics tools and software packages, molecular biology resources, and more

GenomeNet
a Japanese network of database and computational services for genome research and related research areas in molecular and cellular biology; DBGET/LinkDB - integrated database retrieval system; search >20 databases and >40 organisms

The Genome Database (GDB)
regions of the human genome, maps of the human genome, variations within the human genome

Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD)

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
comprehensive microbial resources, genomes of microbial, rice, parasites, virus, and more

Homstrad: Homologous Structure Alignment Database
access by browsing families, keyword search, blast search, and FUGUE search

SMART: Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool
sequence analysis; architecture analysis; domain searching and browsing; HMMs; and more

Pfam: Protein families databases of alignments and HMMs
a large collection of multiple sequence alignments and hidden Markov models covering many common protein domains

ProDom: The Protein Domain Database
automatic compilation of homologous domains; analyze domain arrangements of proteins and protein families

PROSITE: Database of Protein Families and Domains
sites, patterns and profiles; various access and search tools; documentations; and more

Blocks WWW Server
compare a protein or DNA sequence to a database of protein blocks, retrieve blocks, create new blocks, and more

PRINTS: Protein Fingerprint Database
a fingerprint is a group of conserved motifs used to characterise a protein family; various access and search tools; documentation; and more

eMOTIF
eMOTIF Maker; eMOTIF search; eMOTIF scan; 3MOTIF

The MEME System (Multiple EM for Motif Elicitation)
discover motifs in groups of related DNA or protein sequences

Cytokine Family Database (dbCFC) and Cytokine Receptor Family Database (dbCRF)
collection of EST (Expressed Sequence Tag) records of cytokines and cytokine receptors deposited in the NCBI GenBank; related links to Cytokines Web, Chemokine Information Source, GPCRDB and GCRDb, and more

Prediction Servers Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Meta Server Job List
A metaserver that accesses the most sensitive sequence similarity, secondary structure, and fold prediction servers, and provides a consensus jury prediction.

3D-PSSM Protein Fold Recognition Server
recognize a fold; browse fold library; links; psi-blast search; modeling; and more

Superfamily: HMM library for SCOP superfamilies and genome assignment server
sequence searching, alignments, and genome assignments

FUGUE: Profile Library Search against HOMSTRAD
submit single sequence or multiple sequence alignment

Predicting Protein 3D structure based on homologous sequnce search
find homologous PDB sequences to a given query sequence using PSI-BLAST

Threading: 123D+
123D+ is a program which combines substitution matrix, secondary structure prediction, and contact capacity potentials to thread a sequence throught the set of structures

UCLA-DOE Fold Recognition Server
computational analysis and prediction of structure from amino acid sequences

The PredictProtein server (includes PHD)
sequence analysis and structure prediction

GPI Modification Site Prediction

Blast Search

Bork Group's advanced WU-BLAST2 Search with post-processing at EMBL

Tools at NIMR
Protein tertiary structure prediction (DRAGON); Design and engineering of humanised mAbs (Humanisation by Design); Multiple alignment viewer (Mview); Finding repeats in protein sequences (REPRO); Structural Alignment of Proteins (SAP); Finding knots in protein structures (TOPOL)

CBS prediction servers
nucleotide and amino acid sequence analysis; predictions of promotors, intron splice sites, O-glycosylation sites (DictyOGlyc and NetOGlyc), phosphorylation sites, signal peptide (SignalP), transmembrane helices (TMHMM), and more

Network Protein Sequence Analysis
sequence similarity search; sites and signatures detection; multiple sequence alignment; secondary structure prediction with multiple methods; primary structure analysis such as physico-chemical profiles, coil-coiled detection, sequence coloring, and more

Washington University in St. Louis Educational and Scientific Resource links in the field of Computational Biology

PSIPRED
The PSIPRED protein structure prediction server allows you to submit a protein sequence, perform a prediction of your choice and receive the results of the prediction via E-mail. You may select one of three prediction methods to apply to your sequence: PSIPRED  - a highly accurate secondary structure prediction method, MEMSAT -  our widely used transmembrane topology prediction method and GenTHREADER - a new sequence profile based fold recognition method.
Software Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
GeneMine/Look
a sequence analysis and visualization program that makes full use of analysis servers across the Internet [Manual (PDF)]

Lasergene by DNASTAR
sequence analysis system for Windows and Macintosh; FAQ; Upgrades, Documents, and Library

Rasmol and Chime
Rasmol is free software for looking at molecular structures; Chime shows molecules inside a web page [Rasmol Manual and Chime Manual]

Ribbons
display, manipulate, and analyze molecular structures and produce high quality images in a variety of styles [Manual]

MolMol
a molecular graphics program for displaying, analyzing, and manipulating the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules [Manual]

GRASP
a molecular visualization and analysis program; particularly useful for the display and manipulation of the surfaces of molecules and their electrostatic properties [Manual]

Modeller
a program for homology protein structure modelling by satisfaction of spatial restraints [Manual]

3D Modeling Homepage at EMBL

WhatIf
a protein structure analysis program that can be used for mutant prediction, structure verification, molecular graphics, etc. [Manual: see the bottom of the home page]

Barton Group Software
Manuals for STAMP (Structural Alignment of Multiple Proteins), ALSCRIPT (Sequence alignment to PostScript), and DOMAK (DOMain Maker)

JOY
a program to annotate protein sequence alignment with structural features such as secondary structure, solvent accessibility, and hydrogen bonds [HOWTOs for JOY5 and Manual for earlier version]

HMMER
Profile hidden Markov models for biological sequence analysis [Manual]

SAM (Sequence Alignment and Modeling system)
a collection of flexible software tools for creating, refining, and using linear hidden Markov models for biological sequence analysis [Manual]

GCG
nucleic acid and protein sequence analysis [Manual (requires user ID and password)]

Wise2
a package focused on comparisons of biopolymers, commonly DNA sequence and protein sequence [Manual]

Phylip
a package of programs for inferring phylogenies [Manual]

Software at The Sanger Center
production sequencing software, physical mapping software, informatics analysis software, format specifications

Crystallography-related Software:
ARP/wARP | CCP4 | CNS | Denzo/HKL | O | SHARP | SOLVE | Twinning Server | Uppsala Software Factory

Unix Help Guide

Local SGI Help

Other Bioinformatics Resources Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
The Bioinformatics Resource - CCP11 Project
listings of bioinformatics training courses, glossaries, degree programs, jobs, research centers and groups, integrated databases, resources, and more

EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute)
database searching, browsing and analysis tools; Swiss-Prot + TrEMBL - annotated protein sequence database and computer-annotated supplement to SWISS-PROT (ExPaSy interface)

Computational Services at EMBL
sequence search, retrieval, and alignment; structure prediction and verification; and more

BCM (Baylor College of Medicine) Search Launcher
search nucleic acid sequences, gene features, protein sequences, protein patterns; multiple or pairwise sequence alignment; protein secondary structure prediction; BCM Gene Finder; BCM Human Transcript Database; and more

Topical Net

CUBIC Bioinformatics Links
links to WWW introductions, search engines, general molecular biology sites, literature, pathways, genomes, databases, services, software, and companies; provided by Columbia University Bioinformatics Center

Biology WorkBench
search protein and nucleic acid sequence databases; integrated with analysis and modeling tools

BIOCCELERATOR server at the Weizmann Institute of Science
accelerated homology searches in sequence databases via GenWeb interface and using GenCore software; genomic analysis applications, including GenHunt and RepEater

Pole Bio-Informatique Lyonnais at Institute of Biology and Chemistry of Proteins in France
sequence database access; similarity searches; protein and DNA sequence analysis; and more

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Immunology Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
CMS Molecular Biology Resource
a compendium of tools and resources for molecular biology, biotechnology, molecular evolution, biochemistry, and biomolecular modeling

Molecular Biology Jump Station
links to molecular biology sites and directories, protocols, journals, books, newsgroups and mail lists, genomes and databases, commercial sites, functional genomics, and more; provided by Molecular Biology Today

Biology Links
A-Z links to biochemistry and molecular biology, biomolecular and biochemical databases, educational resources, evolution, immunology, jobs, online journals, general internet bio-resources, and more; provided by Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University

Bio Netbook
a directory of Web pages for Biology; search by word, resource type, organism, biological domain, country, or combined

Graphics Gallery of Biotechnology
labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of biotechnology; provided by Access Excellence at the National Health Museum

Protein Review On The Web (PROW)
PROW Guides, authoritative short, structured reviews on proteins and protein families. The Guides provide approximately 20 standardized categories of information (abstract, biochemical function, ligands, references, etc.) for each protein.

Inflammation: The Leukocyte Adhesion Cascade
The mechanisms, processes, cells, and molecules involved in inflammation; provided by Klaus Key at University of Virginia

Therapeutic Immunology Group (TIG)
monoclonal antibody info: research labs, articles, and protocols

HLDA home page
HDLA database; information on mAbs, cells, and CD names

NWFSC Molecular Biology Protocols
protocols, discussion forum, links to bioinformatics resources, journals, and more; provided by Northwest Fisheries Science Center at Seattle

Sucrose Gradients vs. Gel Filtration
estimate molecular size, shape, and Stokes radius using gel filtration and sucrose gradients

Structural Biology Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD)
crystal data and the crystallization conditions of >3000 crystal entries and >2000 biomolecules; NASA protein crystal growth archieve; references on crystallization; and more

Database of Macromolecular Movements
molecular motion classifications and movies

Heavy Atom Databank

Protein Structure Initiative (PSI)
Structural Genomics Project at NIH

Automation of Structure Determination Platform (ASDP)
structural genomics centers and crystallography-related programs, databases, websites, libraries, tutorials, and bulletin boards archives

CIMR Structural Medicine in University of Cambridge
crystallography course, serpin database, crystallization page, and links

TechCenter at Hampton Research (Solution for Crystal Growth):
crystal growth 101, crystallization tips A to Z, tips and tricks, resources, product instructions, etc.

Georgia X-ray Crystallography Center
links to crystallography journals, databases, software, synchrotron sources, supplies, and more

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)

American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

Courses Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Structure and Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
offered by Stephen Harrison at Harvard University

Protein Architecture, Dynamics and Structure Prediction
offered by Michael Levitt at Stanford University

Representations and Algorithms for Computational Molecular Biology
offered by Russ Altman at Stanford University

Computational Molecular Biology
offered by Doug Brutlag at Stanford University

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Program and Immunology Program
offered by the Division of Medical Sciences in Harvard Medical School

Courses at Harvard University

Courses at Harvard Extension School

The Virtual School of Molecular Sciences
courses in Structure-Based Drug Design, Java for Scientists, Bioinformatics Tools, Information Components using Java and XML

Journals Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Countway Library Electronic Journals
access varies by title; Harvard ID required

Science Citation Index Expanded
find articles and citations by topic, person, or place; Harvard ID required

Nature
online archives beginning Jun., 1997

Science
online archives beginning Oct., 1995

Cell
Full text and summaries beginning Jan., 1996; summaries beginning May, 1974

Current Opinions in ...
online archives beginning 1994; via BioMedNet

PNAS
online archives beginning Jan., 1990

EMBO J.
online archives beginning Jan., 1984

JBC
online archives beginning Jan., 1980

JMB
online archives beginning Jan., 1996

Scientific American
online archives beginning Jan., 1996

Catalogs Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
SciQuest
the internet source for scientific products

BioSupplyNet
biomedical research supply information source

ATCC | BioRad | Calbiochem | Hampton Research | Life Technology | New England BioLabs | Novagen | Amersham Pharmacia Biotech | Promega | Qiagen | Stratagene

Computer Products at Harvard University Information Systems

Other Labs and Organizations Page Top | Page Bottom | Add/Modify Links
Peer Bork's Group
BioInformatics Unit, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Chris Ponting
MRC Functional Genetics Unit, Univerisity of Oxford, Oxford, UK

George M. Church Lab WWW Server
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Harrison/Wiley Laboratory
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Richardson Lab at Duke University

GrantsNet
funding opportunities for training in the biological and medical sciences

National Institutes of Health

The National Academies

Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council (Cambridge, UK)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany)


Updated Dec. 21, 2001 by Holly Jing
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