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Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch (DBSVB)

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Scientific Resources

Databases

Dictybase: Resource for the biology and genomics of Dictyostelium discoideum
http://dictybase.org/
GXD: Gene Expression database for mouse development
http://www.informatics.jax.org/expression.shtml
GEISHA (Gallus Expression In Situ Hybridization Analysis): A chick embryo gene expression resource
http://geisha.arizona.edu/geisha/
International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry
http://isdr.csmc.edu/
SpBase: Sea Urchin Genome Database
http://www.spbase.org/SpBase/
Xenbase: A Xenopus model organism database
http://www.xenbase.org/
ZFIN: The zebrafish model organism database
http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/webdriver?MIval=aa-ZDB_home.apg

Resource Centers

ZIRC: Zebrafish International Resource Center
http://zebrafish.org/zirc/home/guide.php
National Xenopus Resource
http://hermes.mbl.edu/xenopus/index.html
NSF Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
http://flystocks.bio.indiana.edu/

Other Resources [co-sponsored by NICHD]

Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)
International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMKC)
http://www.mousephenotype.org/
Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP)
Knockout Mouse Phenotyping (KOMP2)
http://commonfund.nih.gov/KOMP2/
Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)
Model Organisms for Biomedical Research
- Trans-NIH Xenopus Initiative
  http://www.nih.gov/science/models/xenopus/resources/index.html
- Trans-NIH Zebrafish Initiative
  http://www.nih.gov/science/models/zebrafish/
NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research

Courses Supported by the DBSVB

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course on C. elegans
http://meetings.cshl.edu/courses/
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course on Proteomics
http://meetings.cshl.edu/courses/2012/c-proteo12.shtml
Frontiers in Developmental Biology: Concepts, Techniques and Model Organisms (collaboration between the Society for Developmental Biology and the Latin American Society of Developmental Biology)
http://www.sdbonline.org/2008ShortCourse/course.htm
Marine Biological Laboratory: Embryology Course: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology
http://hermes.mbl.edu/education/courses/summer/course_embryo.html
Marine Biological Laboratory: Gene Regulatory Networks for Development
http://hermes.mbl.edu/education/courses/special_topics/gern.html

Last Updated Date: 11/30/2012

Contact Information

Name: Dr Arthur Tyl Hewitt
Branch Chief
Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch
Phone: 301-496-5541
Fax: 301-480-0303
Email: hewittt@mail.nih.gov

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