From ulrike at mail.nih.gov Thu Nov 1 14:29:13 2007 From: ulrike at mail.nih.gov (Wagner, Ulrike (NIH/NCI) [C]) Date: Thu Nov 1 15:05:59 2007 Subject: [rat-forum] caMOD 2.3 released - contains customization for rat models Message-ID: The National Cancer Institute's Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology is proud to announce the release of version 2.3 of the Cancer Models Database (caMOD). The new version was released on October 30th, 2007. caMOD 2.3 can be accessed at http://cancermodels.nci.nih.gov/ The cancer models database (caMOD) is a web-based resource that provides information about animal models for human cancer to the public research community. caMOD provides the following key capabilities to its users: * Data Submission--Data in caMOD are extracted from the public scientific literature by curators and verified by the scientists who generated or worked with the models, or they are directly submitted by scientists. * Data Search--Users can retrieve information about the making of models, their genetic descriptions, histopathology, derived cell lines, associated images, carcinogenic interventions, microarray data, and therapeutic trials in which the models were used. caMOD provides links to PubMed for associated publications and other resources such as model repositories, detailed information about altered gene, pathway affected, and information about human clinical trials that utilize the same compounds as the pre-clinical trials in the animal models. * System Function Administration--The Admin function provides services for user registration, review of submitted models and database management. No user account is required to query the database. With this version, caMOD starts customizing the application for models in a variety of species beyond mouse models. caMOD 2.3 supports the submission of zebrafish and rat models. Depending on the selected species, the application uses species-specific vocabularies for anatomy and disease on the Histopathology, Cell Lines, Graft, and Associated Expression pages. Links to the Zebrafish Model Organism Database (http://www.zfin.org ) and to the Rat Genome Database (http://rgd.mcw.edu/) are provided on the Genetic Description pages and allow the user to retrieve information about the modified alleles. Links to the above mentioned resources have also been added to the publication listings. Data about other species can be submitted to caMOD, but no vocabularies for anatomical or diagnostic terms are provided at this time. The Search pages now utilize the species-specific vocabularies. The selection drop down list of model species on the Search pages is created dynamically depending on which models have been approved during the review process. caMOD 2.3 further expands the use of vocabularies provided by NCI Thesaurus (http://nciterms.nci.nih.gov ) by introducing the staining method vocabulary to the Image portion of the application. Acknowledgements The rat vocabularies were retrieved from RENI. We would like to thank the members of the Rat Nomenclature Reconciliation Subcommittee for their support and advice. The zebrafish vocabularies were provided by ZFIN, the Zebrafish Model Organism Database, and rendered from bioontology.org. RENI: http://www.item.fraunhofer.de/reni/rat_nomenclature/index.htm ZFIN: http://www.zfin.org Bioontology: http://www.bioontology.org Our special thank you goes to Dr. Hatem Sabaawy who served as the domain expert on zebrafish models. We would also like to thank the NCI CBIIT Enterprise Vocabulary Systems team for their work in converting and importing the vocabularies. The caMOD Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gray.hmgc.mcw.edu/pipermail/rat-forum/attachments/20071101/19302ff8/attachment.html From shimoyama at mcw.edu Fri Nov 9 12:14:59 2007 From: shimoyama at mcw.edu (Shimoyama, Mary) Date: Fri Nov 9 12:13:20 2007 Subject: [rat-forum] Year of the Rat Calendar - Send Your Photos Message-ID: <1448A38A42714048B9C53E473E13CCF0CA6821@davis.hmgc.mcw.edu> Year of the Rat Calendar - Send Your Photos 2008 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese Zodiac. In celebration of this wonderful research animal, RGD is planning to create a Year of the Rat Calendar. We are soliciting photos of rats and poems, sayings or other text you would like to see included in the calendar. We welcome charming photos of your favorite strains. Be sure to include information such as strain symbol and name, developer of strain and any citations or references. Please send digital images and other submissions to Mary Shimoyama, shimoyama@mcw.edu by November 16. Mary Shimoyama Program Manager Rat Genome Database Human and Molecular Genetics Center Medical College of Wisconsin shimoyama@mcw.edu Tel: 414-456-7505 Fax: 414-456-6595 http://rgd.mcw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gray.hmgc.mcw.edu/pipermail/rat-forum/attachments/20071109/4155b560/attachment-0001.html From 2006conf at gmail.com Sat Nov 17 23:28:02 2007 From: 2006conf at gmail.com (bai ye) Date: Sun Nov 18 10:07:58 2007 Subject: [rat-forum] Extended Deadline: 1 December 2007, BMEI 2008, Sanya, China Message-ID: ** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement * ** As per author requests, we are extending the deadline for paper * ** submissions and invited session proposals to 1 December 2007. * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2008) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28 - 30 May 2008, Sanya, Hainan, China Extended Submission Deadline: 1 December 2007 http://www.hainu.edu.cn/BMEI2008 Call for Papers, Invited Sessions & Sponsorship The aim of BMEI2008 is to bring together researchers working in many different areas of biomedical engineering and informatics to foster international collaborations and exchange of new ideas. The BMEI 2008 conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be indexed in both EI and ISTP. Selected good papers will be recommended for publication in SCI/SCI-E indexed international journals. The BMEI 2008 will be co-located with the 2008 Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008: http://www.hainu.edu.cn/CISP2008), in order to promote cross-fertilization between the broad areas of biomedical engineering and signal processing. ABOUT SANYA Sanya is one of China's premier tourist destinations, with white-sand beaches, charming scenery, hot-springs, and popular activities such as scuba-diving and rafting. More than 20 ethnic groups, including Han, Li, Miao, and Hui, inhabit Sanya and make Sanya a wonderful place to appreciate the various cultures of China. For more information, visit the conference web page or email the secretariat at bmei2008@hainu.edu.cn From jtome at pharmakine.com Mon Nov 26 14:53:19 2007 From: jtome at pharmakine.com (jtome@pharmakine.com) Date: Mon Nov 26 17:11:10 2007 Subject: [rat-forum] =?utf-8?q?rat=C2=B4s_clones?= Message-ID: <4282.1196110399@pharmakine.com> Hello, I?m a biologist who work in a cancer research company, I usually work with human sequences, but now, I have to do a work for which I need the rat clones, and I?m absolutely desesperated because I?ve only found the clones if you know the name of the clone, but I want to introduce one rat?s gene name and after that to have all the clones from this gene or arond the gene. Is this possible, with human clones is easier. Could you help me, please? I look forward to hearing from you Jessica Tome Garcia ------------------------- Msg sent via @Mail - http://atmail.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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