WCMC / Cornell Resources/NYC Area Resources

Bioinformatics page - Dr. John Wagner, WCMC
Computational Genomics Core Facility - WCMC
DNA Sequencing Facility at the BioResource Center of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Institute for Computational Biomedicine - WCMC
Microarray - WCMC
Molecular Modeling - WCMC
AMDeC Bioinformatics Core Facility - Columbia Genome Center

Library Materials and Services

Computational Biology Books in Tri-Cat Online Catalog

Current Protocols:

• Cell Biology
• Human Genetics
• Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Neuroscience
• Protein Science
• See also the free site bioProtocol
PubMed Bookshelf - genetic analysis and molecular biology texts free on the web
Library Workshops:
• Molecular Biology Resources
• Advanced Molecular Biology Searching Tools
Library Contact-Information Services / Phone: (212) 746-6055 / FAX (212) 746-8364 / Email: infodesk@med.cornell.edu

Molecular Biology Databases & Tools

Annual Database Issue and Annual Web Server Issue - Nucleic Acids Research
Connectivity Map (cmap) (genome-wide transcriptional expression data from cultured human cells treated with bioactive small molecules) - Broad Institute
Human Genome Resources - National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Entrez Gene (curated sequence and descriptive information about genetic loci) - NCBI
NCBI Site Map - list of all NCBI resources
NCBI Tools for Data Mining
Gene Ontology - goal is to provide a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene product attributes in any organism
Clone and Gene Collections
• The I.M.A.G.E. Consortium - large public collection of genes
• NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository
• Cancer Genome Anatomy Project - Tissues (cDNA Libraries & SNPs)
• Mammalian Gene Collection - cDNA clones of expressed genes (human, mouse, rat and cow)

Structure Visualization Software

[** loaded on Library's Computer Lab machines]
Note: The Library staff does not provide technical support for this software

• Cn3D 3-D structure viewer **
  Cn3D is a visualization tool for biomolecular structures, sequences, and sequence alignments. Cn3D is typically run from a WWW browser as a helper application for NCBI's Entrez system, but it can also be used as a standalone application. Cn3D reads only ASN.1 data files from the MMDB database. Tutorial and help available.
• RasMol **
  RasMol is a molecular graphics program intended for the visualization of proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. The program is aimed at display, teaching and generation of publication quality images. RasMol (UNIX and Win32 versions) can read MMDB ASN.1 files- Introduction to RasMol
• Protein Explorer, a RasMol-derivative
  The Protein Explorer (PE) enables you to explore the 3D structure of any macromolecule. You can explore proteins, DNA, RNA, carbohydrates, and complexes, such as between transcriptional regulatory proteins and DNA, or enzymes and drugs. Tutorial for Protein Explorer
• MAGE / Official Kinemage Homepage
  A "kinemage" (kinetic image) is a scientific illustration presented as an interactive computer display. The kinemages are viewed and explored by using a simple graphics program called MAGE.
• Chime **
  Chime shows molecules like RasMol, but unlike RasMol, Chime shows molecules inside a web page. MolviZ.Org - Molecular Visualization Resources: http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/index.html. Chime support is available for registered (free) users on main Chime page.

Tutorials and Training Materials

• NCBI Education Page
• BLAST Information/Tutorial
• Cn3D Tutorial
• Entrez Help Document
  

Other Resource Collections

• BioResearcher Toolkit - University of Washington
• 123Genomics
  Hundreds of genomics-related bookmarks in categories: careers, courses, news, research labs, databases, scientific societies, protocol guides, microarrays, sequence databases & analysis, publications, and diseases & disorders.

Updated: October 31, 2007