The Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center (VDRC) is a joint initiative of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP). The VDRC exploits and further develops the Drosophila transgenic RNAi library generated by the Dickson group, formerly at IMBA and now at the IMP. Its mission is to promote scientific discoveries based on the use of this technology. The in vivo RNAi approach allows researchers to systematically knock down individual Drosophila genes, using the GAL4/UAS system to target the RNAi to specific cells in the animal. With over 85% of the Drosophila genome covered, this promises to be a powerful method to assign functions to known and newly-annotated genes from the genome sequencing effort. ... [Information of the supplier]
The I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev is the oldest institution in Ukraine specialised in general zoology. At first a zoological Museum was founded in May 1919 and from this first step the Institute of Zoology originated. Institute of Zoology was officially founded in August 1, 1930. Zoologist Ivan Schmalhausen was the first director of the Institute. Institute is the editor of the journal "Vestnik Zoologii". ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Contributions to the The University of Minnesota Insect Collection (coden UMSP) began in 1879 with specimens of insects and spiders from the North Shore of Lake Superior. During the last 130 years, the Collection’s holdings have grown from a regional collection of 3,000 specimens to a major national and international resource of almost 3,600,000 specimens. Research projects associated with the Collection (Phylogenetic Studies, Revisionary and Monographic Studies, Interactive Keys, Faunistic and Biodiversity Studies) have broad taxonomic and geographic scope and includes taxonomic, phylogenetic, and applied questions. The University of Minnesota Insect Collection maintains three databases (UMSP Collection Management database, UMSP Trichoptera Biota database, The Trichoptera Literature Database (TLD) and contributes to the Tree of Life web project. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Marine Science Center was founded 2008 and is part of the Institute of bioscience at the University of Rostock. The research focus on sensoric orientations of seals (Pinnipedia) in there natural habitats and possible technical applications (bionics). An unique facility, located at the Baltic sea, serves this purpose. It consist of an huge outdoor enclosure and a modified passenger ship. Several projects examine sensoric abilities of the seals. Many offers are available for visitors. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
The 'Basic Atlas' provides the user with a hypertext tour guide to the basic structural elements of the Drosophila nervous system. It links schematic representations, serial sections through the entire brain, and Golgi impregnations of individual cells. When appropriate, these are also linked to enhancer-trap images and to other gene expression data. The Basic Atlas provides a usable overview of how the different parts of the nervous system are constructed and connected. It is intended that the Atlas links will provide a tour through the brain and its main structures. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
FlyBase is a database of genetic and molecular data for Drosophila. FlyBase includes data on all species from the family Drosophilidae. [Information of the supplier]
FlyMove is an internet resource to study the development of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, aimed at university students and teachers of developmental biology classes. It will provide you with a variety of images, movies and interactive Shockwaves, which will facilitate the understanding of complex developmental processes. Each of these media types is marked with a symbol. Images and Movies contain in vivo data as well as graphics and animation, allowing abstraction while keeping closely connected to the organism. Interactive Shockwaves allow to explore developmental processes at your own pace and level. Some virtual experiments are presented, too. ... [Information of the supplier]
Worldwide, the Stiletto Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea:Therevidae) have been poorly known and among the least understood of the flies (Order Diptera). Diptera are among the poorest known of the larger insect orders. Yet, this fascinating, medium-sized (>1,600 spp.) family of flies is critical to the sound functioning of arid and semiarid environments, including agroecosystems and forests in those zones. Individuals of this family have been infrequently collected because the adults are usually secretive, frequenting habitats rarely sampled by collectors. ... [Information of the supplier]
The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD) provides a comprehensive portal to knowledge about these dipterans as well as a framework to organize and integrate current and future data, information and knowledge. The linnaean system of names provides unique information keys within a hierarchical framework which can map our knowledge of life from a historical (phylogenetic) perspective. Unfortunately after some 250 years of research, there are now too many names, including identical names for different organisms and many different names for the same organism. More than 150,000 species of Diptera have been described under more than 200,000 names. The BDWD provides a nomenclator to find the single correct name for each dipteran. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
