One of the main objectives of the HBP is to create and operate six Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Platforms, which are the core of the emerging HBP research infrastructure for brain research. Starting 30 March 2016, the scientific community worldwide can begin exploring the initial versions of the six HBP ICT Platforms. The Platforms embody the key objectives of the HBP, to gather and disseminate data describing the brain, to simulate and build models of the brain, to develop brain-inspired computing and robotics, and to create a global scientific community around the developing research infrastructure. The Platforms consist of prototype hardware, software tools, databases, programming interfaces, and initial data-sets, which will be refined and expanded on an on-going basis in close collaboration with end-users. The development of the Platforms has been the result of an extensive multidisciplinary effort involving more than 750 scientific collaborators and engineers from 114 institutions in 24 countries. The Platforms are as follows: the Neuroinformatics Platform, the Brain Simulation Platform, the High Performance Analytics and Computing Platform, the Medical Informatics Platform, the Neuromorphic Computing Platform and the Neurorobotics Platform. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
We wholeheartedly welcome you to the 55th Annual Meeting of the GV-SOLAS and 17th IGTP training in Cologne. Aging research is a key focus area represented in Cologne with the Max Planck Institute and CECAD, the Cluster of Excellence of the University of Cologne. How can animals be used to investigate the causes of the aging process and to develop successful therapies to treat age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke or neurodegeneration? Such translational approaches regarding aging research will be a focus of the GV-Meeting 2017. Current developments in the field of targeted genetic modifications lead to expectations that the spectrum of genetically modified experimental animals with harmful phenotypes will increase and present the field of Laboratory Animal Science with new challenges. Initially limited to a few species, such genetic changes are now possible in a variety of organisms and can be performed quickly and with little expertise required. The conference will provide a platform for a lively exchange in this area. An integral part of our meeting in the form of seminars and workshops include classic laboratory animal issues such as veterinary medicine, nutrition, hygiene management, the application of the 3Rs principles, new developments and the practical implementation of the Protection of Animals Act and the General Administrative Directive for the Execution of the Protection of Animals Act, aspects of training and, not least, public relations. The always controversial debate about the the use of laboratory animals in research continues to have great social relevance. In this meeting, we want to provide insight in ways to support the acceptance of animal research using scientifically based justifications and logical, reasonable answers. I look forward to an exciting congress and to welcome you to the city of Cologne with its 2000 year history. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 11th International Biocuration Conference is a unique event for biocurators and developers of biological databases to discuss their work, promote collaborations, and foster a sense of community in this very active and growing area of research. This year abstracts are invited for topic areas as: Precision Medicine; Phenotypes, genotypes, and variants; Data Standards and Ontologies. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
We are very pleased to invite you on behalf of the Society for Animal Laboratory Science (GV -SOLAS), the Interest Group of Animal Technologists and Research Technicians (GV-IGTP) and the local Organizing the Committee, to the 58 Annual Meeting of the Society for Animal Laboratory Science and the 19 Advanced Training Course of the GV-IGTP, to be held in Würzburg from September 16th to 18th, 2020. The continuously increasing number of attendees at the meetings of the GV and IGPT show today’s importance of laboratory animal sciences. The implementation of animal welfare and the improvement of the housing conditions of laboratory animals is an important goal for researchers, animal facility managers and caretakers. Only the continuous development and introduction of new products enable us to keep moving in this direction. Therefore, we would like Appreciate to welcome you as exhibitor and sponsor to the meeting in Würzburg. The Congress Centrum Würzburg is located in the center of Würzburg and exclusively reserved for our meeting. ... [Information of the supplier]
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, es freut mich sehr, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass die diesjährige Jahrestagung "GV-SOLAS 2021" stattfinden wird. Eine Präsenztagung wird es leider dieses Jahr noch nicht werden, dafür ist die Gesamtsituation noch zu ungewiss. Diese Unsicherheit verbunden mit einem erheblichen finanziellen Risiko haben uns dazu bewogen, die 59. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der GV-SOLAS und die 20. Fortbildungsveranstaltung der IGTP vom 22. bis 24. September 2021 als Online Meeting zu präsentieren. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
Die 60. Wissenschaftliche Tagung der Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde GV-SOLAS und 21. Fortbildungsveranstaltung der IGTP finden vom 6.-8. September 2023 in Mainz statt. [Redaktion vifabio]
uBio is an initiative within the science library community to join international efforts to create and utilize a comprehensive and collaborative catalog of names of all living (and once-living) organisms. The Taxonomic Name Server (TNS) catalogs names and classifications to enable tools that can help users find information on living things using any of the names that may be related to an organism. (...) uBio provides access to the Taxonomic Name Service via SOAP. SOAP allows users to access uBio data as if it were a local resource. For example, a library may have a database of fish pictures it serves. Users may query by name to find pictures. The developer of this system could use NameBank to access additional names that can be used to ensure than name queries find the pictures even if the name wasn't originally attached to the picture. ... [Information of the supplier]
GEMET, the GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus, has been developed as an indexing, retrieval and control tool for the European Topic Centre on Catalogue of Data Sources (ETC/CDS) and the European Environment Agency (EEA), Copenhagen. The work has been carried out through a contract between the EEA and the ETC/CDS which is led by the Ministry of the Environment of Lower Saxony, includes members of Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden and benefits of the collaboration of other member countries of the European Union (EU), as well as of UNEP Infoterra. The basic idea for the development of GEMET was to use the best of the presently available excellent multilingual thesauri, in order to save time, energy and funds. GEMET was conceived as a "general" thesaurus, aimed to define a common general language, a core of general terminology for the environment. Specific thesauri and descriptor systems (e.g. on Nature Conservation, on Wastes, on Energy, etc.) have been excluded from the first step of development of the thesaurus and have been taken into account only for their structure and upper level terminology. The resulting 6.562 terms have been arranged in a classification scheme made of 3 super-groups, 30 groups plus 5 accessory, instrumental groups. Each descriptor has been arranged in a hierarchical structure headed by a Top Term. The level of poly-hierarchy, i.e. the allocation of a descriptor to more than one group, has been kept to a minimum. Further, to allow a thematic retrieval of terms thematically related but scattered in different groups, a set of 40 themes have been agreed upon with the EEA and each descriptor has been assigned to as many themes as necessary. Thus, the user can access the thesaurus through the group-hierarchical list, through the thematic list or through the alphabetical list. GEMET follows the ISO norms on monolingual and multilingual thesauri. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Semantic Network Service (SNS) of the Federal Environment Agency provides support for all questions concerning environmental terms including the common place names. SNS contains a bi-lingual (German/English) semantic network which consists of three components.: (1) the Environmental Thesaurus UmThes® with its 33,759 inter-networked terms. UmThes® also is the German source of the European GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) (19 languages); (2) the Geo-Thesaurus-Environment (GTU) with 18,931 geographic names and the spatial intersections of all these places; (3) an Environmental Chronology of current or historical events that affected the environment. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 1994 CBE (Council of Biology Editors) manual, Scientific Style and Format, describes two systems of documentation, the citation-sequence system and the name-year system. This handout provides guidelines for each system. (For a class paper, check to see if your instructor prefers one of these systems or another. For a journal article, check the journal's instructions to authors to find out which system to use.) The CBE manual specifies that journal titles should be abbreviated, and it provides rules for abbreviation and a list of standard abbreviations of words commonly used in titles. Although this handout focuses on documentation style, you should be aware that the manual also contains information on many other aspects of scientific style, from prose style to handling of numbers, tables and figures, and conventions in a variety of scientific areas. ... [Information of the supplier]