Resources for Researchers

 

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Upcoming ALS-related Meetings

 

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Other Funding Opportunities

ALS Forum
http://www.researchALS.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/index.htm

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm

Translational Research at NINDS

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-157.html

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-158.html

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-159.html

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-160.html

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The Jackson Laboratory

http://www.jax.org/als/

Mouse models

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

Human tibial muscular dystrophy (TMD) and Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2J

MitoMouse (stock number 6614 (MitoC) or 6617 (MitoS)

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Services

Summary: http://jaxmice.jax.org/services/index.html

In vivo services: http://jaxmice.jax.org/services/phenotyping.html

Speed congenic: http://jaxmice.jax.org/services/speedcongenic.html

Research

Burgess, Robert W.  (Neurodevelopment, Synapse Formation)

Cox, Gregory  (Neuromuscular Diseases, ALS)

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Taconic

SOD1 Rat model
For information call (1-888-Taconic) or visit http://www.taconic.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1256

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  Antibodies

TDP43: http://ptglab.com/Products/TARDBP-Antibody-10782-2-AP.htm

FUS Monoclonal: http://ptglab.com/Products/FUS-Antibody-60160-1-Ig.htm

SOD1: http://ptglab.com/Products/SOD1-Antibody-10269-1-AP.htm

 

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ACES web site

The ALS Consortium of Epidemiologic Studies (ACES) web site implemented by Stanford University epidemiologist Lorene Nelson, Ph.D. is meant to facilitate collaboration. The site includes standardized questionnaires and methods of data collection to investigate what environmental and lifestyle risk factors might contribute to ALS.

http://aces.stanford.edu/ForRes.html

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ALS Repositories

NINDS ALS Repository
The NINDS ALS repository of DNA from ALS patients, with available data, can be accessed through the web site of the Coriell Institute for Medical Research (http://ccr.coriell.org/ninds/), with SNP data specifically at https://queue.coriell.org/Q/snp_index.asp.

Sample Repository Available to ALS Researchers
http://www.nealsconsortium.org/news.html

ALS and control fibroblasts
http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Search/Advanced_Search.aspx?PgId=175&ct=C&result=y&coll=ND

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ALSOD Database

Visit the online database for ALS/SOD1 genetic mutations at http://alsod.iop.kcl.ac.uk/.

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