Resources

Cores

• USC Norris Bioreagent and Cell Culture Core
• USC Biostatistics Epidemiology and Research Design
  • Biostatistics Core Services 
  • USC Norris Medical Library Bioinformatics 
• USC Cores Service Reservation (USCCORES@usc.edu or call 213-821-8163)
• USC DAR Billing
• USC DNI fMRI
• USC Translational Imaging Center (TIC)
• USC Genome & Cytometry Core
• USC Molecular Genomic Core
• UCLA ​Technology Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics (TCGB)

USC

• Learning and professional development
• Faculty Handbook
• Faculty Resources
• Post-docs
• Graduate
• Undergraduates
• Student employees
• Employee
• Center for Excellence in Research  
• Center for Excellence in Teaching
• Center for Work and Family Life
• Research Procedures
• Guide to Research at USC
• Training for Conducting Research
• Guide to Clinical Research at USC
• Funding Databases
  • Dimensions
  • Grant Forward

• Internal Funding Programs
• External Funding Program Guides

Training

• Lab Safety (follow link to see detail)
  • Safety Training Matrix for Research Personnel
  • GLS, General Laboratory Safety
  • BBP, Bloodborne Pathogens
  • OHS, Occupational Health and Safety Program
  • Animal Exposure Program
    • Animal Exposure Risk Assessment (ARA) – Required​
    • Animal Exposure Patient Registration and Release form – Required 
• Animal Care and Use training (DAR)
• Animal Care and Use Procedures (NIH)

Human Subject Research

• USC OPRS – Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
• ​USC OPRS – Clinical Trial Start-up Guide
• USC Human Subjects Policies and Procedures
• Clinical Trials at USC
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• FDA Good Clinical Practice/Clinical Trials Guidance

Clinical Research Training

• Human Subject Research (OPRS, USC)
• Biomedical Human Subject Training
• Social-behavioral Human Subject Training
• GCP, Good Clinical Practice (OPRS, USC)
• HIPAA Privacy Education Program (OOC, USC)
• COI, Conflict of Interest (OOC, USC)
• diSClose

Clinical Trial Tools

• Consort
• NCI, CCR, Clinical Research Operations
• NIA, Clinical Research Study Investigator’s Toolbox

Clinical References

• Mayo Clinic – Diseases and Conditions
• PubMed Health – Diseases and Conditions
• Merck Manuals
• CRL – Clinical Lab Reference
• Lab Manual for UCSF Clinical Laboratories
• Quest Diagnostics – Test Center
• ARUP Laboratories – Lab Test Directory
• NIH Drug Information Portal​

Bioinformatics

• EMBL-EBI, Clustal Omega
• NCBI Tools for Data Mining
• KEGG PATHWAY Database
• Pathguide
• Human Genome
• Stanford Genomic Resources
• The Human Protein Atlas​
• Basepair | NGS Analysis Simplified
• CRAB, Cancer Research and Biostatistics

Database and Repositories

​Aging

• Aging Genes and Interventions Database
• Human Ageing Genomic Resources
• Lifespan Observations Database​
• NIA Population Studies Database
• Maelstrom Research​

BioReagents

• Antibody Resource
• Antibody Services – Abmart
• ATCC
  • Cell Lines By Genetic Mutation

• DNA Oligos
• IRR, International Reagent Resource (CDC, ATCC)
• BEI Resources for Infectious diseases (NIAID, ATCC)
• The Merck Index​

Stem Cells

• NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry
• NIH Stem Cell Information
• ISSCR, The International Society for Stem Cell Research​​

Mouse

• MGI – Mouse Genome Informatics
• International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR
• UC Davis Knock-Out Mouse Project (KOMP)
• The Jackson Laboratory
• Charles river
• NIA Aged Rodent Colonies Handbook
• NIA Aged Rodent Tissue Bank Handbook
• Guide to the Necropsy of the Mouse
• Pathbase – European Mutant Mouse Pathology Database
• Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB) Database

FlyBase

WormBase

NIH

• eRA Commons
• NCBI Pubmed PubMed Central 
• NLM, TOXNET
• NIH Office of Science Policy, OSP​
• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts
  • Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
• NIH Changes Grant Application Form (after January 25, 2018)
  • Preview of NIH FORMS-E
  • Revisions to the Common Rule