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Haematopoiesis Immunodeficiency Immunotherapy Infection and immunity Innate immunity Signalling Tumour immunology Vaccines

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General reference

• Molecular Immunology

  Daniele Focosi's site with useful background information about human immunogenetics and immunology, and useful links to other basic immunology resources.

• Virtual Library: Biosciences

• Cognitive and Psychological Sciences on the Internet

  An index to Internet resources relevant to research in cognitive science and psychology.

• CD Information

  CD nomenclature explained, as well as information on expression patterns and functions.

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Databases

• Gene Knockout Database

  A gene knockout database including many knockout mice lacking expression of genes involved in lymphocyte signalling.

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

  A useful catalogue of human genes and genetic disorders, including information and references, and links to Pubmed, sequence records in Entrez Nucleotide and additional related resources at NCBI and elsewhere.

• National Center for Biotechnology Information

  The NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analysing genome data, and is a good port-of-call for teachers and researchers alike. Try LocusLink, an interface for searching the sequence and structure databases.

• TIGR Microbial Database

  A detailed status list of published and in-progress microbial genome projects.

• IMGT/MHC-HLA and IMGT/MHC-NHP

  The HLA database (ANRI) and non-human primate MHC database (BPRC) at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI).

• IMGT, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®

  An integrated information system specializing in immunoglobulins, T-cell receptors and the MHC of human and other vertebrate species, created in 1989 (Université Montpellier II, CNRS).

• The Human Gene Mutation Database at the Institute of Medical Genetics in Cardiff

  This database aims to collate all of the published gene lesions that are responsible for human inherited diseases.

• MGI (Mouse Genome Informatics)

  Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) provides integrated access to data on the genetics, genomics and biology of the laboratory mouse.

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Conferences and courses

• Gordon Research Conferences

• Keystone Symposia

• FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences

• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Meetings and Courses

• EURESCO Conferences

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Societies

• American Association of Immunologists

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

• American Society of Gene Therapy

• Australasian Society for Immunology

• British Society for Immunology

• Cell Death Society

• European Federation of Immunological Societies

• European Society of Gene Therapy

• Federation of African Immunological Societies

• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

• Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies

• Immune Deficiency Foundation

• Infectious Diseases Society of America

• The International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research

• The International Society of Neuroimmunology

• The International Union of Immunological Societies

• The Society for Mucosal Immunology

• The Society for Leukocyte Biology

• Transplantation Society

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Technology and techniques

• Protocol Online

  A collection of molecular and cell-biology techniques from named labs. Includes a forum where scientists can share techniques, tools and tips.

• Biocompare

  Biocompare's web site aims to provide 'objective product information to the life science community'. The site is divided into useful sections on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunochemicals, which includes an antibody searching facility, and many others. News and New Technologies are included also.

• BioVisa

  A collection of subject-categorized protocols and a Forum area to discuss these with researchers who share similar interests.

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Allergy and asthma

• The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN)

  This site provides information about food allergy and anaphylaxis, and aims to raise public awareness of the issues surrounding these responses.

• Food Allergy Research and Resource Program

  Includes the FARRP Allergen database, as well as information about food allergies and allergen research.

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  Includes latest news and reviews about research in allergy and infectious disease.

• Health on the Net allergy glossary

  A useful glossary of common allergens/allergies and the immune cells involved in these processes, as well as medical terminology used to describe allergies.

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Antibodies

• Mike's Immunoglobulins

  Mike Clark’s homepage with details of immunoglobulin structure and function.

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Antigen processing and presentation

• Antigen Presentation

  Excellent notes on antigen presentation in John Kimball’s online biology textbook.

• PAProC

  Prediction Algorithm for Proteasomal Cleavages. A theoretical proteasome, developed at the University of Tübingen, Germany, which predicts where your protein will be cleaved.

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Apoptosis

• Kimballs Apoptosis Pages

  Notes on apoptosis in John Kimball’s online biology textbook.

• Apoptosis regulators

  Naohiro Inohara's site containing helpful information about proteins that are involved in the regulation of apoptosis, as well as other useful apoptosis-related links.

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Autoimmunity

• The Pathguy

  Teaching resources and links to other pathology web sites.

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Cells of the immune system

Thymocytes

• T-Cell Development

  Movies covering numerous aspects of lymphocyte development.

Macrophages

• The Macrophage Homepage

  The macrophage homepage from Siamon Gordon’s group in Oxford. Includes an introduction to macrophages.

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Cytokines, chemokines and receptors

• Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopedia (COPE)

  Horst Ibelgauft’s classic resource for cytokine enthusiasts. Contains an extensive glossary of terms, with references.

Haematopoiesis

• The Stem Cell Database

  This is the result of a collaborative effort to obtain a molecular definition of the human haematopoietic stem cell. The database is searchable and contains several thousand stem-cell-specific genes.

• The NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry

Immunodeficiency

• The Immune Deficiency Foundation

• Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Web Site

  An excellent site with links to numerous sites with details about the different forms of SCID and PID.

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Immunotherapy

• The Immune Tolerance Network

  A collaborative effort to develop and assess clinical strategies and biological assays for inducing, maintaining and monitoring tolerance in humans for transplantation, autoimmune diseases, and allergy and asthma. News on clinical trials.

• The Therapeutic Immunology Group

  Information from the Therapeutic Immunology Group at Oxford University.

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Infection and immunity

• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

  Includes a lot of information on infectious diseases, including meningococcal and pneumococcal disease, conference lists and many informative fact-sheets.

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  An excellent source of information about infectious diseases and global health issues.

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

  Includes latest news and reviews about research in allergy and infectious disease.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Malaria

• WHO Malaria Web Site

• Malaria: An Online Resource

  An excellent site with information about malaria diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment and history.

• Plasmodium Genome Resource

  The database of the Plasmodium falciparum Genome Project.

Tuberculosis

• WHO Tuberculosis: Prevention and Control

  Tuberculosis pages from the World Health Organization.

• The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development

  For information about tuberculosis, why new drugs for this disease are needed, and the scientific and economic challenges ahead.

HIV

• HIV InSite

  Named the Gateway to AIDS Knowledge, includes medical literature, information about treatment and prevention, as well as links.

• HIV Molecular Immunology Database

  Site contains an annotated, searchable collection of HIV-1 cytotoxic and helper T-cell epitopes and antibody-binding sites.

• Johns Hopkins AIDS Service Page

  An excellent site for HIV-related information.

• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

  This site includes information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and why the world needs an AIDS vaccine. Details of current vaccine trials are provided and outstanding challenges are discussed.

• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

  For all of the latest news about HIV/AIDS.

Viruses and the immune system

• All the virology on the WWW

  Aims to be the 'best single site for virology information on the internet.

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Innate immunity

• Complement Genetics Homepage

  A good place to start for those interested in the complement system.

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Signalling

• Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND)

  The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute's project to map molecular interactions, with an emphasis on protein-protein interactions in signalling complexes. Search on the basis of interaction, molecular complex or signalling pathway. Tony Pawson's lab also has a useful list of signalling domains.

• Biocarta

  Signalling-pathway maps with extensive database links.

• The Protein Kinase Resource

  Lots of information about kinases.

• Alliance for Cellular Signaling

  The AfCS–Nature Signaling Gateway is a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute resource for anyone interested in signal transduction. Its 'Molecule pages’' provide key facts on more than 3,700 proteins involved in signalling.

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Tumour immunology

• Nature Cancer Update

  A 'one-stop resource for cancer news' from the Nature Publishing Group, including research news for specialists and non-specialists, and cancer-related business, funding and policy-related news, as well as Review articles from Nature Reviews Cancer.

• National Cancer Institute

  A cancer web site with information on topics such as the genetics, treatment and clinical trials for various cancers.

• The Cancer Research Institute

  An illustrated introduction to cancer and immunotherapy.

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Vaccines

• The Vaccine Page

  Includes vaccine news, database information and numerous links..

• DNA Vaccine Web

  The latest news in DNA vaccination and relevant links.

• MMR The Facts

  This website produced by the National Health Service gives information about news stories and scientific research about the safety of the MMR vaccine.

• WHO Vaccine Pages

  The World Health Organization pages on vaccines and immunization. They contain relevant information on research and development, and vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as epidemiological and statistical information.

• Vaccine Education Center

  This website from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia aims to provide complete, up-to-date and reliable information about childhood vaccines, and the diseases they prevent, to parents and healthcare professionals.

• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)

  Includes useful disease information, press releases, a quarterly newsletter and information about GAVI and its aims.

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