Scientific Resources
UMass Resources
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Literature Database A searchable database of over 1500 citations for research articles that feature human embryonic stem cell lines;that are currently listed in this registry.
Stem Cell Networks and Societies
New England Stem Cell Consortium NESCC was founded in January of 2009 with the goal of fostering information exchange between individual research laboratories (including principal investigators, postdocs and graduate students) as well as stem cell centers, universities and companies in the region via meetings and symposia. The consortium is also committed to the promotion of stem cell research in the community through outreach and education.
International Society for Stem Cell Research ISSCR is an independent, nonprofit organization established to promote and foster the exchange and dissemination of information and ideas relating to stem cells, to encourage the general field of research involving stem cells and to promote professional and public education in all areas of stem cell research.
Interstate Alliance for Stem Cell Research IASCR is a voluntary body whose mission is to advance stem cell research (human embryonic, adult, and other) by fostering effective interstate collaboration, by assisting states in developing research programs, and by promoting efficient and responsible use of public funds.
International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks A network of national stem cell research organizations funded by government with mandates to promote collaboration and training, conduct outreach, and facilitate economic development in the stem cell space.
Human Stem Cell Banks
United States
ATCC Stem Cell Center The BG01V human embryonic cell line is available, with information on cell characteristics, culturing protocol and 1 reference.
Children's Hospital (Boston) The hESC Core Facility functions as a centralized source for the collection, expansion, analysis and banking of human ES cell lines.
Harvard Stem Cell Institute iPS Core Facility This core facility is dedicated to the derivation and distribution of disease-specific iPS cell lines.
Wisconsin Stem Cell Bank The WISC Bank at WiCell Research Institute provides human embryonic stem cell lines previously distributed by the National Stem Cell Bank. WISC bank distributes 20 research grade and 2 clinical grade hESC lines as well as 10 iPS cell lines.
UCSD Stem Cell Facility The UCSD Human Stem Cell Core Facility banks 8 hESC lines.
UConn Stem Cell Core The University of Connecticut Health Center Stem Cell Core facility banks 12 hESC lines and 6 iPS cell lines.
Massachusetts Human Stem Cell Bank The Massachusetts Human Stem Cell Bank provides the biomedical research community with expertly maintained human ES (hES) and reprogrammed (iPS) cell lines to facilitate studies into the properties and potential therapeutic applications of pluripotent stem cells. The Bank cultures, characterizes and distributes quality controlled hES and iPS cell lines derived in Massachusetts and beyond.
International
Stem Cell Bank of Barcelona The bank currently has 5 cell lines (ES[2-6]) available, with a gallery of images and information on derivation process and cell characteristics.
UK Stem Cell Bank There are 15 cell lines developed in th UK currently available with approximately 20 new lines due for release.
Singapore Stem Cell Bank This new bank is preparing to distribute 4 research grade cell lines originally developed by ES Cell International as clinical grade hESC lines ( Crook et al, 2007 ).
Human Stem Cell Registries
United States
National Institutes of Health NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry lists human embryonic stem cell lines that are approved for federal funding.
The Stem Cell Community Registry is a searchable database of 260 cell lines. Information on each cell line includes karyotype, gender, feeder cells, pluripotency and antibody markers.
International
European human ES Cell Registry The European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry (hESCreg) launched in January, 2008. This continually expanding registry collects data from project teams and hESC line providers and currently lists over 600 cell lines.
International Stem Cell Characterization Initiative Worldwide effort to characterize 58 human ES cell lines in 18 laboratories from 10 countries. Each cell line in the registry is searchable by name and laboratory that analyzed it.
Transcriptome Repositories
Amazonia! is a free online database that allows an easy query of public human transcriptome data by keyword in thematic pages and with list annotations. Thematic pages include a gene expression atlas of human embryonic stem cells.
ArrayExpress The European Bioinformatics Institute provides this public repository for microarray data, which is aimed at storing MIAME-compliant data in accordance with MGED recommendations. Public data in ArrayExpress are searchable by keyword, gene, experiment properties, submitter, species, etc.
GEO Gene Expression Omnibus is an NCBI curated repository for gene expression/molecular data that are MIAME compliant . Data can be browsed or searched by keyword, datasets, gene profiles, etc.