Biosciences Division

News

  • New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus

    Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

  • Audio Spot: New medicine therapeutics company is spinout from ORNL

    A Company, NellOne Therapeutics, has been formed through Battelle Ventures to research the potential for a new therapy that could help heart patients, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Cymbeline Culiat.

Research Tools

  • Genome Channel
    The Genome Channel is a series of interface tools for visualization and querying the reference human genome and other genomes assembled and annotated by ORNL and collaborators.
  • GrailEXP
    GrailEXP is a software package that predicts exons, genes, promoters, polyas, CpG islands, EST similarities, and repetitive elements within DNA sequence for the Computational Analysis of DNA Sequence.
  • Generation
    Generation is a software program that can train itself on microbial and model organisms and produce a set of data which can be used by GrailEXP v3.0 to recognize genes in these organisms.
  • Mutant Mouse Database
    A large collection of mouse stocks, most of which propagate mutations induced (over a period of several decades) by radiations or chemicals in various stages of male or female gametogenesis.
  • PROSPECT
    PROtein Structure Prediction and Evaluation Computer Toolkit is a threading-based protein structure prediction system.
  • Ecological Risk Analysis
    This site contains information and resources on a variety of topics related to the growing field of ecological risk analysis.
  • Radiation Risk Analysis
    The Center for Biokinetic and Dosimetric Research provides downloadable models, data files, computer codes, and help files that provide ready access to data of interest in the radiation protection of workers and members of the public.
  • Risk Assessment Information System
    The RAIS contains Risk Assessment Tools designed for use at all DOE sites that can be customized for site-specific conditions as well as information, guidance, and risk results applicable to the Oak Ridge Reservation.
  • Soil Screening Guidance for Chemicals
    The Soil Screening Guidance (SSG) presents a framework for developing risk-based, soil screening levels (SSLs) for protection of human health.
  • Soil Screening Guidance for Radionuclices
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed this Soil Screening Guidance for Radionuclides as a tool for screening at radioactively contaminated National Priorities List (NPL) sites.
  • PRGs for Radionuclides
    This guidance providea a PRG calculation tool to assist risk assessors, remedial project managers, and others involved with risk assessment and decision-making at CERCLA sites in developing PRGs.
  • Radionuclide ARAR Dose Compliance Concentrations (DCCs)
    The purpose of this database is to provide a DCC calculation tool to assist risk assessors, remedial project managers, and others involved with risk assessment and decision-making at CERCLA sites in developing DCCs.
  • Genetic Toxicology Database (GeneTox)
  • Environmental Mutagen Information Center (EMIC)
  • Environmental Teratology Information Center File (ETIC)
  • Environmental Carcinogen Information Center (ECIC) File B
  • GeneTox Carcinogen File (CARC)
  • Cell Transformation Information File