Resources & Community

Badger R User Group (BRUG)

Badger Biodata works closely alongside BRUG to share resources and collaborate. One of the responsibilities of Badger Biodata is to participate in BRUG’s meetings and contributing to BRUG’s website.

Available Databases

NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus

Database of transciptomic datasets. These datasets explore gene expression for varying conditions and diseases. Great for comparing genes and finding what is driving diseases.

IPUMS USA

IPUMS is the world’s largest database for census and survey data. Much of the data can be used to analyze social and economic change.

Environmental Data Initiative

The EDI Data Portal holds ecological data packages. It was jointly created by the University of Wisconsin and the University of New Mexico. Although it has data from all over the globe, it is a great place to find ecological data for Wisconsin.

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

Has ecoclimatic and organismal sampling data from the Midwest and Great Lakes region.