CRDC Insights

The CRDC team, whether engaged in activities specific to the CRDC Data Commons, NCI Cloud Resources, or CRDC’s Core Services, remains focused on advancing its mission of making data and resources securely accessible to the cancer research community. The team has provided updates. 

The Proteomic Data Commons (PDC) has upgraded its portal with new features that make it easier for researchers to explore proteomic data and link it with other cancer research data types. This updated 2.0 version enhances navigation, adds more information for each study, and offers clearer connections to related study data in the CRDC’s Genomic Data Commons (GDC) and Imaging Data Commons (IDC), as well as the Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA).   

The Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) is committed to supporting the research community by making data from many NCI-funded programs accessible through CRDC’s various data commons, as well as through the NCI Cloud Resource, the Seven Bridges Cancer Genome Cloud (SB-CGC).

The NCI Office of Data Sharing (ODS) hosted its inaugural data jamboree on September 29 – 30, 2025, in conjunction with its 3rd Annual Symposium. Designed to promote data use and reuse, the event also fostered interdisciplinary collaboration to gain real-time feedback and suggestions on areas for improvement.

The Clinical Proteomics Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) held its Virtual Scientific Symposium in late September 2025. Researchers from across the consortium shared updates on recent and forthcoming studies, highlighted publicly available data resources, and demonstrated new analytical tools. The CPTAC program is managed by the Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research (OCCPR). CPTAC data are housed in the Proteomic Data Commons (PDC), one of CRDC’s data commons.