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Keep up with the latest news from Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC)
and the data science communities.
September 27, 2023

Event: December 4 – 8, 2023 The NCI will be holding a virtual Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) Data Jamboree focused on using HTAN atlas datasets within the HTAN Data Portal and through the Seven Bridges-Cancer Genomics Cloud, part of the CRDC.  The cancer research community is asked to participate by sharing novel approaches to analyzing and integrating HTAN data. Applications are being accepted through October 24, 2023. By participating in this event, resear....

September 27, 2023

The first annual NCI Office of Data Sharing Symposium will be held October 16 – 17, in person and virtually. This is open to the public and emphasizes making data accessible to the broad research community. Topics include: NCI programs that share multiple types of cancer research and care data data sharing topics that affect the cancer community tools for writing and assessing Data Management and Sharing plans accessing and utilizing data metrics and methodologies ....

September 27, 2023

The recently released Portable Format for Bioinformatics (PFB) from the Broad Institute's FireCloud is a new way to transfer data from the Proteomic Data Commons (PDC) to the FireCloud platform. With PFB, users can easily identify the data they need within the PDC by applying metadata filters, and then with a single click, the data will be transferred to FireCloud for analysis.  FireCloud is a cloud-based analytical platform – one of three NCI-funded cloud resources included in the CRD....

September 27, 2023

Two CRDC teams presented at the NCI Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) Annual Meeting in mid-September. Both presentations focused on supporting researchers who want to create or bring their own tools to CRDC platforms for tailored inquiries.    CRDC’s Erin Beck co-presented with Rowan Beck (no relation) from Seven Bridges Cancer Genomics Cloud (Sb-CGC), powered by Velsera, one of three NCI-funded cloud resources included in the CRDC. Together they demonstrated....

September 19, 2023

You can now access images from patients who participated in Children’s Oncology Group trials and get metadata and accompanying clinical data. The gene panel sequencing data is available through the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes.