Cancer Data Science Pulse

Find out what a previous fellow has to say about her experience with data science in an NCI fellowship, and how she applied what she learned to her cancer research career.

Mr. Steve Friedman of NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences’ Surveillance Research Program shares how his survivorship of testicular cancer impacted his decision to pursue the cancer data science field.

Common Data Elements (CDEs) are a key component of NCI’s semantics infrastructure. CDEs allow us to assign meaning to data in a way that’s predictable, consistent, and persistent across time. In this blog, CBIIT’s Ms. Denise Warzel and Dr. Gilberto Fragoso take a deep dive into CDEs and show how they help researchers define, map, and use data more efficiently.

CBIIT’s series on data visualizations continues with a look at visualizing genetic data in a three-dimensional (3D) format. Here, Dr. Michael Sierk, a contractor with Essential Software, Inc., and Dr. Daoud Meerzaman from CBIIT’s Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Branch show how they create visualizations in 3D using a new tool called 3DVizSNP.

How can data science support your cancer research? Explore this helpful quick start guide to find out! We’ll show you an overview of how data science enhances cancer research and how you can get started applying it to your work.

Did you ever wonder what goes into making data ready for analysis by researchers around the world? In this video blog, meet "Datum," a single speck of genomic data chronicling how NCI supports cancer research by bringing data to life.

We’re continuing our blog series on data visualizations with a look at circular heatmaps and biplots. This blog features images and tips from Drs. Arashdeep Singh and Sridhar Hannehalli of NCI’s Center for Cancer Research.

In this blog, we’re spotlighting how researchers can leverage FireCloud, one of NCI’s Cloud Resources, for accessing data, running analysis, and collaborating with others in the cancer research community.

Read the blogs that topped our charts in 2022 and see if your favorite made #1!

Learn more about new streamlined access to broad-use data sets within the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP).