Cancer Data Science Pulse

The Cancer Data Science Pulse blog provides insights on trends, policies, initiatives, and innovation in the data science and cancer research communities from professionals dedicated to building a national cancer data ecosystem that enables new discoveries and reduces the burden of cancer.

Multiple icons that represent working flow of NCI's Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC). The CRDC provides biomedical researchers, tool developers, and data scientists with access to data from NCI programs through the Genomic Data Commons, NCI Cloud Resources, and Proteomics Data Commons. The CRDC allows users to analyze, share, and store results, and is growing to include a wider range of data, including proteomics, imaging, and canine.

Proteomic Data Commons (PDC)—A Resource for Probing Today’s Cancer Questions

NCI’s Dr. Erika Kim and Dr. Chris Kinsinger discuss how the Proteomic Data Commons (PDC) aids cancer researchers in accessing and analyzing proteomic data. The PDC is an integral part of NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) as it gives researchers access to three types of proteomic data: mass spectra, identified peptides, and protein reports, as well as clinical, biospecimen, and other metadata. The PDC is available for queries and analysis of publicly accessible datasets.

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A Unique Opportunity, a Profound Responsibility

CBIIT Director, Tony Kerlavage, discusses his role, CBIIT’s responsibilities and opportunities within the realm of cancer research, and his vision for expanding informatics, IT, collaboration, and data sharing to find treatments, improve outcomes, and make the lives of cancer patients and their families better.

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Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Program Drives and Fosters Community of Cancer Informatics Researchers: An *AMARETTO Tool Success Story

Dr. Nathalie Pochet highlights the Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Program and the support it provides for informatics tools development, including the *AMARETTO framework that is being leveraged to identify novel mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis.

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Funding Opportunity for New NCI Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Program Education Resource

NCI funding opportunity announcement for an Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) Education Resource. The ITCR Education Resource will be a new, overarching component of the ITCR program, with the overall mission to conduct activities that engage the research and informatics community to use and extend the ITCR technologies.

The NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) provides biomedical researchers, tool developers, and data scientists with access to data from NCI programs through the Genomic Data Commons, NCI Cloud Resources, and Proteomics Data Commons. The CRDC allows users to analyze, share, and store results, and is growing to include a wider range of data, including proteomics, imaging, and canine.

Award of the Imaging Data Commons: Bringing Multi-modal Imaging Data to the Cancer Research Community

The Imaging Data Commons (IDC) has been awarded to a consortium led by investigators from the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The IDC will house multi-modal imaging data and make them available for use by the broader cancer research community.

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Summer Reads from the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology

Staff from the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) provide scientific and business-related reading recommendations they have found to be inspiring or useful throughout their careers.

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It Takes the Community To Enhance Childhood Cancer Data Sharing

Just as numerous role models can shape, foster, and guide a child into adulthood, so can the various stakeholders within the broader cancer research community play a pivotal role in the success of data sharing efforts. Your input is critical as NCI seeks to make the most of the federal investment to collect, analyze, and share data to address the burden of cancer in children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Dr. Tony Kerlavage Named Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology

NCI Acting Director Dr. Doug Lowy welcomes Dr. Tony Kerlavage as the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology Director.

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