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Keep up with the latest news from the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) and the data science communities.

This joint NCI and ARPA-H Biomedical Data Fabric Toolbox effort will focus on developing solutions that take data science innovation in the biomedical research community to a new level. Researchers can use simple dashboards to explore data, conduct analyses, and share data across disciplines.

Read the editorial review of a paper outlining the progress and future goals of the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative!

The Cancer Data Service (CDS) Portal is now live. This brings cancer researchers expanded capacity and flexibility when using the NCI data ecosystem.

NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) requests information from labs capable of conducting molecular profiling using specimens from pediatric and young adult patients. If you’re interested, review the Request for Information and submit your feedback by July 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative has a new online Hub. If you’re a researcher, doctor, or citizen scientist, you now have quick-and-easy access to a rapidly growing inventory of data, tools, and resources on childhood cancer data.

Do you work in the health technology field? The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology wants your input on a new rule related to electronic health data.

Planning your itinerary for this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting? Want to make sure you catch the NCI-affiliated data science activities? We’ve put together a helpful reference page for you!

NIH wants to hear from you about the NIH Public Access Plan, which shows how to accelerate access to federally supported scientific data and research.

Support the maintenance and enhancements of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) Assay Portal, including the assay characterization data within it, through a new contract opportunity. Your proposal is due March 28, 2023.

Working with cancer data? NCI’s Office of Data Sharing invites you to give feedback on the processes you use to manage and share data.