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National Cancer Institute Imaging Data Commons Poster won a Certificate of Merit at RSNA19. This poster outlines the components and details of the Imaging Data Commons: it's place within the Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), the IDC, IDC Minimum Value Product, Guiding Principles for the Development, Standardization (DICOM), IDC vs. The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), the tentative implementation timeline, the Cloud Platform (Google Cloud), Image Visualization (OHIF), and Use Cases.

NCI CRDC Imaging Data Commons Team Wins Certificate of Merit Award for Educational Poster Exhibit at RSNA 2019

The NCI Cancer Research Data Commons’ (CRDC) Imaging Data Commons (IDC) team received a Certificate of Merit award for its educational poster exhibit at the 105th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

SC19 Winners of Best Paper for modeling cancer-causing protein interactions. Paper is titled: "Massively Parallel Infrastructure for Adaptive Multiscale Simulations: Modeling RAS Initiation Pathway for Cancer."

JDACS4C Pilot 2 Team Wins Best Paper at SC19

“Massively Parallel Infrastructure for Adaptive Multiscale Simulations: Modeling RAS Initiation Pathway for Cancer” was selected as best paper at SC19, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis.

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NCBI Biomedical Data Science Codeathon—Applications Due December 15

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), is pleased to announce a Biomedical Data Science Codeathon on January 8-10, 2020, at the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, PA.

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New CPTAC Imaging Data Released

A new batch of Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) histology imaging data has been released and is now publicly available on The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) CPTAC Pathology Portal.

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NCBI Single Cell in the Cloud Codeathon—Project Proposals Due December 2

The New York Genome Center is hosting a National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Single Cell in the Cloud codeathon from January 15 – 17, 2020.

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Comment on the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and Supplemental Draft Guidance

NIH is seeking public input on a trans-NIH data management and sharing policy proposal that further advances the Agency’s commitment to responsible data management and sharing.

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Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium Data Set Now Available in the Proteomic Data Commons

The NCI Proteomic Data Commons (PDC) just released the proteomic data set from the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC).

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The Center for Cancer Data Harmonization Kicks Off Efforts

The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Center for Cancer Data Harmonization (CCDH) is kicking off a 3 ½ year-effort to make the volumes of data arising from cancer research more accessible, organized, and powerful.

Brain Cancer Predictive Modeling and Biomarker Discovery Challenge

Brain Cancer Predictive Modeling and Biomarker Discovery Challenge Launches November 1

Clinical investigators at Georgetown University are seeking to advance precision medicine techniques for the prognosis and treatment of brain tumors through the identification of novel multi-omics biomarkers.

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Dr. Susan K. Gregurick Named Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces Dr. Susan K. Gregurick as Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS).

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