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New Publication Available: Value of Collaboration Among Multidomain Experts in Analysis of High-throughput Genomics Data

Dr. Daoud Meerzaman of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) and Dr. Barbara Dunn of NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention recently published an article, Value of Collaboration Among Multidomain Experts in Analysis of High-throughput Genomics Data, in the Cancer Research Journal.

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Data Scientists: Apply for the NCI R50 Research Specialist Award by October 18

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) R50 Research Specialist Award encourages the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists who want to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded cancer research program, but not serve as independent investigators. 

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Multiple Myeloma Data Released in the NCI Genomic Data Commons

Genomic and clinical data collected for nearly 1,000 cases of multiple myeloma by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) over eight years is now being shared with the cancer research community through the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Genomic Data Commons.

The functionality of the cancer data aggregator can be described as this: a user is currently on a data portal or application (for example one of the NCI Cloud resources from the Broad Institute, ISB, or Seven Bridges Genomics). That application will connect to the Cancer Data Aggregator through an API that allows users to query parameters for data sets. The aggregator then queries across the Cancer Research Data Commons (which will be secured by Auth/AuthZ authentication), NCI Data Coordinating Centers, an

Submit a Proposal to Build the Cancer Data Aggregator (CDA) by August 22

Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research is requesting proposals to develop a query engine called the Cancer Data Aggregator (CDA).

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NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative Invites Responses and Ideas to Enhance Data Sharing

Calling patients, parents, researchers, clinicians, advocates, data scientists, engineers, and developers! The NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative invites you and anyone with a bold idea to submit ideas to enhance data sharing for progress against childhood cancer by August 9th, 2019.

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Dr. Vivian Ota Wang of the National Cancer Institute's Office of Data Sharing Recognized as Change Agent for Sexual and Gender Minority Community

The National Institutes of Health Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion define change agents as visionaries and cultivators who act as a catalyst for change. Dr. Vivian Ota Wang of the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Data Sharing (ODS) has been recognized as a change agent for the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) community and named a 2019 Ally Leader Awardee.

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Dr. Tony Kerlavage Named Director of NCI’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announces Dr. Tony Kerlavage as Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT). 

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NCI Invites Abstracts for Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Symposium

NCI invites submission of abstracts to be considered for poster presentations at the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Symposium, July 29–31 in Washington, D.C.

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New Name and Home for Cancer Data Science Blog and Seminar Series

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) is excited to introduce two new features to the datascience.cancer.gov website.

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