Introduction to the Trinity Cancer Transcriptome Analysis Toolkit

05 Feb 2015 | Contributor(s): Brian Haas, Aviv Regev, Bill Barnett

This short video provides an overview of our ITCR-funded effort to leverage RNA-Seq and de novo transcriptome assembly to assist researchers in studying cancer transcriptomes.  Visit our NCGAS Trinity/Galaxy portal to access these compute...

Jaqpot - An open-source web platform for creating, using, testing and sharing predictive models in nano-informatics

20 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s): Haralambos Sarimveis

Nano WG June 20, 2019Computational models that predict physicochemical properties, biokinetics or adverse biological effects of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) are becoming increasingly important to support risk assessment and safety-by-design. This is primarily due to cost-saving and...

Multiclass cancer diagnosis using tumor gene expression signatures

10 Nov 2014

Experiment Description:    The optimal treatment of patients with cancer depends on establishing accurate diagnoses by using a complex combination of clinical and histopathological data. In some instances, this task is difficult or impossible because of atypical clinical...

NANOANALYTICS OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES – Standards for isolation, characterization and reporting

26 May 2017 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Shivani Sharma

Nano WG presentation on May 25, 2017. Presentation by Dr.  Shivani Sharma, Associate Director of the Nano Pico Characterization Lab, UCLA. Nanoscale characterization of exosomes and their use disease biomarkers and drug delivery agents

NanoInformatics Knowledge Commons Curation Team: Building the Data Dictionary to Enrich Data Curation

11 Jul 2018 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Jaleesia Amos, Yuan Tian, Mervi Heiskanen

Nano WG Presentation, May 31st, 2018 Organized storing of data using informed-decision making to determine what information should be curated, when data curation is complete, and how to identify high-quality data. Purpose of NIKC structure & curation process: tell the story of...

NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, and caNanoLab: A Data Repository for Cancer Nanomedicines

27 Nov 2018 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Luisa Russell, Mervi Heiskanen

Nano WG presentation November15, 2018 NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer –Structure–Achievements–Scientific FocuscaNanoLab–Intro to Platform–Data Curation–User Statistics–Future Directions

Overview on HUBzero - Building Scientific Communities Online

03 Sep 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This is a white paper/publication on the HUB and how one can build online communities using the HUBzero platform. See the tab on supporting documents for a video presentation.

Overview: The HUBzero Platform for Scientific Collaboration

18 Dec 2013 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

This web site was created using a collaborative infrastructure called HUBzero, developed by Purdue University. HUBzero is the basis of nanoHUB.org and more than 50 other sites covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, including bio-fuels, microelectromechanical systems, cancer research,...

Patient Stories

30 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Diane Townsel

Beaumont’s Patient videos: is the story of five patients that have participated in clinical research or have been a part of a bio-specimen study. The videos tell the unique stories of our patients and how our Cancer Clinical Trials staff build relationships with our patients and guide them...

Por Nuestras Hijas/For Our Daughters HPV Program

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Maria E. Fernandez

The Por Nuestras Hijas/For Our Daughters HPV program is an interactive, culturally appropriate HPV education program which includes a print fotonovela and a tailored interactive multimedia intervention (TIMI). The TIMI runs on iPads and also available on the web and mobile platforms. The program...

Summary of the 2015 Epigenetic Engineering for Cancer Workshops

22 Dec 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): Tony Dickherber

This document provides a general summary of the 2 virtual workshops held in Fall of 2015 to explore the suitability of epigenetic engineering tools to specifically modify epigenetic loci to study and/or treat cancer.

Text Messaging and Phone Calls as Tools to Promote Healthy Behaviors among Hispanic Populations

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Laura Leticia Nervi, Barbara Damron, Maria Otero, Andrew Sussman, Dolores Guest

Title: Text Messaging and Phone Calls as Tools to Promote Healthy Behaviors among Hispanic Populations   Objectives: The primary aim of this project was to evaluate the use of text messaging and phone calls to motivate Hispanic adult males and females to increase their daily physical...

Text Messaging as a Method to Increase Oral Chemotherapy Adherence in Hispanic Cancer Populations

23 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Laura Leticia Nervi, Barbara Damron, Andrew Sussman, Dolores Guest

Title: Text Messaging as a Method to Increase Oral Chemotherapy Adherence in Hispanic Cancer Populations:  Patient and Provider Feasibility Surveys Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of conducting an interventional study to evaluate the effectiveness of text...

The Boston Medical Center Patient Navigation Toolkit

22 Dec 2015 | Downloads

The BMC Toolkit offers case studies, tools and resources from cancer care navigation that can be applied to reduce the impact of the target disease, health disparities, and barriers to care unique to your own community. For Program Planners, Volume 1: Developing your Patient Navigation...

The history of chemical information and the materials of the future

25 Apr 2019 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Evan Hepler-Smith

Techniques, technologies, cultures, and infrastructures of information management played a central role in the development of the modern chemical sciences and the global chemicals industry since the late 19th century. Chemical databases and analytical techniques that privileged abstract,...

Transitioning to Predictive Analysis for Nanoparticle Biocorona Studies

14 May 2019 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Korin Wheeler

Nano WG April 18, 2019: Proteins adsorbed to nanomaterials in a biological environment mediate cellular recognition, uptake, and toxicity of nanomaterials. Here, Dr. Korin Wheeler presents the development of experimental methods to characterize this population of proteins (also...

Understanding Colorectal Cancer to Protect our Communities

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): NCI

This is a teaching material originally developed by NCI. 

Workshop Tweets

15 Aug 2017 | Publications | Contributor(s): Stephanie Morris

Collated tweets from workshop and networking reception.