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Overview of the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons, Genomic Data Commons (GDC), and NCI Cloud Resources
07 Jun 2018 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Tanja Davidsen, Mervi Heiskanen
Nano WG presentation, June 7, 2018 by Tanja Davidsen, NCI CBIIT The Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) and NCI Cloud Resources overview.
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Dissolution as a Paradigm in Regulating Nanomaterials
16 Aug 2017 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Frederick C. Klaessig
Nano WG presentation, August 10, 2017 Themes: • Dissolution as a decision criterion • Analogies to ζ-potential & VSSA • Relation to nanoform & nanoscale form • Dissolution kinetics and artifacts • ASTM particle ontology & Nanoinformatics Roadmap...
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Workshop Tweets
15 Aug 2017 | Publications | Contributor(s): Stephanie Morris
Collated tweets from workshop and networking reception.
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caNanoLab Overview
05 Jul 2017 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Stephanie Morris, Mervi Heiskanen
General Overview of the caNanoLab data portal: data submission workflow, collaboration features, data sharing and working with Journals and PubMed to share information about data submissions.
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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
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European Chemical Agency's work to implement REACH regulation for nanomaterials
04 May 2017 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Frank Le Curieux
Nano WG presentation on May 4, 2017. REACH = Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (& restriction) of Chemicals aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. Nano materials are covered by...
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Human Disease Ontology
21 Sep 2016 | External Applications | Contributor(s): Lynn Schriml
The Disease Ontology has been developed as a standardized ontology for human disease, since 2003, with the purpose of providing the biomedical community with manual curated, consistent, reusable and sustainable descriptions of human disease terms, phenotype characteristics and related...
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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.
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Community Health Worker Genetics Education Needs Assessment
23 Nov 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Andria Reyes, Manuela Orjuela, Karen Schmitt, Andria Reyes, Grace Hillyer, Stephen Emerson
Our overarching goal is to develop and establish a cancer genetics curriculum that is pertinent, culturally sensitive and understandable by a community population who is not English dominant and of a lower literacy level than that of the general New York City population. The curriculum will teach...
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"Show me the data!" Practical solutions to interactive visual analysis for big data.
18 Sep 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Samuel Payne
Nano WG September 10, 2015.Intuitive data visualization is critical for biomedical data analysis; especially essential is the ability for non-computational scientists to productively browse the data and apply their domain knowledge. We present Active Data Biology, a web-based visual...
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Introduction to the Trinity Cancer Transcriptome Analysis Toolkit
05 Feb 2015 | Teaching Materials | 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...
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Multiclass cancer diagnosis using tumor gene expression signatures
10 Nov 2014 | Downloads
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...
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Summarization of Big Data
07 Nov 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Jeffrey A. Blimes
All about assay selection...
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Informatics to enable Routine Personalized Cancer Therapy (IPCT)
18 Feb 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Elmer V. Bernstam, Funda Meric-Bernstam
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Advanced Development of TIES - A Clinical Text Search Engine
18 Feb 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Rebecca Crowley
Archived human tissues are an essential resource for translational research. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues from cancer patients are used in a wide range of assays, including RT-PCR, SNP profiling, multiplex biomarkers, imaging biomarkers, targeted exome, whole exome, and whole...
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Informatics Tools for High-throughput Analysis of Cancer Mutations
15 Jan 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael C Ryan, Rachel Karchin
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caNanoLab: data sharing to expedite the use of nanotechnology in biomedicine
13 Dec 2013 | Publications | Contributor(s): Sharon Gaheen, George W Hinkal, Stephanie A Morris, Michal Lijowski, Mervi Heiskanen, Juli Klemm
The use of nanotechnology in biomedicine involves the engineering of nanomaterials to act as therapeutic carriers, targeting agents and diagnostic imaging devices. The application of nanotechnology in cancer aims to transform early detection, targeted therapeutics and cancer prevention and...