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CREx News & Updates July 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Click below to learn how easy it is to navigate the CREx platform. These short videos will Read More...

CREx News & Updates December 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGLIGHTS Learn more about services from the STRIDES Initiative. VIEW STRIDES INITIATIVE NIH Cores Read More...

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The Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF) is a shared, trans-NIH intramural resource for animal imaging studies. MIF provides access to state-of-the-art radiological imaging methods optimized for mice, rats, other animals, and tissue samples. MIF provides intellectual, Read More...

The Laboratory Animal Sciences Program (LASP) of the Frederick National Laboratory operates a Gnotobiotics Facility (GF) to support research focused on the role of microbiota in cancer inflammation, pathogenesis, and treatment response. The GF can Read More...

Mouse models of human cancer have had a profound impact on our current understanding of the mechanisms of tumorigenesis and the pathways regulated by cancer-related genes. These models hold the promise of serving as critical Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New NIH Resource Resources Advance your research with the NIH Mouse Imaging Facility (MIF) The NIH Mouse Imaging Read More...

The NHLBI Transgenic Core’s main mission is to keep up with the latest advancements in genome engineering technologies and to provide state-of-the-art services to assist NIH scientists in generating genetically engineered animal models. In Read More...

The NIH MRI Research Facility (NMRF) is a shared, intramural resource for human imaging studies. The NMRF is supported by all Institutes at NIH and reports to the Shared Resources Subcommittee (SRS) of the Scientific Read More...

The FNLCR Molecular Histopathology Laboratory (MHL) provides comprehensive veterinary pathology support for animal health monitoring, biomarker discovery and validation, drug development, genomics, and proteomics on a cost recovered basis. The MHL is organized into multiple Read More...

OSTR offers two distinct supplemental funding mechanisms for CCR PI’s to request additional funds for technologies and research services requiring exceptional costs. Eligible expenses include services from Cores and outside vendors.  A third program ( Read More...

CREx News & Updates June 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS Visit here to learn about services from Read More...

Large STARS can be used to request supplemental funding exceeding $8,000 to offset experimental costs (e.g., core or vendor services or specialized reagents).  Applications require detailed scientific and budgetary justification and must be proposed in Read More...

OSTR offers two distinct supplemental funding mechanisms for CCR PI’s to request additional funds for technologies and research services requiring exceptional costs. Eligible expenses include services from Cores and outside vendors.  A third program ( Read More...

The NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) was established by the NCI Center for Cancer Genomics (CCG) to support the receipt, harmonization, distribution, and analysis of genomic and clinical data from cancer research programs. The GDC Read More...

CREx News & Updates March 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NIA Nonhuman Primate Core The NIA Nonhuman Primate Core supports multi-disciplinary translational aging projects for Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New NIH Resource Spotlight The NIH Lab Managers Working Group have developed a new NIH-wide database of cold Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New Resources on CREx NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB) The NBB provides researchers with access to human post-mortem brain tissue Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Research Festival The NIH Research Festival highlights the groundbreaking science and the vibrant NIH community driving our Read More...

Small STARS can be used to request supplemental funding to offset exceptional costs (e.g., core or vendor services or specialized reagents).  All requests must be approved for funding before work can commence. Provides 50% cost Read More...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is developing a national repository of Patient-Derived Models (PDMs) comprised of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs), patient-derived organoids (PDOrg), and in vitro patient-derived tumor cell cultures (PDCs) and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). These Read More...

The Molecular Targets Program (MTP) is an organizational entity within the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at NCI. The MTP provides the focus and infrastructure to enable CCR tenured and tenure-track Principal Investigators to initiate Read More...

The Optical Microscopy Analysis Core (OMAC), formerly known as the Optical Microscopy Analysis Lab (OMAL),  focuses its research and development activities to quantitatively understand the molecular basis of three-dimensional (3D) cell organization, motility, invasion, and Read More...

The NHLBI Murine Phenotyping Core carries out physiologic and behavioral testing in a diversity of mouse models for NHLBI and other NIH institutes.Established TechnologiesCardiovascular Phenotyping, Metabolic Phenotyping, Pulmonary Phenotyping, Behavioral Phenotyping, Exercise Physiology, Echocardiography, Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New Resources on CREx Interested in imaging large scale biological samples?  Volume electron microscopy allows for Read More...

NCI maintains a low temperature repository of implantable in vivo-derived tumors and in vitro-established tumor cell lines from various species, which are available to qualified investigators as a service to the cancer research community. The Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Cores on CREx NIBIB BEPS Micro Analytical Immunochemistry Unit The Micro Analytical Immunochemistry Unit employs a variety Read More...

The COP evaluates novel therapies in pet dogs with cancer to improve outcomes for human patients and established the Comparative Oncology Trial Consortium (COTC), a collaborative effort of NCI and extramural comparative oncology centers at 24 Read More...

The OSTR offers cutting-edge technology platforms to the CCR scientific community through centralized facilities. The videos accessed through this page are designed to introduce the various scientific methodologies OSTR makes available through the cores on Read More...

NCI LASP Genome Modification Core (GMC) is a CCR-dedicated facility that provides advice, training, and reagents to NCI scientists seeking to utilize CRISPR and other nucleases to generate genome modifications in primary cells, cell lines, Read More...

In support of Intramural Research Program (IRP) scientists, DOHS provides training, consulting, and resources to ensure that laboratory equipment is used and maintained properly and safely. We provide expert safety and health consulting support for Read More...

The Blood Processing Core monitors viral load in patients with HIV and performs sequential studies using samples obtained from patients with cancer, AIDS, chronic granulomatous disease, or other diseases associated with immunologic dysfunction. The core Read More...

Proteomic Data Common (PDC) represents the NCI’s largest public repository of proteogenomic comprehensive tumor datasets, essentially a Proteogenomic Cancer Atlas. It was developed to advance our understanding of how proteins help shape the risk, Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers DSC as an open-access instrument. First-time users must complete training before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Location: Building 50, room 3123 Description: The differential scanning calorimeter measures the constant pressure Read More...

NCI established the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) to support the extramural research community to accelerate the progress of nanomedicine by providing preclinical characterization and safety testing of nanoparticles. It is a collaborative effort between NCI, Read More...

The Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)Live Program provides standardized, high quality, unique, and hard to find phenotyping services for mouse models of diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic disorders. Emerging as the next iteration of Read More...

The Pathology Service, Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR), Office of Research Services (ORS), provides diagnostic gross and histopathologic evaluation of any species of laboratory animals used in the NIH Intramural Research Program due to morbidity, Read More...

Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility facilitates the assessment of structural and numerical genomic changes in pre-cancer and cancer research models. This core provides comprehensive support for the cytogenetic analysis of cells from human and research animal Read More...

The Antibody Engineering Program (AEP) is located at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, which is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR), an intramural program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). AEP focuses on Read More...

The NIH Biowulf Cluster provides researchers with a world-class system to assist in solving complex biomedical problems as diverse as gene variation in worldwide human populations, deep learning to model protein structures, and PET brain Read More...

The PPS encompasses all scientific analyses related to pharmacology, once the specimen has been collected and stored. There is a multi-step process to evaluate how the drug is being handled by the body after administration. Read More...

The Antibody Engineering Program (AEP) is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The program focuses on generating therapeutic antibodies by phage display technology, including human antibodies and Read More...

Supplemental Technology Award Review System (STARS) Overview STARS Request Form STARS System The Supplemental Technology Award Review System (STARS) is a web-based interface for submission and review of S&S supplement requests by CCR Read More...

The CCR Genomics Core is located in Building 41 on the NIH Bethesda campus. The primary goal of the Core is to provide investigators from CCR/NCI and other NIH Institutes access to genomic technologies and Read More...

10/15/2024 - This one-hour online training will cover techniques on locating biomedical research articles, patents, NIH-funded research projects, genetic information, and print and electronic books related to animal models and model organisms. This training will also Read More...

09/12/2023 - Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments. Model organisms are a subset of research organisms that serve as a proxy for understanding human biology. Read More...

06/18/2021 - Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments. Model organisms are a subset of research organisms that serve as a proxy for understanding human biology. Read More...

05/17/2021 - Register Session Description Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments. Model organisms are a subset of research organisms that serve as a proxy for Read More...

04/19/2021 - Registration Session Description Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments. Model organisms are a subset of research organisms that serve as a proxy for Read More...

11/12/2024 - We will discuss statistical considerations in planning, executing, and interpreting experiments using animals. Topics will include interpreting minimally powered pilot studies, dealing with complex time series, and maximizing knowledge gain from limited resources. This Read More...

10/06/2025 - This is the fourth and final part of a four-part workshop series on Parallel Machine Learning Model Training, presented by AIIG co-chair Samar Samarjeet , PhD (NHLBI). Over the course of the workshop, Samar will Read More...

09/29/2025 - This is the third part of a four-part workshop series on Parallel Machine Learning Model Training, presented by AIIG co-chair Samar Samarjeet , PhD (NHLBI). Over the course of the workshop, Samar will cover topics Read More...

09/22/2025 - This is the second part of a four-part workshop series on Parallel Machine Learning Model Training, presented by AIIG co-chair Samar Samarjeet , PhD (NHLBI). Over the course of the workshop, Samar will cover topics Read More...

09/15/2025 - This week we will kick off a four-part workshop series on Parallel Machine Learning Model Training, presented by AIIG co-chair Samar Samarjeet , PhD (NHLBI). Over the course of the workshop, Samar will cover topics Read More...

01/17/2024 - Frederick National Laboratory Science and Technology Group: Work in Progress Seminar Series presents:  “Enhancing Data Exploration, User Experience and Curation Efficiency in caNanoLab with Large Language Model”

2024 Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Time and Location: 11 am EST, ZOOM (INVITATION BY LMIG LIST SERVER) Speaker: Dr. Diego Presman (U Buenos Aires) Title: “Insights on Glucocorticoid Receptor Activity Through Live Cell Imaging” Summary: Eucaryotic transcription factors ( Read More...

06/06/2024 - This webinar introduces SimBiology as a modeling environment for mechanistic pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD), and quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling and simulation. Participants will learn how to use the SimBiology Model Builder app to Read More...

01/21/2026 - Attendees will learn about the art of choosing the best machine learning models, which involves evaluating model performance on a given dataset to determine which model is best suited for the task. This process Read More...

05/05/2025 - AI Club is a weekly meeting that explores various topics relating to AI and deep learning in biomedical sciences, typically in a seminar, workshop, or journal club format. AI Club is intended to be Read More...

10/07/2024 - This one hour training, presented by speakers from  NIH Cloud Lab , will provide an overview of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) services across three major cloud service providers (CSPs), including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Read More...

Research Mission The goal of OMAC’s research is to understand molecular mechanisms driving carcinogenesis and the reversal of this process through treatment, by utilization and advancement of optical microscopy techniques. These techniques include Read More...

03/24/2026 - Overview This 3-day, virtual workshop will explore how foundation models —a powerful class of advanced  AI models  —can transform cancer research and clinical care. We will Read More...

06/26/2025 - Join u for a webinar introducing MIRA, a Python oftware package de igned for the analy i of ingle-cell RNA- eq, ATAC- eq, and multimodal data. Di cover how MIRA help decode the ci Read More...

Let's use our practice data set again, and see if we can predict group membership (old vs young) by microbial composition. We will use the sample-classifier pipeline. This pipeline splits our data into training Read More...

class - object type method - implementation for a class; describes what an object can do method dispatch - finds the correct method for a class Classes are organised in a hierarchy so that if Read More...

12/11/2023 - This presentation will provide a one-hour introduction to The AMARETTO software toolbox: multimodal and multiscale circuit-, network-, and graph-based fusion of multi-omics, clinical, imaging, and perturbation data across studies of patients, etiologies and model Read More...

02/11/2026 - This fast-paced, 60-minute class puts two AI heavyweights—Claude and ChatGPT—head to head. Through live demos, real prompts, and a few surprises, participants will see how each model writes, Read More...

01/27/2026 - Join the NCI Cohort Consortium for a webinar on innovative approaches to improving data interoperability across cohort studies. The session will highlight efforts to apply the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model to Read More...

11/05/2025 - This talk delves into the innovative utilization of generative AI in propelling biomedical research forward. By harnessing single-cell sequencing data, we developed scGPT, a foundational model that extracts biological insights from an extensive dataset Read More...

07/22/2025 - Con ideration for protecting private data when training AI model i a topic of increa ing concern. During thi event, participant will di cu the u e of ynthetic data for privacy-pre erving AI.

07/10/2025 - Diagno tic error remain a leading cau e of preventable harm in healthcare, particularly in high- take , time-pre ured environment like the emergency department. Large Language Model (LLM ) offer promi ing new capabilitie for Read More...

06/25/2025 - Join tony Brook Univer ity&r quo; Dr. Joel altz a he di cu e : the role of pathology artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of pathology imaging biomarker , including tumor infiltrating lymphocyte Read More...

06/20/2025 - Emerging artificial intelligence—e pecially generative model and deep learning—i tran forming biomedical and biological cience. In thi talk, Profe or Juexin Wang of Indiana Univer ity will pre ent ca e tudie Read More...

03/19/2025 - This one hour and a half online training provides an accessible introduction to artificial intelligence (AI) using MATLAB. Designed for beginners, the session covers fundamental concepts in AI and machine learning, introduces intuitive tools Read More...

01/27/2025 - NCI CCR Liver Cancer Program Seminar Series Dr. Sethupathy is professor of physiological genomics and chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University. He leads a research lab focused on genome-scale and Read More...

10/24/2024 - Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized the use of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained tumor slides for precision oncology, enabling data-driven approaches to predict molecular characteristics and therapeutic outcomes. In Read More...

10/16/2024 - Dear Colleagues,   Thanks to advances in single-cell genomics, researchers can construct large-scale organ atlases, giving you more accurate ways to study genetic mutations and alterations related to drug responses and disease. These Read More...

08/09/2024 - We cordially invite you to attend the upcoming Data Sharing and Reuse Seminar featuring Dr. Robert Schuler and Dr. Jifan Feng. Dr. Schuler, a Senior Computer Scientist and Lead Scientist at the University of Read More...

08/08/2024 - What are common statistical analyses for binary data? What is the distribution of your binary dependent variable? What is the difference from normally distributed data? How do you model the binary outcome with multiple Read More...

05/22/2024 - Are you attending the 2024  AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference ? Join NCI Fellow, Austin Fitts, as he presents on the  National Childhood Cancer Registry  (NCCR) during the May 22 afternoon sessions. Read More...

The Advanced Biomedical Computational Science (ABCS) group focuses on applications of bioinformatics, computational and data science, and artificial intelligence to support NCI researchers. ABCS provides: • Subject matter expertise in genomics, proteomics, and imaging. • Machine learning/ Read More...

01/26/2024 - The RDI SIG is a trans-institute group whose investigators apply informatics approach to curate, harmonize, standardize, and analyze biomedical data obtained from a variety of resources (i.e., gene sequences, bioassays, electronic health records Read More...

09/28/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/26/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/21/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/19/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/14/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/12/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/07/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

09/05/2023 - Python Programming for Scientists" is an engaging and practical training series designed to equip scientists with essential Python programming skills to enhance their research capabilities. This comprehensive series is explicitly tailored for researchers Read More...

So, if column 29 is organism - how would you tabulate all organisms in the SRA? What about the number of sequencing runs (column 19) or the runs per instrument model (column 20)? cat allruns.csv | csvcut -c 29 | Read More...

These are considered appropriate if you are planning on doing all the data analysis yourself. High performance Linux computer (multi core, high memory, and plenty of storage) Familiarity with the “command line” and at least Read More...

Getting the data Unpacking the data QA/QC with FASTQC and MULTIQC Adapter trimming Alignment Getting a Reference Genome Genome Indexing Spliced reads Non-spliced reads No Reference Genome? Working with a Transcriptome (non-model organisms) Pseudo-alignment ( Read More...

02/27/2026 - This one hour and half hour online training will equip attendees with essential knowledge and skills for effective interactions with Large Language Model (LLM) AI chatbots. Explore the intricacies of prompt engineering and its Read More...

02/26/2026 - Scientific discovery is increasingly limited not by data availability, but by our ability to integrate evidence, generate hypotheses, and iteratively test them at scale. Recent advances in foundation models and large language models suggest Read More...

02/05/2026 - Don’t miss this brand-new double-feature of two essential AI courses in one! We will start with AI Done Right: Ethics and Privacy to set the stage for understanding the AI landscape and the Read More...

01/22/2026 - Attend this webinar to learn more about XNAT Scout—a new extension of the XNAT imaging informatics platform that’s designed to close the gap between artificial intelligence (AI) model development and clinical deployment. Read More...

01/21/2026 - Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) remain a major health crisis with profound social and economic burdens. Innovative strategies are needed to identify genetic risk and protective factors, model disease mechanisms, Read More...

01/15/2026 - Gil Kanfer, PhD, of the NCI CCR High-Throughput Imaging Facility (HiTIF), in the Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression (LRBGE) , will present the spatial biology analysis stack HiTIF is building to support Center Read More...

10/30/2025 - This one hour and half hour online training will equip attendees with essential knowledge and skills for effective interactions with Large Language Model (LLM) AI chatbots. Explore the intricacies of prompt engineering and its Read More...

09/17/2025 - This hour and a half online training covers how to analyze and model data using interactive tools in MATLAB. Through live demonstrations and examples, attendees will learn to solve many steps in a data Read More...

09/15/2025 - Since 2016, NCI and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have engaged in a strategic, interagency collaboration to simultaneously accelerate advances in precision oncology and scientific computing, including the use of artificial intelligence. The Read More...

06/13/2025 - Dr. Fuhai Li,&nb p;A ociate Profe or at the chool of Medicine and Computer cience & Engineering, Wa hington Univer ity, will pre ent novel approache that combine large language Read More...

05/19/2025 - Immunotherapy has the potential to revolutionize the way we treat cancer, but a key challenge has been finding ways to tailor that therapy to the right patient at the right time. Attend this webinar, Read More...

05/16/2025 - This one-day in-person NIH AI Symposium will bring together researchers from a broad range of disciplines to share their AI-related research, with the goal of disseminating the newest AI research, providing an opportunity to Read More...

01/21/2025 - About the Speaker: Hari completed his PhD in Cell Biology at the University of Toronto, where he used single-molecule imaging techniques to reveal how multimolecular interactions govern early signaling events in individual immune cells. Read More...

10/24/2024 - NIH Text Mining and Natural Language Processing SIG is pleased to welcome you to this special event featuring two extraordinary speakers focused on the applications of Deep Learning in Computational Biology.  & Read More...

10/17/2024 - Please join us on Thursday for our third talk in the Biowulf 25th Anniversary Seminar Series: Explorations in use of Synthetic Images for Biomedical ML/AI Research This talk will be videocast at: https:// Read More...

09/18/2024 - This one-hour online training will cover several integration points between SAS and open-source tools to empower the developer and the organization to integrate the benefits of both SAS and open source. & Read More...

06/20/2024 - What are common statistical analyses for continuous data? Can you check whether your continuous outcome is normally distributed? What are the methods when the data are not normal? How do you model the outcome Read More...

06/12/2024 - Please join us on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, when Aaron Y. Lee, M.D., M.S.C.I., will present "The Current State of Transparency for AI Models and Datasets." The presentation starts at 11:00 Read More...

05/29/2024 - Dear Colleagues,   As machine learning permeates across biomedical research, achieving optimal accuracy demands more than just model deployment.  Join us for a webinar where we explore post-processing techniques designed to Read More...

Data frames hold tabular data comprised of rows and columns; they can be created using data.frame() . To understand more about the structure of an object and data frame, consider the following functions: str() displays Read More...

Differential expression analysis is the process of identifying genes that have a significant difference in expression between two or more groups. For many sequencing experiments, regardless of methodology, differential analysis lays the foundation of the Read More...

04/23/2024 - Dr. Stephanie Harmon obtained her Ph.D. in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and did her postgraduate training at Leidos Biomedical Research where she worked within the Molecular Imaging Read More...

Many graphs, like scatterplots, plot the raw values of your dataset. Other graphs, like bar charts, calculate new values to plot: bar charts, histograms, and frequency polygons bin your data and then plot bin counts, Read More...

You do not need to load a package to visually explore data. Rather, you can use base R graphics for plotting (from the graphics package). This plotting is fairly different from ggplot2 , which is based Read More...

01/10/2024 - Our series of talks continues next month with two 20-minute presentations focused on single cell genomics studies in the model organism zebrafish.  There will be light refreshments and we encourage attendees to Read More...

Luckily, there is a q2-longitudinal plugin to handle dependent longitudinal data. The q2-longitudinal plugin includes: interactive plotting (e.g., volatility plots) linear mixed effects models paired differences and distances non-metric microbial interdependence testing ( Read More...

The two methods used for denoising on QIIME 2 include: DADA2 - Uses a run specific error profile - Unclear how an incomplete run profile would impact results - There is a method available for Pacbio Read More...

For the help sessions, we will work on processing sequences generated in Zhang Z, Feng Q, Li M, Li Z, Xu Q, Pan X, Chen W. Age-Related Cancer-Associated Microbiota Potentially Promotes Oral Squamous Cell Cancer Read More...

There are several functions that you will see repeatedly as you use R more and more. One of those is c() , which is used to combine its arguments to form a vector. Vectors are probably Read More...

Lesson 7: Course Wrap-Up Learning Objectives Introduce the QIIME2 microbiome workflow for Biowulf Review key concepts Showcase additional plugins QIIME 2 on Biowulf As mentioned previously, QIIME 2 is installed on Biowulf. To see available versions use module Read More...

Load in the comma separated file "./data/countB.csv" and save to an object named gcounts . {{Sdet}} Solution } gcounts `...1` colnames ( gcounts )[ 1 ] ## 1 Tspan6 703 567 867 71 970 242 ## 2 TNMD 490 482 18 342 935 469 ## 3 DPM1 921 797 622 661 8 500 ## 4 SCYL3 335 216 222 774 979 793 ## 5 FGR 574 574 515 584 941 344 ## 6 CFH 577 792 672 104 192 936 ## 7 FUCA2 798 766 995 27 756 546 ## 8 GCLC 822 874 923 705 667 522 ## 9 NFYA 622 793 918 868 334 64 {{Edet}} Plot the Read More...

09/29/2023 - Dr. Peng Jiang started his research program at NCI in July 2019. His lab focuses on developing big data and artificial intelligence frameworks to identify biomarkers and new therapeutic approaches for cancer immunotherapies in solid Read More...

09/28/2023 - Attend the Bridge2AI-Skills & Workforce Development (SWD) Lecture Series for 2023-24 on the Large Language Model (LLM) Module Dr. Xia “Ben” Hu is an Associate Professor at Rice University in the Department of Read More...

09/20/2023 - This session of the BTEP Coding Club will focus on the tool rMATS for differential alternative splicing event detection from RNA-Seq data. This 1-hour demo will provide a detailed overview of rMATS including why Read More...

Normalization - the process of scaling data to account for uncontrolled factors affecting variation. Effect size - "the quantitative measure of the magnitude of a phenomenon" (Biostar Handbook). P-value - "the probability Read More...

ORA and FCS discard a large amount of information. These methods use gene sets, and even if the gene sets represent specific pathways, structural information such as gene product interactions, positions of genes, and types Read More...

Course setup Intro to DNAnexus and the GOLD learning system Learning Objectives Unix Bootcamp Brief Review of R (for R scripts in later analyses) Introduction to RNA Sequencing Central Dogma of Molecular Biology What is Read More...

In this portion of the class, it is very important that you have IGV already opened on your computer. See Figure 1 and Figure 2 on how to load the relevant alignment outputs for HBR_1 and UHR_1 Read More...

2024 Senatorov IS, Bowman J, Jansson KJ, Alilin AN, Capaldo BJ, Lake R, Riba M, Abbey YC, Mcknight C, Zhang X, Raj S, Beshiri ML, Shinn P, Ngyuyen H, Thomas CJ, Corey E, Kelly K. Castrate Read More...

Cancer research is a complex and data-intensive field. Cloud computing offers a powerful solution for researchers to store, analyze, and share large datasets efficiently. In this month’s topic spotlight, we will explore cloud resources Read More...

Now, that we have clusters, we can use differential expression analysis to uncover markers that define our clusters. These markers can be used to assign cell types to our clusters. First, because we are working Read More...

This lesson provides an introduction to R in the context of single cell RNA-Seq analysis with Seurat. Learning Objectives Learn about options for analyzing your scRNA-Seq data. Learn about resources for learning R programming. Learn Read More...

Learning Objectives This tutorial was designed to demonstrate common secondary analysis steps in a scRNA-Seq workflow. We will start with a merged Seurat Object with multiple data layers representing multiple samples. Throughout this tutorial we Read More...

1. Introduction and Learning Objectives This tutorial has been designed to demonstrate common secondary analysis steps in a scRNA-Seq workflow. We will start with a merged Seurat Object with multiple data layers representing multiple samples that Read More...

Objectives Review the grammar of graphics template. Learn about the statistical transformations inherent to geoms. Learn more about fine tuning figures with labels, legends, scales, and themes. Learn how to save plots with ggsave() . Review Read More...

Data visualization with ggplot2 Objectives To learn how to create publishable figures using the ggplot2 package in R. By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to create simple, pretty, and effective figures. Read More...

01/19/2024 - Trey Ideker, Ph.D., is a professor of medicine, bioengineering, and computer science, and former chief of genetics at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Additionally, he is director or co-director of the Read More...

Practice Lesson 2 For the help sessions, we will work on processing sequences generated in Zhang Z, Feng Q, Li M, Li Z, Xu Q, Pan X, Chen W. Age-Related Cancer-Associated Microbiota Potentially Promotes Oral Squamous Read More...

Lesson 5: Microbial diversity, alpha rarefaction, alpha diversity Learning Objectives Understand the difference between alpha and beta diversity Introduce several alpha diversity metrics Understand what rarefaction is and why it is important Introduce the debate regarding Read More...

Help Session Lesson 4 Plotting with ggplot2 For the following plots, let's use the diamonds data ( ?diamonds ). The diamonds dataset comes in ggplot2 and contains information about ~54,000 diamonds, including the price, carat, color, clarity, and Read More...

Objectives To explore Bioconductor, a repository for R packages related to biological data analysis. To better understand S4 objects as they relate to the Bioconductor core infrastructure. To learn more about a popular Bioconductor S4 Read More...

Lesson 3: Creating a feature table Lesson Objectives Check for primers Generate an ASV count table and representative sequence file Understand the difference between OTU picking and denoising The two primary files that will be used Read More...

R Crash Course: A few things to know before diving into wrangling Learning the Basics Objectives 1. Learn about R objects 3. Learn how to recognize and use R functions 4. Learn about data types and accessors Console Read More...

09/06/2023 - With the advancements in single cell and spatial profiling technologies and methods, some of us thought it would be helpful to re-establish a community of end users on campus. We invite those that are Read More...