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The Specimen Resource Locator (SRL) is a biospecimen resource database designed to help researchers locate resources that may have the samples needed for their investigational use. This publicly searchable database includes information about biospecimen banks 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...

With specimens that span neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders, the NBB serves as a central point of access to the world-class collections of our six biorepositories. In addition, the NBB provides researchers with Read More...

Stephen Lockett, Ph.D. Director, OMAL locketts@nih.gov 301-846-5515 Valentin Magidson, Ph.D. Scientist magidsonv@mail.nih.gov 301-846-6092 Will Heinz, Ph.D. Scientist heinzwf@nih.gov 301-846-1239 David Read More...

06/24/2025 - Tran late gene li t into biological in ight u ing pathway enrichment tool . Thi training will provide an overview the current tatu of pathway tool , with focu on oftware available to NIH community.  Read More...

Biological replicates are essential to derive a meaningful result. Don’t mistake the high precision of the technique for the need for biological replicates. If technical or biological variability exceeds that of the experimental perturbation Read More...

In the previous class, we got an overview of functional and pathway analysis, which help to put RNA sequencing results into biological context by informing us of things like biomolecular pathway, biological function, cellular localization, Read More...

The National Clinical Trials Network Biospecimen Banks (NCTN) receive, store, and distribute human cancer biospecimens collected on NCTN clinical trials . NCTN Biobanks provide cancer researchers with quality, well-annotated biospecimens and associated clinical information. The NCTN Read More...

The mission of Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC) within the National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Intramural Programs (NIMH IRP) is to conduct and support research on brain and behavior, with the goal of Read More...

03/26/2025 - Developing artificial intelligence (AI) schemes to assist the clinician towards enabling precision medicine approaches requires development of objective markers that are predictive of disease response to treatment or prognostic of longer-term patient survival. The Read More...

02/15/2024 - This lesson will be divided into two parts. Part 1 will introduce Bioconductor, an R package repository for the analysis of biological data. Part 2 will introduce RMarkdown and Quarto for report generation with R.

To explore Bioconductor, a repository for R packages related to biological data analysis. To learn about options for report generation with R: RMarkdown and Quarto.

This lesson will be divided into two parts. Part 1 will introduce Bioconductor, an R package repository for the analysis of biological data. Part 2 will introduce RMarkdown and Quarto for report generation with R.

Once we have removed non-biological sequences, we can proceed to OTU clustering or denoising.

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 class, Read More...

10/25/2023 - Every week, thousands of biomedical research papers are published with a portion of them containing supporting tables with data about genes, transcripts, variants, and proteins. For example, supporting tables may contain differentially expressed genes Read More...

RNA-Seq (RNA sequencing), uses next-generation sequencing (NGS) to reveal the presence and quantity of RNA in a biological sample at a given moment. (Wikipedia) Strictly speaking this could be any type of RNA (mRNA, rRNA, Read More...

In the previous class, we got an overview of functional and pathway analysis, which help to put RNA sequencing results into biological context. We were introduced to tools that could help us perform these analyses.

Central Dogma of Molecular Biology What is RNA Sequencing? How to Design an RNA-Seq Experiment Biological and Technical Replicates

There are many databases devoted to relating genes and gene products to pathways, processes, and other phenomenon. Again, the following is not meant to be a comprehensive list. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) Read More...

Differential Expression Differential expression involves the comparison of normalized expression counts of different samples and the application of statistical measures to identify quantitative changes in gene expression between the different samples. Normalization and Statistical Significance Read More...

Visualizing RNA-Seq data, pathway analysis, and intro to Biowulf and Globus Who should take this course: Learners who want to learn to do a complete bulk RNA-Seq analysis from FASTQ files to biological pathway analysis. Read More...

Many tools (like a bazillion) for biological data analysis are freely available and supported on Unix systems Useful for working with big data, like genomic sequence files To use the NIH High Performance Cluster (HPC) Read More...

Many tools (like a bazillion) for biological data analysis are freely available and supported on Unix systems Useful for working with big data, like genomic sequence files To use the NIH High Performance Cluster (HPC) Read More...

The CHTN is a unique NCI-supported resource that provides human tissues and fluids from routine procedures to investigators who utilize human biospecimens in their research. Unlike tissue banks, the CHTN works prospectively with each investigator 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...

In support of Intramural Research Program (IRP) scientists, DOHS provides training, consulting, and resources to ensure that workers' risk to hazards and stresses in the laboratory environment is minimized. Our services include one-on-one consultation with Read More...

Biomarker Discovery with Morphological Context:  Changing how tissue specimens are analyzed < https://youtu.be/mVhfZq8ppbc What is Digital Spatial Profiling? GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler is a novel platform developed by NanoString. Digital Spatial Read More...

The core provides access to several different state-of-the-art 3D microscopes as well as computers to visualize and process image data. The facility houses equipment for 2D or 3D imaging of fixed and living specimens. High Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More. New Resources on CREx NIMH Human Brain Collection Core (HBCC) The HBCC obtains human brain tissue, hair, and blood Read More...

The LCBG Microscopy Core offers imaging technologies and training. The Core has established instrumentation for for 2D and 3D imaging of both fixed and living specimens.

The Mid-Atlantic CHTN is one of six participating divisions of the Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) and is based in the Pathology Department at the University of Virginia. While primarily a resource for cancer researchers, 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...

CREx News & Updates February 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight ORS Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR) DVR is the central NIH lab animal support program Read More...

The CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) provides an array of services for groups at the NIH Clinical Center, Fort Detrick, and Hood College, among others. They support cancer- and disease-related research by making Read More...

OSTR provides CCR investigators with access to a variety of software licenses for genomic, proteomic, pathway analysis and data visualization tools. These software are funded by OSTR and made available at no cost to CCR Read More...

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Software Image Acquisition Commercial imaging systems of LRBGE Optical Microscopy Core are controlled by acquisition software specifically designed for the appropriate microscope, such as ZEN (Zeiss confocal microscopes), Nikon Elements (Nikon), Imspector (Abberior). Custom-built HILO Read More...

Leica SP8 LSCM with white light laser The SP8 LIGHTNING confocal microscope allows you to make proper and detailed observations of fast biological processes. Your experimental work will have the benefit of super-resolution, high-speed imaging, Read More...

Software Several software packages are available to users Arivis Vision 4D Arivis Vision4D is a modular software for working with multi-channel 2D, 3D and 4D images&nbsp;of almost unlimited size independent of Read More...

07/11/2025 - In thi pre entation, Dr. Hollander will pre ent the Health Omic Metadata Common , which erve a a free centralized hub for toring and di eminating metadata pertaining to human biological ample and omic Read More...

07/01/2025 - Learn how to vi ualize equencing and analy i re ult effectively. Thi e ion de cribe the application of the web-ba ed interactive OmicCirco in R hiny to con truct circular plot with 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...

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...

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...

04/14/2025 - Gene set analysis (GSA) is essential in genomic research, yet traditional methods often lack transparency and produce contextually irrelevant results, making interpretation challenging. While large language models (LLMs) offer a promising solution for result Read More...

04/08/2025 - Reactome is a free, open-source, curated and peer-reviewed pathway database that includes bioinformatics tools for the visualization, interpretation and analysis of pathway knowledge. This lesson will showcase the capabilities of Reactome in garnering biological Read More...

04/03/2025 - DAVID (the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery) provides a comprehensive set of functional annotation tools for investigators to understand the biological meaning behind large lists of genes acquired from high-throughput assays such Read More...

04/03/2025 - Open to HHS Staff Only The goal of the NCI RNA Biology Initiative is to establish a collaborative environment that promotes the swift exchange of information and expertise regarding the structure, function, and biological Read More...

04/01/2025 - Whether you are measuring mRNA expression, protein expression, DNA methylation, expressed miRNAs, protein binding to DNA or RNA, etc., you will likely end up with a list of genes or gene products from which Read More...

03/25/2025 - Dr. Ben Raphael will describe computational methods developed in his lab to analyze large-scale biological data related to cancer evolution, genetic variants, and structural variation in cancer genomes. He’ll share combinatorial and statistical Read More...

General questions or comments about the BTEP program or classes should be addressed to: NCIBTEP@nih.gov Desiree Tillo, Ph.D . Staff Scientist desiree.tillo@nih.gov I have a broad research background in bioinformatics Read More...

03/12/2025 - Clustering is one of the fundamental unsupervised machine learning algorithms. It is often used to group quantitative proteomic or RNAseq expression data to suggest sub-types of a particular cancer. This presentation covers building a Read More...

01/22/2025 - This three hour online training covers QIAGEN&rsquo;s CLC Genomics Workbench enables researchers to analyze NGS data without the use of command line and is a powerful tool for determining differential expression. Read More...

01/08/2025 - This three hour online training will focus on getting started on using QIAGEN&rsquo;s&nbsp; Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) . IPA enables you to quickly identify biological relationships, mechanisms, pathways, functions and Read More...

What is bioinformatics? Bioinformatics integrates biology, statistics, and computer science to develop and apply theory, methods, and tools for the collection, storage, and analysis of biological and related data. Bioinformatics plays a critical role in Read More...

10/23/2024 - Please send any questions and/or specific topic areas that you&rsquo;re interested in hearing about for this presentation by Friday, 10/18 to Kayla Strauss . QIAGEN Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) is the leading Read More...

10/08/2024 - We will cover recently developed statistical approaches to the classification of BRCA2 variants using the functional-assay data generated by our NCI collaborators (Dr. Sharan’s lab). Our main objective is to illustrate how statistical Read More...

09/27/2024 - This session describes the application of the web-based interactive OmicCircos in R Shiny to construct circular plots with desired biological features. Example data from human and mouse genomes will be used to demonstrate over Read More...

09/10/2024 - The training will overview the current status of pathway tools, with focus on software available to NIH community.&nbsp; It will discuss the biological interoperation of mutation and expression data in the context Read More...

09/10/2024 - This introductory course teaches the basics of deep learning and of different types of deep learning networks through a set of hands-on biological examples implemented in Keras, one example per class. This class will Read More...

08/14/2024 - In this introduction session, Dr. Yana Stackpole will discuss biologist-friendly ways to import and analyze RNAseq data in Qlucore, followed by integrated GSEA for biological interpretation. &nbsp; She will pick a public cancer-related Read More...

06/13/2024 - The schedule for this week consists of one presentation: Lorenz Adlung, UMC Hamburg-Eppendorf, will discuss: scMod: Marrying machine learning and deterministic modelling of longitudinal single-cell data Single-cell-based methods such as flow cytometry or single-cell Read More...

The role of cell clustering is to identify cells with similar transcriptomic profiles by computing Euclidean distances across genes . However, scRNA-Seq experiments include highly dimensional data, with each cell associated with the expression of thousands Read More...

Integration is the process of aligning the same cell types across samples, treatments, data sets, batches, etc. Clustering should represent biological differences and not technical artifacts. Integration is not always necessary. You should run through Read More...

The total number of detected transcripts expressed in a cell is dependent on the amount of mRNA in a cell. Cells naturally vary in the total amount of mRNA expressed. However, the chemistry of the Read More...

Look at the distribution of nCount_RNA with a Violin plot: # set colors cnames% ggplot(aes(color=orig.ident, x=nCount_RNA, fill= orig.ident)) + geom_density(alpha = 0.2) + theme_classic() + scale_x_log10() + geom_vline( Read More...

05/08/2024 - Qlucore Omics Explorer is a point-and-click software that enables analysis of RNA sequencing (bulk and single cell), proteomics and metabolomics data. It’s machine learning capabilities also allow for classification of cell types. This Read More...

04/26/2024 - Dear Colleagues, &nbsp;&nbsp; In this webinar, you'll get an introduction to WebMeV. WebMeV aims to democratize bioinformatics analysis for biological sciences researchers. &nbsp; The maturation of many bioinformatics processes Read More...

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

04/04/2024 - Although generative artificial intelligence (AI), a’la ChatGPT, is receiving a lot of “attention” these days, there are many other options for using AI to support biomedical research.  In order to help analyze and Read More...

03/27/2024 - DAVID (the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery) provides a comprehensive set of functional annotation tools for investigators to understand the biological meaning behind large lists of genes acquired from high-throughput assays such Read More...

02/16/2024 - Deep sequencing has emerged as the primary tool for transcriptome profiling in cancer research. Like other high-throughput profiling technologies, sequencing is susceptible to systematic non-biological artifacts stemming from inconsistent experimental handling. A critical initial Read More...

Bioconductor is both an open source project and repository for R packages related to the analysis of biological data, primarily bioinformatics and computational biology, and as such it is a great place to search for Read More...

R packages are loadable extensions that contain code, data, documentation, and tests in a standardized shareable format that can easily be installed by R users. CRAN = the primary repository for R packages. To install a Read More...

02/14/2024 - Explore the intricate world of pathway analysis with Reactome. Reactome is an open-source, manually-curated and peer-reviewed biological pathway knowledgebase, free and open to the public. We will provide you an overview of the contents 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...

R is both a computational language and open-source environment for statistical computing and graphics. While R programming was ranked 20 th in popularity when compared with other programming languages in December 2023, it remains a favorite among Read More...

Bioconductor is a repository for R packages related to biological data analysis, primarily bioinformatics and computational biology, and as such it is a great place to search for -omics packages and pipelines. Bioconductor packages fit Read More...

The field has moved to denoising sequences rather than OTU clustering. In a denoising approach, the exact biological sequence is inferred and noise is removed from the dataset via error correction. This is generally done Read More...

S4 is a rigorous system that forces you to think carefully about program design. It’s particularly well-suited for building large systems that evolve over time and will receive contributions from many programmers. --- Advanced Read More...

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 throughout any microbiome analysis are the feature Read More...

This practice lesson is associated with Lesson 3 of the Microbiome Analysis with QIIME 2. In this practice lesson, we will work on generating a feature table and representative sequences. We will continue working with the data Read More...

Practice Lesson 3 This practice lesson is associated with Lesson 3 of the Microbiome Analysis with QIIME 2. In this practice lesson, we will work on generating a feature table and representative sequences. We will continue working with Read More...

12/12/2023 - Dr. Anant Madabhushi and his team have been developing computerized knowledge alignment, representation, and fusion tools for integrating and correlating heterogeneous biological data spanning different spatial and temporal scales, modalities, and functionalities. These tools Read More...

NCI scientists have many choices available to them for bioinformatic analyses of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. While some require expertise in programming, others provide a more user-friendly, point-and-click interface. These options include programs for Read More...

11/17/2023 - This session describes the application of the web-based interactive OmicCircos in R Shiny to construct circular plots with desired biological features. Example data from human and mouse genomes will be used to demonstrate over Read More...

10/23/2023 - QIAGEN Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) is the leading pathway analysis application among the life science research community and is cited in tens of thousands of articles for the analysis, integration and interpretation of data Read More...

09/22/2023 - The training will overview the current status of pathway tools, with focus on software available to NIH community.  It will discuss the biological interoperation of mutation and expression data in the context of pathways, Read More...

09/13/2023 - FORGEdb is a web-based tool that can rapidly integrate data for individual genetic variants, providing information on associated regulatory elements, transcription factor (TF) binding sites and target genes for over 37 million variants. &nbsp; Read More...

Purpose of RNA sequencing and what biological questions can RNA sequencing answer Experimental considerations Sample preparation Replicates Technical noise Read depth More depth for low expression genes More depth for low expression differences between samples Read More...

Thus far we have: Downloaded raw RNA-Seq data (.fastq files). Examined raw data quality using fastqc and multiqc . Performed adapter and quality trimming using Trimmomatic . Aligned the raw sequences to a reference genome (human chromosome 22 Read More...

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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...

MAB provides visual communication solutions across all media to the entire NIH community. Our Medical Illustration section provides a complete range of biomedical visualization services, including manuscript/textbook figures, infographics, 3D modeling, animation, technical diagrams, Read More...

OMAL focuses its research and development activities to quantitatively understand the molecular basis of three-dimensional (3D) cell organization, motility, invasion, and differentiation using fixed samples and live, 3D tissue culture models (i.e., translational models). Read More...

The centrally funded Statistics team within the Advanced Biomedical Computational Science group at the Frederick National Lab provides statistical consultation and data analysis support for NCI laboratories. We have broad-range expertise in biomedically relevant areas 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...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Intramural Core Resources NHGRI Flow Cytometry Core The Core performs high quality single cell analysis through the Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New Resources on CREx Trans-NIH Metabolomics Core (TNMC) The TNMC is a shared research resource that provides targeted Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Intramural CryoEM (NICE) Consortium NICE provides NCI, NIAID, NIEHS, NICHD, NIDCR, NEI, and NIA investigators with Read More...

The CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR) is a centrally funded resource group which provides a mechanism for CCR researchers to obtain many different types of bioinformatics assistance to further their research goals. The group has Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Extramural Common Fund Resources Metabolomics Workbench Developed by the NIH Metabolomics Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository ( Read More...

The Animal Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL) provides a full range of diagnostic capabilities, including microbiological cultures on various culture medium, microscopic screening for parasites such as mites and pinworms, molecular detection of pathogens, serological evaluation of Read More...

Protein Characterization Laboratory (PCL) offers various technologies to CCR investigators to characterize proteins and metabolites. The laboratory develops and applies state-of-the-art analytical technologies, primarily mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), to advance Read More...

The AgingResearchBiobank was officially launched in January 2019 with a mission to provide a state-of-the-art inventory system for the storage, maintenance, and distribution of de-identified biospecimens and associated phenotypic, clinical, and imaging data from numerous NIA-funded Read More...

Electron Microscopy Laboratory (EML) The EML offers investigators access to unique expertise and EM technologies that allow our partners to explore new avenues of research to enhance the knowledge of biological systems. To assist our Read More...

The BRB Preclinical Biologics Repository is a central repository that supplies reagents to the broad research community. This NCI-sponsored repository is managed by NCI's Biological Resources Branch (BRB) in the Development Therapeutics Program (DTP) of Read More...

The Spatial Imaging Technology Resource (formerly the Nanoscale Protein Analysis Section of the Collaborative Protein Technology Resource or CPTR) provides expertise and service in state-of-the-art protein analysis technologies to advance CCR research in basic discovery Read More...

The Pan-Microbial Serology Facility (PMSF) is part of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The PMSF focuses on determining individualized pan-microbial immune profiles associated with human diseases including immunological Read More...

The EML offers investigators access to unique expertise and EM technologies that allow CCR Investigators to explore new avenues of research in order to enhance the knowledge of biological systems. To assist our customers, we 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...

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...

DTP maintains a repository of synthetic compounds and pure natural products that are available to investigators for non-clinical research purposes. The Repository collection is a uniquely diverse set of more than 200,000 compounds that have been Read More...

Protein Characterization Laboratory (PCL) offers various technologies to CCR investigators to characterize proteins and metabolites. The laboratory develops and applies state-of-the-art analytical technologies, primarily mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), to advance Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Technology Event Biophysical Methods for Protein Interactions Monday, May 15 – Friday, May 19, 2023 This workshop will review the strategies of Read More...

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 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 rapid advancement of single-cell technology has provided new powerful tools to answer many biological questions, such as identifying new or rare cell populations and characterizing the complexities of tumor heterogeneity. Realizing the great potential Read More...

NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium (NICE) serves intramural investigators in all NIH IC’s. NICE provides access to state-of-the-art Titan Krios cryo-electron microscopes for atomic-resolution structure determination of protein, macromolecular complexes, membrane receptors, cellular organelles, and Read More...

CCR VOLUME Electron Microscopy (CVEM) aims to develop new techniques in volume electron microscopy (vEM) and, in collaboration with CCR Investigators, apply these techniques to research cell biological questions well-suited for study by high-resolution 3D Read More...

The CCR Microscopy Core provides NCI investigators access to state-of-the-art imaging tools and techniques, including light sheet fluorescence, high-resolution confocal, multi-photon, and super-resolution microscopy. The mission of the CCR Microscopy Core Facility is to support 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 Central Repository provides the research community at the NCI with various cryogenic services, including low-temperature storage from +4° C to -196° C, controlled-rate freezing, computerized inventory and distribution of samples. The Central Repository is operated 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...

The Chemistry and Synthesis Center (CSC) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides IRP scientists with targeted imaging probes and chemical tools that help accelerate cell-based assays, in vivo imaging studies, and 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...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers Tycho as an open-access instrument.  This instrument is very easy to use, and no formal training is required.  Core staff will help with their first experiment of new Read More...

Radiation Oncology Branch is part of CCR. Bioinformatics core is a collaborative resource to support ROB branch and provide service to ROB investigators from NCI and other Institutes access to new technologies, bioinformatics, statistical analysis 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...

Cores & Facilities From centralized laboratories to collaborative resources and technologies available to CCR Investigators. NCI Cores Centralized laboratories providing broad access to cutting-edge technologies and specialized expertise. Browse NCI Cores Collaborative Resources are technologies and Read More...

The NCI High-Throughput Imaging Facility (HiTIF) works in a collaborative fashion with NCI/NIH Investigators by providing them with the necessary expertise, instrumentation, and software to develop and execute advanced High-Throughput Imaging (HTI) assays. These Read More...

CREx News & Updates September 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGLIGHTS Learn more about services from the CCR Read More...

The Biopharmaceutical Development Program (BDP) provides resources for the development of investigational biological agents. The BDP supports feasibility through development and Phase I/II cGMP manufacturing plus regulatory documentation.The BDP was established in 1993. We Read More...

The Trans-NIH Metabolomics Core (TNMC) is a shared research resource that performs metabolomics analysis (and related small molecule research) for investigators at all Institutes and Centers across the NIH Intramural Research Program. The TNMC is Read More...

The Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science (BEPS) shared resource supports NIH’s intramural basic and clinical scientists on applications of engineering, physics, imaging, measurement, and analysis. BEPS is centrally located on the main NIH campus Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers ITC calorimeters as open-access instruments.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar.  Training includes performing a test experiment and Read More...

CREx News & Updates October 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGLIGHTS Learn more about services from the CPTR Read More...

The Genomics and Pharmacology Facility is part of the NCI's Center for Cancer Research (CCR), within the Developmental Therapeutics Branch. Its mission is to manage and assess molecular interaction data obtained through multiple platforms, increase Read More...

Our operational objectives are to provide state-of-the-art OMICS technologies in support of the Genetics Branch (GB) investigators and collaborators. Research Services Wet Lab Single cell isolation from fresh, frozen, and FFPE tissue, DNA/RNA extractions Read More...

Home About the Biophysics Core Biophysics Core Services [tabby title="Instrumentation"] NHLBI Biophysics Core The Biophysics Core Facility: Overview Core Facilities provide scientific resources, cutting-edge technologies and novel approaches to support DIR scientists. Availability of Read More...

[tabby title="Home"] About NICE-NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium  NIH Intramural CryoEM Consortium (NICE) serves intramural investigators in all NIH IC’s. NICE provides access to state-of-the-art Titan Krios cryo-electron microscopes for atomic-resolution structure determination of Read More...

Anaconda ( https://www.anaconda.com/ ) is a package manager and distributor for a wide array of data science software. Package managers are ideal for scientists who conduct analysis on a personal computer as they eliminate Read More...

04/16/2025 - Updated Location: ATRF, Frederick MD, Main Auditorium What to bring: &nbsp;Laptop capable of connecting to internet via NIH wifi For questions or to register, please contact Amy Stonelake ( amy.stonelake@nih.gov ) Read More...

Listed below are the video recordings of past BTEP events (classes, seminars, workshops). Videos are hosted on various servers and may play slightly differently. Some videos may be downloaded for local viewing. Recorded Videos of Read More...

06/26/2024 - This in-person hands-on workshop will introduce the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA), which is&nbsp; available to access from the NIH Library . IPA can be used identify biological relationships, mechanisms, pathways, functions, and diseases Read More...

There are several metrics that can be used to assess overall quality. The base workflow from Seurat suggests the following: nCount_RNA - the absolute number of RNA molecules (UMIs) per cell (i.e., count 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...

Following Cell Ranger and/or other pre-processing tools, you will have a gene-by-cell counts table for each sample. The three most popular frameworks for analyzing these count matrices include: R ( Seurat ). Seurat, brought to you 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...

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...

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...

The NIH Library provides expert guidance on bioinformatics, biostatistics, data visualization, and data curation throughout the research process. Explore a variety of classes, on-demand trainings, resources, and services related to data science and bioinformatics available Read More...

05/17/2024 - The NIH Artificial Intelligence (AI) Symposium will take place on Friday, May 17th, 2024, in Masur Auditorium in Building 10 on the Bethesda NIH campus. This event is open to all NIH members - registration and Read More...

03/29/2024 - This first of five webinars will introduce NIH&rsquo;s All of Us Research Program, including the program&rsquo;s mission and core values. Learn about the current size and diversity of Read More...

03/29/2024 - This event is sponsored by an organization outside of the NIH; it is listed here due to the nature of the presented topics and their appeal to the NCI community. Description: Recent developments in Read More...

03/01/2024 - Jens Rittscher is Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford with his appointment held jointly between the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Nuffield Department of Medicine. He is a group leader Read More...

Bioconductor packages are divided into four types: software annotation data experiment data workflows. Software packages themselves can be subdivided into packages that provide infrastructure (i.e., classes) to store and access data, and packages that Read More...

Course Overview Welcome to the R Introductory Series! A series of introductory lessons in R for scientists. This course will include a series of lessons for individuals new to R or with limited R experience . Read More...

Objectives To explore Bioconductor, a repository for R packages related to biological data analysis. To learn about options for report generation with R: RMarkdown and Quarto. Introducing Bioconductor Bioconductor is both an open source project Read More...

Welcome! Welcome to the R Introductory Series! Who: Novices and beginners\ What: A course series introducing R and RStudio. This course will introduce the foundational skills necessary to begin to analyze and visualize data in 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...

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...

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...

12/08/2023 - This presentation will discuss strategies and policies for effective sharing and reuse of large multidimensional datasets. Dr. Espinosa will discuss his experiences as a data generator, data analyst, collaborator, teacher, and mentor through the Read More...

12/07/2023 - This hands-on workshop will introduce the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) and CLC Genomics Workbench tools, which are available to access from the NIH Library. IPA can be used identify biological relationships, mechanisms, pathways, functions, Read More...

11/30/2023 - Greetings, NCI intramural researchers, &nbsp; Earlier this year we reached out to gather your input on the formation of a bioinformatics community within the NCI Intramural Research Program. &nbsp;Why create such Read More...