Search Results for: database integration

The NCI Research Flow Facility provides cell sorting and benchtop flow cytometry services to NCI investigators. Services are program-specific and are not available to all NCI or NIH investigators. Please inquire as to availability. Established 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 NIH Center for Human Immunology, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity (CHI) is a trans-NIH resource whose mission is to provide a collaborative hub of advanced translational immunology for NIH clinical and pre-clinical studies. This uniquely structured 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...

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...

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...

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 Frederick Sequencing and Genomics Core (FSGC) was established through the integration and consolidation of the former Sequencing Facility (SF) and the Genomics Technology Laboratory (GTL). The new FSGC eliminates redundancy and provides cutting edge 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...

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...

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...

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...

04/09/2025 - Dr. Aristotelis Tsirigos will present a seminar titled "Investigating the role of 3D chromatin in gene regulation using data integration and machine learning" for the LRBGE Seminar Series.

Another way to run BLAST is to create your own custom database, and search against it with query sequences. Usually you will not have to create your own blast database, you can download prebuilt databases Read More...

11/20/2024 - ggplot2 is a popular R package for data visualization that uses layers to build high quality plots. There are over 100 packages that extend the functionality of ggplot2. This session of the BTEP Coding Club Read More...

We will build a database out of all features of the 2014 Ebola genome under accession number KM233118. This data will go into a new directory named "db_2014". mkdir -p db_2014 # Get the 2014 Ebola Read More...

09/11/2025 - This engaging 1.5-hour workshop explores the practical application of AI in cloud environments, focusing on the STRIDES initiative , NIH Cloud Lab , and SharePoint integration. Participants will gain valuable insights into leveraging these platforms for Read More...

Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) - an overview Lesson 17 review In the previous class, we got an overview of functional and pathway analysis, which help to put RNA sequencing results into biological Read More...

Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) - an overview Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 17 review In the previous class, we got an overview of Read More...

Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) - practicing what we learned Learning objectives In this practice session, we will practice using DAVID. Practicing what we learned To help us apply what we learned Read More...

06/18/2026 - Partek Flow is a point-and-click platform for building analysis workflows for Next Generation Sequences (NGS), including DNA, bulk and single-cell RNA, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC, and ChIP, helping scientists avoid the steep learning curve of Read More...

01/16/2026 - Part of the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Webinar Series During this webinar, experts from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCCC) and Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) will present: An overview of Read More...

01/16/2026 - Speakers: James Amatruda, M.D., Ph.D. David Buckley, Ph.D. Jennifer Cotter, M.D. Alexander Markowitz, Ph.D. Moderator: Warren Kibbe, Ph.D., FACMI During this webinar, experts from the USC Norris Comprehensive Read More...

12/11/2025 - If you’re interested in learning how machine learning can help you tap into the rich data within electronic health records, join us to learn more about the “Memorial Sloan Read More...

10/23/2024 - CellMinerCDB is an interactive public web application ( https://discover.nci.nih.gov/cellminercdb/ ) that simplifies access and exploration of cancer cell line pharmacogenomic data across different sources such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Read More...

05/23/2024 - An exciting opportunity at the intersection of the biomedical sciences and machine learning stems from the growing availability of large-scale multi-modal data (imaging-based and sequencing-based, observational and perturbational, at the single-cell level, tissue-level, and Read More...

10/25/2023 - Partek Flow is your start-to-finish solution for analyzing high dimensional multi-omics sequencing data. It is a point-and-click software and is suitable for those who wish to avoid the steep learning curve associated with analyzing Read More...

Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment.

11/02/2022 - Do you need to strengthen your structural biology skills? The NIAID Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) is offering training sessions over the next few weeks. Current topics include three series of practical training Read More...

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...

While bracket notation is useful, it is not always the most readable or easy to employ, especially for beginners. This is where dplyr comes in. The dplyr package in the tidyverse world simplifies data wrangling Read More...

10/11/2023 - Partek Flow is your start-to-finish solution for analyzing high dimensional multi-omics sequencing data. It is a point-and-click software and is suitable for those who wish to avoid the steep learning curve associated with analyzing Read More...

07/24/2025 - 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...

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...

01/14/2026 - This presentation will discuss the results of recently conducted large-scale, NIH-funded trials exploring the clinical utility, economic value, and diagnostic limitations of whole genomic sequencing at birth. Incorporating global efforts to expand access and Read More...

01/16/2024 - About this talk: In this presentation we will go through the rich variety of database types, from traditional relational to cutting-edge NoSQL, uncovering how each 'flavor' adds its unique spice to the world of Read More...

Closed reference OTU picking uses a reference database to cluster OTUs against reads that fail to cluster with a reference sequence due to real variation or sequence error variation are dropped subject to biases or Read More...

10/23/2024 - Please send any questions and/or specific topic areas that you’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...

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...

02/28/2020 - https://cbiit.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/cbiit/recording/play/e688e94d71934c4183480167b05f0f67 The CIViC knowledgebase (www.civicdb.org) is an open access, open source, community-driven resource for Clinical Interpretation of Read More...

01/07/2020 - The CIViC knowledgebase (www.civicdb.org) is an open access, open source, community-driven resource for Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer. The goal of CIViC is to enable precision medicine by providing an educational 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...

12/02/2026 - Partek Flow is a point-and-click platform for building analysis workflows for Next Generation Sequences (NGS), including DNA, bulk and single-cell RNA, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC, and ChIP, helping scientists avoid the steep learning curve of 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...

01/13/2026 - The past decade has witnessed thriving cell atlas research activities in elucidating human cell types and their organization principles. The NIH BRAIN Initiative launched a pilot 3-year BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consortium (BICCC) in 2014, Read More...

09/23/2025 - There are many challenges associated with moving cancer AI originally developed in a research setting into a clinical setting, including into clinical trials. During this event, participants will discuss the integration of AI in Read More...

07/01/2025 - In thi &nb p;hour and half&nb p;online training, attendee will learn about how to call MATLAB from Python and how to call Python librarie from MATLAB. Attendee will u 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...

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...

02/11/2025 - This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.    This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and Read More...

02/06/2025 - This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.    This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and Read More...

02/04/2025 - This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.    This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and Read More...

01/30/2025 - This lesson is part of a course,  B4B: Unix and Biowulf.    This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and Read More...

01/28/2025 - This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.    This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and Read More...

10/29/2024 - In this presentation, you will get an overview of the Cancer Digital Slide Archive (CDSA) platform. CDSA is an open source, web-based platform for storage, visualization, and management of digitized whole slide images.& Read More...

10/16/2024 - In this webinar, attendees will learn to call MATLAB from Python and to call Python libraries from MATLAB.  In addition, they will learn how to use MATLAB’s Python integration to improve the compatibility Read More...

09/10/2024 - 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 Read More...

Seurat v5 introduced the following new features: Integrative multi-modal analysis with bridge integration ‘Sketch’-based analysis of large data sets methods for spatial transcriptomics assay layers You can read about major changes between Seurat v5 Read More...

05/28/2024 - The symposium's goals are to explore the integration of AI in understanding and managing immunological data, foster a paradigm shift in how immunologists leverage AI to propel their research forward, and inform NIAID Read More...

05/07/2024 - Galaxy is a scientific workflow, data integration, data analysis, and publishing platform that makes computational biology accessible to research scientists that do not have computer programming experience. This workshop will introduce RNA-seq data analysis 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...

02/23/2024 - Register for this presentation on recent efforts in developing methodologies and software tailored for important clinical natural language processing (NLP) tasks such as information extraction and question answering.   Advancements in large language Read More...

There are many complementary R packages related to creating publishable figures using ggplot2. Check out the packages cowplot and ggpubr . Cowplot is particularly great for providing functions that facilitate arranging multiple plots in a grid Read More...

To take full advantage of R, you need to install R packages. R packages are loadable extensions that contain code, data, documentation, and tests in a standardized shareable format that can easily be installed by Read More...

01/23/2024 - This class focuses on using Git and GitHub, with RStudio. Using integrated RStudio tools, participants will have a chance to experiment with this integration and understand its advantages for collaboration and managing projects. You Read More...

In addition to clasifying our organisms, we also want to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships by generating a phylogenetic tree. We often assume that phylogenetic closeness can elucidate commonalities in phenotypic properties / functions, so it is Read More...

11/06/2023 - UK Biobank is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource, containing in-depth genetic and health information from half a million UK participants. The database is regularly augmented with additional data and is globally accessible Read More...

10/23/2023 - This class focuses on using Git and  GitHub , with RStudio. Using integrated RStudio tools, participants will have a chance to experiment with this integration and understand its advantages for collaboration and managing 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 - Sometimes the data you need is not available in a .csv or a SAS7BDAT format, or maybe it is not available on your computer or within your organization at all. This intermediate class Read More...

06/19/2017 - Harvesting the Wealth of TCGA Data The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a large-scale study that has catalogued genomic data accumulated from more than 20 different types of cancer including mutations, copy number variation, mRNA Read More...

01/07/2016 - REGISTRATION IS FULL FOR THIS WORKSHOP (25 ATTENDEES; 6 WAITLIST) The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a large-scale study that has cataloged genomic data accumulated for many different types of cancers, and includes mutations, copy number Read More...

10/27/2014 - PLEASE NOTE: This 2 day workshop is  a BYOC (Bring your own Laptop Computer) class. In order to provide more flexibility with room scheduling we are experimenting with a new format that involves students brining Read More...

03/18/2014 - The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a large-scale study that has catalogued genomic data accumulated from more than 20 different types of cancer including mutations, copy number variation, mRNA and miRNA gene expression, and DNA Read More...

02/12/2026 - The NLM Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is pleased to welcome Tiarnán Keenan, MD, PhD, Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator and Director of the Medical Retina Fellowship Program at the National Eye Institute 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...

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...

10/09/2025 - This one-hour online training introduces attendees to modeling and simulation of biological systems using MATLAB’s SimBiology and BioPipeline Designer toolboxes. SimBiology is a versatile toolbox for modeling, simulating, and analyzing dynamic Read More...

04/17/2025 - Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Virtual Grand Rounds Interested in learning about various cancer indicators, approaches for data integration , and how to leverage data to drive scientific discovery? Then join NCI CBIIT’s Read More...

Recently, the NIH HPC Team has provided on demand access to HPC resources via web browser through integration of Open OnDemand , an open source project supporting "nearly 400 HPC centers around the world" . This 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...

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...

07/09/2024 - Galaxy is a scientific workflow, data integration, data analysis, and publishing platform that makes computational biology accessible to research scientists that do not have computer programming experience. This workshop will cover exome sequencing data Read More...

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

06/11/2024 - Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that employ deep learning and extensive data sets to create new content. LLMs offer many possible applications in the biomedical field, such as the development Read More...

06/04/2024 - Galaxy is a scientific workflow, data integration, data analysis, and publishing platform that makes computational biology accessible to research scientists that do not have computer programming experience. This training will introduce ChIP sequencing data 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...

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

03/20/2024 - Our series of talks continues with two 20-minute presentations.  There will be light refreshments (coffee and donuts) provided, so please consider attending in person! We encourage attendees to stay and chat with Read More...

03/13/2024 - Dear Colleagues,    UCSC Xena is a web-based visual integration and exploration tool for multi-omic data and associated clinical and phenotypic annotations.   Xena showcases seminal cancer genomics datasets from Read More...

01/24/2024 - Dear colleagues,   Please join us on Wed., Jan. 24 when Dr. Avi Ma’ayan from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will demonstrate how to use these tools to access hundreds of thousands Read More...

By targeting 16S rRNA, we want to target bacteria and archaea. Therefore, we can exclude sequences that are unexpected such as those from chloroplasts or mitochondria. By setting --p-include p__ , we are retaining only sequences Read More...

The recommended method involves applying a scikit-learn multinomial naive Bayes classifier. This uses machine learning to train a classifier on a referene database and then use the trained classifier to classify your ASVs. These classifiers Read More...

Lesson 4: Feature table filtering, taxonomic classification, and phylogeny Learning objectives learn how to apply different types of filtering to your ASV table and representative sequence data. classify your ASVs. Generate a phylogenetic tree. Now that 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...

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...

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...

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...

This lesson will introduce data wrangling with R. Attendees will learn to filter data using base R and tidyverse (dplyr) functionality. Learning Objectives Understand the concept of tidy data. Become familiar with the tidyverse packages. 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...

Learning Objectives To understand: 1. the difference between R and RStudioIDE. 2. how to work within the RStudio environment including: creating an Rproject and Rscript navigating between directories using functions obtaining help how R can enhance data Read More...

This practice lesson is associated with Lesson 4 of the Microbiome Analysis with QIIME 2. In this practice lesson, we will work on filtering our feature table and representative sequences, classify our features, and generate a phylogenetic Read More...

Practice Lesson 4 This practice lesson is associated with Lesson 4 of the Microbiome Analysis with QIIME 2. In this practice lesson, we will work on filtering our feature table and representative sequences, classify our features, and generate 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...

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