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09/13/2023 - 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...

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...

09/27/2023 - 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...

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...

The facilities at AIM are available for use by the entire NIH intramural research community. While we welcome users with any size imaging project, AIM specializes in large, yearlong (or longer), collaborative research efforts with Read More...

LCMB Microscopy Core offers live cell imaging technologies as well as super-resolution, fluorescence lifetime and confocal imaging systems for immunofluorescence. Our confocal instruments are a Leica SP8 laser scanning confocal microscope and a Nikon spinning Read More...

The Chemical Synthesis Group is a component of the Chemical Biology Laboratory. This facility provides synthetic chemistry resources and expertise to the NCI Intramural community. The facility’s capabilities include: Providing expertise, consultation, and experience 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...

RSeQC package provides a number of useful modules that can comprehensively evaluate high throughput sequence data especially RNA-seq data. “Basic modules” quickly inspect sequence quality, nucleotide composition bias, PCR bias and GC bias, while “RNA-seq Read More...

One of the challenges in analyzing high throughput sequencing is to reconstruct the genome of the unknown by using a knonw (ie. reference). The next step in analysis is to align our sequencing data to Read More...

The SRA (Sequence Read Archive) at NCBI is a large, public database of DNA sequencing data. The repository holds "short reads" generated by high-throughput next-generation sequencing, usually less than 1,000 bp. We will download Read More...

The SRA (Sequence Read Archive) at NCBI is a large, public database of DNA sequencing data. The repository holds "short reads" generated by high-throughput next-generation sequencing, usually less than 1,000 bp. We will download Read More...

The Medicinal Chemistry Accelerator (MCA) is a collaborative CCR resource that supports investigators in developing small molecule inhibitors for anticancer drug candidates. While CCR and NCATS have infrastructure to identify initial “hits” through high-throughput screening, Read More...

NanoString Technology The nCounter® Analysis System is an automated, multi-application, digital detection and counting system which directly profiles up to 800 molecules simultaneously from a single sample using a novel barcoding technology. Profile hundreds of mRNAs, Read More...

The Crystallization Facility provides an automated environment for setting up crystallization experiments in a high-throughput format, storing the resulting plates under controlled conditions, and monitoring the status of prepared droplets remotely. The Facility is in Read More...

03/21/2025 - Partek Flow is a point-and-click software for analyzing multi-omics sequencing data including DNA, bulk and single cell RNA, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC and ChIP. Input options include FASTQ, BAM, or expression tables, thus enabling scientists 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...

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...

03/27/2024 - On Wednesday, March 27th, at 9:00 a.m., in Building 37, Room 4041/4107, and online. In-person attendance is encouraged.  Dr. Khan is the Deputy Chief of the Genetics Branch and Head of the Oncogenomics Section, Read More...

Partek Flow is a 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 sequencing Read More...

Course Overview Partek Flow is a 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 Read More...

02/28/2024 - In this seminar, you'll learn about the somatic variant caller named Lancet. This accurate, open-source tool leverages local assembly and joint analysis of tumor-normal, paired, high-throughput sequence data. New York Genome Center& Read More...

An OTU is an operational taxonomic unit. This is derived by binning sequences at a certain threshold of similarity. This threshold is generally set at 97%, which is associated with a species level assignment. Clustering can Read More...

12/06/2023 - This presentation will provide a one-hour overview demonstration on Geneious Prime, a software platform for molecular biology and sequence analysis. It is built to be highly visual, easy to use, and collaborative. & Read More...

11/29/2023 - In this seminar, you'll learn about the somatic variant caller named Lancet. This accurate, open-source tool leverages local assembly and joint analysis of tumor-normal, paired, high-throughput sequence data. New York Genome Center& Read More...

11/21/2023 - Dear Colleagues,    This presentation will provide an overview of OpenCRAVAT.   Annotation and interpretation of cancer variants is critical to the design of personalized molecular therapies, and Read More...

Picard is a set of command line tools for manipulating high- throughput sequencing (HTS) data and formats such as SAM/ BAM/CRAM and VCF. (mark pcr duplicates) Samtools provide various utilities for manipulating alignments in Read More...

Let's start our exploration of sequencing read alignment by discussing the reference genome for human chromosome 22. For this, change into our ~/biostar_class/hbr_uhr/refs folder. In Lesson 9, we discussed why we need Read More...

Let's start our exploration of sequencing read alignment by discussing the reference genome for human chromosome 22. For this, change into our ~/biostar_class/hbr_uhr/refs folder. In Lesson 9, we discussed why we need Read More...

Most alignment algorithms rely on the construction of auxiliary data structures, called indices, which are made for the sequence reads, the reference genome sequence, or both. Mapping algorithms can largely be grouped into two categories Read More...

Trim and/or filter sequence to remove sequencing primers/adaptor and poor quality reads. Example programs: FASTX-Toolkit is a collection of command line tools for Short-Reads FASTA/ FASTQ files preprocessing.
 SeqKit is an ultrafast comprehensive Read More...

Dendrograms are used in phylogenetics to help visualize relatedness of or dissimilarities between species. In RNA sequencing, dendrogram can be combined with heatmap to show clustering of samples by gene expression or clustering of genes Read More...

Dendrograms are used in phylogenetics to help visualize relatedness of or dissimilarities between species. In RNA sequencing, dendrogram can be combined with heatmap to show clustering of samples by gene expression or clustering of genes Read More...

Dendrograms are used in phylogenetics to help visualize relatedness of or dissimilarities between species. In RNA sequencing, dendrogram can be combined with heatmap to show clustering of samples by gene expression or clustering of genes 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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 introduction of DNA sequencing instruments capable of producing millions of DNA sequence reads in a single run has profoundly altered the landscape of genetics and cancer biology. Complex questions can now be answered at Read More...

The Genomics Laboratory (formerly Laboratory of Molecular Technology) is an integrated, high-throughput molecular biology laboratory focusing on the development of genetics and genomics technologies, together with associated laboratory automation systems, data analysis, and information management Read More...

03/13/2025 - UCSC Xena showcases seminal cancer genomics datasets from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Pan-Cancer Atlas, as well as the Genomic Data Commons, Pan-cancer Atlas of Whole Genomes, and the International Cancer Genome 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...

07/24/2024 - Partek Flow enables scientists to construct analysis workflows for multi-omics sequencing data including DNA, bulk and single cell RNA, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC and ChIP. It is hosted on Biowulf, the NIH high performance computing Read More...

Partek Flow enables scientists to build comprehensive workflows for analyzing multi-omics high throughput sequencing data including DNA and variant calling, bulk and single cell modalities for RNA, ChIP, and ATAC, spatial transcriptomics, CITE, and immune Read More...

06/20/2024 - Clustered heat maps are widely used for visualizing patterns in molecular profiling data. But traditional, static heat maps have significant limitations when applied to large datasets (1000s of elements per axis). Presented in this Read More...

NCI researchers can find instructions for accessing Partek Flow at https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/btep/partek-flow-bulk-and-single-cell-rna-seq-data-analysis/ . But the things needed are A Biowulf (The High Performance Computing cluster) account — see here for information about Read More...

NCI researchers can find instructions for accessing Partek Flow at https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/btep/partek-flow-bulk-and-single-cell-rna-seq-data-analysis/ . But the things needed are A Biowulf (The High Performance Computing cluster) account — see here for information about 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...

09/08/2023 - This seminar will discuss how we can leverage shared data to discover signatures of human vaccination and infection responses. A key example will be work done as part of the NIH  Human Read More...

Alignment RNASeq Mapping Challenges The majority of mRNA derived from eukaryotes is the result of splicing together discontinuous exons, and this creates specific challenges for the alignment of RNASEQ data. Mapping Challenges Reads not perfect Read More...

Let's submit a batch job. We are going to download data from the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) , a public repository of high throughput, short read sequencing data. We will discuss the SRA a bit Read More...

When analyzing high throughput sequencing data, we will need to trim away adapters. Adapters help anchor the unknown sequencing template to the Illumina flow cell and can interfere with alignment. We may also want to Read More...

Data Analysis Here are a pair of examples of RNASEQ complete workflows RNASEQ Pipeline from NCI CCBR https://github.com/CCBR/Pipeliner/blob/master/RNASeqDocumentation.pdf RNASEQ Nextflow Pipeline from nf-core https://nf-co.re/rnaseq Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Learn: FASTQC for assaying quality of sequence reads MultiQC for combining multiple FASTQC reports into one report Trimmomatic for removing sequence data based Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Learn: FASTQC for assaying quality of sequence reads MultiQC for combining multiple FASTQC reports into one report Trimmomatic for removing sequence data based 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...

Data Analysis Overview RNASEQ - Data Analysis WorkFlow Mostly Computational intensive task requiring signigicant computer hardware. Quality Control Sample quality and consistency Is Trimming appropriate - quality/adaptors Alignment/Mapping Reference Target (Sequence and annotation) Read More...

05/19/2023 - Patient-derived cancer models (PDCM) have become an essential tool in both cancer research and preclinical studies. Each model type offers unique advantages and is better suited for specific research areas: cell lines are low Read More...

The Functional Genomics Laboratory (formerly, the RNAi Screening Facility) of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) assist investigators with all stages of project planning and execution, beginning with assay development through genome-wide siRNA 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 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...

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 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 Genomics Technology Laboratory is an integrated, high-throughput molecular biology laboratory focusing on the development of genetics and genomics technologies, data analysis, and information management tools, in support of CCR Investigators. The laboratory develops integrated Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers MDS as an open-access instrument. First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Training includes the KD determination of a standard molecular Read More...

As a multi-user facility, the different instruments provide a wide range of imaging modes for EIB scientists, from standard immunohistochemistry, through brightfield and wide-field epifluorescence imaging, to highly complex live cell confocal microscopy and super-resolution 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...

The research conducted within the Synthetic Biologics Core (SBC) Facility has a dual role: Generate chemical biology tools and drug candidates for molecular targets identified by NCI research groups, Develop novel effective methods and tools Read More...

CREx News & Updates January 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NCI ANTIBODY CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY (ACL) The ACL specializes in rigorously validating antibodies for signaling and Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers Octet as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar.  Training includes a full analysis of a 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...

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...

Bruker AVANCE 400 and 500 MHz NMR instruments. Helium Cryoprobe technology on the 500 MHz machine for added sensitivity, especially for Carbon-13 spectra. Access to a second 500 MHz instrument with Prodigy Liquid Nitrogen-cooled cryoprobe. User Accounts can be 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...

The NMR Facility for Biological Research operates six NMR spectrometers with proton resonance frequencies from 850 to 500 MHz. Three of the highest field spectrometers (850, 700, 600) are equipped with higher sensitivity cryoprobes optimized for high-resolution multi-dimensional and relaxation Read More...

What is Visium FFPE v2 with CytAssist? Visium FFPE v2 is sequencing-based spatial profiling technology developed by 10x Genomics. This assay can take mouse or human tissue sections on normal glass slides as input and Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers MST as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar.  Training includes the KD determination of a 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[embed]https://youtu.be/yTl1Q0D7aZ0[/embed] 10x Genomics' supports multiple cancer research areas from single nucleotide and structural variant detection to single cell whole transcriptome gene expression analysis of thousands of individual 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 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...

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...

Total end-to-end system for single-cell research [embed]https://youtu.be/vMzhSzg1rUw[/embed] The BD Rhapsody Single-Cell Analysis system empowers and streamlines your research with a complete system of tools, including reagents and analysis software, Read More...

Many established and emerging technologies are available to CCR scientists.  This technology-rich environment makes the CCR a unique place to conduct scientific research.  Through the OSTR, the CCR continues to find Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers MP as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument training calendar.  Training includes mass distribution analysis of a Read More...

Profile the entire transcriptome and more than 570 proteins on a single slide with the GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler

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...

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...

Most BTEP courses include detailed course materials including lesson content, additional resources, and lesson associated data. These course materials are listed here so that learners can easily return to and review concepts taught in class Read More...

BTEP strives to maintain links to resources that should be of interest to CCR Bioinformatics Community.  Some of the resources to will be accessible through more than one of these lists, but since the lists 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...

11/19/2024 - Partek Flow enables scientists to construct analysis workflows for multi-omics sequencing data including DNA, bulk and single cell RNA, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC and ChIP. It is a point-and-click software hosted on Biowulf, the NIH Read More...

Clinicians and bench scientists (a.k.a., wet lab researchers) are at the forefront of scientific achievement. However, most, if not all contemporary projects involve robust scientific analysis, where the tools of exploration aren’t 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...

Accessing Partek Flow at NIH and tips for data transfer Learning objectives After consulting this guide, participants will Know how to access Partek Flow at NIH. Be able to transfer data from NCI CCR Sequencing 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...

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...

We previously stored FASTQC results for the HBR and UHR raw sequencing data in the ~/biostar_class/hbr_uhr/QC directory (recall that ~ denotes home directory). So before getting started, change into this folder. cd ~/ Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Learn * What are sequence adapters? * Do we need to trim them before alignment? * How can I trim with a new adapter sequence? Be Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Learn * What are sequence adapters? * Do we need to trim them before alignment? * How can I trim with a new adapter sequence? Be Read More...

Lesson 6: sra-tools, e-utilities, and parallel This page uses some content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Lesson 5 Review: The majority of computational tasks on Biowulf should be submitted as jobs: sbatch or swarm Read More...

Lesson 6: Downloading data from the SRA For this lesson, you will need to login to the GOLD environment on DNAnexus. Lesson 5 Review: The majority of computational tasks on Biowulf should be submitted as jobs: sbatch Read More...

STAR 2-pass mode --sjdbGTFfile is the path to the file with annotated transcripts in standard GTF format, STAR extracts splice junctions from this file, improves accuracy of mapping. Using annotations is highly recommended whenever they Read More...

Lesson 5: Working on Biowulf Lesson 4 Review Flags and command options Wildcards ( * ) Tab complete Accessing user history with the "up" and "down" arrows cat , head , and tail Working with file content (input, Read More...

The SRA (Sequence Read Archive) at NCBI is a large, public database of DNA sequencing data. The repository holds "short reads" generated by high-throughput next-generation sequencing, usually less than 1,000 bp. We will download Read More...

Functional annotation clustering works to cluster annotations that share similar genes. If we click on Functional Annotation Clustering in the Annotation Summary Results page then we can see the functional annotation clusters that our input Read More...

Now that we have downloaded the HBR and UHR dataset and know where analysis tools are, let's start learning about RNA sequencing, by first learning about our reference genome and annotation files. Let's Read More...

Now that we have downloaded the HBR and UHR dataset and know where analysis tools are, let's start learning about RNA sequencing, by first learning about our reference genome and annotation files. Let's Read More...

Syllabus for “Bioinformatics for Beginners" Instructors: Co-Instructors: To participate in these courses, you need a computer, reliable internet connection and a web browser. All classes and help sessions will be held online. This class Read More...

A common question posed to the Bioinformatics Training and Education Program (BTEP) is “How can I learn R and Python to analyze my data?”. First, it’s important to state that learning any programming language Read More...

High resolution single cell profiling assays have provided an unprecedented view of many biological systems and processes, but the spatial context in which this biology is occurring is often crucial. Spatial profiling, including spatial transcriptomic Read More...

The Biophysics Resource (BR) was established in January 2001. Our mission is to provide CCR investigators with access to both the latest instrumentation and expertise in characterizing the biophysical aspects of systems under structural investigation. The 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 New Resources on CREx NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB) The NBB provides researchers with access to human post-mortem brain tissue Read More...

What is Xenium? Xenium is a high-resolution, imaging-based in situ spatial profiling technology from 10x Genomics that allows for simultaneous expression analysis of RNA targets (currently in range of 100’s) within the same tissue section. 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 primary objective of the Protein Technology Core (PTC) is to establish an experimental screening pipeline for single-domain antibodies termed nanobodies. Nanobodies are antibody fragments consisting of a single monomeric variable antibody domain. The PTC, 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 CREx Program Manager The CREx Team is happy to announce Deepika Velampati as the new CREx Program Read More...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New CREx User Survey The CREx Team is carrying out a CREx User Survey. We would greatly appreciate 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 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...

Employing spatial biology techniques enables acquisition of transcript and protein data from intact tissue sections, and in turn, spatial distribution information and cellular interaction patterns are revealed.

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...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers fluorometers as open-access instruments.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Location: Building 50, room 3226 Description: Some substances reemit light after Read More...

The Metabolic Clinical Research Unit (MCRU) opened in 2007 as a key component of the Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research . The NIDDK worked closely with the Clinical Center to design the Unit, which houses state-of-the-art Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers DLS as an open-access instrument. First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Training includes DLS analysis of small- and large-molecular size 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 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 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...

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...

CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More New CREx User Survey The CREx Team is carrying out a CREx User Survey. If you haven’t Read More...

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CREx News & Updates May 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 Flow Cytometry Core (LGI) offers established technologies to support studies using flow cytometry and cell sorting. Established Technologies Applications that run on FACS Caliburs include: Immunophenotyping (up to 4-color), Intracellular markers, including cytokines and Read More...

The goals of the Bioinformatics Training and Education Program within NCI/CCR are: To make researchers aware of the bioinformatics resources available to them, To provide training and guidance on these resources regularly and at Read More...

NISC’s role within NHGRI, and more broadly across NIH, aims to advance genome sequencing and its many applications, with a goal not simply to produce sequence data, but to produce the infrastructure required to Read More...

The Stem Cell Unit (SCU) has established a database to which hESC lines, adult stem cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells may be directly compared. These data give scientists the information they need when 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 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 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...

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...

CREx News & Updates July 2021   Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS Learn more about services from the NHLBI 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...

We are a bioinformatics team within the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology’s (CBIIT’s) Cancer Informatics Branch (CIB)—soon to be referred to as the Informatics and Data Science (IDS) Program. Headed Read More...

October 6, 2022 crex.nih.gov CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Science & Technology Seminars and Training Events Upcoming Seminars and Educational Opportunities The following 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...

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

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...

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 Department of Laboratory Medicine provides state-of-the-art laboratory testing in support of Clinical Center patient care and will serve as a center of excellence in research and training in laboratory medicine, particularly in areas which Read More...

The Antibody Characterization Laboratory (ACL) is the laboratory responsible for the development of well-characterized monoclonal antibody reagents. The NCI’s Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research funds ACL as a resource to the entire cancer Read More...

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...

Employing spatial biology techniques enables acquisition of transcript and protein data from intact tissue sections, and in turn, spatial distribution information and cellular interaction patterns are revealed.

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The Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative The STRIDES Initiative aims to help NIH and its institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs) accelerate biomedical research by reducing barriers in utilizing Read More...

The Biophysics Core’s mission is to provide support in the study of macromolecular interactions, dynamics, and stability by offering consultations, training, professional collaborations, and instrument access. General Services: Multi-technique molecular interaction studies, Kinetic 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 Clinical Support Laboratory offers processing, tracking, and testing of a broad range of clinical samples. Support can begin at the early stages of clinical trial development to aid in developing a comprehensive strategy for Read More...

The Biological Products Core provides the AIDS research community with high-quality purified preparations of various strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), economically prepared by leveraging the economy of scale. Materials Read More...

Back Services: This instrument is not user accessible.  We provide both data collection and data analysis services. Location: Building 50, room 3331 Description: An analytical ultracentrifuge is equipped with absorption and interference optical systems that monitor Read More...

October 6, 2022 crex.nih.gov CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NIH Center For Human Immunology, Inflammation, And Autoimmunity (CHI) CHI is a Read More...

September 8, 2022 crex.nih.gov CREx Monthly Newsletter Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight Trans-NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) NISC is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that 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 Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)'s  mission is to support the genetics community by providing high-quality, cutting-edge genomics services and technologies in order to expand our understanding of disease and catalyze discoveries that 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...

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...

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 Center for Advanced Tissue Imaging (CAT-I) is an NIAID and NCI supported effort involving collaborative studies between experts in the Laboratory of Immune System Biology, DIR, NIAID and investigators in the DIR, NIAID and 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...

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...

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...

CREx News & Updates November 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGLIGHTS Learn more about services from the NINDS Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Core. NINDS Read More...

The Advanced Biomedical Computational Sciences (ABCS) group provides technology development, scientific consultation, collaboration and training, research, software development, and high-performance computing support. ABCS encompasses specialized groups focusing on machine learning applied to the interpretation of 2 Read More...

Protein Expression Laboratory The Protein Expression Laboratory develops, improves, and delivers protein-centric services. Our goal is to help client investigators achieve their research goals with the lowest possible cost in the shortest time. All PEL 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...

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CREx News & Updates August 2021 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx) News Site Spotlight FACILITY HIGHLIGHTS Learn more about services from the NHLBI 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 NIH Resource Resources Derive Greater Insights and Accelerate your Research Using Bioinformatic Tools! CREx is an NIH Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers ZetaView as an open-access instrument. First-time users must complete a short training session before using it for the first time. Training includes instrument calibration and size analysis of a standard Read More...

The Center for Advanced Preclinical Research (CAPR) specializes in evaluating the efficacy of preclinical compounds, existing drugs, or biologics (therapeutics) in genetically engineered mouse models, GEM-derived allograft (GDA) models, or patient-derived mouse xenografts (PDX). We Read More...

Services: Biophysics Facility offers CD as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Location: Building 50, room 3123 Description: CD spectroscopy measures the difference Read More...

Back Services: Biophysics Facility offers CD as an open-access instrument.  First-time users must complete a short training session before gaining access to the instrument reservation calendar. Location: Building 50, room 3123 Description: CD spectroscopy measures the Read More...

Back Services: We offer a limited sample processing service using standard SEC-MALS and FFF protocols.  This service is intended for the occasional users of this system.  Researchers who expect to use this instrument Read More...

Back Services: We offer a limited sample processing service using standard SEC-MALS and FFF protocols.  This service is intended for the occasional users of this system.  Researchers who expect to use this instrument 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...

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...

Accessing Partek Flow at NIH and tips for data transfer Learning objectives Instructions for accessing Partek Flow NCI researchers can find instructions for accessing Partek Flow at https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/btep/partek-flow-bulk-and-single-cell-rna-seq-data-analysis/ . But 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...

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...

Lesson 6 . Learning Objectives Introduce several beta diversity metrics Discover different ordination methods Learn about statistical methods that are applicable Beta diversity Beta diversity is between sample diversity. This is useful for answering the question, how 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...

Lesson 2: Getting Started with QIIME2 Lesson Objectives Obtain sequence data and sample metadata Import data and metadata Discuss other useful QIIME2 features including view QIIME2, provenance tracking, and the QIIME2 forum. DNAnexus DNAnexus provides a Read More...

Lesson 11: Merging FASTQ quality reports and data cleanup Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 10 Review In the previous lesson, we learned about the structure of the FASTQ Read More...

Lesson 16: RNA sequencing review and classification based analysis Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Review In the previous classes, we learned about the steps involved in RNA sequencing Read More...

Lesson 13: Aligning raw sequences to reference genome Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 11 Review In Lesson 11 we learned to aggregate multiple FASTQC reports into one using MultiQC, Read More...

Lesson 13: Aligning raw sequences to reference genome Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 11 Review In Lesson 11 we learned to aggregate multiple FASTQC reports into one using MultiQC, Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Review: * downloading data from SRA * decompressing tar files * e-utilities * fastq-dump Learn: * sra-stat * XML format * automating SRA downloads * working with comma-separated values (csv) format * Read More...

In lesson 9, we learned that reference genomes came in the form of FASTA files, which essentially store nucleotide sequences. In this lesson, we will learn about the FASTQ file, which is the file format that Read More...

Lesson 10: Introducing the FASTQ file and assessing sequencing data quality Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 9 Review In the previous lesson, we explored the reference genomes and Read More...

Gene ontology and pathway analysis Objectives Determine potential next steps following differential expression analysis. Tour geneontology.org and understand the three main ontologies. Learn about different methods and tools related to functional enrichment and pathway Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Learning objectives: 1. Understand what a sequence alignment is and how different algorithms can effect alignments. 2. Learn how scoring matrices and gap penalties (gap Read More...

How to download data from the Sequence Read Archive (NCBI/SRA) to your account on NIH HPC Biowulf You will need: active, unlocked Biowulf account (hpc.nih.gov) active Globus account for transferring files OR Read More...

Lesson 4: Useful Unix For this lesson, you will need to login to the GOLD environment on DNAnexus. Lesson 3 Review Biowulf is the high performance computing cluster at NIH. When you apply for a Biowulf account Read More...

Lesson 9: Reference genomes and genome annotations used in RNA sequencing Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 8 Review In Lesson 8, we learned about the basics of RNA sequencing, Read More...

Lesson 9: Reference genomes and genome annotations used in RNA sequencing Before getting started, remember to be signed on to the DNAnexus GOLD environment. Lesson 8 Review In Lesson 8, we learned about the basics of RNA sequencing, 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...

Lesson 1: Introduction to Biowulf, Unix, and R Learning Objectives Learn about why you may want to use R on Biowulf. Refresh Unix and R skills. This lesson will not be hands on. Why use R Read More...

Visualizing clusters with heatmaps Objectives Introduce the heatmap and dendrogram as tools for visualizing clusters in data. Learn to construct cluster heatmap using the package pheatmap . Learn how to save a non-ggplot2 plot. Introduce ggplotify Read More...