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

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

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.

Protein/Protein Interaction Database Through a license agreement with Elsevier, the CCR community has access to the largest Y2H data set available in the world (CCR Database of Antibodies and Protein Interactions, C-DAPI). This Read More...

The Molecular Pathology Unit is intended to spearhead opportunities for bridging basic and clinical research efforts by more precisely optimizing the development, characterization, and utilization of models of human disease. The initiative approach includes both Read More...

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

CREx 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...

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...

Thousands of molecular targets have been measured in the NCI panel of 60 human tumor cell lines. Measurements include protein levels, RNA measurements, mutation status, and enzyme activity levels. You can choose to search for a 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...

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...

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 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...

Clinical Support Laboratory – Flow Cytometry Section is a laboratory specializing in providing immunophenotyping support of NCI intramural clinical trials, though assessments may also be performed using cells from Non-human primates and other species. The CSL Read More...

CLIA-Certified Technologies Offered: Fragment Analysis for Micro-satellite Instability Detection, Pharmacoscan Array for Pharmacogenomics, Mutation Detection for PCR and Sanger Sequencing, DNA extraction from whole blood, saliva, FFPE tissues, buccal swabs, nails, hair, PBMCs, buffy coats, Read More...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 Neurorehabilitation and Biomechanics Research Section (also referred to as the NAB LAB) is a multidisciplinary group of highly qualified scientists, clinical and technical staff, and trainees with diverse backgrounds including medical, physical therapy, neuroscience 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...

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...

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...

CREx News & Updates June 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...

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 Department of Bioethics offers consultation, collaboration, and education to intramural researchers and extramural program officers. The members of the Department are available to:Consult with investigators on ethical questions or concerns related to the 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...

The Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Core Facility specializes in MEG, a non-invasive procedure similar to electroencephalography (EEG), and aims to support research to better understand of the functioning of the brain. Established Technologies Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a 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...

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 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...

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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...

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...

Home About the Biophysics Core Biophysics Core Technologies We provide consultations and advice on the applications of biophysical methods. If you would like to discuss the requirements of a particular technique or consider selecting the 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...

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...

Radiology and Imaging Sciences provides imaging services for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center patients participating in research protocols conducted by the various NIH institutes. Services include X-rays, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Read More...

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

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

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...

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: 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...

DTP’s Natural Products Repository is the world’s largest storehouse of natural products. It houses close to >200,000 extracts from samples of more than 70,000 plants and >20,000 marine organisms collected from more than 29 countries, plus extracts 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 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 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...

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...

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...

[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...

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 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...

The NIH Clinical Center Pharmacy Department provides pharmaceutical care to inpatients and outpatients on NIH intramural research protocols at the NIH Clinical Center. The Clinical Center facility encompasses 200 inpatient beds, 93 day-hospital stations, and 15 clinics. Clinical 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...

The CCR-Frederick Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides research support to the Frederick-CCR community, including cytometry analysis and sorting services, instrument maintenance, new user training, and technical consultation. Typical Assays Performed by Core Instruments Immunophenotyping of Read More...

The PET Department, CC, functions as a core facility that supports basic, translational, and clinical research using PET. It is a vertically integrated facility, with resources to produce positron-emitting radionuclides, manufacture PET radiopharmaceuticals in a Read More...

The NCI Cloud Resources are components of the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) that bring data and computational power together to enable cancer research and discovery. These cloud-based platforms eliminate the need for researchers Read More...

The CCR Building 41 Flow Cytometry Core is a full-service facility within the Center for Cancer Research that supports over 150 users representing 26 laboratories. The Core Facility provides instrument and software training, technical expertise, assay development, and Read More...

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

CREx News & Updates April 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...

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...

CREx News & Updates August 2022 Learn about the NIH Collaborative Research Exchange (CREx), Core Facilities, Webinars, & More Site Spotlight NCATS Functional Genomics Laboratory (FGL) FGL is designed to help NIH Investigators use the latest 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...

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...

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...

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 Clinical Image Processing Service (CIPS) offers timely and accurate advanced image processing of diagnostic radiology images for clinical care, research, and training. CIPS’ functions include clinical services and scientific researches. Established Technologies CIPS can 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...

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...

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...

03/08/2021 - Zoom Registration Description NHGRI will host a new seminar series this year on the “Bold Predictions for Human Genomics by 2030” that are described in NHGRI’s “ Strategic Vision for Improving Human Health at the Read More...

02/09/2021 - Sarah Teichmann Head of the Cellular Genetics Programme - Wellcome Sanger Institute - Cambridge UK Lab homepage: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/teichmann-group/ Venue: zoom conference https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1619988709?pwd=dEIwM0 Read More...

06/16/2022 - Sarah Teichmann, Ph.D., Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK FMedSci), Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Wellcome Sanger Institute Sarah Teichmann is co-founder and principal leader of the Human Cell Atlas ( Read More...

04/09/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded initiative to construct 3-dimensional atlases of Read More...

03/19/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded initiative to construct 3-dimensional atlases of 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...

11/17/2025 - Simple Questions Your RAG System Can't Answer

05/14/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded initiative to construct 3-dimensional atlases of Read More...

04/15/2025 - What to bring:  Laptop capable of connecting to internet via NIH  wifi Are you looking to expand the reach of your sequencing to enable what long read technologies can provide?& Read More...

04/02/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded initiative to construct 3-dimensional atlases of Read More...

04/22/2021 - Meeting link: https://cbiit.webex.com/cbiit/j.php?MTID=m2e54a1e4fca4e029e3691210f2422599 Meeting number: 160 936 5213 Password: Please obtain your meeting password from your host. Cohost: Leonard Freedman Presenter: Justin Read More...

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

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...

07/11/2025 - SIG Website : https://oir.nih.gov/ sig s/ long-read Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ytKXJa17vRyq9FnooW4Bs9gTiAJbOccZM6XLoI1SAgA/edit?usp=sharing Signup to the mailing list: https://list.nih. Read More...

05/08/2025 - Attend this virtual seminar via Teams. The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research. Speakers are selected by NHGRI Read More...

04/28/2025 - AI Club is a weekly meeting that explores various topics relating to AI and deep learning in biomedical sciences, typically in a seminar, workshop, or journal club format. AI Club is intended to be Read More...

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...

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...

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...

05/22/2025 - It took over $3 billion and 13 years to sequence the first human genome. Today, we can sequence a genome in a single day for less than $1,000.  That incredible technological advancement has led to the generation Read More...

09/12/2024 - Telomere to telomere (T2T) genome assemblies represent a paradigm shift in comparative genomics, offering insights into chromosome structure, evolution, and function at the highest resolution. Dr. O'Neill's lab has made recent Read More...

05/02/2024 - The explosion of biomedical big data and information in the past decade or so has created new opportunities for discoveries to improve the treatment and prevention of human diseases. As such, the field of Read More...

Biowulf is the Unix/Linux-based high-performance computing (HPC) cluster at NIH. If you do not currently use Biowulf for your data analysis needs, consider the following advantages: Much more compute power as compared to a Read More...

05/25/2022 - Dr. Peng Jiang of NCI’s Center for Cancer Research will discuss  CytoSig , a software-based platform that is designed to provide both a  database  of target genes modulated by cytokines (i.e., proteins secreted Read More...

10/27/2021 - Wrapping up its final webinar of 2021, the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) Cancer Genomics Cloud (CGC) welcomes Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory fellow Dr. Pascal Belleau. He will share his findings from recent work Read More...

DAVID is a popular bioinformatics resource system including a web server and web service for functional annotation and enrichment analyses of gene lists. It consists of a comprehensive knowledgebase and a set of functional analysis Read More...

07/07/2025 - Thi hour-and-a-half online training will examine how human proce and encode vi ual information and how vi ual attribute can be utilized to create effective vi ualization . Thi will focu on enhancing graphic literacy, Read More...

05/01/2025 - In this talk, Dr. Stergachis will present data on using Fiber-seq and deaminase-assisted Fiber-seq (DAF-seq) to resolve the functional impact of both germline and somatic genetic variants, as well as to identify somatic epimutations Read More...

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

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

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...

nf-core is a community effort to generate a curated set of standardized, best-practice, reproducible, documented, NGS analysis pipelines. All these workflows are built using the versatile workflow manager, Nextflow , and have been released under the Read More...

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...

09/08/2023 - Hybrid Seminar Friday, September 8, 2023 • 9:00-10:00 a.m. Building 549 Auditorium (In-person attendance encouraged)   Speaker: Brian Kelsall, M.D. Senior Investigator, Mucosal Immunobiology Section Laboratory of Molecular Immunology National Institutes of Allergy Read More...

Let's download the data and learn how to decompress it. First, we will create a place to store the data. Go to the directory you created for working with class material. If you haven' Read More...

First Unix command (ls) ls You may see something like this: public reads.tar sample.fasta sample.fastq The "ls" command "lists" the contents of the directory you are in. You Read More...

First Unix command (ls) ls You may see something like this: public reads.tar sample.fasta sample.fastq The "ls" command "lists" the contents of the directory you are in. You Read More...

Lesson 7: Downloading the RNA-Seq Data and Dataset Overview Lesson Review pwd (print working directory) ls (list) touch (creates an empty file) nano (basic editor for creating small text files) using the rm command to remove Read More...

Why Learn Bioinformatics? Analyze your own data Expand scientific training and skills Provide a path to a new career Have a better understanding of how other people analyze data What is Unix? an operating system, Read More...

Why Learn Bioinformatics? Analyze your own data Expand scientific training and skills Provide a path to a new career Have a better understanding of how other people analyze data What is Unix? an operating system, Read More...

Lesson 2: Navigating file systems with Unix Quick review Unix is an operating system We use a unix shell (typically bash) to run many bioinformatics programs We need to learn unix to use non-GUI based tools 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...

Course Wrap-up This lesson concludes the Bioinformatics for Beginners course series. Please email us any time at ncibtep@nih.gov for help with your bioinformatics questions or concerns. Lesson Objectives Short course overview. Review BTEP Read More...

04/06/2023 - Az imuth is a web application that uses an annotated reference dataset to  automate the processing, analysis, and interpretation of a new single-cell RNA-seq experiment . Azimuth leverages a  'reference-based mapping' pipeline that inputs a Read More...

The identification of cell types in single cell genomics data (cell type annotation) can provide new insights into cellular identities, heterogeneity, and functional roles. Cell type annotation is challenging Read More...

10/25/2022 - Speaker: Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D. Associate Director Informatics and Data Science at the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology Senior Investigator Trans-Divisional Research Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI Dr. Read More...

09/22/2022 - The avalanche of easy-to-create genomics data has impacted almost all areas of medicine and science, from cancer patients and microbial diagnostics to molecular monitoring for astronauts in space. In this lecture, new discoveries from Read More...

07/14/2022 - Nicholas Navin, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Grady F. Saunders, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship for Molecular Biology, Department of Genetics, Read More...

01/19/2022 - For our next CDSL Webinar we will have a guest lecture by  Dr. Russell Rockne from Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center. Abstract: Temporal dynamics of gene expression inform cellular and Read More...

04/22/2021 - Abstract: Single-cell RNA-sequencing has emerged as a popular technique for dissecting temporal processes such as tumor development and cell differentiation from snapshots of asynchronous ensembles of cells. Ongoing efforts in this area are now Read More...

03/29/2021 - For coming Monday's CDSl webinar, we'll be hosting Dr. Yun Liu from Google Health. Abstract: This talk will briefly cover two categories of our work: deep learning to identify dermatology conditions from Read More...

03/11/2021 - Abstract: Targeted quantitative proteomics using multiple/parallel reaction monitoring (MRM, PRM) is already being applied by many researchers in biology, biochemistry, and clinical research laboratories. These methods allow rapid and precise quantitation of proteins Read More...

06/06/2016 - The 'NCBI Resources for CCR Scientists' workshop, on June 6 and June 8, 2016, will focus on teaching a wide range of resources developed within NCBI that are relevant for CCR scientists. It will include both hands-on Read More...

Note This is not an exhaustive list. cBioPortal cBioPortal is a platform for exploratory and interactive visualization, analysis, and download of cancer genomics data. With cBioPortal You can quickly view genomic alterations across a set Read More...

fastq-dump and fasterq-dump are modules in the SRA Toolkit and can be used to download FASTQ-formatted data. Both download the data in SRA format and convert it to FASTQ format. If working on a high Read More...

02/26/2026 - If you use AI tools even occasionally, you’ve probably spent more time than you’d like rewriting prompts, tweaking outputs, or trying to remember “that one prompt 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...

12/16/2025 - Abstract: Spatial transcriptomics (ST) is evolving rapidly as a pivotal technology in studying the biology of tumors and their associated tumor microenvironments (TME). However, where/how it can impact research remain unclear. In this Read More...

10/29/2025 - The Buenrostro lab is broadly dedicated to advancing our knowledge of gene regulation and the downstream consequences on cell fate decisions. To do this, the Buenrostro lab develops new technologies utilizing molecular biology, microscopy Read More...

09/15/2025 - This hour-and-a-half online training will examine how humans process and encode visual information and how visual attributes can be utilized to create effective visualizations. This will focus on enhancing graphic literacy, exploring methods for Read More...

09/09/2025 - Join&nb p;the National Heart, Lung, and Blood In titute (NHLBI)&nb p;for a hybrid work hop to explore how medicine will be tran formed by the current artificial intelligence ( Read More...

08/25/2025 - This one hour and half online training is designed for those who create reproducible projects and also want to extend the basics of R Markdown and apply those skills in  Quarto . Quarto Read More...

08/14/2025 - Biowulf is the NIH Unix-based high-performance computer (HPC). Unix is a command driven computer operating system. Biowulf has more computational power than the average laptop, which makes it ideal for analyzing Next Generation Sequencing ( Read More...

07/23/2025 - The QIIME platform, including QIIME 1 and QIIME 2, has been extensively applied in microbiome research, repeatedly making analyses that were once challenging or impossible into routine tasks. While QIIME began as a marker gene (e. Read More...

07/15/2025 - Single-cell technologies enable the discovery of many novel cell phenotypes, but this growing body of knowledge remains fragmented across the scientific literature. Natural language processing (NLP) offers a promising approach to extract this information 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...

This is part II of the article highlighting nf-core pipelines and specifically addresses the use of these pipelines in the DNAnexus cloud environment. Part I of the article can be found in the October 2023 topic Read More...

04/15/2025 - The Demystifying Medicine Series, jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, includes presentations on pathology, diagnosis, and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward PhD students, clinicians and Read More...

03/27/2025 - Please note: Registration is required to get the Meeting Link for this event. Please pre-register. Aviv Regev is head of Genentech Research and Early Development. Formerly, Regev was Chair of the Faculty and Core 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...

03/20/2025 - This class will serve as a review for essential Unix commands needed for bioinformatics. It is suitable for those who took BTEP's recent Bioinformatics for Beginners course series ( https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/ Read More...

03/18/2025 - This class is not hands-on and will demonstrate to participants the use of IGV for visualizing alignment results from Next Generation Sequencing using RNA as an example. After this class, participants will be able Read More...

03/13/2025 - This session will introduce participants to visualizing alignment results from Next Generation Sequences using the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV). This step is important as scientists may want to highlight results from certain genomic locations Read More...

03/11/2025 - In this class, participants will get hands-on experience with generating and interpreting differential gene expression analysis results from bulk RNA sequencing. In addition, participants will learn to generate common plots used to visualize bulk Read More...

03/06/2025 - This class introduces participants to the first steps to differential expression analysis in bulk RNA sequencing which involves filtering out noise from (ie. genes without expression across samples) and performing QC on the gene Read More...

03/04/2025 - Alignment of RNA sequencing data enables researchers to identify where in the genome each sequence came from. However, it does not inform of how many sequences aligned to each genomic feature such as a Read More...

02/27/2025 - NGS produces millions of sequences per sample and the challenge is to identify where in the genome each sequence came from. Fortunately, there are aligners that help scientists with this task. After this class, 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...

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...

Introduction to ggplot2 Objectives Learn the ggplot2 syntax. Build a ggplot2 general template. By the end of the course, students should be able to create simple, pretty, and effective figures. Data Visualization in the tidyverse 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...

Data import and reshape Objectives 1. Learn to import multiple data types 2. Data reshape with tidyr : pivot_longer() , pivot_wider() , separate() , and unite() Installing and loading packages So far we have only worked with objects that 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...

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...

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...

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...

Learning Objectives Learn about popular programming languagues in bioinformatics Compare advantages and disadvantages of Python and R Discuss what you will need to learn to use these languages Discuss learning resources Choosing a programming language Read More...

Introduction to ggplot2 Objectives Learn how to import spreadsheet data. Learn the ggplot2 syntax. Build a ggplot2 general template. By the end of the course, students should be able to create simple, pretty, and effective Read More...

The program can be run in either interactive or batch mode Get interactive node: sinteractive -c 16 --mem 45g --gres=lscratch:20 Make sure you have requested enough resources, as the program can be quite memory- and Read More...

Upon connecting to Biowulf, the user lands in the login node. Warning Do not use the login node to perform any computation intensive tasks on Biowulf. Instead, we should either submit a job (if staying Read More...

07/23/2025 - This presentation will explore the next emerging stage where biobanking is characterised by being part of system - Biobanking 4.0. Biobanking has always been about data generation with tissue specimens providing the biological and genomic Read More...

The computational chemistry and protein modeling team in the Advanced Biomedical Computational Science (ABCS) group provides novel solutions in structural modeling and computational chemistry. Computational scientists in the group collaborate with NCI researchers by using Read More...

Long read sequencing was recently named 2022’s method of the year by Nature Methods . Long read sequencing technologies, those that generate sequence reads with lengths of 10s of kilobases or longer have several advantages over 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...

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...