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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 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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Services (ORS) Division of Radiation Safety (DRS) Radioactive Materials Control and Analysis Branch supports radioactive materials packaging/shipping. Established Technologies In accordance with Department of Transportation ( Read More...

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

In order to meet increasing demands from both NIH intramural and extramural communities for access to a small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) resource, the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) under the leadership of Drs. Jeffrey 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...

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 Resources on CREx NCI CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) The NCI CMDL is available to assist all Read More...

The CCR Animal Resource Program (ARP) plans, develops, and coordinates laboratory animal resources for CCR’s research programs. We also provide training, imaging, and technology development in support of moving basic discoveries to the clinic. 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...

The Division of Veterinary Resources’ (DVR) mission is to contribute to the advancement of NIH biomedical research programs by providing excellence in animal care, customer service, and specialized research services to support intramural research efforts. 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...

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

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

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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 Metabolomics Consortium (NIH-MC) 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 NIH-MC is 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...

CCR VOLUME Electron Microscopy Core (CVEMC),  formerly known as volume Electron Microscopy (vEM), aims to develop new techniques in volume electron microscopy (vEM) and, in collaboration with CCR Investigators, apply these techniques to research cell 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...

The Central Repository provides the research community at the NCI with various cryogenic services, including low-temperature storage from +4° C to -196° C, controlled-rate freezing, computerized inventory and distribution of samples. The Central Repository is operated Read More...

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

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...

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...

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 Spotlight The NIH Lab Managers Working Group have developed a new NIH-wide database of cold Read More...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 NIH Research Festival The NIH Research Festival highlights the groundbreaking science and the vibrant NIH community driving our Read More...

Our mission is to help both scientists and non-scientists at the Frederick National Laboratory communicate more effectively. We aim to provide our customers with maximum convenience and unique value. Established Technologies Scientific Illustration SPGM illustrators Read More...

Home Biophysics Core Technologies Biophysics Core Services The Biophysics Core The Biophysics Core Facility (BCF) was established in 2008 in the NHLBI as an advanced service laboratory providing expertise, training, consultations, and instrument access for intramural 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...

The Electron Microscopy Core (EMC), formerly known as Electron Microscopy Lab (EML),  offers investigators access to unique expertise and EM technologies that allow CCR Investigators to explore new avenues of research in order to enhance 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...

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 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...

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...

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

The 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...

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...

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...

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

The function of the SAIP is to collaborate with NCI investigators in the development of mouse models, new molecular imaging probes for early detection and therapy, monitor tumors in vivo, and perform drug efficacy studies Read More...

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

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 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 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...

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...

Protein and Metabolite Characterization Core (PMCC), formerly known as the Protein Characterization Lab (PCL),  offers various technologies to CCR investigators to characterize proteins and metabolites. The core develops and applies state-of-the-art analytical technologies, primarily mass 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...

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

05/18/2022 - During the May Accelerating Therapeutics for Opportunities in Medicine (ATOM) Webinar Series, discover how computing and machine learning can accelerate molecular optimization for cancer and infectious disease therapeutics. The  ATOM Consortium  is a public-private Read More...

04/02/2025 - Join Dr. Caroline Chung as she discusses the multifaceted process of integrating AI into healthcare, emphasizing the critical role of context at every stage. You will be equipped with insights and strategies for successful Read More...

03/17/2025 - Skylar Chan and Nikhil Mattu will present on the FDA recently approved 'loss of pulse detection' for Google Pixel Watch 3, which can call emergency medical services if the wearer loses their pulse and becomes Read More...

Training We recommend that users become familiar with the principals of fluorescence labeling and optical microscopy before arranging for training. We recommend the following sites for learning about microscopy: Introductions to Fluorescence Microscopy Fluorescence Labeling Read More...

06/04/2025 - Ho t: Dr. Daniel Lar on: dan.lar on@nih.gov ; Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expre ion, CCR, NCI, NIH

11/21/2024 - Dear FNL colleagues,   It’s time once again for our last in 2024 Biotech Connector event!!   The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research together with the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce organizes the quarterly Biotech Read More...

05/23/2023 - In this webinar, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dr. Tiwari shares how she and her laboratory have created machine learning (ML) techniques to better understand the basic biology of tumors through non-invasive imaging, Read More...

01/10/2023 - Over the last two decades three major technologies have developed as the bed rock of how we understand living systems; genomics, including nucleic acid based molecular biology readouts, imaging from near-atomic resolution to whole Read More...

06/06/2022 - Join the June NCI Imaging and Informatics Community Webinar for a discussion on the recent contributions from Dr. Mirabela Rusu’s Personalized Integrative Medicine Laboratory (PIMed) at Stanford University. Recent laboratory contributions include: registering Read More...

Our Team Tatiana S. Karpova Ph.D.Core Headkarpovat@nih.govBuilding 41, Room C615240-760-6637 David A. Ball Ph.D.Core Biologistballa@nih.govBuilding 41, Room B114D240-760-6577 Mohamadreza Fazel, Ph.D.Core Biologistmohamadreza. Read More...

01/28/2025 - This talk will cover how our group uses the resources of the FRCE cluster to process cryo-electron microscopy data collected in-house. This session is geared towards beginner users. This session will be recorded, and Read More...

01/15/2025 - This session of the BTEP Coding Club will demonstrate how to use the R package “survival” to conduct a survival analysis of an example dataset.  Senior Programmer and Analyst, Duncan Donohue, PhD, will cover Read More...

01/07/2025 - You’re invited to the ChIRP Launch Event! On January 7, 2025, the Office of Intramural Research (OIR) and the Clinical Research Informatics Strategic Planning Initiative (CRISPI) are hosting the virtual Launch Event for Read More...

11/26/2024 - This talk will introduce quantum chemistry and how it is useful for the modeling of therapeutic and diagnostic agents. This session is geared towards beginners. This session will be recorded, and materials will be Read More...

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

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

09/18/2024 - Frederick National Laboratory Science and Technology Group: Work in Progress Seminar Series presents:  “Modernization of Next Generation Sequencing Big Data Analysis Pipelines Leveraging NIH’s on-prem High Performance Computing Cluster … and Cloud.” Meeting ID: 225 592 603 654  Read More...

08/21/2024 - Frederick National Laboratory Science and Technology Group: Work in Progress Seminar Series presents: "Single Cell Characterization of Antigen-Specific Responses: An Immunomics Approach" Meeting ID: 225 592 603 654  Passcode: B7sey6 

08/13/2024 - This session will cover the basics of linear mixed-effects modeling as a method of regression analysis for clustered data. Special emphasis will be on the ideas behind random-intercepts and random-slopes modeling, and the discussion Read More...

07/23/2024 - In this presentation, we will demonstrate how to use enterprise data science platform to configure, run, share, and scale downstream bioinformatics and image analysis pipelines using cloud and HPC resources. This session is geared Read More...

06/11/2024 - This talk will cover the basics of statistical resampling methods such as bootstrap, Monte Carlo, and permutations for estimating parameters and testing hypotheses.  We will discuss when you might want to use Read More...

04/09/2024 - In this talk, we will cover what differentiates parametric and non-parametric statistics, tests/methods of both types for different data scenarios, when to use one vs. the other, and tradeoffs/pitfalls of each. This Read More...

03/28/2024 - Join John McCulloch and colleagues from the NCI Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology - Microbiome and Genetics Core (LICI-MGC)  in an introduction to JAMS , a comprehensive software package for microbial sequencing analysis (microbiomes and Read More...

03/26/2024 - In this session, we will discuss the potential of GPUs, and when and why to use GPUs on the Frederick Research Computing Environment (FRCE). We will explore the possibilities of GPU-accelerated AI applications and Read More...

01/23/2024 - In this session, we will discuss the potential of GPUs, and when and why to use GPUs on the Frederick Research Computing Environment (FRCE). We will explore the possibilities of GPU-accelerated AI applications and Read More...

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

09/12/2023 - In this talk we will discuss how and why to minimize and correct for batch effects in our experiments. We will cover appropriate sample randomization and several computational methods to help uncover and mitigate Read More...

You must be on VPN (Virtual Private Network) or the NIH campus internet to access Biowulf. Request VPN at NCI . If you have a Biowulf account but have not used it in 60 days, please send Read More...

Logging into Biowulf You must be on VPN (Virtual Private Network) or the NIH campus internet to access Biowulf. Request VPN at NCI . If you have a Biowulf account but have not used it in 60 Read More...

This tool was created and is maintained by the Laboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics at Frederick National Lab. DAVID is used for functional analysis. Given an input gene list, DAVID will inform us of Read More...

This tool was created and is maintained by the Laboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics at Frederick National Lab. DAVID is used for functional analysis. Given an input gene list, DAVID will inform us of Read More...

Analyzing next generation sequencing data requires a large number of computational steps. As you work, you should ALWAYS keep a record of what you are doing. Just as you keep a laboratory notebook, you should Read More...

NCI Sequencing Facility (SF) - ATRF, Frederick NCI CCR Genomics Core (GC) - Bethesda, Bldg 37 NCI CCR Single Cell Analysis Facility (SCAF) - Bethesda, Bldg 37 NCI Genomics Technology Laboratory - ATRF, Frederick NIH Intramural Sequencing Read More...

08/22/2023 - In this session, we will discuss conceptual overview of a computing cluster, how to get access to the NCI cluster in Frederick (FRCE) and how to connect and run basic programs. We will also Read More...

08/15/2023 - This talk will cover what to do when you first start looking at a new dataset. We will also discuss how to efficiently orient the data to avoid pitfalls and maximize knowledge gain in Read More...

06/22/2023 - Scientists and educators from many different fields need to find and understand chemical data to perform their work. As such, understanding PubChem, the world’s largest collection of freely accessible chemical information, Read More...

06/07/2023 - Join us for the upcoming CCR Fellows & Young Investigators-Seminar Series ( CCR FYI-SS 2022/2023 )  which is being held as a ‘ virtual ’ seminar that is open to everyone!  Julianna King , Laboratory Animal Sciences Program (LASP) “Genome-wide Read More...

03/31/2023 - Alejandro Schäffer, Ph.D., was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and emigrated with his parents to the United States. He received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics and his M.S. in Mathematics from Read More...

03/20/2023 - The purpose of this class is to introduce the fundamentals of conducting a meta-analysis. The focus will be on randomized clinical trials; however, the presenter will also briefly discuss the application of meta-analyses in Read More...

03/10/2023 - Dr. Melissa Haendel and Dr. Jakob Seidlitz will present "2022 DataWorks! Grand Prize Winners: Innovations in Data Sharing and Reuse" at the monthly Data Sharing and Reuse Seminar on March 10, 2023 at 12 p.m. Read More...

01/26/2023 - This seminar series showcases research from different Cancer Moonshot initiatives that support the 10 recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel Report. These presentations will inform the community about the progress of Cancer Moonshot–funded projects, Read More...

11/18/2022 - The Medical Rehabilitation Research Speaker Series provides an opportunity for selected NCMRR and NIH rehabilitation research grantees to share their research with colleagues from rehabilitation-related and other fields. This fourth session features NCMRR grantees Read More...

10/26/2022 - In partnership with NCI’s Cancer Moonshot SM  Initiative, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the  Big Data  and  Data Sharing  Committee are hosting the eighth of nine webinars that make up Read More...

10/19/2022 - Speaker: Ron Germain, M.D., Ph.D. NIH Distinguished Investigator NIAID, NIH Dr. Germain received his Sc.B. and Sc.M. from Brown University in 1970 and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Read More...

10/05/2022 - For our next CDSL webinar we will have presentations by two CDSL fellows:  Ekaterina Kazantseva  and Sanna Madan.  Ekaterina is a master’s student in Dr. Mikhail Kolmogorov's group and the title of Read More...

09/20/2022 - Dr. Mikhail Kolmogorov, Stadtman Investigator, Cancer Data Science Laboratory, NCI (guest of Pedro Batista) will present a lecture: Please join us for a hybrid LCB seminar/webinar via ZoomGov and in Conference Room 37/2041 Meeting Read More...

08/23/2022 - This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Are you clear on how deep learning fits into Machine Learning? Confused about the difference between training, testing, and validation datasets? Join us for an Read More...

06/01/2022 - Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, when Dr. Svitlana Volkova from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will present “Augmented Intelligence for Science and Security: From Narrow AI to Sustainable and Trustworthy Foundation Models.” Read More...

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

07/09/2025 - This session of the BTEP Coding Club will demonstrate the use of R programming to perform decision tree analysis, survival tree analysis, and random forest. This event complements a Statistics for Lunch event, " Read More...

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

01/14/2025 - In this talk, we will cover the basics of survival analysis as a statistical methodology developed for censored data. Special emphasis will be on visualizing survival data, comparing survival-time distributions for subject groups, and Read More...

10/22/2024 - Popular structure prediction program AlphaFold3 and its competitor Chai-1 recently added capabilities to predict 3D RNA structures straight from sequence input. In this talk, we will discuss some test cases for these programs and Read More...

10/08/2024 - Mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for analyzing protein regulation and function. This workshop, divided into two parts, will explain the fundamentals of mass spectrometry experiments and how proteins are identified. We will further Read More...

07/11/2024 - Please join us for this special event featuring three speakers on the topic of Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptomics. George Zaki, Ph.D., Director, Applied Scientific Computing, BACS, The Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research, NCI/ Read More...

05/28/2024 - Frederick Research Computing Environment (FRCE) and Computational Sciences Series In this session, we will explore how machine learning can be used to analyze whole slide pathological images (WSIs). We will showcase how to utilize Read More...

05/14/2024 - This presentation will explain the difference between the mean and standard deviation of a set of values and the standard error of the mean. The parameters involved in comparing two normally distributed populations relative Read More...

04/23/2024 - Crunching of large data requires large resources. Exploration of holobiont metagenomes is considered a “big data” project and here I’ll be describing how I used the FRCE Read More...

04/16/2024 - GitHub is a powerful platform for tracking, sharing, and collaborating on software projects of all kinds. Whether you’re a bioinformatics analyst, a software engineer, or a biologist who sometimes codes, GitHub Read More...

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

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

01/03/2024 - on Wednesday, January 3rd at noon in Building 41, Conference Room C507/C509 and online. In-person attendance is encouraged.  Dr. Larson's research is focused on understanding gene expression in eukaryotic Read More...

11/28/2023 - Recent advances in protein structure prediction methods such as AlphaFold2 and ESMFold has enabled protein structure prediction to achieve experimental accuracy in certain cases. In this talk, we will discuss the advantages and limitations Read More...

10/24/2023 - In this session, we will provide an overview of the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) capabilities and applications. We will present the workflows and analyses for Illumina short-read, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing on Frederick Read More...

10/03/2023 - Multiplexed antibody-based imaging enables the detailed characterization of molecular and cellular organization in tissues. Significant advances in the field now allow high-parameter data collection (60+ targets); however, considerable expertise and capital are needed to validate 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...

Biostar Class - Sequencing Instruments Below are a list of links and resources mentioned in the BIOSTAR Sequencing Instruments class given on 06/10/20 and 06/11/20 Sequencing Technologies - Company Web Sites Illumina PacBio Oxford Nanopore 10X Genomics Read More...

The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . The UHR is total RNA isolated from a diverse set of 10 cancer cell lines. The HBR Read More...

The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . The UHR is total RNA isolated from a diverse set of 10 cancer cell lines. The HBR Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Obtain RNA-seq test data. The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . Read More...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Obtain RNA-seq test data. The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . Read More...

The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . The UHR is total RNA isolated from a diverse set of 10 cancer cell lines. The HBR Read More...

04/03/2023 - Workshop Description:  The application of AI to cancer research holds promise to accelerate new discoveries, enable early detection, improve diagnosis, and spur development of new therapies for cancer. Machine learning and other forms of Read More...

12/09/2022 - PhysioNet is a data sharing platform that began as an outreach component for an NIH research project in 1999. Rebuilt in 2019 following FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), the platform has grown rapidly. It now Read More...

11/07/2022 - Join University of Maryland’s Dr. Eliot Siegel for the upcoming  November NCI Imaging and Informatics Community Webinar  (IICW). This presentation will address the gaps of applying artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical practice as Read More...

10/04/2022 - Speaker: Steven D Cappell NIH Stadtman Investigator Center for Cancer Research – National Cancer Institute – Bethesda MD My laboratory is integrating quantitative image analysis with genetic, biochemical, and systems biology approaches to understand how cells 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...

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...

08/10/2022 - For our next CDSL webinar we will have two fellows’ talks from Dr. Zisha Zhong and Arati Rajeevan . Zisha’s talk details: Title:  Multi-task Feature Learning to train Interpretable Encoders on Histopathology Images Digital Read More...

08/03/2022 - Abstract:  Liver cancer, comprising mainly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), is one of the deadliest cancers in the world, with a five-year survival rate less than 20%. Immunotherapy has emerged as a promising Read More...

07/27/2022 - Many recent studies highlighted the improved capability of long-read sequencing to detect structural variation in the human genome. For example, these technologies was also recently utilized to produce the first complete assembly of the Read More...

07/14/2022 - The efforts of our laboratory are split evenly between experimental and computational biology.  We develop new experimental methods to sequence single cells and isolate rare subpopulations and develop new analytical approaches to detect variants 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...

06/29/2022 - During this webinar, Computational Biologist Dr. Eytan Ruppin will present on “SELECT,” a computational approach that aims to identify clinically relevant synthetic lethal interactions, thereby harnessing them to predict patient response to cancer therapy Read More...

06/14/2022 - Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want to Read More...

06/07/2022 - Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want to Read More...

06/01/2022 - This is an NIH Director’s Lecture. The Director’s Lectures feature leading researchers from around the globe. Nominated by scientists and interest groups throughout NIH, the speakers are specifically approved by the NIH Read More...

05/31/2022 - Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want to Read More...

05/26/2022 - Want to learn about the latest  data science  technologies and immunotherapy research? In partnership with NCI’s Cancer Moonshot SM  Initiative, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the  Big Data  and  Data 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...

05/24/2022 - Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want to Read More...

05/17/2022 - Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want to Read More...

05/10/2022 - Overview Python is one of the preferred programming languages for scientists to solve a wide variety of biological problems. We find that many scientists who come to Software Carpentry workshops use Python and want Read More...

05/04/2022 - Presenter: Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Ph.D. Stadtman Investigator NIH Distinguished Scholar Head Functional Transcriptomics Section RNA Biology Laboratory NCI-Frederick Dr. Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis studies the regulatory pathways and functional roles of alternative splicing and other pre-mRNA processing Read More...

As you can see from the image, there are several accessor functions to access the data from the object: assays() - access matrix-like experimental data (e.g., count data). Rows are genomic features (e.g., 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...

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

Lesson 1: Introduction to Unix and the Shell Lesson Objectives Course overview. Introduce Unix and describe how it differs from other operating systems. Introduce and get set up on DNAnexus and the GOLD system. Discuss ways 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...

This page uses content directly from the Biostar Handbook by Istvan Albert. Obtain RNA-seq test data. The test data consists of two commercially available RNA samples: Universal Human Reference (UHR) and Human Brain Reference (HBR) . 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...