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Recent Cancer Currents Blogs Featuring DCB-Funded Research and/or Perspectives
- As Rates of Some Cancers Increase in Younger People, Researchers Search for Answers
- Will This Cancer Metastasize? Check Its “Stickiness”
- What’s at the Root of Ovarian Cancer? New Study May Have Found Part of the Answer
Recent NCI Data Science News Articles Featuring DCB-Funded Research
- Introducing DrBioRight 2.0—A Bioinformatics Chatbot for Large-Scale Analysis
- NCI-Funded Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool Powers Up Spatial Transcriptomics
- NCI-Funded Pipeline Applied to Microscopic Images Helps Manage Micronuclei
- NCI-Supported Study Uses Machine Learning (ML) to Help You Tap into the TCGA
- FusOn-pLM - A Fusion Oncoprotein-Specific Language Model for Predicting Drug-Resistant Mutations
Upcoming Events
August 21, 2025 (12:00 - 1:00 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Assessing the Tumor Microenvironment with Systems Immunology
Dr. Linghua Wang (MD Anderson Cancer Center) will share how computational science and single-cell spatial technologies are revolutionizing the study of the tumor microenvironment, with a focus on tumor-immune interactions, in a webinar moderated by Dr. Timothy Shaw (Moffitt Cancer Center).
September 10, 2025 (12:00 - 1:00 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Unlocking the Power of Spatial Omics with AI
Dr. Mingyao Li (University of Pennsylvania) will discuss how AI can unlock the full potential of spatial omics, to drive advancements in immuno-oncology in a webinar moderated by Dr. Marshall Thompson (Rare Cancer Research Foundation).
October 2, 2025
Registration Deadline: Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Symposium 2025
This NCI event on October 6 -7, 2025 will bring together the childhood cancer community to learn about CCDI programs and resources intended to advance research and clinical care.
October 16, 2025 (12:00 - 1:00 pm ET)
SITC-NCI Computational Immuno-oncology Webinar: Liquid Biopsy Approaches for Cancer Diagnosis and Monitoring
Dr. Valsamo Anagnostou (Johns Hopkins University) will discuss liquid biopsy approaches in cancer characterization, residual disease tracking, and therapy response monitoring in a webinar moderated by Dr. Riyue Bao (UPMC Hillman Cancer Center).