Collaborative Gemics Projects: A Comprehensive Guide contains operational procedures, policy considerations, and the many lessons learned by The Cancer Geme Atlas Project. This book guides the reader through methods in patient sample acquisition, the establishment of data generation and analysis pipelines, data storage and dissemination, quality control, auditing, and reporting. This book is essential for those looking to set up or collaborate within a large-scale gemics research project. All authors are contributors to The Cancer Geme Atlas (TCGA) Program, a NIH- funded effort to generate a comprehensive catalog of gemic alterations in more than 35 cancer types. As the cost of gemic sequencing is decreasing, more and more researchers are leveraging gemic data to inform the biology of disease. The amount of gemic data generated is growing exponentially, and protocols need to be established for the long-term storage, dissemination, and regulation of this data for research. The book's authors create a complete handbook on the management of research projects involving gemic data as learned through the evolution of the TCGA program, a project that was primarily carried out in the US, but whose impact and lessons learned can be applied to international audiences.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Academic Press Inc, Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
ISBN-10
0128021438
ISBN-13
9780128021439
eBay Product ID (ePID)
225475913
Product Key Features
Author
Jean C. Zenklusen, Julia Zhang, Margi Sheth
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine: General
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
320g
Height
235mm
Width
190mm
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication
18/02/2016
Place of Publication
San Diego
Spine
10mm
Content Note
30
Author Biography
B.S., Senior Project Manager, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA B.A., Project Manager, The Cancer Genome Atlas at Center for Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Director, The Cancer Genome Atlas at Center for Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA