Omics Technology facility

Division Of Basic Sciences - Nci

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Abstract

Core technology development has been the main focus during this fiscal year. We are in the process of establishing NGS-based technologies for the discovery of cancer drivers, and for understanding biological mechanisms. Specifically, the following technologies are established or near establishment. 1. NGS for cancer mutation detection. We adapted methods for both DNA and RNA Exome sequencing aimed for detection SNV, deletion, an insertion. 2. NGS for expression and fusion detection. The staff in the lab were trained for RNA Exome seq for the detection of fusions, and for expression analysis. 3. Epigenetic regulation. We adapted two different methods for chip-seq, including antibody-mediated DNA cutting by micrococcal nucleases and transposes. 4. Targeted sequencing of cancer gene panels 5. Customized assay development and sequencing of genes involved in T-cell mediated responses against tumor antigens 6. Validation of the NGS methods for their intended research or clinical use, respectively 7. Refining the analytical pipelines for NGS data analysis. 8. Investigating tumor heterogeneity using FISH, RNAScope, and other fluorescent based methods.