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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2021

Online Tools for Teaching Cancer Bioinformatics.

Mason D Taylor, Bryn Mendenhall, Calvin S Woods, Madeline E Rasband, Milene C Vallejo, Elizabeth G Bailey, Samuel H Payne

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. A Bioinformatic Approach to Enhance Undergraduate Student Understanding of the Cancer-Immunity Cycle.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mason D TaylorDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Bryn MendenhallDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Calvin S WoodsDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Madeline E RasbandDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Milene C VallejoDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Elizabeth G BaileyDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Samuel H PayneDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-1994

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise of deep molecular characterization with omics data as a standard in biological sciences has highlighted a need for expanded instruction in bioinformatics curricula. Many large biology data sets are publicly available and offer an incredible opportunity for educators to help students explore biological phenomena with computational tools, including data manipulation, visualization, and statistical assessment. However, logistical barriers to data access and integration often complicate their use in undergraduate education. Here, we present a cancer bioinformatics module that is designed to overcome these barriers through six exercises containing authentic, biologically motivated computational exercises that demonstrate how modern omics data are used in precision oncology. Upper-division undergraduate students develop advanced Python programming and data analysis skills with real-world oncology data which integrates proteomics and genomics. The module is publicly available and open source at https://paynelab.github.io/biograder/bio462. These hands-on activities include explanatory text, code demonstrations, and practice problems and are ready to implement in bioinformatics courses.

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bioinformaticscancerclassroom teachinggenomicsonline modulesproteomicsPython

Identifiers

PMID34594439
PMCPMC8442005

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