Druley: Earlier finished largest AAML 1531, 870 dx, 870 EOI1, 170 relapse 1,900 samples. 80 genes, 200kb custom ILM myeloid. #AMP2017

9:37am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: DNA, RNA, imaging, cyto, age, gender... use machine learning to use PCA and stratify #AMP2017

9:36am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Fish plots: tracking clonal expansion. Circos: if you can squint... you'll 'go nutty if you look at them too much' #AMP2017

9:35am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Shows interesting visual data rep - reactome, fish plot, circos. Ph+-like ALL: how can this be best shown? #AMP2017

9:35am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: TARGET initiative ('TCGA for ped ca'): EOI2 AML samples, only 1 known fusion via 'COG'. Able to detect fusi… https://t.co/3l0XoWTnEd

9:32am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Unk whether RUNX1 abnormal transcript is clin significant, but interesting biology that couldn't be detected previously. #AMP2017

9:31am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Looking at structural diff in RNA - back to ArcherDx HemeV2, looked at splice muts in RUNX1. #AMP2017

9:30am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Have applied UMIs to RNA, collab with QIAGEN. All genes <100 count transcripts. Able to get counts to 3.5 c… https://t.co/zoZ5nHH

9:29am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: 47 clonal types pre-Rx. But post-chemo they disappear. Post-chemo 30 new ones appear #AMP2017

9:28am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Using de novo assembly, 'LOD 0.001' or 0.1%. #AMP2017

9:25am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Looking at FLT3-ITD, working with ArcherDx explains single-primer method for multiple different size amplicons #AMP2017

9:24am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: From close analysis: found four mutations (DNMT3A 2x), ASXL1, JAK2 with p-values <0.01, up to 15y in advanc… https://t.co/kF5oV8X

9:22am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: no difference in overall mutation burden between healthy and those who develop disease. Showed plot of DNMT3A muts #AMP2017

9:19am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Were these just quiescent cells? 40y old blood examined via flow: data suggest normal hematopoetic aging #AMP2017

9:17am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Showing rise of mutations over time across 5 samples, 10y: appear to be self-renewing (!). 2nd and 3rd hits… https://t.co/4krJhA4UcI

9:16am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Demonstrated 95% of samples had clonal mutations, in contrast to prior work. 40% in DNMT3A and TET2. #AMP2017

9:15am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Using 20 samples from healthy elderly nurses (Nurses' Health cohort) https://t.co/megBpCj4GK validated to 0.1% #AMP2017

9:14am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: In order to expand (up to date only known mutations), used TruSight Myeloid panel, and added UMI's #AMP2017

9:12am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Published their error-corrected method in '15 https://t.co/dzhVj02BOH #AMP2017

9:11am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: 20y of samples of AML pts at WashU; track TP53 mutations as pre-existing and selected for via chemo #AMP2017

9:10am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley:GATA1 for ped cancer in Trisomy 21 is common, showed 5bp ins downt to 1:10,000 #AMP2017

9:09am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Druley: Points out limitations of regular NGS (0.5% to 2% limit of detection), and have developed a 16bp UMI method #AMP2017

9:09am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Good morning! Todd Druley (WashU) Single Molecule Quantification of Rare DNA and RNA Variants in Heterogeneous Samples #AMP2017

9:08am November 17th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: 'Database-driven methods (eg COSMIC for TPs and dbSNP for FPs) are increasingly unreliable' #AMP2017

3:55pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: Ideally: precise, few FPs: establish 'ground truth' w/orthogonal valdatoin, manual review, or in silico datasets #AMP2017

3:55pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: Shows signal-to-noise ratio - 'not entirely random, not entirely uniform'. Accurate est of VAF requires deep NGS coverage. #AMP2017

3:53pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: Shows VarScan's calculation of Fisher's Exact Test. Solid tumor challenges: tumor purity; for liquid tumor… https://t.co/03o3a4o5fC

3:52pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: Makes point that tumor/normal pairs should be used, under same protocol, similar conditions. #AMP2017

3:47pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: And transcriptome: may not be the best for somatic discovery. Powerful to use as complement #AMP2017

3:47pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Koboldt: NGS strategies - WGS; WES/panel capture; Transcriptome contrasted. Comprehensive but costly; senstitive/ef… https://t.co/zgwfAfnjND

3:45pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Daniel Koboldt (Nationwide Children's Hosp Columbus OH) Strategies and challenges for somatic mutation detection by NGS #AMP2017

3:44pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Looking at secondary lesions: IKZF1 '15 ref https://t.co/rIWTcT1JZs find de-repression of cellular programs: adhesion #AMP2017

12:40pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Data suggests 'transformation of early progenitor' driving phenotype. #AMP2017

12:38pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Shows gene expression from ZNF384-rearr in B/myeloid mixed. Lymphoid and myeloid lineage splits. #AMP2017

12:38pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: New subtypes - MEF2D-rearr B-ALL, RNA-seq of 560 B-ALL cases, multiple recurring targets MEF2D, ZNF384, NUTM1, IGH. #AMP2017

12:34pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: #AMP2017 '17 review of Ph+like ALL https://t.co/NMqUwbGwKe

12:33pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Shows mouse data showing feasibility for TKI with std therapy. COG AALL1131, COG AALL1521 clinical trials. #AMP2017

12:32pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Druggability work: Over-expression and truncation of EPOR - several tyr residues, thus negative regulation of receptor #AMP2017

12:31pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: 'As we sequence more we find more kinases and rearrangements'.... '12 ref https://t.co/e2OltwkhTG #AMP2017

12:30pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Classes - JAK-STAT, ABL, other signaling including STAT MAPK. Pathways raise possibility of multiple drugging #AMP2017

12:28pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Ph-Like ALL: similar transcriptome to Ph+ ALL. Then looked at prevalence. '17 JCO https://t.co/H1m6HN7kFW Most diverse #AMP2017

12:27pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: #AMP2017 Shows summary of >2500 ALL and type of lesions '14 NEJM https://t.co/jfmluLA0Zs

12:25pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Mullighan: Role of alterations - translocation (ETV6-RUNX1), aneuploidy. Stepwise genetic pathogenesis of B-ALL: i… https://t.co/UDAgbXk2Lo

12:24pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Charles Mullighan (St Jude Memphis TN) Precursor B-cell Neoplasms (ALL) #AMP2017 In '00, used cytogenetics.

12:22pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Q: Methyl-Seq on cfDNA? Tissue of origin from cfDNA? Feinberg: Haven't looked at cell-free (yet). #AMP2017

12:22pm November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Q: Effects of microbiome? Feinberg: Started work on mouse work in collaboration, looking at microbiome exposures. O… https://t.co/Hh3W5T7hK6

11:32am November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Feinberg: Now onto EWAS: epigenome-wide assoc study. Combining with GWAS for rheumatoid arthritis '13 ref https://t.co/C4Tuqp3ggz #AMP2017

11:07am November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Feinberg: '13 ref of epigenetics and energetic dysregulatoin in cancer https://t.co/iRjdGpDwIt Shifts in entropy an… https://t.co/iXllNPZd7m

11:02am November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Feinberg: Cancer is an environmentally-driven disease: smoking, diet, sunlight. Shows updated Waddington fig from '… https://t.co/x9QyrKHrZE

10:58am November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite

Feinberg: Genetic vars increase epigenetic plasticity. Shows a VMR, variably methylated region, in inbred mice. #AMP2017

10:49am November 16th 2017 via Hootsuite