BL: Great "what if": the kinds of experiments that can be done if computation wasn't limiting #guinformatics

3:51pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Now trying to do with splicing what they did with Myrna - ongoing work #guinformatics

3:50pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Using ReCount 2011 pub: http://t.co/g1GAv5L3pE normalizing many RNA-Seq datasets: 18 studies, 475 samples, >8B reads #guinformatics

3:49pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Next his tool Myrna, 2010 publication: http://t.co/lLUGzdshu5 eQTL calcuation - 465 at $0.34 per sample 'close to free' #guinformatics

3:48pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: So the 'same SW runs on the same HW' 'and all you need is a credit card' #guinformatics

3:46pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Hadoop is open-source MapReduce, for huge clusters (like AWS). Reproducibility: a complex pipeline scales #guinformatics

3:45pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Mentions work with GEUVADIS (website http://t.co/w4F0IfgkXw ), introducing MapReduce to aggregate & compute #guinformatics

3:44pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

BL: Why study big datasets? May make new insight; may combine datasets; can add power to smaller expt #guinformatics

3:39pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Ben Langmead (Hopkins) "Scalable software for analyzing many sequencing datasets at once" #guinformatics @benlangmead

3:36pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

IF: Costs: WES $5-30; WGS $20-100; RNA-Seq $5-10 http://t.co/K0LOYzTvM7 With: est. compute, 1mo storage, platform, support #guinformatics

3:34pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

IF:Madhavan group at GU: 78 exomes, 2TB data, 125K core-h in 1.7d All Amazon cloud-based 'at modest cost' #guinformatics

3:31pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

IF: Olopade lab: 200 exomes, 200GB data, 76K core-h in 1.25d #guinformatics

3:31pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

IF: Globus uses galaxy-based workflow mgmt. With Nancy Cox: 134 samples, 4TB data, 2200 core-h in 6d http://t.co/mCgC91xu87 #guinformatics

3:30pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

IF: He did early work on grid computing - 3rd-party outsourcing. Does every lab need a haystack sorting machine? #guinformatics

3:25pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Ian Foster (U Chicago, Argonne N.L.) "Finding needles in haystacks: large-scale NGS analysis using Globus Genomics" #guinformatics

3:22pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

DK: Illustrated with chart of heart failure in-pt mortality rate by date. Area to comment, attach, similar to an intranet #guinformatics

3:16pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

(Mayo named most social-media friendly hospital: http://t.co/1C2j8kXjwb h/t @westr) #guinformatics

3:13pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

DK: Dabo, a social media platform in a healthcare environment. Getting engagement at point-of-service #guinformatics

3:12pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Dawn Knight (Mayo Clinic, Dabo) "Making quality metrics actionable" #guinformatics

3:10pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

RT @lrasmus: @atulbutte - "the best knowledge bases today don't track if we were right or not". Great point! #GCDS2014

3:02pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM:Q:n of 1 trials? A:We do believe it will be multi-omics when the time comes. Schilsky (ASCO) ref: http://t.co/magNHTuH9n #guinformatics

2:43pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Putting together a center; mainly around GI cancers. "A shift from 'pay for consumption'" to "pay for outcomes" #guinformatics

2:40pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Theranostics: Two indiv's with same profile; but phosphoprotein analysis shows differences. Could be at this level #guinformatics

2:34pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: 1B people w/ cancer care; "what about the rest of people worldwide?" Prospective profiling for cancer care is the future #guinformatics

2:33pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Q to audience: anyone want an allowance for medication? We are willing to pay a lot 'for meds that don't do much' #guinformatics

2:32pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Rest of world? UK uses NICE, eval of cost/quality; or cash. Almost all we have access to, NICE is disallowed. #guinformatics

2:32pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Innovators charge more; illust. different medications, prices, toxicity. 'The bigger Ph.III study, smaller effect' #guinformatics

2:30pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: FDA approves w/o concern to cost. CMS reimburses. 'We need to have a value discussion' of what is being approved #guinformatics

2:26pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Shows EGFR diagram; 638 genes in the network from 1 receptor, for one mutated pathway. Can we measure this? #guinformatics

2:23pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JM: Shows pathway vs. network signalling: 2nd figure messy 'like my daughter's room'. 'We just shut the door' #guinformatics

2:22pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

John Marshall: 'As oncologists we think we are giving targeted therapy', but it is just one medication for just one pathway #guinformatics

2:20pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

DH: With J&J, tranSMART platform. 2010 publication: http://t.co/4g0L1uOFtx Millenium given access to db, dev signature #guinformatics

1:51pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Dan Houseman (Deloitte) - working on Million Veterans Project, clinical & genetic info. More collections than data gen. #guinformatics

1:48pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Deloitte's ConvergeHealth models; one for depression shown, where he put his own demographics up; risk went from 8% to 22% #guinformatics

1:47pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Sponsor (Deloitte) talk: Thomas Savery's 1698 steam engine patent to remove water from coal mines. http://t.co/cmxyQgpmtD #guinformatics

1:45pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

.@PinkyG123 After ID of their 53 gene signature, subsequent samples done via NanoString. See their publication here: http://t.co/zQLPUxCmJu

1:17pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite in reply to

.@atulbutte At today's #guinformatics talk you certainly emerged a rockstar. (First time I've heard you speak, an inspiring talk!)

12:12pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite in reply to

KN: Shows complex flowchart - to account for sample sources, differences in dosage and other variables #guinformatics

12:11pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

KN: From only 113 samples: Manhattan plot shows interesting results but not passing significance test; larger #'s planned #guinformatics

12:10pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

KN: Review of genetic component of auto-immune diseases; PGx have a lack of selection, so large odds ratios, few samples #guinformatics

12:06pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

KN: Studied for many years; 60% of 2901 pts had immune related AE: lower GI, others. Looking for underlying variation #guinformatics

12:03pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

KN: Two immunotherapies are anti-CTLA4 in '11, anti-PD1 a few weeks ago.Tcell/APC blocking CTLA4 (ipilimumab) #guinformatics

12:01pm October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

KN: Geneticist by training; review of melanoma treatments in '11 for somatic BRAF mutations (~45% of pts). 2 immunotherapies #guinformatics

11:59am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

Kathernine Nathanson (UPenn) "Germline predictive biomarkers of immune response and toxicity" #guinformatics

11:58am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG:Q:How to discriminate predictive vs. prognostic? A:'all ongoing' b/c the tool has a lot of potential, new area #guinformatics

11:57am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG: Referenced this paper on CD40 (next speaker) that came out last week for melanoma immunotherapy http://t.co/zklsx8tgeB #guinformatics

11:54am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG: % of T-cells vs. clonality: those with high T-cells, high clonality were most likely to respond to anti-PD1 #guinformatics

11:51am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG: Collab with UCLA Tony Ribas CTLA4 blockade data shown. Another: anti-PD1 therapy (unpubl., manuscript submitted) #guinformatics

11:51am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG: QuanTILfy(tm): prognosis for accurate staging based on count/clonality; work on standardization in progress #guinformatics

11:49am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite

JG: Also tumor immunol.; get TIL prognosis and clonality. Quantilfy / TIL-seq (same name); future app: transplantation #guinformatics

11:48am October 2nd 2014 via Hootsuite