OHSU-led effort results in largest cancer dataset of its kind

Study involving hundreds of patient samples may reveal new treatment options for patients facing an aggressive form of leukemia

By Amanda Gibbs October 17, 2018 Portland, Oregon

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Beat AML celebration

Beat AML celebration held at OHSU, June 11, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brian Druker, M.D. (OHSU)

AML study

(Left to right) Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., Jeff Tyner, Ph.D. and Cristina Tognon, Ph.D., part of an OHSU research team that published the largest cancer dataset of its kind. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

AML study

(Left to right) Beth Wilmot, Ph.D., Libbey White, M.F.A., Daniel Bottomly, M.S., and Stephen Kurtz, Ph.D., part of an OHSU research team created a new data visualization tool, utilizing the largest cancer dataset of its kind. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

AML study

(Left to right) Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., Jeff Tyner, Ph.D. and Cristina Tognon, Ph.D., part of an OHSU research team that published the largest cancer dataset of its kind. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Beat AML celebration

Dr. Brian Druker speaks at the Beat AML celebration held at OHSU, June 11, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jeff Tyner, Ph.D. (2018)

Jeff Tyner, Ph.D., associate professor in the OHSU School of Medicine department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology and researcher with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Sept. 12, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Cristina Tognon, Ph.D. (2018)

Cristina Tognon, Ph.D., scientific director of the Druker lab at the Knight Cancer Institute, Sept. 12, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D.

Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., professor and head of the Division of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and an OHU Knight Cancer Institute researcher, Sept. 12, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jeff Tyner, Ph.D. (2018)