Center for Cancer Genomics

Getting Started

You must have an iLab account to request a project from the CCGD.

 

To register with iLab:

  1) Click HERE to generate an iLab account.  All fields are required. 

  2) Once you have submitted your account request, you will receive a password from iLab support within 1 business day of your submittal.

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  4) To find all cores using iLab at DFCI, click the "list all cores" link on the left panel.

Overview of the Mission

The mission of CCGD is to develop new technologies for the analysis of cancer genomes and to provide access to these technologies to basic, translational and clinical investigators. In this latter role, CCGD participates in the design, execution and analysis of both single gene and whole genome focused projects.

More specifically, we focus on the discovery of genomic alterations in human cancer and evaluate the clinical significance of these alterations for cancer diagnosis and therapy. Our expertise lies in genome-wide detection of a myriad of genomic aberrations, including single base pair mutations, small insertions and deletions, chromosomal rearrangements and copy number changes. In addition, in collaboration with the Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics (CFCE) we study the epigenome by sequencing DNA with altered methylation status, chromatin remodeling or histone modifications. The technologies that have been developed for these purposes are Sequenom iPLEX/hME Mass Spectrometry-based detection of DNA mutations in a complex background and the HiSeq massively-parallel sequencing system from Illumina.

 

Learn more about the Center for Cancer Genome Discovery.

Leadership

Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD | Director

Information for Users External to DFCI

Purchase Orders are to be made out to:

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

General Accounting, BP-425

450 Brookline Avenue

Boston, MA 02215-5450

 

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  • Boston Children’s Hospital: choose vendor 0000001886

 

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Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Aaron Thorner, PhD
Associate Director
 

 
aaron_thorner@dfci.harvard.edu
 

 
Anwesha Nag, PhD
Group Leader
 

 
anwesha_nag@dfci.harvard.edu
 

 
Karla Helvie
Operations Team Lead
 

 
KarlaE_Helvie@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU
 

 
Victoria Kacprzak
Business Manager
 

 
victoria_kacprzak@dfci.harvard.edu