Sage Bionetworks has been selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) to establish a new interdisciplinary research and training center.
“Advanced predictive models of cancer, built through a network analysis of complex molecular and clinical datasets, are increasingly poised to inform drug development and clinical care decisions.”
"We are thrilled to receive the strong support from NCI and to join the other Centers for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB),” said Stephen Friend, Sage Bionetworks President. “We are particularly pleased that they share our view on the critical importance of training.”
The grant entitled “Integrating Cancer Datasets for Predictive Model Development and Training” will provide a baseline of $6.7m to support the Center’s operation and the training of four postdoctoral researchers each year.
Dr. Dan Gallahan, the Director of the NCI Integrative Cancer Biology Program said, “Sage Bionetworks’ training and research program as well as the developing Sage Commons platform bring a new dimension and I am excited to have their participation in the NCI ICBP centers program.”
“This prestigious grant is a wonderful endorsement for our young organization and validates our vision to establish a contributor-based integrative genomics and network biology resource to accelerate drug development,” Dr. Friend added. “Advanced predictive models of cancer, built through a network analysis of complex molecular and clinical datasets, are increasingly poised to inform drug development and clinical care decisions.”
Sage Bionetworks is a new nonprofit medical research organization established in 2009 to establish a novel research community Commons.