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Date Published
Author
Erin Symons
Word count
237
Language
English
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None

Summary

Oncoscape, a project from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, aims to enhance cancer research collaboration by open-sourcing data and providing a visualization tool for researchers. This initiative is highlighted in the OctoTales video series, which showcases companies leveraging GitHub for improved teamwork. The Oncoscape team, including Desert, Lisa, Jenny, and Eric, seeks assistance in various areas, from CSS and D3 enhancements to complex computational biology tasks. Interested contributors can explore the project repository, which offers guidelines, labeled issues, and a cheat sheet to facilitate participation. The project encourages global collaboration to advance cancer research and is open to those inspired to contribute.