For researchers trying to understand and treat cancer, searching for useful datasets consumes valuable time. Even after accessing a dataset, researchers must figure out how—and where—to analyze it. After all, it is no mean task to wrangle petabytes of data.
Having access to good data is crucial for genomics research. Without large-scale datasets, there’s little chance of uncovering the genetic underpinnings of disease. This is particularly important when studying diseases whose risk is determined by a large number of genes, each of which has a relatively small effect. But analyzing
Single Cell Portal (SCP) is an online portal for sharing single-cell genomics data that is built on top of Terra. Through its searchable database of single-cell studies, interactive visualizations, and sharing tools, SCP supports single-cell researchers throughout the research process. SCP recently published a whitepaper that lays out how the
Terra is developed by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in collaboration with Microsoft and Verily.
