Project Hope: High-Grade Glioma-Omics in Pediatric and AYA
Email Principal Investigator
Adam Resnick
CBTN Specimen
CBTN Participants
CBTN Samples
Backer
NCI
About this
Project
High grade gliomas affect patients across age groups, and this project seeks to better understand high grade gliomas as they affect pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations. The goal of this project is to generate single cell sequencing data of cancer cells, immune cells and non-immune microenvironment in pediatric and adolescent and young adult high-grade gliomas. Researchers hypothesize that combining analysis of single-cell techniques, the microenvironment, and the immune factors of tumors and matched preclinical models will lead to a better understanding of these diseases. Deeper understanding will then promote the development of more effective therapeutics to improve outcomes for patients. The Children's Brain Tumor Network provides a unique resource of samples and data necessary for this project.
Ask The
Scientists
What are the goals of this project?
Researchers will generate a map of tumor cells using single cell assays and conduct comprehensive analysis on high grade gliomas in order to generate data that will be integral to the development of new therapies.
What is the impact of this project?
This project takes a comprehensive approach that will lead to a much better understanding of high grade gliomas, how they differ across age groups, and what new therapeutic options should be pursued.
Why is the CBTN request important to this project?
The Children’s Brain Tumor Network will provide this project with rare pediatric tumor samples and data from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas that is not accessible elsewhere.
Specimen Data
The Children's Brain Tumor Network contributed to this project by providing tissue samples.
Meet The
Team
Philadelphia, PA, USA
San Francisco and Oakland, CA, USA
San Francisco and Oakland, CA, USA
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Institutions
Primary
Operations Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Joined onOperations Center for the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is currently ranked 1st nationally for their Pediatric Cancer Program by U.S. News & World Report. CHOP’s Biobank is home to the CBTTC’s pediatric brain and CNS tumor biorepository; the
Primary
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Joined onThe Pediatric Brain Tumor Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, with campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, harnesses the power of world-class experts from all disciplines related to child brain health, including neurology, neurosurgery, neurocritical care, neurogenetics, neuro-oncology, rehab
Primary
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Joined onLucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford opened in 1991 and is the heart and soul of Stanford Children’s Health. Nationally ranked and internationally recognized, the 361-bed hospital located in Palo Alto, Calif. is devoted entirely to pediatrics and obstetrics.The Pediatric Neuro-Oncology progr
