COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer)

🎉 Happy 21st Anniversary to COSMIC! 🧬 Today, on World Cancer Day, we celebrate 21 years since COSMIC’s first release, 21 years of providing the global cancer research community with high-quality, trusted data and tools. 💡 As we look to the future, we remain committed to providing our community with the best possible service. This is why we will soon be implementing a new, enhanced COSMIC website! This update will: ∙Introduce a state-of-the-art login system ∙Strengthen data privacy ∙Ensure seamless access to the modules you are familiar with 📆 We anticipate rolling out these improvements in late Q1 2025, and we’ll share more details as we approach the launch date. No action is required at this time, but if you have any questions, feel free to reach out at Cosmic@sanger.ac.uk 🚀 Thank you for being part of COSMIC’s journey, we can’t wait for the next chapter! #WorldCancerDay #Genomics #CancerResearch #PrecisionOncology

🚀 Our final day at the Festival of Genomic & Biodata is off to a great start! ⭐ Our highlight so far has been the inspiring keynote from Genomics England CEO Richard Scott and the Participant Panel, sharing their ambitions for the future of genomics in oncology and rare diseases. 🧬 Their insights highlight the real-world impact this vital work is having on patients and families today. 🧬 Here at COSMIC, we're proud to provide essential, trustworthy resources that support and advance groundbreaking research in this space! 👋 If you're attending too, we'd love to connect! Reach out to set up a meeting and explore how COSMIC can support your work. #FOG2025 #Genomics #CancerResearch #Biodata #Oncology

Team COSMIC is looking forward to kicking off our first day at the Festival of Genomics & Biodata! We're excited to connect with leading experts in the genomics field, share insights, and discuss how COSMIC can support your research. If you'd like to chat about all things COSMIC, feel free to message our Account Manager, Zoe Sheard to arrange a meeting. See you there! 👋 #FestivalofGenomics #Genomics #Biodata #Cancerresearch #Oncology

🚀 We’re thrilled to announce that the COSMIC team will be attending the Festival of Genomics & Biodata 2025 in London on the 29th & 30th of January! 🧬 We’re excited to connect with key players, participate in thought-provoking sessions, and explore how we can work together to advance genomic research. 👋 If you see us at the event, don’t hesitate to say hello - we’d love to meet you! Whether you’re interested in collaborating or just want to learn more about what we do, we’re here to chat. 📅 Want to make sure we get a chance to connect? Reach out to our Relationship Officer, Zoe Sheard. Let’s schedule a time to meet that works best for you. We can’t wait to see you there! 🌟 #FestivalOfGenomics #Genomics #Collaboration #Innovation #Oncology

Happy new year from everyone here at COSMIC! We’re currently on Christmas break, but we’re ready to hit the ground running on Jan 2nd and can’t wait to show you what we have in store for 2025 🕛🎊

Wishing our COSMIC community a happy holiday season! The Sanger Institute will be taking a break for the Christmas Holidays from Dec 24th and we will be back on Jan 2nd with exciting plans for 2025 that we can’t wait to share with you 🕯️🎄

🎉 There’s more than just the holidays being celebrated at COSMIC, Karen McLaren (Head of Product and Delivery), has recently marked an incredible milestone: her 30th anniversary working on the Wellcome Genome Campus! 🧬 Read our latest blog post to explore Karen's time at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and how it led to her a successful career in project management within the genomics industry https://bit.ly/3Dl4xt7  #Genomics #Genetics #CancerResearch #Oncology #ProjectManagement #ProductandDelivery

COSMIC v101 and Actionability v14 are here 🎉 The product of six months of dedicated expert curation, this release is brimming with newly curated data that could boost your research 🚀 Here’s an insight into what you can expect to find...  🏥 Based on your valuable feedback, our curation focus for v101 included cancers of a high medical need with a focus of studies sequencing the whole genome or whole exome of a patient 💊 Actionability v14 includes a focus on immuno-oncology and 17 new fully curated genes, meaning we now have a total of 188 fully curated genes https://lnkd.in/esYkvrPV 🧬 3 new Tier 1 and 2 new Tier 2 genes added to the Cancer Gene Census 💡 Hallmark gene pages for an additional 8 genes (BAX, IKZF3, KAT6A, NTRK2, SDHAF2, SOX2, TOP1, WWTR1) Click here to download now! https://lnkd.in/e7uiYvu8

🎉 COSMIC v101 will be available to download 19/11/24 🔬 For this update, we have focused our expert curation on rare cancer types and cancers of high medical need, ensuring our data continues to support critical research 🧬 We have listened to your valuable feedback, and as a result, prioritised studies sequencing the whole genome or whole exome of the patients Stay tuned for more updates coming soon!  #CancerResearch #Genomics #RareCancers #PrecisionOncology #WholeGenomeSequencing

📣 COSMIC v101 is one week away! 🏥 We’re excited to announce that the latest version of our comprehensive precision oncology tool, COSMIC Actionability v14, will also be available to download on 19/11/24 🔎 Keep an eye on our social media for sneak peeks into the gold standard data you can expect to see in our upcoming releases #precisiononcology #cancerresearch #Genomics #RareCancers