# Kids First Announcements

**URL:** https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/c/kids-first-announcements/14.md

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## [CBTN Data Migration](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/cbtn-data-migration/128)

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**Author:** [@David-KFDRC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/u/David-KFDRC)\
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**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/cbtn-data-migration/128 "2021-12-17T15:57:24Z")

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The Children’s Brain Tumor Network recently received NIH support for sequencing many of CBTN’s remaining clinical samples as well as housing CBTN’s genomic data in the future. As part of this support, the CBTN is in the …

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## [RAS Log-In Integration and Maintenance (November 2021)](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/ras-log-in-integration-and-maintenance-november-2021/123)

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**Author:** [@David-KFDRC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/u/David-KFDRC)\
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**Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/ras-log-in-integration-and-maintenance-november-2021/123 "2021-11-16T20:29:25Z")

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Members of the Kids First Community, The Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource Portal will be undergoing maintenance on Monday, November 22nd. Our engineers will be replacing a key piece of software that allows user…

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## [Somatic Workflow Update](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/somatic-workflow-update/109)

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**Author:** [@David-KFDRC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/u/David-KFDRC)\
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**Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/somatic-workflow-update/109 "2021-08-30T18:36:16Z")

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Overview One role of the Kids First DRC is to produce harmonized datasets - files that can be compared across the different Kids First studies in the field of pediatric cancer and structural birth defects. These harmoniz…

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## [FASTQ Retirement](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/fastq-retirement/70)

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**Author:** [@David-KFDRC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/u/David-KFDRC)\
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**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kidsfirstdrc.org/t/fastq-retirement/70 "2021-03-05T14:14:52Z")

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Where did the FASTQs go? The Kids First DRC is retiring the FASTQ file format for all whole genome sequencing data within Kids First studies on the portal. This is part of our ongoing efforts to provide cross-analyzable…