CBTN thrives through collaboration. Whether you’re a returning investigator, new to the network, or exploring how to get involved, this page is your central resource for current opportunities.
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Working Groups
CBTN working groups bring together researchers with shared interests to accelerate discovery through regular, focused collaboration. These investigator-led groups create space to analyze data, share insights, and coordinate publications.
Proteomics
CBTN, in partnership with the Gabriella Miller Kids First DRC, hosts disease-specific working groups to collaboratively analyze the X01 proteomic dataset (~400 cases). Each group meets monthly, with quarterly cross-group meetings to align efforts and share findings across pediatric brain cancer subtypes.
Proteomics Working Group Schedule
- Medulloblastoma–ATRT
1st Fridays | 12–1 PM ET - Craniopharyngioma
2nd Fridays | 3–4 PM ET - Ependymoma
3rd Fridays | 12–1 PM ET - High-Grade Glioma(HGG)-Ganglioglioma
4th Tuesdays | 4–5 PM ET
Interested in joining? Please email Tara Hilke at hiltket@mail.nih.gov.
Clinical Collaboration Opportunities
CBTN is advancing efforts through the Clinical Data Operations Core (CDOC) and the new Clinical Investigator (CI) role to drive new opportunities in clinical data research.
Interested in attending or becoming a CI? Contact
SupportU + MasterClass Sessions
CBTN, in partnership with Kids First, offers monthly support designed to meet investigators where they are in their research process.
First Tuesdays @ 10 a.m. ET – For early-stage users
Third Thursdays @ 2 p.m. ET – For active or mid-project users
Funding Opportunities
CBTN investigators can explore a range of grants and cloud credits to support data access and analysis.
NIH R03 Small Research Grants:
Cloud Credits + More: