# Collaborations

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## Confluence knowledgebase **across collabrators**

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## **CMO Project Managers**

CCI works closely with CMO project managers to track the progress of cfDNA projects submitted to CMO by MSK researchers. CMO project managers support CCI by facilitating and coordinating project initiation, sample collection, and metadata collection.

### People to connect

* [Kirsten Fuller](mailto:fullerk@mskcc.org)
* [Casey Savin](mailto:SavinC@mskcc.org)
* [Jennifer Milbank](mailto:MilbankJ@mskcc.org)

## Integrated Genomics Operations (IGO)

CCI works with to make sure that the data generated for the cfDNA assays is of the highest standards.

### People to connect

* [Neeman Mohibullah](mailto:mohibuln@mskcc.org)
* [Ruchi Patel](mailto:patelr1@mskcc.org)
* [Marisa Dunigan](mailto:duniganm@mskcc.org)
* [David Mcmanamon](mailto:mcmanamd@mskcc.org)

## **CMO Informatics (CI)**

&#x20;CCI works closely with CMO Software Engineering (CSE) team within CI to support the development of Voyager & Hermes. The CSE/CAS team supports the development, integration, processing of CCI’s workflows implemented in Voyager.&#x20;

### People to connect

#### CMO Software Engineers (CSE)

* [Christopher Allan Bolipata](mailto:bolipatc@mskcc.org)
* [Sinisa Ivkovic](mailto:ivkovics@mskcc.org)
* [Nikhil Kumar](mailto:kumarn1@mskcc.org)

#### CMO Analysis Systems (CAS)

* [Timothy Song](mailto:songt@mskcc.org)
* [Stephen Kelly](mailto:KellyS5@mskcc.org)
* [Suleman Vural](mailto:vurals@mskcc.org)

## **Berger Lab/Technology Innovation Lab/CMO Computational Science (CCS)**&#x20;

CCI collaborates with scientists in various CMO groups to improve the existing workflows and to analyze the data in a consistent manner. &#x20;

### People to connect

#### Berger Lab

* [Kanika Arora](mailto:AroraK@mskcc.org)
* [Shalabh Suman](mailto:sumans@mskcc.org)
* [Chaitanya Bandlamundi](mailto:bandlamc@mskcc.org)

#### Technology Innovation Lab

* [Brian Loomis](mailto:loomisb@mskcc.org)
* [David Brown](mailto:brownd7@mskcc.org)

#### CMO Computational Sciences (CCS)

* [Mark Donoghue](mailto:donoghum@mskcc.org)
* [Yixiao Gong](mailto:gongy@mskcc.org)

## **Clinical Bioinformatics (ClinBx)**

CCI works closely with the ClinBx group in the Molecular Diagnostics Service to deploy core workflows and maintain consistency among analyses performed on research and clinical cfDNA samples. We work together to improve the workflows in sync and to learn from one another about how to identify artifacts and interpret the data. CCI is also working with the ClinBx Software group to port an instance of the mPATH system used by the ClinBx team to sign-out cases for research.

### People to know

[Rose Brannon](mailto:brannona@mskcc.org)

[Aijazuddin Syed](mailto:syeda1@mskcc.org)

[Ryan Ptashkin](mailto:ptashkir@mskcc.org)

[Anoop Balakrishnan](mailto:balakra1@mskcc.org)

## **High Performance Computing (HPC)**

CCI works with HPC to request resources and support w\.r.t JUNO cluster and virtual machines that enable various aspects of our goals.

[Neeraj Girija](mailto:girijapn@mskcc.org)

[Lohit Valleru](mailto:vallerul@mskcc.org)

Slack Channel

<hpc-request@cbio.mskcc.org>

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