AI-Enabled Cancer Research with St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute
As part of the international MODICELL project investigating the immune response to cell therapy treatments for the Austrian St. Anna Children's Hospital and Cancer Research Institute, we developed the process and data analysis pipeline that supports RNA sequencing.
As part of the MODICELL team in Vienna, the main focus was to efficiently process huge sets of genetic data, such as the occurrence of specific genes in cancer cells. The Anduril workflow platform was used to process and handle large amounts of data.
Additionally, utilising the NLP features of the Varis.ai platform, we built a "knowledge management" assistant for researchers to quickly find relevant academic publications.
“We wanted to develop a computerised approach that will allow us to simulate and to make predictions regarding immune responses that could be used to improve therapies against cancer or in-organ transplantations.”
St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) strives to improve treatment for children and adolescents with cancer by bringing together translational and clinical research with open-minded exploration of basic disease mechanisms.