PharmCAT Tutorial Videos Now Available on YouTube

Pharmacogenomics Clinical Annotation Tool (PharmCAT) tutorial videos are now available on the PharmGKB YouTube channel. The tutorial videos provide clear, step-by-step instructions for running PharmCAT from command lines. By providing genotype-based drug prescribing recommendations, we hope to engage the wider genomics community and create a standard for the use in precision medicine.

The first two videos cover (1) the introduction to PharmCAT, modules, and reports and (2) a hands-on example that walks you through the setup and commands for running PharmCAT.

Future videos will cover how to supply external pharmacogenomic calls to PharmCAT, how to use ‘Research’ modes, how to use the PharmCAT functionalities for biobank-scale analyses, and more.

 
More information about PharmCAT can be found at https://pharmcat.org/. To follow PharmCAT, subscribe to the PharmGKB YouTube channel for new videos or the PharmCAT mailing list for the latest PharmCAT updates.

If you have questions regarding PharmCAT, please contact us at pharmcat@pharmgkb.org.

Ask a Curator for Healthcare Professionals on June 7th

We are holding an Ask a Curator zoom targeted towards healthcare professionals wanting to learn more about PharmGKB and pharmacogenomics. This is part of NHGRI’s Healthcare Professionals Genomics Education Week (#MedGeneEd22). Be sure to spread the word to colleagues who may find this useful.

We are asking people to please register in advance with their questions so curators can better focus these events. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions during the event. Events will be limited to 25 participants to allow enough time for everyone’s questions to be answered.

Sign up here for Tuesday June 7th at 12pm EST, 9am PST, 5pm GMT
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"Ask a Curator" live zoom event

PharmGKB curators will hold a series of live Q&A events over Zoom to help people find and use different aspects of the knowledgebase. We hope this will be a great way to answer questions about PharmGKB and PGx which are specific to users’ individual needs or projects.  These events will demonstrate the full extent of the resources available on PharmGKB, as well as details about those resources and how to download, use, and cite data from PharmGKB. 

In order to tailor these events for users with similar needs from PharmGKB, the first event will focus on researchers. Future events geared towards educators and clinicians are in the works, as well as events hosted at different times for our global audience. We will also be recording this upcoming event along with future events for those who are unable to attend live. Recordings will be posted on the PharmGKB YouTube channel.

We are asking people to please register in advance with their questions so curators can better focus these events. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions during the event. Events will be limited to 20 participants to allow enough time for everyone’s questions to be answered.

Sign up here for Tuesday April 26th at 12pm EST, 9am PST, 5pm GMT

Can’t make it but want to sign up for a future Ask a Curator? Join our mailing list here.

PharmGKB Tutorial Published

We are pleased to announce that an updated PharmGKB tutorial has now been published in Current Protocols.

The paper describes how to navigate the PharmGKB website to retrieve information on how genes and genetic variations affect drug efficacy and toxicity. It also includes a protocol on how to use PharmGKB to facilitate interpretation of findings for a specific pharmacogenomic variant genotype or metabolizer phenotype. 

Further information about how to use PharmGKB, including a short guided page tour and training exercises, can be found on our website.

PharmGKB Demo at U-PGx Summer School

PharmGKB recently held a demonstration of the PharmGKB website as part of the U-PGx Summer School in Bonn, Germany. Scientists, clinicians and pharmacists attending the summer school heard from Dr. Rachel Huddart, one of our Scientific Curators, and were introduced to the various types of information found on the PharmGKB website; from Dosing Guidelines to Pathways and Clinical Annotations. Information from PharmGKB formed an important of the participants’ project work later on in the summer school.

The U-PGx summer school group sees PharmGKB in action

 

This was a remote demonstration, with Rachel presenting at the summer school online from our Stanford offices. If you are interested in including a demonstration of the PharmGKB website at your pharmacogenomics event, please get in touch with us at feedback@pharmgkb.org.