NHLBI BioData Catalyst® Powered by PIC-SURE User Guide

The Patient Information Commons: Standard Unification of Research Elements (PIC-SURE) integrates clinical and genomic data to allow users to search, query, and export data at the variable and variant levels. This allows users to create analysis-ready data frames without manually mapping and merging files.

NHLBI BioData Catalyst® (BDC) is a cloud-based ecosystem providing tools, applications, and workflows in secure workspaces. BDC Powered by PIC-SURE (BDC-PIC-SURE) is a platform that allows researchers to explore studies funded by the Nation Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, whether the researchers has been granted access to the participant-level data or not.

Overview of PIC-SURE search interface

FAQs

• How can I get started with PIC-SURE?

• What are some example use cases for PIC-SURE Open Access?

• What are some example use cases for PIC-SURE Authorized Access?

• What data is available in PIC-SURE?

• How is the data organized in PIC-SURE?

• What if I have not been approved by dbGaP to access certain datasets?

• How can I further analyze my results in another BioData Catalyst platform?

• Where can I watch PIC-SURE video tutorials?