{
  "id": 443748,
  "title": "Having trouble locating LINCS data",
  "url": "/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/443748",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-09-28T15:22:33.240050100Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/440680\" target=\"_blank\">In the main discussion post</a> the organizers stated they uploaded LINCS data to <code>s3://saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional/</code><br>\nI'd like to browse the files in Chrome, so I navigated to <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional\" target=\"_blank\">https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional</a> and was redirected to <a href=\"https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/</a></p>\n<p>I don't seen the <code>open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional</code> folder or any related data. I think I'm accessing this wrong, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Using boto3 in Python I had no success either.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2460110",
      "postDate": "09/28/2023 15:22:33",
      "content": "<p>Hello,<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/440680\" target=\"_blank\">In the main discussion post</a> the organizers stated they uploaded LINCS data to <code>s3://saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional/</code><br>\nI'd like to browse the files in Chrome, so I navigated to <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional\" target=\"_blank\">https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional</a> and was redirected to <a href=\"https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/</a></p>\n<p>I don't seen the <code>open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional</code> folder or any related data. I think I'm accessing this wrong, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Using boto3 in Python I had no success either.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello,\n[In the main discussion post](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/440680) the organizers stated they uploaded LINCS data to `s3://saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional/`\nI'd like to browse the files in Chrome, so I navigated to [https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional](https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional) and was redirected to [https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/](https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/)\n\nI don't seen the `open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional` folder or any related data. I think I'm accessing this wrong, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Using boto3 in Python I had no success either.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2460122",
      "postDate": "09/28/2023 15:29:37",
      "content": "<p>Hi! I don't think you can't easily view AWS buckets in Chrome, but you can browse via CLI. e.g. <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html</a></p>\n<p>You can also download the data from the LINCS Data Portal: <a href=\"https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611\" target=\"_blank\">https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611</a></p>\n<p>For more information on LINCS data format, I recommend: <a href=\"https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi! I don't think you can't easily view AWS buckets in Chrome, but you can browse via CLI. e.g. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html\n\nYou can also download the data from the LINCS Data Portal: https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611\n\nFor more information on LINCS data format, I recommend: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2460162",
      "postDate": "09/28/2023 15:52:10",
      "content": "<p>Thank you!<br>\nAccording the <a href=\"https://lincsproject.org/LINCS/tools/workflows/find-the-best-place-to-obtain-the-lincs-l1000-data\" target=\"_blank\">NIH LINCS page</a><br>\nThe five levels of data are</p>\n<pre><code> : Raw unprocessed flow cytometry data  Luminex (LXB)\n : Gene expression  per  genes  deconvolution (GEX)\n : Quantile-normalized gene expression profiles  landmark genes  imputed transcripts (Q2NORM  INF)\n : Gene signatures computed  z-scores relative  the plate population  control (ZSPCINF)  relative  the plate vehicle control (ZSVCINF)\n : Differential gene expression signatures\n</code></pre>\n<p>In my understanding for this competition, the pseudobulked data produced something most similar to the Level 4 values relative to the plate population. The LINCS data and the competition data diverge when the trained LIMMA model produces the p-values.</p>\n<p>In your opinion, are the Level 4 z-scores a good proxy for the predictions values in the training/test set? If we want to leverage the LINCS data, should we attempt to train our own LIMMA models? Or is the Level 5 data, with a smaller memory footprint, also appropriate? I understand if some of these questions would reveal too much, but any advice would be helpful.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you!\nAccording the [NIH LINCS page](https://lincsproject.org/LINCS/tools/workflows/find-the-best-place-to-obtain-the-lincs-l1000-data)\nThe five levels of data are\n```\nLevel 1: Raw unprocessed flow cytometry data from Luminex (LXB)\nLevel 2: Gene expression values per 1000 genes after deconvolution (GEX)\nLevel 3: Quantile-normalized gene expression profiles of landmark genes and imputed transcripts (Q2NORM or INF)\nLevel 4: Gene signatures computed using z-scores relative to the plate population as control (ZSPCINF) or relative to the plate vehicle control (ZSVCINF)\nLevel 5: Differential gene expression signatures\n```\nIn my understanding for this competition, the pseudobulked data produced something most similar to the Level 4 values relative to the plate population. The LINCS data and the competition data diverge when the trained LIMMA model produces the p-values.\n\nIn your opinion, are the Level 4 z-scores a good proxy for the predictions values in the training/test set? If we want to leverage the LINCS data, should we attempt to train our own LIMMA models? Or is the Level 5 data, with a smaller memory footprint, also appropriate? I understand if some of these questions would reveal too much, but any advice would be helpful.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2460122,
      "author_name": "danielburkhardt",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/28/2023 15:29:37",
      "content": "<p>Hi! I don't think you can't easily view AWS buckets in Chrome, but you can browse via CLI. e.g. <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html</a></p>\n<p>You can also download the data from the LINCS Data Portal: <a href=\"https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611\" target=\"_blank\">https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611</a></p>\n<p>For more information on LINCS data format, I recommend: <a href=\"https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2460162,
          "author_name": "laurasisson",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "09/28/2023 15:52:10",
          "content": "<p>Thank you!<br>\nAccording the <a href=\"https://lincsproject.org/LINCS/tools/workflows/find-the-best-place-to-obtain-the-lincs-l1000-data\" target=\"_blank\">NIH LINCS page</a><br>\nThe five levels of data are</p>\n<pre><code> : Raw unprocessed flow cytometry data  Luminex (LXB)\n : Gene expression  per  genes  deconvolution (GEX)\n : Quantile-normalized gene expression profiles  landmark genes  imputed transcripts (Q2NORM  INF)\n : Gene signatures computed  z-scores relative  the plate population  control (ZSPCINF)  relative  the plate vehicle control (ZSVCINF)\n : Differential gene expression signatures\n</code></pre>\n<p>In my understanding for this competition, the pseudobulked data produced something most similar to the Level 4 values relative to the plate population. The LINCS data and the competition data diverge when the trained LIMMA model produces the p-values.</p>\n<p>In your opinion, are the Level 4 z-scores a good proxy for the predictions values in the training/test set? If we want to leverage the LINCS data, should we attempt to train our own LIMMA models? Or is the Level 5 data, with a smaller memory footprint, also appropriate? I understand if some of these questions would reveal too much, but any advice would be helpful.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "2460110": "Hello,\n[In the main discussion post](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations/discussion/440680) the organizers stated they uploaded LINCS data to `s3://saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional/`\nI'd like to browse the files in Chrome, so I navigated to [https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional](https://s3.amazonaws.com/saturn-kaggle-datasets/open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional) and was redirected to [https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/](https://saturn-kaggle-datasets.s3.amazonaws.com/)\n\nI don't seen the `open-problems-single-cell-perturbations-optional` folder or any related data. I think I'm accessing this wrong, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Using boto3 in Python I had no success either.",
    "2460122": "Hi! I don't think you can't easily view AWS buckets in Chrome, but you can browse via CLI. e.g. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html\n\nYou can also download the data from the LINCS Data Portal: https://lincsportal.ccs.miami.edu/datasets/view/LDS-1611\n\nFor more information on LINCS data format, I recommend: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)31309-0",
    "2460162": "Thank you!\nAccording the [NIH LINCS page](https://lincsproject.org/LINCS/tools/workflows/find-the-best-place-to-obtain-the-lincs-l1000-data)\nThe five levels of data are\n```\nLevel 1: Raw unprocessed flow cytometry data from Luminex (LXB)\nLevel 2: Gene expression values per 1000 genes after deconvolution (GEX)\nLevel 3: Quantile-normalized gene expression profiles of landmark genes and imputed transcripts (Q2NORM or INF)\nLevel 4: Gene signatures computed using z-scores relative to the plate population as control (ZSPCINF) or relative to the plate vehicle control (ZSVCINF)\nLevel 5: Differential gene expression signatures\n```\nIn my understanding for this competition, the pseudobulked data produced something most similar to the Level 4 values relative to the plate population. The LINCS data and the competition data diverge when the trained LIMMA model produces the p-values.\n\nIn your opinion, are the Level 4 z-scores a good proxy for the predictions values in the training/test set? If we want to leverage the LINCS data, should we attempt to train our own LIMMA models? Or is the Level 5 data, with a smaller memory footprint, also appropriate? I understand if some of these questions would reveal too much, but any advice would be helpful."
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