index.Rmd

---
title: "Introduction to pVACtools"
date: "`r format(Sys.time(), '%B, %Y')`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
bibliography: [book.bib, packages.bib]
biblio-style: apalike
link-citations: yes
description: "An introduction to the background and basic concepts around neoantigen identification and how to use pVACtools"
favicon: assets/ITN_favicon.ico
---


```{r include=FALSE}
# automatically create a bib database for R packages
knitr::write_bib(c(
  .packages(), "bookdown", "knitr", "rmarkdown"
), "packages.bib")
```

# About this Course {-}

This course is part of a series of courses for the [Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR)](https://itcr.cancer.gov/) called the Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Education Resource. This material was created by the ITCR funded [pVACtools resource](http://pvactools.org). This initiative is funded by the following grant:  [National Cancer Institute (NCI)](https://www.cancer.gov/) U01CA248235.