# How to go from unvalidated cell line (e.g. K562) to a DepMap ID (ACH-000551)?

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**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.depmap.org/t/how-to-go-from-unvalidated-cell-line-e-g-k562-to-a-depmap-id-ach-000551/3043 "2024-01-25T23:49:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![james-synthego](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.depmap.org/james-synthego/32/1027_2.png) [@james-synthego](https://forum.depmap.org/u/james-synthego)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.depmap.org/t/how-to-go-from-unvalidated-cell-line-e-g-k562-to-a-depmap-id-ach-000551/3043/1 "2024-01-25T23:49:15Z")

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I am trying to think about how to go from a cell line name (e.g. K562) to a DepMap ID (ACH-000551) for thousands of cell lines in a CSV file.

How can one accomplish that?

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**Author:** ![james-synthego](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.depmap.org/james-synthego/32/1027_2.png) [@james-synthego](https://forum.depmap.org/u/james-synthego)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.depmap.org/t/how-to-go-from-unvalidated-cell-line-e-g-k562-to-a-depmap-id-ach-000551/3043/2 "2024-01-26T01:23:27Z")

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I guess one can use 23Q4’s `Model_v2.csv`’s columns `CellLineName` and `StrippedCellLineName`