caTissue

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The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, or caBIG is an initiative of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, designed to connect scientists and practitioners through shared tools and interoperable infrastructure to progress cancer research and care, (see https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/).

Recognising the potential usefulness of caBIG and particularly caTissue to health informatics in NSW, Intersect localised the components of the application. caTissue is part of the caBIG Suite, developed to keep track, to mine and visualise biospecimens and related annotations from geographically dispersed repositories.

The caTissue project at Intersect enables participating institutions to tailor the display of the content to better suit Australian preferences. caTissue has been 'Australianised' in the following ways: changing the American date format; making Australia the default country; adding Australian states to the drop down lists; replacing 5 digit ZIP with 4 digit postcode; removing dependency on social security fields; adding relevant Australian ethnicity groups; and re-badging with relevant logos.

caTissue has undergone acceptance testing and is installed at UNSW's Lowy Biorepository. Intersect will be looking to provide ongoing support and enhancement of caTissue in Australia.

Project sheet available here