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Welcome to the Tissue/Biospecimen Banking and Technology Tools Knowledge Center

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What's NEW?

Webinar February 6, 2009

2pm - 3pm Dr. Mark Watson will present on caTissue Suite for the Research Scientist - Searching and Requesting Biospecimens

Register for the webinar


Access caTissue caGrid instances

caTissue Core v1.2.2 supports caGrid enablement. Many institutions have exposed caTissue instances on caGrid. A dedicated caBench-to-Bedside(caB2B) instance has been installed to facilitate querying these instances. To access this instance and for further information, visit http://cab2btest.wustl.edu


Visit the Tissue/Biospecimen Banking and Technology Tools:Current events to view more events.

Mission and Scope

The caBIG™ Tissue/Biospecimen Banking and Technology Tools Knowledge Center is an NCI-supported entity led by the Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University at St. Louis. The Knowledge Center provides a centralized, authoritative repository of knowledge, information, and web-based support to facilitate the deployment and ongoing development of caBIG™ tools, standards, and infrastructure in the tissue/biospecimen management domain. Key services provided by the Knowledge Center include:

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  • Providing domain expertise related to tissue/biospecimen banking and technology
  • Posting up-to-date installation packages for related tools
  • Maintaining technical and end-user documentation
  • Fostering open source development of caBIG™ tools by the community
  • Collecting and monitoring defect reports, feature requests, and end-user requirements


Tools Supported

Tissue bank repository tools for biospecimen inventory, tracking, and basic annotation tools

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Future development:


cancer Text Information Extraction System tools


Visit Domain Level Knowledge Center Forum

Tissue/Biospecimen Banking and Technology Tools Domain Forum. This forum is for visitors to submit questions and comments that are beyond the scope of any specific tool, but that are within the domain addressed by the Knowledge Center. What questions or comments do you have that extend beyond the coverage of the existing caBIG™ tool set? Write your thoughts in this forum, so that they can be answered by the Knowledge Center Team and/or brought to appropriate stakeholder groups such as the Tissue Banks and Pathology Tools (TBPT) workspace.


Related Links

caTissue Training | TBPT Workspace Page | caBIG™ Community Website | caBIG® Support Service Provider Listing

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