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BioGrid Texas (BiGTX) biogrid.uta.edu. Virtual Research Park Healthcare Collaborative Network. BioGrid Texas (BiGTX). Collaborative research, development and information- sharing system for Life Sciences and Health Care Virtual Research Park (VRP) Healthcare Collaborative Network (HCN)
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BioGrid Texas(BiGTX)biogrid.uta.edu Virtual Research Park Healthcare Collaborative Network
BioGrid Texas(BiGTX) • Collaborative research, development and information- sharing system for Life Sciences and Health Care • Virtual Research Park (VRP) • Healthcare Collaborative Network (HCN) • Allows geographically dispersed R&D teams and health care organizations to collaborate, access grid and use custom group applications • Utilizes high-performance grid computing technology infrastructure at UTA
BioGrid Research Groups • Cancerous Lesion Change Detection • Skin Cancer Lesion Diagnostics & Image Analysis • UTSW Dermatology and UTA CSE/BME • Virtual Rural Medicine • The intent of this project is to provide connectivity, medical diagnostic utilities, medical image management tools and the real-time physician-patient interfaces between rural health clinics and community hospitals, and medical specialists concentrated in large urban areas. • UTA, IBM and Valor Telecom • UTA Smart Hospital and Health System • Simulated Hospital with Smart Mannequins, Virtual Learning/Training for Nurses and Physicians • UTA School of Nursing, COS and COE
BioGrid Research Groups • Biodefense • Rapid response to bioterror agents and emerging biothreats • UTSW, UTA and MD Anderson Cancer Center • Virtual Simulated Surgery • Virtual surgery using haptic devices for training physicians in a wide variety of endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery techniques • UTA Electrical Engineering and UTSW Medical Center Department of Surgery • Pseudo and Retrogene Research Group • Chicken and Mouse Computational Genomics • UTA Biology, UTA CSE, and International Collaboration
BioGrid Research Groups • Knowledge Mapping • Virtual brainstorming that takes advantage of the space between ideas where discovery often occurs • UTA COS and Troubadour Technology • Virtual Group Dynamics • The psychology of virtual group interactions and behavior as it relates to productivity • UTA Psychology • CONNECT • Wireless technology to provide communication services for disabled • UTA COS, COE and National • Symptom Management • Group collaboration aimed at minimizing pain, fatigue, cognitive impairment, nausea • UTA Psychology and MD Anderson Cancer Center
BioGrid Common User Interface Single sign-on user login provides access to high-performance, personalized life science and health care portal environment
BioGrid UtilitiesCommunications and Collaboration • e-mail • Calendar • Instant Message • Forums • User Groups • Chat • News Groups • System Alerts • e-Learning • Tech Support • Web Conference • Video • Audio • Polling • Sharing • White Board • Brain Storm
BioGrid UtilitiesMedical/Biological Text Mining http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/etblast.shtml
BioGrid Utilities Knowledge Mapping http://www.ideaweb.modwest.com/doc/summary.html
BioGrid Hardware • Horsepower provided by IBM hardware connected to UTA Distributed & Parallel Computing Cluster (DPCC)
BioGrid Future Plans • BioGrid Texas contact Paul Medley (medley@uta.edu)