BioGrid Texas(BiGTX)biogrid.uta.edu

Virtual Research ParkHealthcare 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 Account Request

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 UtilitiesPersonalized News and

Information

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Image Upload

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Segmentation

Analysis

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Segmentation

Analysis

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Shape Analysis

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Cancer Quiz

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Query by

Example

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Query by

Features

BioGrid UtilitiesSkin Lesion Query by

Diagnosis

BioGrid UtilitiesGenomics/Bioinformatics

Tools

BioGrid UtilitiesGenomics/Bioinformatics

Tools

BioGrid UtilitiesGenomics/Bioinformatics

Tools

BioGrid UtilitiesMedical/Biological Text

Mining

http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/etblast.shtml

BioGrid UtilitiesMedical/Biological Text

Mining

BioGrid UtilitiesGrid Computing Tools

BioGrid UtilitiesGrid Computing Tools

BioGrid UtilitiesWeb Conferencing

BioGrid Utilities Web Conferencing

BioGrid Utilities Web Conferencing

BioGrid Utilities Knowledge Mapping

http://www.ideaweb.modwest.com/doc/summary.html

BioGrid Utilities e-Learning

BioGrid Utilities Application Support

BioGrid Hardware

• Horsepower provided by IBM hardware connected to UTA Distributed & Parallel Computing Cluster (DPCC)

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Campus Campus

BioGrid Future Plans

BioGrid Texas contact Paul Medley (medley@uta.edu)