title: Integrative specimen information service - a campus-wide resource for tissue banking, experimental data annotation, and analysis services.
abstract: We present the architecture and approach of an evolving campus-wide information service for tissues with clinical and data annotations to be used and contributed to by clinical researchers across the campus. The services provided include specimen tracking, long term data storage, and computational analysis services. The project is conceived and sustained by collaboration among researchers on the campus as well as participation in standards organizations and national collaboratives.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Informatics, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schadow
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhaval
authors.forename: Clement J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ragg
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D007255:Information Services; D007256:Information Systems; D014015:Tissue Banks