The EDRN knowledge environment: an open source, scalable informatics platform for biological sciences research

Daniel Crichton; Ashish Mahabal; Kristen Anton; Luca Cinquini; Maureen Colbert; S. George Djorgovski; Heather Kincaid; Sean Kelly; David Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2263842

18 May 2017 The EDRN knowledge environment: an open source, scalable informatics platform for biological sciences research

Daniel Crichton, Ashish Mahabal, Kristen Anton, Luca Cinquini, Maureen Colbert, S. George Djorgovski, Heather Kincaid, Sean Kelly, David Liu

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 10194, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX; 101942A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263842
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe here the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) for Cancer’s knowledge environment. It is an open source platform built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with contributions from the California Institute of Technology, and Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. It uses tools like Apache OODT, Plone, and Solr, and borrows heavily from JPL’s Planetary Data System’s ontological infrastructure. It has accumulated data on hundreds of thousands of biospecemens and serves over 1300 registered users across the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The scalable computing infrastructure is built such that we are being able to reach out to other agencies, provide homogeneous access, and provide seamless analytics support and bioinformatics tools through community engagement.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Daniel Crichton, Ashish Mahabal, Kristen Anton, Luca Cinquini, Maureen Colbert, S. George Djorgovski, Heather Kincaid, Sean Kelly, and David Liu "The EDRN knowledge environment: an open source, scalable informatics platform for biological sciences research", Proc. SPIE 10194, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX, 101942A (18 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263842

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available