Technologies and Standards

Clockwise from left, Ken Buetow (NCI) presents the latest initiatives with caBIG (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) to build a more richly interconnected health car ecosystem; Craig Lips off the e-clinical track by discussing mobile and Internet-based technologies to foster patient-centric clinical trials; and Les Jordan (Micr Dft) announcing Microsoft's decision to spin off the BiolT Alliance as an independent body, with the blessing of charter sponsors HP, Accelrys, and Thermo Fisher, focused on standards for translational research.