1. caBench-to-Bedside (caB2B) A caGrid TM client to facilitate translational research Key Stakeholders Involved: Developer Washington University Persistent System Private Limited

2. caB2B Overview Brief Description –caB2B is a single tool designed to integrate and analyze diverse biomedical data sets seamlessly. It has been developed to facilitate individual steps of cancer research analyses and to reduce the bench-to-bedside barrier. –caB2B is a caGrid client that permits bench scientists, translational researchers, and clinicians to leverage data and analytical services developed under caBIG TM through a graphical user interface. Its metadata-based query interface enables end users to search virtually any caGrid data service. Primary User Groups/Beneficiaries: –bench scientists, translational researchers, and clinicians

3. Key features Metadata-based query enabling searches on any available data service (e.g. caTissue Core or caArray). Semantically aware query interface that seamlessly creates distributed queries (i.e. across two or more applications such as caFE and GeneConnect) Saving and filtering data acquired as a result of a query. Basic data visualization windows.

4. Tool Installation & Usage Overview Installation Requirements Client JRE version > 1.4.x Windows, Linux, Mac Recommended Memory 512MB Server JDK 1.5.07 JBoss 4.0.0 MySQL 4.1.10 Ant 1.6.x Recommended Memory 1GB Skills sets to install basic ANT knowledge basic database knowledge

5. Releases, Schedule & Contacts Current Release caB2B 1.0 Release date # September 2007 Previous Release caB2B 1.0 Beta Release date 10 July 2007 Future Development caB2B 2.0 Release date May 2008 Web page http://cab2b.wustl.edu/ Contact Information cab2b@mga.wustl.edu