Resources
News/Events 2012
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Press Release
5AM is excited to announce the April 21st unveiling of Portable Legal Consent at the recent 2012 Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress in San Francisco. Working closely with John Wilbanks and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the 5AM team played a major role in the development of PLC, by helping to drive and capture the specifications, defining the software architecture, and implementing the reference codebase for the beta release.
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EventMCJUG Meeting: Apache Apollo featuring Tim Bish
May 23rd 6pm-8:30pm
Please join the Montgomery County Java Users Group on May 23 for a session on Next Generation Open Source Messaging--Apache Camel and Apollo. The May edition of MCJUG will provide an overview of Apache Apollo, which was announced earlier this year. Apache Apollo is built from the foundations of the Apache ActiveMQ project but with a radically different threading architecture which lets it scale to large number of concurrent connections and destinations while using a constant number of threads. Featured speaker Tim Bish is a software engineer with varied experience in traffic management and safety monitoring systems, simulation systems and distributed cross platform messaging systems. Tim is an active committer and PMC member on Apache ActiveMQ and is employed as a Sr. Software Engineer for FuseSource. Besides working on the ActiveMQ broker itself, Tim is also responsible for development of many of the native language clients for ActiveMQ such as the ActiveMQ-CPP C++ client and the Apache.NMS family of .NET client libraries. Open to all - Be sure to bring a friend! Funding for food and drinks provided by 5AM Solutions.
Meeting location: 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 600, Rockville Maryland 20852.
Parking is free after 6:00 PM, use Halpine Road entrance. Call 301-231-9898 if you have trouble getting into the building.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions announced today the successful release of the latest version of the CONNECT gateway, an open source initiative led by the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The software was developed in partnership with CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group, Inc. (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A), under contract to FHA, and is available to the CONNECT open source community for download at http://www.connectopensource.org.
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EventMCJUG Meeting: Enterprise Integration Patterns / AMQP / RabbitMQ
April 18th 6pm-8:30pm
This month’s MCJUG (Montgomery County Java Users Group) brings you Jimmy Oyeniyi, giving what promises to be a fascinating talk on Enterprise Integration Patterns, AMQP, and RabbitMQ. Jimmy Oyeniyi is a vFabric specialist with VMWare, with deep knowledge in vFabric suite, Application Management, and the data management suite consisting of Gemfire and SQLFire. He has over 15 years experience implementing and architecting server side and SOA technologies. In the past Jimmy Oyeniyi worked with Oracle as a Principal Sales Consultant, working on the Fusion Middleware and E2.0 products such as WebLogic Suite (Coherence, JRockit, AD4J, OEM, Glassfish, IAS), SOA Suite, Data Integration, Web Center Suite and Governance solution. Jimmy is a well-recognized speaker in the Mid-Atlantic region and has presented at various Marketing events, Enterprise architecture summit, User groups and Java One events delivering new product features and initiatives.
Meeting location: 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 600, Rockville Maryland 20852.
Parking is free after 6:00 PM, use Halpine Road entrance. Call 301-231-9898 if you have trouble getting into the building.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions was recently awarded a subcontract from SAIC-Frederick to leverage family health history information to assess the Type 2 diabetes risk for users of the My Family Health Portrait application (http://familyhistory.hhs.gov). The Surgeon General's My Family Health Portrait is an internet-based tool that makes it easy for individual users to record and share their family health history. The tool, based on an HL7 model and interoperable with Microsoft® HealthVault®, creates a "pedigree" family tree that users can save or share with family members or health care practitioners as needed. It is private, and does not store users' information.
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Announcement5AM's Evans Named Visiting Lecturer in Bioinformatics at WVSOM
For a third straight year, 5AM's Andrew Evans has been named Visiting Lecturer in Bioinformatics at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) in Lewisburg, WV. Mr. Evans is a bioinformatician with 5AM's Research Practice, and serves as 5AM's Senior Information Architect.
This year's lecture, "Genomics and Bioinformatics: the impending medical revolution," will be delivered to second-year students on Wednesday, February 29. The mission of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is to educate students from diverse backgrounds as lifelong learners in osteopathic medicine and complementary health-related programs; to advance scientific knowledge through academic, clinical and basic science research; and to promote patient-centered, evidence-based medicine.
"As personalized, precision medicine becomes a larger part of the clinical picture, it will be vital for our students to understand the issues involved. We're thrilled to have Mr. Evans' insight into the big picture of genomics and the rapidly-developing technologies that are revolutionizing the practice of medicine," said Dr. Jack Thatcher, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at WVSOM.
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EventMCJUG Meeting: An Outsiders Look Inside the Java Community Process
January 18th 6pm-8:30pm
It's 2012 and Java is still going strong despite the naysayers' doomsday predictions. Come learn more about the JCP from one of he Montgomery County Java Users Groups (MCJUGs) favorite presenters, Reza Rahman. Reza is an independent consultant specializing in Java EE with clients across the greater Philadelphia and New York metropolitan areas. Reza is the author of "EJB 3 in Action" from Manning Publishing.
Meeting location: 1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 600, Rockville Maryland 20852.
Parking is free after 6:00 PM, use Halpine Road entrance. Call 301-231-9898 if you have trouble getting into the building.
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AnnouncementMovember Contest Winners and Donation Announced
We were pleased to have had several dozen folks from across the country enter our Movember Grow and Show your 'Mo contest to benefit men's cancer awareness. In early November, 5AM pledged to donate a dollar for every 'Mo pic (yes - these 'Mos are so good we feel compelled to capitalize) that was sent to us prior to December 10th, 2011. In addition, special recognition was given to stand-out entries in several categories, with 5AM making an additional $20 donation for each winner to further support their fine mustache and fauxstache work. The full gallery and the winners list can be found here: http://www.5amsolutions.com/resources/news/2011_mo_gallery.php
To find out more about men's cancer awareness, please visit the Movember site: http://us.movember.com/. Looking forward to seeing all of the awesome entries next year!
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Event5AMers Attend CONNECT Code-A-Thon
Join Brian Humphrey and Leslie Power at the CONNECT code-a-thon in Berkeley, CA. We'll join open source contributors from around the country who seek to use and improve CONNECT, the Federal Health Architecture's open source solution for health information exchange. Contact Brian or Leslie via their email addresses or at healthit at 5amsolutions.com if you'd like to hook up.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions announced that it has released a web service to integrate family health history with Microsoft� (MSFT) HealthVault�. In support of the Mama Mare Breast Cancer Foundation�s research collaboration with Kevin Hughes, M.D., co-director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and a surgeon at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, the web service will enable patients to use their HealthVault family health history information to assess breast cancer risk.
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Announcement
Let's Get Growing!
The Movember movement (also known as No-Shave November, or Mustache November) seeks to increase awareness and understanding for cancers that primarily affect men, helping to decrease the stigma surrounding the disease. Though only a few years old, the Movember foundation and concept have experienced rapid growth and international exposure. Here at 5AM, we want to help make 2011 the strongest year yet.
5AM invites you to join the public fight against cancers that strike out at men by growing and sharing your best 'Mo with us -- Grow it, groom it, and show it!
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Announcement5AM to Participates in the MMRF Race for Research Walk/Run 5K
5AM Solutions, with friends and families, demonstrated their support for multiple myeloma research by participating in the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Race For Research Walk/Run 5K on November 13th in Alexandria, Virginia.
The MMRF recently announced an innovative clinical and genomic study to advance multiple myeloma treatment, and 5AM is thrilled to be able to help them. Please visit the 5AM team page to see how you can help, too! You can make donations to support the 5AM team up through December 31, 2011. Every little bit helps in reaching the goal!
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Announcement5AM to Present at the Leaders in BioBanking Congress 2011
Jungdae Kokotov of 5AM will be speaking at the Leaders in BioBanking Congress 2011 on November 8th in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The session, "Future of Virtual Biobanking - Past isn't Prologue," will demonstrate how a successful Biobanker-Biouser partnership works, and will be attended by both scientists who use biospecimens for research ("biousers") and operation managers who collect, process, store, and distribute the biospecimens ("biobankers").
During the case study presentation Jungdae will describe how the state of Arizona designed a statewide virtual biospecimen repository, how 5AM was able to evolve the solution to function in other arenas, and will also elaborate on the exciting future possibilities for biospecimens and biobanking. David Carpentieri of Phoenix Children's Hospital will also participate in the session, further discussing the need for virtual biobanking, how Phoenix Children's Hospital plans to participate, and discuss how this need is acutely felt in the rare disease world.
If you are a consumer or a provider of biospecimens, we want to hear from you. Please take a brief survey to help shape the future of biobanking!
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Announcement5AM CEO to participate in panel discussion at "Partnering for Cures 2011" in New York
On Tuesday November 8th, 5AM President and CEO Brent Gendleman will be participating in an expert panel "Staying Afloat in a Sea of Data." Moderated by Kris Joshi, Ph.D., Global Vice President, Healthcare at Oracle, target areas of panel discussion will include:
- How scientists and clinicians can begin to make sense of all the new sequencing data, and how it can be most efficiently connected to health records and treatment protocol
- Policy and governance of this sea of data, including whether or not is it shared, how it is shared, and who truly "owns" it
- The role patients can/should play in managing and sharing their health information
Additional panelists include:
- David M. Margulies, M.D., Senior Associate in Medicine and Director of The Gene Partnership (TGP), Children's Hospital Boston
- Gerald McDougall, Principal, Personalized Medicine and Health Sciences Practices, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Sean Nolan, Chief Architect and General Manager, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp.
The third annual Partnering for Cures meeting opens on November 6th and will bring together leaders from all sectors in medical research with the express purpose of making collaboration happen. Participants believe these collaborations must happen to speed up the time it takes to turn discoveries into treatments and cures. This forward-thinking, outcomes-oriented, and patient-focused event is hosted by FasterCures, the Washington, DC-based center of the Milken Institute. For more information on the event please visit the event website.
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Announcement5AM Chief Science Officer Co-Authors Paper on Potential Drug Targets for Pancreatic Cancer
5AM's Chief Science Officer, William FitzHugh, has co-authored a paper on potential drug targets in pancreatic cancer. The paper will appear in an upcoming print edition of Pancreas, the journal of neuroendocrine tumors and pancreatic diseases and sciences. It describes four proteins were found at high levels in pancreatic cancer cells using proteomics methods, and then validated using RNA interference (RNAi). Knockdown by RNAi inhibited the growth of the cancer cells, demonstrating that these proteins could make excellent therapeutic targets. "The value of proteomics is that it looks directly at the proteins that are found at high levels in the tumor cells, rather than looking at indirect signals such as DNA or RNA alterations," said Mr. FitzHugh.
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AnnouncementClinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) 3.6 Released
The NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Office recently announced the release of version 3.6 of the CTRP software. With this latest release, researchers have greater access to cancer-specific clinical trials driven by the NCI and their funded investigators. Improvements in the latest version include:
- Support for entry of accrual data to CTRP via the web application, batch upload, and web services.
- Improvements to the Trial Update and Amend features.
- Improvements to Trial Search results.
There are three main components to the reporting program. The Registration Site enables users to register, amend, and update proprietary and non-proprietary interventional trials one-at- a-time, or in batches consisting of multiple trials. The Viewer provides web-based reporting, and the Accrual site supports the on-going maintenance of patient accruals.
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Press Release
For the second consecutive time, 5AM Solutions Inc. has been selected as one of the Washingtonian magazine�s �Great Places to Work.� Workplaces were chosen on the basis of such measures as favorable pay and benefits, challenging and interesting work, opportunities to learn and grow, employee work/life balance, financial stability, commitment to charity and community, and recognition and respect for employees. Winners were chosen after a panel of editors and writers reviewed more than 200 companies and some 13,000 anonymous employee surveys. -
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List Showcases Washington Area Companies with Highest Three-Year Growth RatesThe Washington Business Journal recently announced that 5AM Solutions, Inc. has been ranked as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the greater Washington DC region. The 2011 list identified qualifying firms based upon revenue minimums as well as three consecutive years of revenue growth, using a unique averaging formula. Instead of using the overall three-year growth rate, they calculated the percentage of growth between years one and two, repeated the calculation between years two and three, and then averaged those two figures. 5AM Solutions placed #33 on the list, with a 39.4% calculated growth rate.
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AnnouncementcaArray 2.4.1 Released
5AM is pleased to announce a new release of caArray, an open source microarray data management tool being developed as part of the National Cancer Institute's caBIG(r) project. 5AM leads the development effort for this tool, which is deployed at the NCI and over a dozen other sites. New features in this release, version 2.4.1, include tight integration with the NCBI taxonomy, searching by publication or author, and user visibility into the data import and validation queues. The NCI's instance of caArray hosts over 22,000 microarray experiments.
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Event5AM Runners Take Third Place in Run! Geek! Run!
Several 5AMers participated in the 2011 Run! Geek! Run! race at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The 5AM coed running team placed third overall with a net race time of 34:03. All proceeds of the race go to support the Equal Footing Foundation, a Virginia based 501(C)(3) nonprofit focused on youth development and education and is the charitable arm of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. The 5AM team also participated in 2010, where they placed second with a net race time of 36:29.About the Equal Footing Foundation: The Equal Footing Foundation was founded to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of children and adults in Northern Virginia. Together with their corporate sponsors, the local government and business partners, the foundation helps fund, launch and sustain Computer Clubhouses that currently serve over 1,500 youth in six locations. Through these clubhouses and other technology-related programs, they are able to help facilitate corporate efforts to give back to the community.
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Event
Join 5AM and the White House to mark Health IT Week. 5AM Solutions works every day to create technology to transform the nation's health care system and improve the privacy and security of personal health information. The vision to connect people with health information gets closer every day.
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Announcement
5AM, in collaboration with our partners and open-source contributors, is pleased to share that CONNECT 3.2.1 is today released to the public. CONNECT, the open source gateway that enables the secure exchange of health information across the Internet, is the most widely used gateway on the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange.
The CONNECT 3.2.1 release includes asynchronous exchange capability, bug fixes, and other improvements.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions today announced it has made its fiscal year 2010 annual charitable contributions. The employee-driven philanthropy effort distributed money to seven different organizations: Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF), the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Backpack Program, Pets 2 Vets, the International Rescue Committee, the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, and Bridges to Community.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions secured a spot on Inc. Magazine�s fifth annual Inc. 500|5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
The list represents a comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy�America�s independent entrepreneurs.
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Event
August 17, 2011 - 6-8:30pm
Registration required in advance
1700 Rockville Pike
Ste 600
Rockville MD 20852
Phone 301-231-9898This month's MCJUG features Reza Rahman (co-author of EJB3 in Action), discussing CDI (JEE's dependency injection) and Seam3. Spots still available - register by following the link below.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions recently secured a spot on the "Fast 50" list for Washington Technology magazine.
The list recognizes the achievements of some of the best small businesses in the Washington DC metro market. Types of companies on the list range from resellers to consultants and IT services providers to research and development firms. The list is entrepreneur heavy with most companies having a founder or team of founders at the helm. 5AM was also featured in a featured profile article, where CEO Brent Gendleman shares additional insight on 5AM's growth.
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Announcement5AMers Donate Supplies to Back-to-School Drive
The 5AM Solutions team recently donated four large storage bins - fully packed with school supplies and backpacks - to the 4th Annual Montgomery County Public Schools Back-to-School Fair, sponsored by the Department of Family and Community Partnership. Nearly 200 new back-to-school items were contributed by 5AMers, at a value of approximately $700. When 5AM made the drop off, the folks at the Department of Family and Community Partnership office came out to help unpack and sort the items, and emphasized that donations are appreciated especially during this time of economic hardship for so many in the community. 5AM plans to continue participation in the effort, and is exploring additional volunteer opportunities through MCPS as well.
The Back-to-School Fair, begun in 2008, is a community-wide event held for Montgomery County Public Schools students and their families. School offices, community organizations and businesses come together to answer questions, provide information about services and offer a day of exciting activities, including music, entertainment, snacks, games and more. The fair is free and open to all MCPS families. See link below for more information.
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Event
CONNECT code-a-thon
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Laurel, MD
August 9-10, 2011Join 5AMers from the CONNECT development team at August's code-a-thon, where health IT leaders work together to contribute to the CONNECT solution and advance the nation's health IT agenda. The two-day event is hosted by the Johns Hopkins University.
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Press Release
Brigadier General Michael J. Kussman, M.D. (U.S. Army, Retired) has joined 5AM's Board of Advisors. Recently retired after completing 37 years of distinguished government service in May 2009, Dr. Kussman's last position was Under Secretary for Health for the Veterans Health Administration. In this role, he led the nation�s largest integrated health care system, the VHA, which provides health care to more than 5.7 million veterans and 7.7 million enrollees. With nearly four decades of military medical expertise, Dr. Kussman will fill the critical role of chief advisor to 5AM's Health IT practice. "Dr. Kussman's extensive experience in making health systems work, notably his experience with military medical systems and his command of strategic perspectives, will provide a perfect complement to the technical and tactical nature of our advisor board at 5AM," Chairman Rob Daly said.
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Press Release
5AM Solutions opens a Boston office to serve our expanding clientele in the Northwestern region.
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AnnouncementcaIntegrator v1.3 Released
The 5AM caIntegrator team is pleased to announce the release of caIntegrator version 1.3 (formerly caIntegrator2) and the deployment of the system at NCI CBIIT at https://caintegrator.nci.nih.gov. 5AM provided technical leadership to this release. Key features of this release include:
- Visualization capabilities for copyNumber and Expression data using The Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV). IGV is high performance visualization tool for interactive exploration of large, integrated datasets.
- Visualization capabilities for copyNumber using NCI CGWB Heatmap viewer. Heatmap viewer is a tool for visualization of copy-number data and associated clinical annotations.
- Support for the caCGHcall grid service to process copyNumber(CGH) data using Bioconductor CGH package. CGHcall allows users to make an objective and effective classification of their aCGH data into copy number states (loss, normal, gain or amplification).
- Querying of Copy Number data by Mean Segment Values and by Calls value (Calls values available when caCGHcall service is selected).
- Capability to use supplemental file from caArray for all supported platforms.
The NCI CBIIT deployment of the application can be accessed at https://caintegrator.nci.nih.gov and allows users to browse and run queries for all public studies. A registered user can save queries and lists as well as perform advanced analysis tasks. For a complete list of new features, listing of items addressed in this release and known issues, please see the Release Notes.
If you have questions and/or feedback, you may post questions to NCI's Molecular Analysis Tools Knowledge Center Discussion Forum. This forum is actively monitored by Knowledge Center staff. Join the caIntegrator users list.
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Announcement5AM Among Finalists in "Hottest Bootstrap" Awards
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) recently announced finalists and winners of the 10th Annual NVTC Hot Ticket Awards, honoring the region's best and brightest entrepreneurial technology companies. Nominations were gathered for seven award categories, including Hottest Bootstrap, Hottest Buzz, Hottest Emerging Government Contractor, Hottest Exit, Hottest Management Team, Hottest Startup and Hottest Venture Capital Deal. Out of over 20 nominees, 5AM was declared a finalist in the "Hottest Bootstrap" category, along with AirWatch, CFN Services Inc., and Decision Lens. AirWatch took the top honors in the category.
More than 550 members of the Northern Virginia technology community came out to celebrate the nominated companies, poolside in late June at the home of NVTC's President and CEO Bobbie Kilberg. For more information on the Northern Virgnia Technology Council, visit www.nvtc.org.
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Announcement5AM Solutions Releases SNPTips 1.1
Personal Genomics Extension Adds deCODEme Support, Update for Firefox Versions
5AM Solutions has just announced a substantial release to their SNPTips personal genomics extension for the Firefox web browser. The 1.1 update adds support for Firefox version 4 (and the upcoming version 5 beta), and in addition to working with 23andMe user data, version 1.1 also adds support for an additional personal genomics service, deCODEme. deCODEme customers can now use their data files with the SNPTips extension. Along with the primary improvements, several bugs have been fixed, and the security model has been tightened to prevent accidental emailing of genotype information from SNPTips-enhanced web pages. SNPTips can now also be used by anyone, whether they are a customer of a personal genomics service or not, providing the convenient reference and look-up links for SNP information even when corresponding personal genomic data is not loaded. SNPTips 1.1 is available now for free download for both existing and new users by visiting http://snptips.com.
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AnnouncementAmerican College of Medical Genetics' (ACMG) Newborn Screening Translational Research Network (NBSTRN) launches new 5AM-designed website
In support of our partner client, 5AM created a new format and design for the NBSTRN's website, migrating content to a content-managed system (Drupal) to improve the abilities of the NBSTRN staff to maintain the site as needed, without requiring detailed knowledge of html or deployment skills. The website has been set up to allow for a single point of entry for all NBSTRN services including access to the Virtual Repository of Dried Bloodspots (VRDBS), workgroup collaboration sites, a research informatics system, long term follow up data associated with DBS (LTFU), as well as a knowledge base of additional resources, publications and research findings associated with DBS.
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In the Media
The Washington Business Journal recently announced their annual Top 50 "Best Places to Work in Greater Washington" for 2011, recognizing 5AM Solutions, Inc. as an employer of choice for the second year in a row. The WBJ, along with award sponsors Cigna Healthcare, WTOP Radio and Quantum Workplace, will announce the final rankings of the winners at a formal breakfast awards program on Friday, June 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tyson's Corner. In addition, all 50 companies will be profiled in a special supplement in the June 3-9, 2011 issue of the Washington Business Journal.
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AnnouncementClinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) 3.4 Released
The NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Office recently announced the availability of version 3.4 of the CTRP software. This major upgrade included over 50 enhancements and bug fixes. 5AM was responsible for the architecture, design and development of the release, while other companies were responsible for requirements analysis.
What's New in the CTRP Registration Site?
- Export trial search results
- Save trial-related documents as part of a draft version of a trial submission
- Improved user interface for managing trial owners. Mitigating risks associated with storing biospecimens
CTRP 3.4 also includes a wide range of enhancements to the back end modules and systems designed to improve how data is collected and abstracted in CTRP, including:
- Biomarker data – can now be recorded in CTRP as part of scientific data abstraction
- Anatomic site – can now be recorded in CTRP as part of scientific data abstraction
- Improved systems integration between CTRP, Cancer.gov, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Clinical Trial Support Unit (CTSU) Regulatory Support System (RSS)
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Event
BioIT World Conference
Boston, Mass.
April 12-14, 2011
Brent: April 13, 1:45pm5AM President and CEO Brent Gendleman will be presenting at the BioIT World Conference in Boston on April 13. BioIT World 2011 will unite 1,700+ life sciences, pharmaceutical, clinical, healthcare, and IT professionals from across the world, providing the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process. Keynote speakers include Stephen Wolfram, Ph.D., CEO, Wolfram Research, and Bryn Roberts, Ph.D., Global Head, Informatics, Pharma Research and Early Development, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Wednesday, April 13th - Leveraging caBIG(R): New Collaborative Models in Science and Business. Brent Gendleman, President and CEO, 5AM Solutions & Joel Saltz, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Comprehensive Informatics, Emory University.
Synopsis: Vast amounts of data generated by sophisticated research techniques and millions of clinical interactions represent an un-mined opportunity for advancing collaborative research and discovery at a 21st century pace. Realization of this potential is predicated upon an interoperable IT environment to facilitate data integration and exchange in support of a wide variety of basic, clinical and translational research efforts. The caBIG principles of open access, open source, open development, and federation drive unique opportunities for business, academic, and research enterprises to solve research challenges that translate into viable results. Download the presentation.
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Event
Montgomery County Java Users Group (MCJUG)
April 20, 2011
6-8:30pm
(Click below link for registration + location)The April installment of MCJUG brings Fadi Stephan presenting on Software Craftsmanship, and Kurt Luedke talking about Dynamic Dependency Injection with Application Filters. Please join us!
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Event
5AM runners took third place in the team competition of this year's Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run. Deb Dasgupta, Erica Marrari, and Brian Pickeral jetted through the course in a little over an hour each to nab the third-place team award. Other 5AM runners racing included Todd Parnell, Leslie Power, and Eric Tavela.Team results - note that after publication, Marriott's "Get a Room" team took third place in time - but we've got the plaque - better luck on race day times next year, Marriott!
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Event
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Reference Implementation Model (RIM)
RIM Based Architecture Group (RIMBAA)
Washington, DC Meeting5AM's Director of Research and Development, Dan Kokotov, gave a presentation on validating HL7 v3 messages, based on our experience on NCI's caCIS project. The team'srecommendations will be presented to the XML ITS committee and be incorporated into the next version of the v3 toolchain.
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Press Release
Partnership will provide broad access to biospecimen resources, accelerating research discoveries.
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EventMeet up with 5AMer Erica Marrari at the 2011 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
2011 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
March 16-20, 2011The American College of Medical Genetics annual meeting focuses on practical medical and clinical applications and the latest research and is attended by medical and clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, pediatric and obstetric practitioners, laboratory directors and technicians, researchers and all healthcare and public health professionals with an interest in the rapidly evolving field of medical genetics and its integration into healthcare. Representing 5AM and the Newborn Screening Translational Research Network (NBSTRN), Erica will provide an overview of the Virtual Repository of Dried Blood Spots during the NBSTRN Open House and Reception.
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Event
Montgomery County Java Users Group (MCJUG)
March 16, 2011
6-8:30pm
(Click below link for registration + location)The last few MCJUG meetings have been quite technology oriented, so this time we will take a step back and pay some attention to the software development process itself. We are pleased to welcome Jim York as our featured speaker. Jim helps organizations build lean and agile enterprises, and for over 20 years, Jim has mentored and coached teams and leaders at all levels of organizations. Jim's interactive training sessions and coaching cultivate the skills and qualities needed to direct and support the implementation of lean and agile principles and practices.
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Event
Caps/Hurricanes and DC Invaders
Verizon Center, Washington, DC
March 11, 2011
Caps at 7, Invaders at 9:45 (open seating)The DC Invaders hockey team - including 5AM's Steve Lustbader - will be participating in a charity hockey match immediately following the Caps/Hurricanes game at the Verizon Center on Friday, March 11th. This special annual event is taking place to raise funds for Hockey Fights Cancer. HFC is a joint initiative founded in December 1998 to raise money and awareness, and is supported by NHL Member Clubs, NHL Alumni, the NHL Officials' Association, Professional Hockey Trainers and Equipment Managers, corporate marketing partners, broadcast partners and fans throughout North America. To date, more than $11 million has been raised by HFC to support national and local cancer research institutions, Children's Hospitals, player charities and local cancer organizations. In support of Steve's participation, 5AM has donated $1,000 to the cause.
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Press ReleaseThe American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) has selected the company to continue with piloting and deployment of its web-based virtual repository for the innovative Newborn Screening Translational Research Network (NBSTRN), a resource for investigators engaged in research related to newborn screening.
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Event
Bay Biotech Professionals Meetup
Los Altos, CA
February 24, 2011
6:30pm
(Click below link for registration + location)Technological advances such as microarrays and next generation sequencing have brought us exponential increases in biological and medical data. The challenge facing us now is how to turn these data into scientific insight and actionable medical therapies and diagnostics. In this peer-to-peer talk, J will discuss how bioinformaticians are addressing this challenge and how 5AM Solutions, is using its talents to advance personalized medicine and biomarker discovery.
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In the Media
Electronic Consent Channels: Preserving Patient Privacy
Without Handcuffing Researchers
February 9, 2011
Science Translational Medicine
5AM Solutions' Newborn Screening Translational Research Network project is describedby our colleague Robert Shelton (PrivateAccess) in this article that explores whether the concerns about privacy and consent can be used to drive information sharing, to benefit patients and researchers alike.
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In the MediaA Firefox browser extension developed by 5AM Solutions provides customers of direct-to-consumer genomic services with the full breadth of SNP information in publicly available resources.
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In the Media5AM's Biolocator, along with several leaders in the biobanking field, is profiled in this article by Catherine Shaffer.
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Announcement
Brent Gendleman, 5AM President and CEO, will serve as Chairman for Day One ("Intersection of Public and Private Policy in Science") of IQPC's 4th Annual Biobanking Conference in Philadelphia, January 24-26, 2011. This event will address the major challenges faced by both start-up and established biorepositories, and will feature experts from Merck Research Laboratories, National Cancer institute, UNC Chapel Hill, and more. Attendees of this conference will learn about:
- Mitigating risks associated with storing biospecimens
- Extracting value from sample repositories through biomarker research
- Expanding the reach of biocollections virtually
- Achieving operational excellence to assure quality expectations are met
The 5AM Moderated panel "Developing a Virtual Biobank" on January 25th will feature our partners James Matthews (Deputy Director, Arizona Biomedical Research Commission), Michael S. Watson, PhD (Executive Director of the American College of Medical Genetics), and Sree Kaimal, PhD (Sr. Vice President and Chief Development Officer National Foundation for Cancer Research), as well as Gendleman and Jungdae Kokotov, Biolocator Project Manager at 5AM Solutions.
4th Annual Biobanking 2011 Conference
January 24 - 26, 2011
The Westin, Philadelphia, PA -
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Announcement
The NCI CBIIT-hosted instance of caArray (https://array.nci.nih.gov) has been upgraded to caArray 2.4.0.1. We are also pleased to announce the release of caArray 2.4.0.1 local installation and upgrade packages available from the download site: https://gforge.nci.nih.gov/frs/?group_id=305
The 2.4.0.1 release addresses the following issues with the 2.4.0 release:
- Fixes occasional out-of-memory errors with the parsers.
- Addresses null pointer exception in the upgrade installer.
- Adds probe name validation to the data file parsers.
- Adds a security patch to Struts 2.1.x.
- Correctly validates Genepix GAL array designs with non-integer block header information.