Software

Staff and researchers working for a biobank typically perform various functions. OBiBa software was designed as a number of functional modules corresponding to a biobank's main functions as shown in Figure 1. The appropriate functional modules can be deployed individually or as an integrated application.

Figure 1: OBiBa software consists of functional modules corresponding to typical biobank activities

Participant Enrollment and Tracking

The Enrollment and Tracking Application (ETA) provides participant enrollment and appointment scheduling functionality for biobank assessment centres. For more information, see ETA.

Baseline Interviews

Onyx is a comprehensive software application used to manage participant interviews and to collect data in biobank assessment centres. For more information, see Onyx.

Data Integration

The Opal application integrates biobank data from different sources into a secure central data repository. It provides interfaces for managing and querying a data element dictionary and for generating administrative and scientific reports, and supports many other activities required to analyze the data collected from subjects. For more information, see Opal.

High-throughput Genotyping

GenoByte is a Java application programming interface (API) for storing and querying data resulting from high-throughput genotyping experiments involving many subjects. For more information, see GenoByte.