geWorkbench, an advanced Java-based platform for integrated genomics developed by C2B2 investigators with funding from the NIH roadmap and the National Cancer Institute, was recognized with an excellence award during the 2007 annual meeting of the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) initiative. The geWorkbench project team was cited for "excellence in the design, planning and implementation of one of the first unrestricted open-source software projects from integrative genomics analysis".