Biobank Lodz – DNA Based Biobank at the University of Lodz, Poland
The Biorepository in Department of Molecular Biophysics of the University of Lodz was established in 2010 as an internal bioresource to collect and store Polish population-based biospecimens. In 2014 biorepository started to act as Biobank Lab of University of Lodz (BLUL/Biobank Lodz). The Biobank Lodz joined the BBMRI_PL (consortium of Polish biobanks) in 2014 and in 2016 BLUL became a member of the BCNet (Biobank and Cohort Building Network) and ESBB (European and Middle Eastern Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking). The BLUL stores over 12.200 samples and their data, including section of formalin fixed paraffin em...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - December 1, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Prostate Cancer Research Consortium Bioresource (Ireland)
The Prostate Cancer Research Consortium (PCRC) is a co-ordinated group of researchers and clinicians from universities and hospitals in Ireland whose aim is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer by engaging in biomarker discovery and validation research. The PCRC has established a prostate cancer bioresource that collects biological samples and comprehensive clinical information collected at time of recruitment and subsequent follow from prostate cancer patients undergoing Transurethral resection of the prostate (benign disease) or radical prostatectomy (indolent, significant and aggressive, Gleason Sco...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - November 16, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Biobank Graz: The Hub for Innovative Biomedical Research
Biobank Graz was established in 2007 as publicly funded, non-profit central research facility of Medical University of Graz, Austria. Biobank Graz is ISO 9001:2008 certified and stores about 7.5 million samples and their associated data, including formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) and fresh frozen tissues plus fluid samples (serum, plasma, full blood, urine and cerebrospinal, follicular and seminal fluids, etc.) covering 30 years of collection. Samples are handled and stored in semi or fully automated systems to optimally maintain sample quality and retrieval rates. With its broad informed consent, Biobank Graz distr...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 22, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The SEARCHBreast Portal: A Virtual Bioresource to Facilitate the Sharing of Surplus Animal Materials Derived from Breast Cancer Studies
< p > The SEARCHBreast portal ( < a href="https://searchbreast.org/" > https://searchbreast.org/ < /a > ) provides access to a virtual bioresource enabling researchers to access and share material derived from breast cancer related animal studies on a collaborative basis. By registering as members of SEARCHBreast, researchers can browse the SEARCHBreast platform for relevant tissue and models, and request access to these to help answer their specific biological question(s). SEARCHBreast mediates the collaborations formed from requests for these materials. As of July 2016, the virtual bioresource has received 8 requests for...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 22, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Biobank of Psychiatric Diseases Mannheim – BioPsy
High quality biomaterial from patients and controls is a core prerequisite for research into the biological causes of mental disorder. BioPsy is the biobank of the Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, and one of the largest psychiatric disorder biobanks worldwide. Here, ongoing collection is in progress for blood, DNA, mRNA, plasma, serum, saliva, urine, hair, and other biomaterials. Reuse of samples is permitted in a collaboration-based context. BioPsy operates according to German and European quality and data privacy standards. Published on 2016-...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 8, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Galliera Genetic Bank: A DNA and Cell Line Biobank from Patients Affected by Genetic Diseases
The Galliera Genetic Bank is part of the Laboratory of Human Genetics of Galliera Hospital in Genoa and has collected samples from patients affected by genetic diseases since 1983. Presently, it stores 10,259 biospecimens and associated data from about 200 genetic disorders. The most representative disorders are chromosome disorders (Down s., Ring chromosome 14 s., Cri du chat s. and Isodicentric 15 chromosome), neurological diseases (Fragile X s., Mowat Wilson s. and Dravet s.), rare bone diseases (Crouzon s., Achondroplasia, Grieg s. and Thanathophoric dwarfism), overgrowth syndromes (Sotos s.), familial hypertrophic car...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - April 26, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank (ABCTB)
The ABCTB was established in 2006 as an open access, not for profit resource dedicated to providing biospecimens and/or data to both national and international research projects in the field of breast cancer. Donors are consented according to standard ethical principles for use of their material for unspecified future research. ABCTB collects fully annotated clinical samples and associated clinical and longitudinal data from donors. Material and data is supplied to research projects. Published on 2014-07-24 08:41:49 (Source: Open Journal of Bioresources)
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Cell Line and DNA Biobank From Patients Affected by Genetic Diseases
The Bioresource, presently storing 10,279 biospecimens, was initially established in 1976 as a private laboratory-collection to maintain rare mutant cell lines from genetic-metabolic diseases. Shortly afterwards, however, data from the sample collection was organised in a database and the sample collection was released to the scientific community. The Biobank has received Telethon grants since 1993, as individual facility, and from 2008 as part of the Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks (www.biobanknetwork.org).In 2010, the Biobank has obtained official recognition from Regione Liguria. The Biobank has always provided ess...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Bioresource from the French Gazel Cohort Study
The GAZEL Cohort Study set up in 1989 is a general-purpose epidemiologic cohort. At inception in 1989, the cohort included 20,625 volunteers then aged from 35-50 (women; n= 5,614) or 40-50 (men; n= 15,011). The data collected routinely come from different sources, mainly annual self-administered questionnaires, socioeconomic and health administrative data, health examinations, and causes of death. The epidemiologic database is maintained and stored by our group in our own facilities; the biobank is stored in the “Centre de ressources biologiques”, in Dijon, France. Today, more than 50 epidemiological projects on divers...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Urolithiasis Bioresource
Urolithiasis is frequent and raises significant health care burden in a working-age population. Its prevalence, in the Azores archipelago, is currently unknown but it is thought to be higher than the overall estimated prevalence. The Azores Biobank (AZORBIO) Urolithiasis samples have been collected in accordance with standard operation procedures (SOPs) to ensure high quality. Each donor provided 30 ml whole blood and 9 ml of urine. If possible, we preferred blood collected from fasting individuals and first morning urine samples. Aliquots of plasma, serum, DNA, RNA and urine, are stored at -80°C freezers. This collection...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Public Oncologic Serum biobank
The Public Oncologic Serum Biobank is a not for-profit organization that has been established within the academia setting since 2009, which aims to prospectively collect and store serum samples from cancer patients and volunteers and their associated clinical and epidemiological data, with the ultimate goal to distribute them to the local and international research community focusing in understanding and improving cancer diagnosis and treatment. Published on 2014-10-07 08:58:52 (Source: Open Journal of Bioresources)
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Multispecialistic da Vinci European BioBank
The da Vinci European BioBank (daVEB) is a research infrastructure established in 2009 in the Scientific Campus of the University of Florence (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy) belonging to the non-profit foundation FiorGen, which promotes studies aimed at exploiting knowledge on human health. Since 2011, daVEB is ISO9001 certified for collection, storage and distribution of biological samples and the associated data for scientific research. The biobank is currently storing about 9.000 biospecimens (serum, plasma, white cells, tissue, DNA, cells and urine) collected according to specific informed consents by Research Units from hea...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Genomic and Genetic Disorders Biobank
The Genomic and Genetic Disorders Biobank (GGDB, formerly Genomic Disorders Biobank) was established in 2006 as an internal bioresource supported by own database, to collect and store biospecimens from genomic-disorder (e.g. microdeletion and duplication syndromes) affected individuals. Since 2009 the Bioresource has joined the Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks and has expanded the collection to include also genetic mendelian diseases. The GGDB gathers wholly annotated clinical and longitudinal data and biological samples from affected and healthy donors, according to standard ethical principles. Biospecimens are availa...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Interlab Cell Line Collection: Bioresource of Established Human and Animal Cell Lines
The Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC) was established in 1994 as a core facility of the National Institute of Cancer Research. It supplies: human and animal cell lines; Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profiling of human cell lines; quality control service; mycoplasma detection and eradication service; safe deposit service and patent deposit service of cell lines and hybridomas. The catalogue of services is on-line, and the cell lines are distributed all over the world. Published on 2015-06-19 09:10:14 (Source: Open Journal of Bioresources)
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation (CONCERT) Biobank
The CONCERT Biobank was established as an open-access, multiple collection site biorepository designed to collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate biological samples and health information for research projects following informed consent from participants diagnosed with cancer. Informed consent is obtained prior to surgery by either the nursing, medical or biobank staff. Tissues for biobanking are examined within the diagnostic anatomical pathology department of the participating hospital by qualified pathologists and tissues deemed in excess of diagnostic requirements are stored securely and anonymously by the bi...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 10, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
