The SEARCHBreast Portal: A Virtual Bioresource to Facilitate the Sharing of Surplus Animal Materials Derived from Breast Cancer Studies
The SEARCHBreast portal (https://searchbreast.org/) 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 tissue and has sent hundreds of tissue samples saving...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 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 - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
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 - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
SDN Biobank: Bioresource of Human Samples Associated with Functional and/or Morphological Bioimaging Results for the Study of Oncological, Cardiological, Neurological, and Metabolic Diseases
SDN Biobank is a not-for-profit service unit. Initially, it was established by the IRCCS SDN in 2012 as a collection of serum and plasma samples from patients who underwent advanced bioimaging exams, such as those performed with Positron Emission Tomography with integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI). In July 2015, SDN Biobank was approved by the local ethics committee to collect human samples from patients affected by oncological, cardiological, neurological, and metabolic diseases when performing diagnostic exams at the IRCCS SDN. All samples are coded and associated with clinical and iconographic documentation ...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Biobank of Cells, Tissues and DNA from Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases: An Indispensable link between Clinical Centers and the Scientific Community
The Biobank was established in 1986 as part of the routine diagnostic activity of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology, of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute. It stores muscle tissue, cells and DNA from patients with neuromuscular diseases.The biobank provides samples as a service to the scientific community conducting research on neuromuscular disorders. Samples are from patients affected by different forms of muscular dystrophy, including the severe congenital and Duchenne muscular dystrophies, as well as limb girdle muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, distal and myofibrillar myopathies...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Parelsnoer Institute: A National Network of Standardized Clinical Biobanks in the Netherlands
The Parelsnoer Institute (PSI) is a collaborative biobanking project of all eight University Medical Centers in the Netherlands which was launched in 2007. Basically, PSI consists of three dimensions: participating institutions, disease entities and a central organization. An executive board for operational management instigates collective strategic and tactic policies and a central team of PSI experts and advisors supports the researchers and the board in establishing and implementing standards and procedures. PSI offers researchers an infrastructure and standard procedures for the establishment, expansion and optimisatio...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The UK ME/CFS Biobank for biomedical research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Multiple Sclerosis
The UK ME/CFS Biobank was launched in August 2011 following extensive consultation with professionals and patient representatives. The bioresource aims to enhance research on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), related to pathophysiology, biomarkers and therapeutic approaches. The cohort includes 18 –60 year olds, encompassing 284 clinically-confirmed ME/CFS cases, 60 neurologist-diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) cases, and 135 healthy individuals. The Biobank contains blood samples, aliquoted into serum, plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), red blood cells/granulocyte pellet, w hol...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
EGEA Collection: A Biobank Devoted to Asthma and Asthma-related Phenotypes
The Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA) is a 20-year cohort including cases with asthma (n = 388), their first degree relatives (n = 1244) and population-based controls (n = 415) recruited in the early 90 ’s from five French cities. Participants were extensively characterized regarding environment and respiratory health, and a specific effort was made to trace and bank biological samples (ISO 9001 certification since 2006). Access to data and samples is opened to researchers wishing to develop new scientific collaborative programs. The survey has already led to more than a hundred paper...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre: The UK ’s Centre for facilitating the Usage of Human Samples for Medical Research
The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre was established to improve access to and utilisation of UK human tissue samples for medical research. The key output of the Centre is the creation of the UK ’s first pan-disease Tissue Directory (https://directory.biobankinguk.org/). Any researcher can search the Directory based on a series of simple key words including disease classification, age, sex, sample type, preservation details, quality indicators and datasets available. The Directory as of April 2017 contains 100 Bioresources. Researchers seeking fresh samples can also search for facilities that offer bespoke c...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - July 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
EGEA Collection: A Biobank Devoted to Asthma and Asthma-related Phenotypes
The Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA) is a 20-year cohort including cases with asthma (n = 388), their first degree relatives (n = 1244) and population-based controls (n = 415) recruited in the early 90 ’s from five French cities. Participants were extensively characterized regarding environment and respiratory health, and a specific effort was made to trace and bank biological samples (ISO 9001 certification since 2006). Access to data and samples is opened to researchers wishing to develop new scientific collaborative programs. The survey has already led to more than a hundred paper...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - April 4, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The UK ME/CFS Biobank for biomedical research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Multiple Sclerosis
The UK ME/CFS Biobank was launched in August 2011 following extensive consultation with professionals and patient representatives. The bioresource aims to enhance research on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), related to pathophysiology, biomarkers and therapeutic approaches. The cohort includes 18 –60 year olds, encompassing 284 clinically-confirmed ME/CFS cases, 60 neurologist-diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) cases, and 135 healthy individuals. The Biobank contains blood samples, aliquoted into serum, plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), red blood cells/granulocyte pellet, w hol...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 20, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
The Parelsnoer Institute: A National Network of Standardized Clinical Biobanks in the Netherlands
The Parelsnoer Institute (PSI) is a collaborative biobanking project of all eight University Medical Centers in the Netherlands which was launched in 2007. Basically, PSI consists of three dimensions: participating institutions, disease entities and a central organization. An executive board for operational management instigates collective strategic and tactic policies and a central team of PSI experts and advisors supports the researchers and the board in establishing and implementing standards and procedures. PSI offers researchers an infrastructure and standard procedures for the establishment, expansion and optimisatio...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 18, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
SDN Biobank: Bioresource of Human Samples Associated with Functional and/or Morphological Bioimaging Results for the Study of Oncological, Cardiological, Neurological, and Metabolic Diseases
SDN Biobank is a not-for-profit service unit. Initially, it was established by the IRCCS SDN in 2012 as a collection of serum and plasma samples from patients who underwent advanced bioimaging exams, such as those performed with Positron Emission Tomography with integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI). In July 2015, SDN Biobank was approved by the local ethics committee to collect human samples from patients affected by oncological, cardiological, neurological, and metabolic diseases when performing diagnostic exams at the IRCCS SDN. All samples are coded and associated with clinical and iconographic documentation ...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 13, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
Biobank of Cells, Tissues and DNA from Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases: An Indispensable link between Clinical Centers and the Scientific Community
The Biobank was established in 1986 as part of the routine diagnostic activity of the Division of Neuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology, of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute. It stores muscle tissue, cells and DNA from patients with neuromuscular diseases.The biobank provides samples as a service to the scientific community conducting research on neuromuscular disorders. Samples are from patients affected by different forms of muscular dystrophy, including the severe congenital and Duchenne muscular dystrophies, as well as limb girdle muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, distal and myofibrillar myopathies...
Source: Open Journal of Bioresources - February 13, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research
