Overseen by a team of experts led by Dr. Dominic Mallon, a Clinical Immunologist at PathWest and Fiona Stanley Hospital, the WACIC Biobank was established with an understanding that immunity …
Introduction Genetic research requires access to large quantities of biological samples and data. The biobanks and databanks collect these samples and data directly from a research participant. This data is …
Through the Biobank Norge consortium, the core facility for biobank has received an allocation of almost 20 million from the Research Council. The biobank stores human biological material that has been collected …
It’s the cancer version of “mini-me.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor David Spector, among others, has developed organoids, which are miniature, three-dimensional copies of cancers. Organoids can be derived …
Monash University has officially launched Australia’s first industry-focused storage facility for biological material to support medical research and commercialization opportunities. Biobanking Victoria is a state-of-the-art facility that provides a valuable …
The storage of biomaterials from DNA and RNA to hair and fingernails has numerous benefits. The most obvious is that patients do not have to repeatedly donate samples, which can …
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. This edition includes two new biobanking blogs and a recording of our recent webinar …
Qatar Foundation’s Equine Veterinary Medical Centre has announced the launch of its biobank, which will focus on the genetic preservation, long-term storage, and retrieval of biological samples from horses. Named …
The term “biobank” refers to an organized collection of biological samples stored at low temperatures, donated by groups of people. Along with the information regarding donors, this tool serves as …
A new biobank at Macquarie University will collect patient data on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a form of dementia caused by repetitive brain injury, with the aim of diagnosing and …