The Coriell Institute for Medical Research has added a new collection of stem cells to its biobank offerings. The new collection is a result of a collaboration between Coriell and the Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) and consists of 10 lines of human-induced pluripotent stem cells created from blood donated by individuals with Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome is […]
Scientists will seek to develop a new technology to limit the number of chickens required for research. Their approach will involve freezing chicken reproductive cells and using sterile surrogates to hatch the required breeds. This method would enable genetic diversity – which helps limit the risk of poor health – to be maintained in those chickens created […]
At the TiE Women Regional Finals, Dr. Jugnu Jain, co-founder of Sapien Biosciences, walked away with the top honors. Her start-up, founded in 2012, is a biobank/repository of patient samples. These samples, which can be tissues, blood, urine, or other body parts and fluids, are used for research to find out better drugs and cures […]
Your Name: My name is Irmi Feldman. Explain your role in brief: I have been managing the University of California (Davis) Pathology Biorepository for the past 12 years. We have been using OpenSpecimen since June 2018. I am the super administrator for OpenSpecimen for the UC Davis application. I am thrilled by the high degree […]
An international, biospecimen registry on Staphylococcus aureus in fixation or arthroplasty showed higher rates of MRSA in North American patients and poorer subjective outcomes among those with MRSA vs. methicillin-sensitive S. aureus. Researchers from the AO trauma Clinical Priority Program (CPP) collected microbiological and immunological data, including bacterial isolates, blood, and sera, from 292 patients with long bone and joint […]
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announced the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators. MDC welcomed Audubon Biosciences, Biomex, Caltag Medsystems and Tissue for Research to its network of patient sample suppliers, building upon its ongoing collaboration with Tissue Solutions. The rapid expansion of the virtual network to over 330 […]
The Assembly of Members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) appointed Professor Jens K. Habermann as the new Director-General. The distinguished scientist, clinician and recognized expert in biobanking, translational cancer research, and human genetics will take office in Graz on September 1st, 2020. He succeeds Erik Steinfelder […]
Glomerular diseases, a set of debilitating and complex clinical disease entities affecting individuals of all ages, are associated with significant mortality and morbidity, including hospitalization and ESRD. Although there are many advances in understanding novel genetic and environmental factors affecting the pathophysiology of various glomerular diseases, there is an insufficient number of basic and translational […]
The microbiome research field is rapidly evolving, but the required biobanking infrastructure is currently fragmented and not prepared for the biobanking of microbiomes. The rapid advancement of technologies requires an urgent assessment of how biobanks can underpin research by preserving microbiome samples and their functional potential. A team of scientists, led by CABI’s Dr. Matthew […]
The Cornell Veterinary Biobank has received a $2.5 million federal grant to process, store and distribute biological samples for the Dog Aging Project, a massive national effort to study aging in dogs – and humans. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health, selected Cornell for the four-year grant due in […]
