Study Aims to Improve Health for All of Us
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is an enrollment site of the All of Us Research Program, a National Institutes of Health initiative to collect health information from 1 million …
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Biobank Personnel — The Key to its Success
Resources from biobanks and biorepositories, such as human samples, are of increasing interest to specialists in various fields. However, whilst biobanks provide a crucial service, their efficient and effective management …
Biorepository and Bioinformatics are critical for Biodiversity Conservation in Bhutan
Biorepositories and biodiversity information systems in Bhutan were instituted since 1990s, and have contributed towards biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization efforts in the country, including the recent citizen-science initiatives. The …
Westmead Hospital Received Grant to Establish Blood Sample Collection from Hypercholesterolaemia Patients
Dr. Helen Williams, Scientific Officer in Westmead Hospital in has received a research grant to establish a collection of blood samples from 500 people with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). Familial hypercholesterolaemia …
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Launches Biorepository
At the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), a site of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s National Reference Laboratory in Lagos, the NCDC has opened a sizable biorepository facility. The …
Alliance MCED Biobank Study will contribute to a Greater Understanding of to Detect Multiple Types of Cancer
The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced the opening of a new study for …
The Domino Effect: How Technology Works With Biobanks To Improve Patient Care
The process of biobanking is improving at an extremely rapid rate. More biological samples are being collected, allowing biobanks around the world to generate larger data sets of a higher …
Victorian COVID-19 Vaccinees Collection (VC2) Research Seed Funding Grants Open
A new funding opportunity for Victorian researchers has opened with the Victorian COVID-19 Vaccinees Collection (VC2) Research Seed Funding Grants open from 1 August 2022. The VC2 Seed Funding Grants …
OpenSpecimen’s SOC2 Certification Announcement
OpenSpecimen, the globally adopted Biobanking LIMS, announced the successful completion of the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 audit. The audit conducted by Johanson LLP affirms that OpenSpecimen’s information security practices, …
Biobanking as a Newsletter – September 2021
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We hope you will find this enriching and useful. Please do let us know …