OpenSpecimen v9.0 Released
We are happy to announce the release of OpenSpecimen v9.0. This release includes new features, usability enhancements, and bug fixes requested by customers. Release highlights: Pooled specimens Draft & Publish …
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Frozen Sperm Biobank to Save Endangered Koalas Species
Biobanking and assisted reproduction could become a reality for koalas by leveraging the existing technology used to help humans conceive. A detailed model, published today in the international journal Animals, reveals this would …
University Of Groningen Start New Lifelines Study on Mental Health and Social Behaviour
Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience Martien Kas of the University of Groningen has recently started a research study on mental health and social behavior as part of the Lifelines biobank project. …
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize Primary Prostate Cancer Biobanking
Banking primary prostate cancer is challenging because the tumors are often difficult to visualize in the gross specimens and are frequently multifocal. However, biobanking tissue of high quality and fidelity is …
Dubai to Launch First Robotic Biobank in the UAE
Al Jalila Foundation, a member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, announced that it will establish the UAE’s first robotic biobank in partnership with the Mohammed Bin …
Biobanking as a Newsletter – Apr 2022
Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We hope you will find this enriching and valuable. Please do let us know …
Would Biobanks be Efficacious to Revolutionize the Medicine Research?
Biobanks fulfill an essential role in advancing research and improving healthcare delivery by making high-quality, well-characterized, and related samples and data readily available for analysis. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly …
The WACIC Biobank: Collaboration is key in the fight against covid19
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 …
GDPR Article 89 and Appropriate Safeguards: Guidelines for biobanks for collection, use, and reuse of samples and personal data
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 …
UiT Biobank, Norway Receives Funding to Solve Challenges in Biospecimen Storage and Research
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 …