Tag: Medical Research
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Awarded $3M to Establish Australia’s First Human Microbiome Biobank
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has recently been honored with a substantial grant of $3 million AUD. The grant will be dedicated to the establishment of a groundbreaking initiative known as The Australian Human Microbiome Biobank.
The vast majority...
Criobanca Marche Biobank Launched to Develop Personalized Medicine Against Rare Diseases
The Marche Biobank project co-financed by the Marche Region and by a partnership of Marche Universities and companies successfully celebrated one of the most significant moments recently: the inauguration of the Criobanca Marche Biobank during a major event held...
iSpecimen Expands Biospecimen Provider Network
iSpecimen Inc. (Nasdaq: ISPC) (“iSpecimen” or the “Company”), an online global marketplace that connects scientists in need of biospecimens for medical research with a network of healthcare specimen providers, announced that over the course of the second half of...
Verisense Health Launched to Provide Access to a Digital Biobank of Raw Patient Data
Verisense® Health, Inc. just launched as a digital health software and data management company. It was established with the goal of providing sponsors with cost-efficient access to a digital biobank of longitudinal raw patient data. The new company is...
Qatar Biobank and HMC Launches Tissue Biobank Service in Qatar
Phase one of the Tissue Biobank Service has been launched in Qatar, through collaboration between the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Qatar BioBank (QBB).
Tissue biobanking is the process of collecting, processing,...
SCL Biobank Acquired ISO 20387:2018 Accreditation from A2LA, the First Biobank in the Asia-Pacific...
The Seoul Clinical Laboratories (SCL) Biobank in Korea acquired the ISO 20387:2018 accreditation for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region from the A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation), the most authoritative certification body in the field of biobanking.
The...
iSpecimen Names Tracy Curley as Chief Executive Officer
iSpecimen Inc. (Nasdaq: ISPC) ("iSpecimen" or the "Company"), an online global marketplace that connects scientists in need of biospecimens for medical research with a network of healthcare specimen providers, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Tracy Curley,...
Sampled Leader Highlights Role of Biobanking in Addressing Historic Inequities in Healthcare
The Chief Scientific Officer at Sampled1 issued a call to action for greater diversity in clinical trial recruitment and the collection of biosamples in a letter in the current issue of Biopreservation and Biobanking.
The letter by Sheldon et al,...
Automated Biobanking: Advantages, Benefits and Future Directions
A biobanking system has become a crucial tool for improving healthcare outcomes through basic and clinical research. The revolution in biobanks, biorepositories, and biospecimen science is driven by a variety of technological advances including artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics,...
Tampa General Hospital Partners with USF Health to Establish Precision Medicine Biorepository
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and USF Health is announcing the opening of the TGH | USF Health Precision Medicine Biorepository. The Health Precision Medicine Biorepository is a secure facility that collects, catalogs and stores samples of biological material for medical research.
“The biorepository will drive leading-edge scientific collaboration with the...
