Tag: NIH
NIH Prize Highlights Tool for Assessing Biobank Data Quality
Biobank Data Quality Assessment: PGRM measures how reliably DNA biobank data reproduces established genetic associations.
Curated Genomic Reference Resource: Tool includes 5,879 phenotype-genotype...
Columbia University Launches Advanced Biobank Facility for Cutting-Edge Medical Research
Highlights
Columbia’s new BRIDGE biobank will store up to 12 million samples, enhancing access and accelerating disease research.
Advanced BioStore system will preserve biospecimens...
University of Florida Establishes Innovative Biorepository to Transform Chronic Pain Research
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UF's biorepository aims to enhance understanding of chronic pain using post-surgical human tissue.
Researchers leverage artificial intelligence to analyze extensive data from biospecimen...
First Indigenous-Led Tribal Data Repository Awarded $9 Million Funding from NIH
In a significant stride toward improving Indigenous health, the US National Institutes of Health has granted $9 million to establish the first tribal data...
UIC’s Brain Bank Receives $5 Million NIH Grant for Citywide Research on Epilepsy and...
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is leading a pioneering project to establish a virtual brain bank, collaborating with four other prominent Chicago academic...
Stanford CVI Biobank: A Growing Library of Human iPSC Lines for Cardiovascular Research
Banking has been around for more than 4,000 years and involves saving and lending resources for personal and communal benefits. Biobanking, on the other...
World’s Largest DNA Biobank Reaches Milestone to Store More than 300,000 Samples
BioVU, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s biobank, has reached another milestone — deep-freeze storage of more than 300,000 biological samples. Launched in 2007, BioVU is...
Texas Heart Institute Biorepository Received Equipment Grant from NIH to Support Automation and Modernization
The Texas Heart Institute (THI) Biorepository and Biospecimen Profiling Core Laboratory has received an R24 grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support...
Van Andel Institute Received $7.9 Million from NCI to Expand its Role as Cancer...
Van Andel Institute’s Biorepository has been awarded a $7.9 million, five-year contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of...
UM School of Medicine Brain and Tissue Bank to Receive $800,000 to Advance Research...
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) will receive an $800,000 donation to be used by the University of Maryland Brain and Tissue Bank to advance research...



















