Tag: Public Health
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...
Genetic and Health Data Analyses of Finnish Biobank Participants Describe Hundreds of Novel Genetic...
Since initiation in 2017, the FinnGen study has developed into one of the world’s leading biobank-based genomic research projects. Currently FinnGen is completing the construction of a resource that integrates genomic information from 500,000 Finns with more than half...
BioGrad to Open the UK’s Second Largest Biobank Facility in Liverpool
BioGrad is to open the UK's second largest biobank facility in Liverpool, as part of a £7.6m investment into a new headquarters at Wavertree Technology Park. In collaboration with the University of Leicester, BioGrad biobank has already welcomed up to...
Saudi Arabia Launches National Biobank to Enhance Public Health System
The National Biobank in Saudi Arabia was inaugurated by the Health Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Health Authority (Weqaya) Fahad Al-Jalajel. Al-Jalajel said that “this project is one of the important milestones in raising...
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 Health, to continue serving as the biorepository for the Cancer MoonshotSM Biobank study. The Institute has served...
ATCC Awarded New Contract from the National Cancer Institute to Process Biomaterials for Cancer...
ATCC, the world’s premier biological materials management and standards organization announced that it has been selected as an awardee for the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) Field and Biospecimen Support Services contract. Under this contract, ATCC...
ATCC Awarded Two Contracts from Gennova Biopharmaceuticals for the Continued Development of Cell Banks...
ATCC, the world’s premier biological materials management, and standards organization announced that it has been awarded two contracts from Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to continue its work with the biotechnology...
Covid-19 Test Laboratory Biograd Diagnostics Chooses Matrix Gemini LIMS
Autoscribe Informatics has announced that Covid-19 Test Laboratory, BioGrad Diagnostics, has adopted Matrix Gemini as its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). BioGrad manages client and sample data within the LIMS, driving automation and efficiency.
BioGrad Diagnostics is a rapidly expanding...
European Commission Launches the European Health Data Space for People and Science
The European Commission launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), one of the central building blocks of a strong European Health Union. The EHDS will help the EU to achieve a quantum leap forward in the way healthcare is...
ISBER Announced the 2022 Award Winners for Outstanding Achievement in Biobanking
ISBER 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Biobanking - Nahla M. Afifi
The ISBER Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biobanking is designed to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of biobanking. Dr. Nahla Maher Afifi earned her MBBCh with...
