Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Living Coral Biobank
As coral reefs worldwide decline due to climate change,
severe storm events and coral disease, Australian non-profit organisation GBR
Legacy, with partners Corals of the World and Cairns Marine, will safeguard the
biodiversity of all known hard coral species by creating the...
Dubai to Open UAE’s First Robotic Biobank in 2023 to Boost Medical Research and...
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 Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and...
Newly Launched African-centric Biobank Offers Researchers Access to African Biospecimens to Diversify Genomics and...
MyAfroDNA is a limited liability company that provides a solution to the significant lack of African representation in translational and genomics research. The African-centric biobank offers access to ethically sourced African biospecimens across several therapeutic areas for researchers interested in...
New Biorepository and GxP Archive Facility Opened by VWR
The global clinical trials and research outsourcing (CRO) market is expected to reach revenues of USD $64.58 billion by 2021 according to Frost & Sullivan. The clinical trials supply market in the USA alone has been estimated to be...
A Living Biobank Of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Organoids
Globally, cancer of the lung is the most common cause of
cancer related mortality. It is also the most commonly diagnosed. 3D patient derived
organoids provide a more faithful model of cancer than 2D in vitro cell
culture and represent a model...
Brooks Automation and Cleveland Clinic Celebrate Opening of New Biobanking Facility
Brooks Automation, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic have opened a new 22,000-square-foot biospecimen sample management and repository facility on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The two-story biorepository is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks' recently re-branded life sciences division, and includes...
Medicines Discovery Catapult Creates One of the World’s Largest Virtual Biobanks
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) just announced the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply network, creating one of the largest virtual biobanks worldwide accessible to life science innovators. MDC welcome Audubon Biosciences, Biomex, Caltag Medsystems and Tissue for Research to its network of patient sample suppliers, building...
Avantor® Opens New Biobank Facility in Germany to Support Scientific Research and Clinical Trials
Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, just opened its new biorepository and sample archiving facility in Europe. Strategically located near the...
First Biobank for Chromosome 15 Disorders in Australia
The first biobank in Australia aiming to improve research and treatments into rare genetic diseases caused by changes to genes on chromosome 15, including Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome, will be established at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Prader-Willi...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launches High-Tech Automated Biobank to Safeguard Critical Biospecimens
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has opened a state-of-the-art automated biobanking system that can store as many as 10 million biospecimens, including blood and body fluids, tissue, and genetic and protein material, at temperatures down to minus 80 degrees Celsius. The “BioStore”...
