New Biobanks

Highlights World’s First Salivary Gland Biobank: Mayo Clinic researchers have created a biobank of human salivary gland organoids to support research into regenerative therapies...

Highlights First-of-its-kind biobank: Canada’s inaugural national surgical biobank focused on pediatric Crohn’s disease has been established, enabling access to vital tissue samples. Multidisciplinary collaboration:...

Highlights Foundation for Breakthroughs: CHoR's new biobank, backed by $200,000 from Connor’s Heroes, enables faster development of life-saving therapies. Stronger Regional Care: Families...

Highlights Historic First: The Lithuanian Population and Rare Diseases Biobank officially opens at Vilnius University’s Faculty of Medicine — the first of its kind...

Highlights State-of-the-Art Biorepository: IVI’s new facility in Seoul can store up to 4 million biospecimens, supporting global vaccine research. Pandemic Preparedness: Strengthens international collaboration...

Highlights Retina Biobank Inauguration: India's first retina biobank at Amrita Hospital, Kochi, will store aqueous and vitreous samples at -70°C, enabling groundbreaking research on...

Highlights The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics has launched a state-of-the-art biorepository, increasing sample storage capacity from 500,000 to 5 million. Funded...

Highlights Blood samples will be collected at key stages of the patient journey to support biomarker discovery using advanced multi-omics approaches, including RNA and...

Highlights CHOP's Craniofacial Program will create the largest biobank of craniofacial condition biospecimens. The team will integrate genetic, clinical, and imaging data using machine...

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...