Biobanks

List of Biologics Specimen collections


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Australian Prostate Cancer Tissue Bank Adelaide
University of Alabama Tissue Biorepository AL Birmingham
Alberta Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (APCaRI) Alberta
Biobank Graz AT Graz
MUW Biobank AT Vienna
Ludwig Boltzman Tumour Bank – Closed December 2018 AT Vienna
Ventyx Wesley Research Institute Biobank Auchenflower
VetBioBank Austria
Arizona Biospecimen Locator AZ Phoenix
Banner Health Brain & Tissue Bank AZ Sun City
ScienceCare AZ Phoenix
University of Arizona Cancer Center and Associated Biorepositories AZ Tucson
Biotheque Wallonie Bruxelles BE Brussels
Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg BE Luxembourg
Saint-Luc Tumour Bank BE Brussels
Fidelis Research Ltd. BG Sofia
Queensland Children’s Tumour Bank Brisbane
AIDS & Cancer Specimen Resource CA San Francisco
BioChain Institute, Inc. CA Newark
Bio-Options CA Fullerton
Biopartners, Inc CA Los Angeles
California Cryobank, Inc. CA Los Angeles
Cureline CA South San Francisco
Cytologics LLC CA San Diego
Donor Network West CA San Ramon
Dx Biosamples CA Culver City
Geneticist Inc CA Los Angeles
HemaCare Corp. CA Van Nuys
Loma Linda University Cancer Center Biospecimen Laboratory CA Loma Linda
National Neurological AIDS Bank CA Los Angeles
Obio, LLC CA El Segundo
PathServe CA San Francisco
PrecisionMed CA Solana Beach
Protein Technologies CA Romona
ProteoGenex, Inc. CA Culver City
Sanguine BioSciences, Inc. CA Santa Monica
SPH Biorepository – UC Berkley CA Berkley
Stanford Tissue Bank CA Palo Alto
Sutter Health – CPMC Liver Care CA San Francisco
UC Davis Biorepository CA Sacramento
UC San Diego Biorepository CA San Diego
UCLA Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center CA Los Angeles
UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank CA San Francisco
UCSF DNA Bank CA Mission Bay
UCSF Specimen Banking Core CA San Francisco
Biobank Suisse CH Bern
Cryo-Save CH Pfaeffikon
East West Biopharma – Now part of Discovery Life Sciences CH Geneva
Swiss Biobank CH Monthey
Tumor Bank Bern CH Bern
Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Brain Bank Chatswood
Cancer Center Tissue Bank – Fudan University China
Origene China China
Shanghai Outdo Biotech Company (SOBC) China
Zhongnan Biobank – Hubei Province China
ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank Clayton South
Beryllium BioBank CO Aurora
Rocky Mountain MS Brain Tissue Bank CO Aurora
Myeloma Tissue Bank CT Norwalk
Research Tissue Repository – University of Connecticut CT Farmington
StemCure CY Limassol
Genetic Alliance Biobank DC Washington
TriStar Technology Group LLC DC Washington
BrainNet Europe DE Munich
Central Biomaterial Bank – German Heart Failure Network DE Berlin
Danubian Biobank Consortium DE Regensburg
EGR LLC DE Wilmington
Interdisciplinary Center for Biobanking-Lübeck (ICB-L) DE Lübeck
KORA-gen – HMGU Biobank DE Munich
SepNet Central Sample Bank DE Berlin
Austrailasian Biospecimen Network East Melbourne
Canadian Biosample Repository Edmonton
Estonia Biobank EE Tartu
Andalusian Regional Tumour Bank ES Granada
Basque Biobank ES Bizkaia
Biobank of Hospital Clínic – IDIBAPS ES Barcelona
Pulmonary Biobank Consortium ES Majorca
Retic-RIS HIV Biobank ES Madrid
Spanish National Tumour Bank Network ES Madrid
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure Institute BBMRI FI Turku
National Biobank of Finland FI Helsinki
Barth Syndrome Biorepository FL Gainesville
Boca Biolistics FL Pompano Beach
LifeLink TissueBank FL Tampa
M2Gen Biorepository FL Tampa
University of Florida DNA & Tissue Bank FL Gainesville
University of Florida Molecular Tissue Bank FL Gainesville
University of Miami – Center for Genome Technology FL Coral Gables
University of Miami Biorepository FL Coral Gables
University of Miami Biospecimen Shared Resource FL Coral Gables
Biobank Resource Centre de Franc FR Lyon
Biobanque de Picardie FR Amiens
European Sarcoma & Tumour Bank FR Lyon
Genethon DNA and Cell Bank FR Evry
PGEB of the Léon Berard Center at Lyon, France FR Lyon
Tumour Bank of Provence FR Marseille
Biorepository Alliance of Georgia for Oncology GA Atlanta
Chart Biomedical Ltd. GA Ball Ground
Georgia Regents University Tumor Bank GA Augusta
EUPRIM-Net Primate Biobank Germany
Stem-Health Hellas Stem Cell Bank GR Marousi
Hungarian Neurological-Psychiatric Biobank HU Budapest
Biobank Ireland Trust IE Dublin
Biostor Ireland IE Wexford
Dublin Brain Bank IE Dublin
Northern Ireland Virtual Tissue Archive IE Belfast
Trinity Biobank IE Trinity
University of Chicago Human Tissue Center IL Chicago
BioStorage Technologies IN Indianapolis
National Gene Vector Biorepository IN Indianapolis
Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank IN Indianapolis
Narayana Hrudayalaya Tissue Bank and Stem Cell Research Center India
RGCIRC Biorepository (Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre) India
Sapien Biosciences India
Stemade Dental Stem Cell Bank India
Tata Memorial Hospital Tissue Bank India
TCG Life Sciences Biobank India
Tran-Scell Biologics India
Iran National Tumor Bank Iran
Israel Plant Gene Bank Israel
National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Populations Israel
Sheba Medical Center Tissue Bank Israel
Taburit Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Israel
Biological Resource Centre – National Institute for Cancer Research IT Genoa
BioRep IT Milan
Cell line and DNA Bank of Genetic Movement Disorders and Mitochondrial Diseases IT Milan
da Vinci European Biobank IT Florence
EuroBioBank IT Padua
Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks IT Genoa
Global Crop Diversity Trust Italy
Biobank Japan Japan
Japanese Collection of Bioresource Materials Japan
National Institute of Agrobiological SciencesGenebank Japan
Riken BRC Cell Bank Japan
Tokyo Cord Blood Bank (Japanese) Japan
CTI – Clinical Trial & Consulting Biorepository KY Covington
Neurobank – University of Kentucky KY Lexington
Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium LA New Orleans
Ochsner Tumor Tissue Bank LA New Orleans
Lawson Brain Tumour Tissue Bank London
Latvia Biobank LV Riga
Accelerated Cure Project MS Repository MA Waltham
Brighman & Women’s-Harvard Biobank MA Boston
Crimson Biospecimen Core MA Boston
Dana Farber Biobank MA Boston
Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center MA Cambridge
Masy BioServices MA Pepperell
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Repository MA Waltham
National Temporal Bone Pathology Resource Registry MA Boston
Progeria Cell & Tissue Bank MA Peabody
ProMedDx MA Norton
SciSafe Biological and Pharmaceutical Storage MA Billerica
SeraCare Lifesciences MA Milford
Store-a-Tooth Stem Cell Bank MA Lexington
University of Massachussets Stem Cell Registry MA Shrewsbury
University of Massachussets Tissue Bank Services MA Worcester
CryoCord Stem Cell Bank Malaysia
StemLife Stem Cell Bank Malaysia
BioReliance Biorepository MD Rockville
Bioserve MD Beltsville
Capital Biosciences MD Rockville
Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) MD Bethesda
Fisher BioServices MD Rockville
ILSbio MD Chestertown
KamTek Biorepository MD Gaithersburg
National Cancer Institute Biorepositories MD Frederick
NCI Office of Biospecimens MD Bethesda
NIDDK Central Biorepository MD Bethesda
Origene MD Rockville
REPROCELL MD Beltsville
Tissue Banks International MD Baltimore
University of Maryland Brain & Tissue Bank MD Baltimore
US Biolab MD Rockville
US Biomax MD Rockville
Australian Brain Bank Network Melbourne
Victorian Cancer Biobank Melbourne
Asterand MI Detroit
Beaumont Hospitals Biobank MI Royal Oak
JP McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank MI Detroit
Michigan Neonatal Biobank MI Detroit
University of Michigan Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines MI Ann Arbor
Mayo Clinic Biobank MN Rochester
Mayo Validation Support Services Biobank MN Rochester
Minnesota Liver Tissue Cell Distribution System MN Minneapolis
Washington University Tissue Bank MO St Louis
CARTaGENE Montreal
COEUR Biorepository Montreal
Quebec Leukemia Cell Bank Montreal
PROCURE Quebec Prostate Cancer Biobank Mont-Royal
Chordoma Foundation Biobank NC Greensboro
Duke Biospecimen Repository & Processing Core NC Durham
NZ Rare Disease Biobank New Zealand
Rare Breeds Gene Bank New Zealand
Autism Tissue Bank NJ Princeton
Coriell Stem Cell Biobank NJ Camden
Hackensack Meridian Health Biorepository NJ Hackensack
MTF Biologics NJ Edison
Sampled NJ Piscataway
SciSafe Services – Biolife Solutions NJ Cranbury
Erasmus Medical Center NL Groningen
European Human Frozen Tissue Bank NL Rotterdam
Lifelines Biobank NL Groningen
Radboud Biobank NL Nijmegen
Hunt Biobank NO Levanger
Regional Biobank of Central Norway NO Trondheim
Marbank – National Marine BioBank Norway
Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (Animals & Forestry) Norway
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Norway
Creative Bioarray NY Shirley
Manhattan HIV Brain Bank NY New York
Mount Sinai Biobank (BioMe Biobank) NY New York
National Multiple Sclerosis Brain Bank NY New York
New York University Specialty Tissue Banks NY New York
North Shore LIJ Biorepository NY Manhasset
Roswell Park Biorepository NY Buffalo
StemSave NY New York
Case Western Biorepository OH Cleveland
Cellular Technology Ltd OH Shaker Heights
Cincinnati Biobank Core Facility OH Cincinnati
Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute OH Cleveland
Medpace Reference Laboratories OH Cincinnati
Ohio State Leukemia Tissue Bank OH Columbus
Ohio Tissue Resource Network OH Columbus
Ohio U Diabetes Endocrine Biorepository OH Athens
OHSU Knight BioLibrary OR Portland
The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Biospecimen Resources OR Portland
Antria Inc. PA Indiana
CHTN Eastern Division – University of Pennsylvannia PA Philadelphia
Fox Chase Tumor Bank PA Philadelphia
Geisinger Biobank PA Danville
National Disease Research Interchange PA Philadelphia
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Tissue Bank PA Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvannia Tumor Tissue Bank PA Philadelphia
Windber Tisue Bank PA Windber
Biobanco-IMM PT Lisboa
Austrailasian Leukemia & Lymphoma Tissue Bank Queensland
Sydney Brain Bank Randwick
Rhode Island Biobank RI Providence
National BioService LLC RU Saint-Petersburg
Greenville Hospital System Cancer Biorepository SC Greenville
Medical University of South Carolina SC Charleston
European Cancer Biobank SE Malmo
Karolinska Biobank SE Stockholm
LifeGene SE Stockholm
Swedish National Biobank Program SE Stockhom
Swedish Regional Biobank SE Lund
National University Tissue Repository Singapore
Singapore Cord Blood Bank Singapore
StemCord Cord Blood Bank Singapore
Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (Plants) Sweden
SLU Biobank Sweden
Genetic Repositories Australia Sydney
Taiwan Biobank Taiwan
Bankok Biomaterial Center Thailand
Physician’s Plasma Alliance TN Gray
Vanderbilt Biobank TN Nashville
Vanderbilt University (Cooperative Human Tissue Network) TN Nashville
World BioBank TN Memphis
Ontario Tumour Bank Toronto
Sunnybrook Tumour Bank Toronto
Tissue for Research Toronto
UHN Biospecimen Services (added 15 February 2023) Toronto
University Health Network Toronto
BioEden Tooth Cell Bank TX Austin
Heart Center Tissue Bank TX Houston
iProcess Global Research TX Dallas
MD Anderson Gynecologic Cancer Tissue Bank TX Houston
ProPath TX Dallas
SeqWright Biorepository TX Houston
Texas Medical Center Biobank TX Houston
University of Texas Tumor Bank TX Galveston
Abcodia Serum Bank UK Cambridge
Autism Brain Bank UK Oxford
BioDock UK Nottingham
Biopta UK Glasgow
CamUro-Oncology Biobank UK Cambridge
Cancer Tissue Bank Research Centre UK Liverpool
Central England Haemato-Oncology Research Biobank UK Birmingham
Chernobyl Tissue Bank UK London
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Tissue Bank UK Leicester
Edinburg Brain & Tissue Banks UK Edinburgh
European Collection of Cell Cultures UK Salisbury
Geneservice UK Cambridge
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Research Biobanks UK London
HDBR – Human Developmental Biology Resource UK Newcastle Upon Tyne
King’s College Infectious Diseases BioBank UK London
Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Tissue Bank UK London
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) UK London
Norwich Research Park Biorepository UK Norwich
Rare Breed Survival Trust UK
Roslin Wellcome Trust Tick Cell Biobank UK Midlothian
Southampton Tumour Bank UK Southampton
Tayside Tissue Bank UK Dundee
The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (TDCC) UK Manchester
UCL Biobanks UK London
UK Biobank UK Stockport
UK ME/CFS Biobank UK London
UK Parkinson’s Disease Tissue Bank UK London
UK Stem Cell Bank UK Hertfordshire
Virgin Health Bank UK London
Wales Cancer Bank UK Cardiff
Aged Rodent Tissue Bank US
Alpha Genesis US
Bioreclamation US
K-Bar Livestock US
Marine Mammal Tissue Bank US
Mouse ES Stem Cell Bank (Website maintenance on 21 Feb 2022) US
NCI National Products Branch US
Ocean Genome Legacy US
SVF Foundation US
SciSafe Biological and Pharmaceutical Storage UT America Fork
ATCC VA Manassas
Fairfax Cryobank VA Fairfax
University of Virginia Biorepository VA Charlottesville
UNOS Network for Organ Sharing VA Richmond
British Columbia Gynaecologic Tissue Bank Vancouver
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center WA Seattle
GAPPS Repository WA Seattle
Seattle Sperm Bank WA Seattle
Australia Breast Cancer Tissue Bank Westmead
CellBank Australia Westmead
Aurora Healthcare Biorepository WI Milwaukee
Gundersen Medical Foundation WI La Crosse
Marshfield Clinic Biobank WI Marshfield
Medical College of Wisconsin Tissue Bank WI Milwaukee
National Stem Cell Bank WI Madison
WiCell WI Madison
Canadian Tumour Repository Network Winnipeg
Manitoba Breast Tumour Bank Winnipeg
(Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University) ELISA kits

Specimen databanks
Biological specimens and seroconversion panels