News Biobank

Annual report 2018

The Radboud Biobank recently published it's 2018 annual report.

Sub-biobank Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Sub-biobank Genetics and Rare Diseases

Sub-biobank Pain Genetics

Sub-biobank Sarcoma

The PREGBank

New sub-biobanks

Informed Consent building blocks for sub-biobanks in Epic

Introduction:

A new face at the Radboud Biobank!

Need a transfer agreement for external partners? For the transfer of biomaterial and/or data to an external partner a material and data transfer agreement (MTA/DTA) must be used.

For the transfer of biomaterial and/or data to an external partner a material and data transfer agreement (MTA/DTA) must be used.

Policy regarding the financing of new biomaterials

All initial costs related to patient sampling and the collection of biomaterials are covered by individual academic departments. Read more about the costs covered by the Radboud Biobank.

Amount of DNA upon request

Upon request of DNA an applicant must indicate how many μgs of DNA is needed.

Radboud Biobank Oncology

The Radboud Center for Oncology is initiating the Radboud Biobank Oncology in the Radboudumc. This oncology biobank will be part of the Radboud Biobank.

Website for patients about biobanking

In October a new website was published for patients

Europe Biobank Week

Radboud Biobank employees actively follow developments and trends by other biobanks both nationally and internationally.

New sub-biobank: Haemophilia Pearl

The Radboud Biobank has added a new sub-biobank to the collection: the Haemophilia Pearl which is part of the Parelsnoer Institute

Launch of the national ELSI Service Desk

At the beginning of July BBMRI-NL launched the ELSI (Ethical, Legal en Social Implications) Service Desk.

Preparation and storage of tissue samples – Radboud Biobank

The Pathology department prepares and stores tissue from Radboudumc patients on a large scale. This is carried out in a uniform and well documented manner. Some of the tissue is stored in the Pathology department’s diagnostic archive and some is stored in the Radboud Biobank.

Informed consent building blocks for sub-biobanks in Epic

To ensure clarity regarding the specifics of informed consent or the withholding thereof by patients, there are plans to place generic building blocks for informed consent in Epic.

New sub-biobank: BBP (Pelvic floor disorders)

Another new sub-biobank has been added to the collection

New sub-biobank: Prospective Dutch CRC Cohort

The Radboud Biobank has added the sub-biobank PLCRC (Prospectief Landelijk CRC Cohort – Surgical department) to the collection.