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MARbiobanc

GINYS-IMIM-007
Núria Somoza Abelló
nsomoza@imim.es | 933 160 699 | ORCID | PRC page
FACILITY WEBSITE

IMIM-Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques
Parc de Salut MAR
Doctor Aiguader, 88 | 08003 Barcelona
(PRBB building)

MARBiobanc is a public non-profit organization that gathers various biological samples collections conceived for biomedical research purposes. MARBiobanc is organized as a technical unit with standards of quality, order and purpose.
  • DNA bank for cardiovascular diseases
  • Cerebral infarction (ICTUS) sample bank
  • FORTIAM, acute myocardial infarction sample collection
  • DNA bank for oncological diseases
  • Left over diagnose sample bank
  • Bank of samples from influenza A (H1N1) patients
  • Bank of lung disease samples (Lung Biobank Platform)
  • Hematological malignancies bank
  • Cryopreserved tumour bank
  • Collection Alzheimer and families (Alfa Study
  • ERyME: Sample collection from patients with rheumatic or muscle-skeletal disease
  • GLOSEN: Glomerular diseases sample collection

Services

MARBiobanc provides a big catalog of samples and services. It also offers support to the internal and external investigators in all the stages of the process that implies using biological human samples.

Samples Assignment Service

The biobank handle the biological samples requests and its associated clinical data. The tasks realized are:

  • Request reception.
  • The proceeding to the biobank external committee’s (Scientific and Ethic Committees).
  • Consulting on the documentation required.
  • Resolution communication to the applicant.
  • Elaboration and sending of the biological material transfer agreements (MTA).
  • Sample and its information associated preparation and transport to external centres.
Register and Custody Services
  • Sample reception
  • Management of project collections, research lines collections and biobank collections (samples, documentation and data associated).
  • Research lines collections register to the ISCIII electronic platform.
  • Storage and traceability of biological human samples of several collections.
  • Real-time monitoring of the refrigeration equipment. Customer service 24h for incidences, alarms, etc.
  • Historical control temperature reports of the refrigeration equipment.
Advisory Service
  • Consulting services regarding the creation of new collections (samples and associated data).
  • Coordinate sample collections in multicentre studies.
  • Coding, labelling, transportation.
  • Ethic and legal aspects of collection development.
  • Support the research of samples in other biobanks.

Staff

Núria Somoza Abelló | nsomoza@imim.es | 933 160 699 | ORCID | PRC Page

INSTITUTE

IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB)
Dr. Aiguader, 88, 1r pis, despatx 153

08003 Barcelona http://www.imim.es/

DOMAINS RIS3CAT

  • Education and knowledge generation system
  • Industrial system
  • Socio-sanitary system

CATEGORIES

  • COLLECTIONS
    • Biobank

RATES AND ACCESS

Availability Level: Medium
Access Procedures:

Open

QUALITY CONTROL

ISO 9001 – Quality Management
ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for a quality management system. This standard is based on a number of quality management principles that include a strong customer focus, motivation and involvement of senior management, process focus, and continuous improvement. The use of the ISO 9001 standard helps to ensure that customers receive consistent and good quality products and services, which in turn brings many business benefits.
Website link
Status: Active

FACILITIES NETWORKS

XBTC – Network of Tumor Banks of Catalonia
In 2002, the Oncology Plan of Catalonia promoted the creation of a network of tumor banks in Catalonia that would serve to provide sufficient samples for cancer research and to obtain useful results in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients. One of the most important resources for the development of these studies are tumor tissues and other samples (serum, cell cultures) from patients affected by this disease as well as healthy control tissues. From these types of samples it is possible to obtain DNA, RNA, proteins and other products useful for research.  
Network link
Reach: Catalonia
Status: Active
Funding: Gencat
PRC page
PISCIIIBB – ISCIII Biobank and Biomodels Platform
Its mission is to provide the highest level of quality and cutting-edge services to facilitate and advance the definition of the best therapy for the patient and close the cycle from basic research to the completion of the clinical application.
Network link
Reach: Spain
Status: Active
PRC page
CIBERES – Pulmonary Biobank – Pulmonary Biobank Platform
Its aim is to facilitate translational research in the field of Respiratory and Related Diseases, to improve its diagnosis and treatment, providing quality samples and clinical data to national and international researchers.
Network link
Reach: Spain
Status: Active
PRC page
GLOSEN Collection – COLLECTION OF SAMPLES OF GLOMERULAR KIDNEY DISEASES
Collection of biological samples from patients diagnosed with renal glomerular disease by renal biopsy.
Network link
Reach: Spain
Status: Active
PRC page
ISBER – International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories

ISBER is the only global forum that addresses scientific, technical, legal and ethical issues for biobanks and biodeposits.

Network link
Reach: Worldwide
Status: Active
PRC page
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