
Biobanks


Belgium
CUSL Biobank- Cliniques universitaires Sant-Luc
The CUSL biobank repository stores and manage tumoral, non-tumoral and normal (tumour associated or not) human specimens from a large…

Netherlands
Lifelines data and biobank
Lifelines is a large, multi-generational cohort study that includes over 167,000 participants (10%) from the northern population of the Netherlands….

Netherlands
TransplantLines Biobank and Cohort Study
TransplantLines is designed as a single-centre, prospective cohort study and biobank including all different types of solid organ transplant recipients…

Netherlands
Doetinchem Cohort Study – National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
The Doetinchem Cohort Study is a population based cohort, focussed on lifestyle and chronic diseases. About 6,000 individuals aged 20-59…

Netherlands
Central Biobank UMC Utrecht
The CBB (Central Biobank) of the UMC Utrecht hosts the collections coming from UMC researchers. It provides, next to storage,…

Netherlands
The Prospective Dutch ColoRectal Cancer cohort (PLCRC)
The Prospective Dutch ColoRectal Cancer cohort (PLCRC) offers an infrastructure for scientific research in colorectal cancer. With informed consent of…

Netherlands
Central Biobank Erasmus MC
The Central Biobanking facility at the Erasmus MC facilitates excellent scientific research using biomaterials. The facility allows researchers to collect,…

Belgium
Biobank of CHU UCL Namur
Biobank of CHU UCL Namur aims to promote collaborative research with academia and industries. Activities are focused on neoplastic and…

Netherlands
The Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB)
The Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB) is a non-profit organization that collects human brain tissue of donors with a variety of…

Belgium
Brugmann – HUDERF Tumourbank Service (BruTuS)
BruTuS (or Brugmann Hospital Tumor bank Service) is located in the Pathology department of the CHU Brugmann in Northern Brussels….

Netherlands
Radboud Biobank
The Radboud Biobank offers disease-based biobanks a centralized facility to optimize the use and distribution of biomaterial for scientific research….

Netherlands
Durrer Center for Cardiovascular Research
The Durrer Center for Cardiovascular Research was founded in 2008 as a facility of the Netherlands Heart Institute (NL-HI). NL-HI…

Netherlands
The Maastricht Study
The Maastricht Study is an extensive phenotyping study that focuses on the etiology of type 2 diabetes, its classic complications…

Sweden
Uppsala Biobank
Uppsala Biobank is a collaborative facility serving both Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital. The biobank houses several million samples…

Sweden
Stockholm Medical Biobank (SMB)
Stockholm Medical Biobank coordinates, facilitates and streamlines biobank work in the region and serves as a central resource for the…

Sweden
Region Skåne Biobank
Region Skåne biobank is a central biobank with quality-assured sub-divisions. Today there are about 35 biobank departments with different disciplines….

Sweden
Karolinska Institutet (KI) Biobank
The Karolinska Institute (KI) Biobank is a modern and high-tech infrastructure for pre-analytical handling, storage and distribution of human biological…

Estonia
The Estonian Biobank
The Estonian Biobank (EBB) is a population-based biobank of the Estonian Genome Center at the University of Tartu (EGCUT. Its…

Denmark
COPSAC
Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) is a clinical research unit for pediatric asthma research with the aim…

Denmark
Region Zealand Biobank (RSjBB)
The Region Zealand Biobank (RSjBB) contains biological collections from large population studies and clinical research projects, including the population survey…

Denmark
OPEN Biobank
OPEN Biobank (Open Patient data Explorative Network) collects a broad range of biological research samples from the region of southern…

Denmark
Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes
The Danish Center for Strategic Research in Type II Diabetes (DD2) aims to improve treatment and long-term outcomes of patients…
Denmark
Danish Twin Register
The Danish Twin Register is the oldest national twin register in the world, with information about twins born in Denmark…

Denmark
Danish Rheuma Biobank
The Danish Rheuma Biobank holds biological material such as blood and tissue samples from thousands of Danish patients with inflammatory…

Denmark
Danish National Birth Cohort
The Danish National Birth Cohort collects samples from pregnant mothers and their children. This biobank features prospectively collected exposure data,…

Denmark
Danish National Biobank
The Danish National Biobank is one of the world’s largest biobanks. With more than 10 million samples from around 3…

Denmark
Danish Cancer BioBank
The Danish Cancer Bank (DCB) is a clinical biobank collecting blood and tissue samples from Danish cancer patients, including more…

Denmark
Danish Blood Donor Study
The Danish Blood Donor Study is a large initiative that builds on the voluntary participation of more than 110,000 Danish…

Denmark
Copenhagen Hospital Biobank
The Copenhagen Hospital Biobank (RHB) is a research bank containing whole blood samples obtained from hospitals throughout the Capital Region…