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 fosters collaboration between university medical centers in the Netherlands and between scientists and the private sector within the cardiovascular domain.
Durrer Center provides expertise and services to collect, analyse, manage, store, archive and share clinical research data, images and biomaterials. The main principle is that biomaterials and research data are Findable (F), Interoperable (I), Accessible (A) and Reusable (R).

Key facts

Name of the connected EIT Health partner:
Number of individuals:
Biobank confirmed willingness to provide samples/data for EIT Health studies: Yes
Contact person(s) and contact data
(e-mail address, tel. no) for access purposes:		 info@durrercenter.nl

+31 (0) 20 566 1719

+31 (0) 30 233 3600
Number of samples: Hosting 40 biobanks
Sample type: Tissue, Whole blood, Plasma, Serum, Cells, Urine, Saliva, Faeces, DNA
Website: www.durrercenter.nl
Website:

General information

Type of biobank: Logistic and storage services for biological materials and related clinical data for use in research. Biobanking infrastructure (centralized infrastructure within an institute hosting multiple collections); National (multi-center) cardiovascular collections
If longitudinal the frequency:
Link to central portal to seek samples and data: https://catalogue.bbmri.nl/menu/main/app-molgenis-app-biobank-explorer/biobank/bbmri-eric:ID:NL_AAAACVOEPHI3IZSUAVNCZ2AAAE
Broad consent: No
Option to recall donors: Yes
Option to recall family members: Yes

Biobank access procedure:

Major terms for access: Please send an email to info@durrercenter.nl and Durrer Center will contact the Principal Investigator.
Ethical and legal compliance: Please send an email to info@durrercenter.nl and Durrer Center will contact the Principal Investigator.
Speed and reliability of delivery: Less than <500 samples: maximum 2 weeks after completion of the documentation.
Pricing: Price for picking samples is charged, but depending on the amount of samples. We wille make quotes for each delivery.

Quality management system:

Storage:
Compliance with international standards:
Current ISO certificates: ISO 9001-2015

Data:

Clinical data linked to samples: None. The data is available via the Principal Investigator
Data standards:
Data security rules:

Biobank related service:

Research support, what type of expertise?:
Core facility services; what type? Link?:
Queries from national health registers:
Links to the model contract and MTA:

IP:

IP rules, what is negotiable?:
Requirements to study results (access etc.):
Participant’s right to the information:
Number of access contracts with industry:

COVID-19 samples:

Access to biological samples from patients with COVID-19?

  • Serum
  • Full blood (for RNA extraction)
  • EDTA-Full blood (for DNA extraction)
  • EDTA-Plasma
  • Citrate-Plasma
  • PBMC (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells)
  • Nasopharyngeal aspirate
  • Tracheal aspirate
Contact person(s) and contact data (e-mail address, tel. no) for access purposes