Infrastructure Details
Acronym
BIS
Name of national/international infrastructure this infrastructure belongs to
Biobank Sverige
Description
A national infrastructure for biobanking where health care, academy, business and patient organizations collaborate for excellence in health care and research, with focus on biobanking. The steering committee includes representatives from health care, Swedish universities and industry. The infrastructure is supported by Vetenskapsrådet.
Regionalt biobankscentrum in Södra sjukvårdsregionen (RBCsyd) administrates biobank applications and consents for biobank samples taken in south of Sweden (Region Skåne, Halland, Blekinge, Kronoberg).
Regionalt biobankscentrum in Södra sjukvårdsregionen (RBCsyd) administrates biobank applications and consents for biobank samples taken in south of Sweden (Region Skåne, Halland, Blekinge, Kronoberg).
Equipment and resources
Administrative help and advice in biobanking. Facilitates contacts with biobank facilities.
Services provided
Administrative help and legal advice in biobanking. Handles mandatory applications for collection of biobank samples and necessary permissions to use biobank samples for research.
Management of the infrastructure
Collaboration between Lund university and regions in south of Sweden. Steering committee with members from Lund university and regions in south of Sweden.
Biobank Sverige: Sonja Eaker Fält. Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala. Email: info@biobanksverige.se
RBCSyd: Malin Ivarsson. Email: rbcsyd@skane.se
Biobank Sverige: Sonja Eaker Fält. Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala. Email: info@biobanksverige.se
RBCSyd: Malin Ivarsson. Email: rbcsyd@skane.se
UKÄ subject classification
- Medical and Health Sciences
Type of infrastructure
- Services
Infrastructure programme
- Has current status as Infrastructure of national interest (Swedish Research Council)