Biobanks & bio-resources - tissue
Biobanks are listed under the host country. Most biobanks provide samples for international use.
Australasian Biospecimen Network
Australian Brain Bank Network (normal, diseased & damaged brain tissue)
Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank
Brisbane Breast Bank (tissue & blood)
David Serisier Respiratory Biobank (respiratory diseases & cancer)
HSA Biobank (cancer tissue)
Maverick Biosciences (animal materials - plasma, bone, collagen, dermis)
MS Brain Bank (brain & other nervous tissue)
The Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource (tissue & blood)
The Kids Cancer Project Tumour Bank
Victorian Cancer Biobank (tissue & blood)
BC Cancer Agency Tumour Tissue Repository (tissue & blood)
BC Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Biobank (tissue & blood)
Manitoba Tumour Bank (tissue - breast, lung, ovary, prostate)
Ontario Tumour Bank (tissue & blood)
Ovcare Gynaecologic Tissue Bank
Primary Airway Cell Biobank (Cystic Fibrosis, tracheal, bronchial tissue)
PROCURE Biobank for prostate cancer (tissue & blood)
Sunnybrook Research Institute (tissue & blood)
BioBank Graz (>6 million samples) (Austria)
BrainNet Europe (brain tissue) (Netherlands)
EastWestBiopharma (tumour & normal tissue) (Ukraine)
Euro Tissue Bank (cornea, skin & heart valve) (Netherlands)
Centre for Brain Research (tissue, cells, blood)
Maverick Biosciences (animal materials - plasma, bone, collagen, dermis)
NUH Tissue Repository (breast, colorectal, gastric, liver, kidney, bone, CNS, lymph, skin)
AMS Biotechnology (tissue blocks / sections, biofluids - disease & tumours)
Biopta (fresh functional tissue for drug development)
Cancer Research UK Centre (breast, colon, lung, melanoma, pancreas)
Chernobyl Tissue Bank (tumour & normal tissue)
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Research Biobanks (cancer tissue & blood)
Human Developmental Biology Resource (embryonic & fetal tissue)
Human Research Tissue Bank (Cambridge Uni Hospitals) (fresh, frozen & fixed)
Liverpool Bio-Innovation Hub Biobank (tissue & blood for tumours)
Mesobank (tissue, cells & blood from mesothelioma patients)
MS Society Tissue Bank (brain & spinal tissue)
Northern Ireland Biobank (tumour tissue, blood, saliva & urine)
Parkinson's UK (brain tissue)
Tayside Tissue Bank (>45000 frozen tissues - all body areas)
Wales Cancer Bank (tissue for 25+ cancers)
Aids and Cancer Specimen Resource (tumor tissue & bio-fluids)
Asuragen (tumor bank)
Autism BrainNet (postmortem brain tissue)
BioOptions (frozen & formalin fixed - major diseases & tumors)
Biorepository Core University of South Carolina (colon cancer)
BioServe (tissue - cancers, metabolic diseases, immunological disorders)
Conversant Bio (tissue for various diseases)
Cooperative Human Tissue Network (fresh, frozen, paraffin tumor & disease)
Cooperative Human Tissue Network Western
Creative Bioarray (tissue blocks, sections, blood & bio-fluid)
Duke Biobank (cancer tissue & more)
Folio Biosciences (oncology, autoimmune, neurological specimens & more)
GAPPS Repository (placental tissues, maternal & cord blood)
Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center
Heart Center Tissue Bank (congenital heart defects tissue)
New York Brain Bank - Columbia University (postmortem brain tissue)
NIDDK Central Repository (tissue & bio-fluids - diabetes & kidney diseases)
Oregon Brain Bank (tissue - Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis)
OriGene (140 000 human tissues - tissue sections & blocks)
PrecisionMed (tissue, CSF, DNA for neurodegeneration, cancer & more)
Progeria Research Foundation Cell & Tissue Bank
ProMedDx (>1.8 million specimens)
The Komen Tissue Bank (breast tissue & DNA)
The Texas Cancer Research Biobank
The UConn Health Research Biorepository
Tissue Banks International (ocular, bone, dermal, tendons, ligaments, spine)
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Biorepository (tissue, marrow, blood)
UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery Tissue Bank
University of Massachusetts Tissue and Tumor Bank (>24 cancers)
