UAB Biorepositories

Biorepository_samples.jpgUAB has a unique opportunity to expand scientific insights into many diseases and populations.  As a part of the School of Medicine's strategic initiative and in conjunction with the CCTS, this centralized resource of UAB Biorepositories assembles information about specimen collections including:

If you are interested in participating in the Biorepository Committee, please contact Jennifer Croker. 

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​Mini-workshops in Tissue Biorepositories

Click here for information on the workshops.  Slides are linked below.

Workshop 1: Research with solid tissues (Grizzle)

Workshop 2: Research with bodily fluids (Grizzle and Edberg)

Workshop 3: Regulatory & Ethical Issues Affection Biorepositories, Part 1 (Grizzle, Faye-Petersen, Miller)

Workshop 4: What Investigators need to know about designing a biorepository, Part 2  

 

 
Government & Foundation Links
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Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Best Practices page of the International Society for Biological
and Environmental Repositories.
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The UAB CCTS is supported through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grant UL1 TR000165.The CTSA program is led by the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The content of this website is solely the responsibility of UAB and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.