Name of bioresource/bank
The String of Pearls Initiative; Alzheimer’s Disease: Biobank
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Prof. Dr. |
| First name | Frans / Philip |
| Last name | Verhey / Scheltens |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | Alzheimer Centrum Limburg |
| Street Address | Dr. Tanslaan 12 |
| City | Maastricht |
| Postcode | 6229 ET |
Country
Netherlands
Website
www.parelsnoer.org
Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
Funding source
This initiative is funded by the government.
Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias Neurodegenerative disease in general
Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?
101-1000 donors
Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?
None
Q2c What tissue (including post-mortem tissue) does your resource hold?
101-1000 donors
Q3 Are human tissues/samples/DNA from
Living donors:blood Living donors: DNA Living donors: cerebro-spinal fluid
Q4 Are tissues/samples/DNA from
Patients
Q5 Can samples be linked to clinical (phenotypic) information and if so, is this information:
Routinely collected as medical records In a specific study-associated dataset
Q6 In what form are samples supplied?
Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed) Secondary samples: plasma Secondary samples: DNA
Q7 Are biomarkers/analytes/biological characteristics already measured and the information available for your samples?
No
Q8 What is the status of your tissue/sample/DNA collection?
Collection ongoing
Q9 What are the rules and procedures for access?
Access Committee mechanism Local/ regional access National access International access Access to industry Access for pilot studies permitted Access restricted to peer-reviewed work Applicant needs to provide separate external ethics approval