Uppsala Geriatric Biobank

Name of bioresource/bank
Uppsala Geriatric Biobank
Name of Principal Investigator

Title Professor
First name Lars
Last name Lannfelt

Address of institution where award is held

Institution Uppsala University Hospital
Street Address Uppsala
City 751 85

Country

  • Sweden

    • Website
    http://www.akademiska.se/templates/page____25768.aspx
    Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
    [email protected]
    Funding source
    1) Uppsala University Hospital
    2) Uppsala Berzelii Technology Center for Neurodiagnostics
    3) Swedish Research Council
    Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?

  • Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
  • Parkinson’s disease

    • Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?

  • 1001-5000 donors

    • Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?

  • 101-500 distinct cell lines

    • Q2c What tissue (including post-mortem tissue) does your resource hold?

  • 1-100 donors

    • Q3 Are human tissues/samples/DNA from

  • Living donors:blood
  • Living donors: blood derivatives
  • Living donors: DNA
  • Living donors: cerebro-spinal fluid
  • Living donors: other, please specify below
  • Post-mortem donors: brain
  • Post-mortem donors: spinal cord

    • Q4 Are tissues/samples/DNA from

  • Healthy individuals/control donors
  • Patients

    • Q5 Can samples be linked to clinical (phenotypic) information and if so, is this information:

  • Routinely collected as medical records

    • Q6 In what form are samples supplied?

  • Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed)
  • Secondary samples: plasma
  • Secondary samples: DNA
  • Secondary samples: cell lines derived from primary samples

    • Q7 Are biomarkers/analytes/biological characteristics already measured and the information available for your samples?

  • In most samples

    • Q8 What is the status of your tissue/sample/DNA collection?

  • Collection ongoing

    • Q9 What are the rules and procedures for access?

  • Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource

    • Uppsala Geriatric Biobank

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