Name of bioresource/bank
Brains for Dementia Research Biobank
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Professor |
| First name | Paul |
| Last name | Francis |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | King’s College London |
| Street Address | St Thomas Street |
| City | London |
| Postcode | SE1 1UL |
Country
United Kingdom
Website
www.brainsfordementiaresearch.org.uk
Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
Funding source
Alzheimer’s Society
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias Motor neurone diseases Parkinson’s disease Neurodegenerative disease in general
Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?
None
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
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:
In a specific study-associated dataset Collected as part of a specific clinical trial(s)
Q6 In what form are samples supplied?
Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed)
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?
Access Committee mechanism Local/ regional access National access International access Access to industry Access for pilot studies permitted Resource has own ethics approval so usually no need for separate external ethics approval