Name of bioresource/bank
DNA bank of neurodegenerative disease cases
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Prof. |
| First name | Maria |
| Last name | Barcikowska |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | Medical Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Street Address | 5 Pawinski str. |
| City | Warsaw |
| Postcode | 02-106 |
Country
Poland
Website
www.cmdik.pan.pl
Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
Funding source
Governmental grants
Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias Parkinson’s disease Neurodegenerative disease in general
Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?
1001-5000 donors
Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?
None
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: DNA 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:
Not linked to clinical information Routinely collected as medical records
Q6 In what form are samples supplied?
Primary samples: Supplied fresh Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed) Secondary samples:(derivatives of primary samples) Secondary samples: plasma Secondary samples: DNA Secondary samples: protein extracts
Q7 Are biomarkers/analytes/biological characteristics already measured and the information available for your samples?
In a few 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 Resource has own ethics approval so usually no need for separate external ethics approval