Name of bioresource/bank
South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB)
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Professor |
| First name | Seth |
| Last name | Love |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | University of Bristol |
| Street Address | Bristol |
| City | BS16 1LE |
| Postcode | John James Laboratories, Day Hospital, Frenchay Hospital |
Country
United Kingdom
Website
http://www.bris.ac.uk/clinicalsciencenorth/dementia/links/swdbb/
Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
Funding source
BRACE, James Tudor Foundation, John James Bristol Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), Bristish Heart Foundation (BHF), NHS Research and Innovation
Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?
101-1000 donors
Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?
1-50 distinct cell lines
Q2c What tissue (including post-mortem tissue) does your resource hold?
101-1000 donors
Q3 Are human tissues/samples/DNA from
Living donors:blood Post-mortem donors: brain
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?
Secondary samples:(derivatives of primary samples) Primary samples: Supplied fresh Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed) Secondary samples:(derivatives of primary samples) Secondary samples: DNA Secondary samples: RNA Secondary samples: protein extracts
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 independent of collaboration with PI Access Committee mechanism Local/ regional access National access International access Access for pilot studies permitted Resource has own ethics approval so usually no need for separate external ethics approval Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource