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)
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