The Brain Bank at Karolinska Institutet

Name of bioresource/bank
The Brain Bank at Karolinska Institutet
Name of Principal Investigator

Title Manager
First name Caroline
Last name Graff

Address of institution where award is held

Institution KI Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Street Address Novum, floor 5
City Stockholm
Postcode 141 86

Country

  • Sweden

    • Website
    www.ki.se
    Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
    [email protected]
    Funding source
    Karolinska Institutet
    Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?

  • Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
  • Neurodegenerative disease in general

    • Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?

  • 1001-5000 donors

    • Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?

  • 51-100 distinct cell lines

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

  • 1001-5000 donors

    • Q3 Are human tissues/samples/DNA from

  • Living donors:blood
  • Living donors: DNA
  • Living donors: cerebro-spinal fluid
  • 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?

  • 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?

  • Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource

    • The Brain Bank at Karolinska Institutet

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