Biobanking refers to the process by which samples of bodily fluid or tissue are collected for research use to improve our understanding of health and disease

1. BIO-BANKING
Amit Kr Bhardwaj

2. What is a Biobank?
• Organized collections and storage of human biologicalsamples and
associated data of great significance for research

3. • Biobank consists of three groups of distinctinformation.
1. Biological human sample(Biospecimen);
2. Attached or connectedinformation;
3. The legal issues like consent and patient/individualdata
safety and protection.

4. Biospecimen
Blood, plasma, serum, RBC, WBC, DNA, RNA, cell lines, fluid,
urine, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, amniotic fluid buffy coat,
bone marrow stem cells and tissues(freshly frozen or FFPE).

5. What is biobanking?
• Process of collecting, processing, handling, storing, and eventually
distributing and sharing of samples and their associated data with
researchers.

7. Process of biobanking

8. Who are the donors?
• Patient at the hospital or a volunteer.
• Sometimes, biobank collections are driven by
researchers’ needs or population basedresearch.
• Samples and information are labelled withunique
identifiers.
• Samples are divided into separate aliquots.

9. Storage
• Samples are stored in a way appropriate for the
sample material and the intended research purpose.
• Blood, plasma, serum, and DNA are stored in -
80°C freezers.
• Tissues and cell lines are preserved inliquid nitrogen
freezers at -1960C.

11. Benefits of Biobanking?

13. Thankyou