1. Entrance
of
Australian
Bone
Marrow
Donor
Registry
ABMDR
maintains
a
large
database
of
all
donors
and
cord
blood
units
that
are
available
in
Australia.
Photo:
Chang
Jiang

2. Two-­‐level
Tissue
Typing
Laboratory
Lab
scienEsts
are
working
through
all
the
collected
blood
samples
to
find
the
best
matches
for
paEents.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee

3. Collected
Blood
Samples
Nelly
Coulits,
Search
Coordinator
in
ABMDR,
is
introducing
the
collecEon
and
processing
of
cord
blood
samples.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee

4. Test
Tubes
The
new
test
tubes
are
ready
for
further
processing
of
blood
samples.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee

5.
Post
PCR
AmplificaEon
Room
The
machines
aligned
are
used
for
the
extracEon,
amplificaEon
and
sequencing
of
DNA
in
blood
samples.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee

6. DNA
Laboratory
The
Lab
ScienEst
tells
us
the
DNA
machine
can
process
96
blood
samples
in
about
1.5
hours.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee

7. Liquid
Nitrogen
Storage
Tanks
These
big
tanks
are
used
for
storing
umbilical
cord
blood
stem
cells
in
the
private
bank
Cryosite.
Photo:
Sarah
Gorji

8. Boys’
Blood
Banked
Privately
Ben
(leV)
and
Sam
(right)’s
cord
blood
were
banked
in
the
private
blood
bank
Cryosite.
Photo:
Natalia
Miller

9. Professor
Ian
Kerridge
He
explains
the
importance
of
public
cord
blood
banking,
and
views
private
banking
as
low
value.
Photo:
Hoi
Leong
Lee