The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples

We report the development of a new database of technology services and products for analysis of biobank samples in biomedical research. BARCdb, the Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue, is a freely available web resource, listing expertise and molecular resource capabilities of research centres an...

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Autores principales: Galli, Joakim, Oelrich, Johan, Taussig, Michael J., Andreasson, Ulrika, Ortega-Paino, Eva, Landegren, Ulf
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1008
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author Galli, Joakim
Oelrich, Johan
Taussig, Michael J.
Andreasson, Ulrika
Ortega-Paino, Eva
Landegren, Ulf
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Oelrich, Johan
Taussig, Michael J.
Andreasson, Ulrika
Ortega-Paino, Eva
Landegren, Ulf
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description We report the development of a new database of technology services and products for analysis of biobank samples in biomedical research. BARCdb, the Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue, is a freely available web resource, listing expertise and molecular resource capabilities of research centres and biotechnology companies. The database is designed for researchers who require information on how to make best use of valuable biospecimens from biobanks and other sample collections, focusing on the choice of analytical techniques and the demands they make on the type of samples, pre-analytical sample preparation and amounts needed. BARCdb has been developed as part of the Swedish biobanking infrastructure (BBMRI.se), but now welcomes submissions from service providers throughout Europe. BARCdb can help match resource providers with potential users, stimulating transnational collaborations and ensuring compatibility of results from different labs. It can promote a more optimal use of European resources in general, both with respect to standard and more experimental technologies, as well as for valuable biobank samples. This article describes how information on service and reagent providers of relevant technologies is made available on BARCdb, and how this resource may contribute to strengthening biomedical research in academia and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
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spelling pubmed-43838772015-04-08 The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples Galli, Joakim Oelrich, Johan Taussig, Michael J. Andreasson, Ulrika Ortega-Paino, Eva Landegren, Ulf Nucleic Acids Res Database Issue We report the development of a new database of technology services and products for analysis of biobank samples in biomedical research. BARCdb, the Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue, is a freely available web resource, listing expertise and molecular resource capabilities of research centres and biotechnology companies. The database is designed for researchers who require information on how to make best use of valuable biospecimens from biobanks and other sample collections, focusing on the choice of analytical techniques and the demands they make on the type of samples, pre-analytical sample preparation and amounts needed. BARCdb has been developed as part of the Swedish biobanking infrastructure (BBMRI.se), but now welcomes submissions from service providers throughout Europe. BARCdb can help match resource providers with potential users, stimulating transnational collaborations and ensuring compatibility of results from different labs. It can promote a more optimal use of European resources in general, both with respect to standard and more experimental technologies, as well as for valuable biobank samples. This article describes how information on service and reagent providers of relevant technologies is made available on BARCdb, and how this resource may contribute to strengthening biomedical research in academia and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Oxford University Press 2014-10-21 2015-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4383877/ /pubmed/25336620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1008 Text en © The Author(s) 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oelrich, Johan
Taussig, Michael J.
Andreasson, Ulrika
Ortega-Paino, Eva
Landegren, Ulf
The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
title The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
title_full The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
title_fullStr The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
title_full_unstemmed The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
title_short The Biobanking Analysis Resource Catalogue (BARCdb): a new research tool for the analysis of biobank samples
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1008
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