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Biological sample repositories provide a means for researchers to access specific tissue or cell samples, data types or larger sample sizes that are typically inaccessible through normal recruitment channels. Post-mortem tissue, cell lines, genetic samples, and analysis facilities are all available to researchers either via fee-for-service or via collaboration. New submissions or updates on listed resources are welcomed via the link above.
| Name | Location | Resource available and details |
|---|---|---|
| MS Australia Brain Bank | NSW based, collaboration with ABBN nodes in other states | The primary objective of the MS Australia Brain Bank is to coordinate the collection, storage and use of human post-mortem tissue from people with MS for use in research. Non-MS tissue available through the Australian Brain Bank Network (ABBN) nodes in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia (see below). |
| Victorian Brain Bank Network | Victoria | Collects and stores human post-mortem tissue from people with MS, healthy controls, and other disorders. Victorian node of the ABBN. |
| Queensland Brain Bank | Queensland | Queensland Brain Bank no longer exists, but it you are from Queensland and wish to donate brain tissue please contact MS Research Australia Brain Bank. |
| South Australia Brain Bank | South Australia | Collects and stores human post-mortem tissue from people with MS, healthy controls, and other disorders. SA node of the ABBN. |
| Western Australia Brain Bank | Western Australia | Collects and stores human post-mortem tissue from people with MS, healthy controls, and other disorders. WA node of the ABBN. |
| Proteomics of MS research platform | National, based in South Australia | This platform aimed to develop state-of-the-art proteomics technologies for the Australian MS research community and use the technology to identify specific molecular changes in the CNS proteome that correlate with different stages of disease in MS. |
| CellBank Australia | New South Wales | CellBank Australia is a not-for-profit facility providing validated cell lines and related services throughout Australia and the world. |
| Stem Cell Core Facility, Stem Cells Australia | Victoria | The Stem Cell Core facility provides cell lines and services for research involving human embryonic and induced stem cells, as well as providing training in stem cell culturing. |
| Genetic Repositories Australia (GRA) at NeuRAÂ | New South Wales based, can house samples from Australia-wide | Genetic Repositories Australia (GRA) is a national genetic repository for DNA & cell lines derived from appropriately consented disease-specific & population-based studies. |
| Australian and New Zealand MS genetics consortium (ANZgene)Â | Nodes in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia | The research consortium focuses on identifying the genes associated with MS risk and illness features. ANZgene is a national, collaborative effort between a multi-disciplinary team of neurologists, geneticists, bioinformaticians and molecular biologists. |
