Biobank
Biobank LBBK is part of the Laboratory for Cell Research and Application of the Medical University of Warsaw and belongs to the Polish Biobanking Network established as part of the European network of biobanks BBMRI-ERIC.
THE MISSION OF THE BIOBANK LBBK
The mission of our Biobank is to support scientists in obtaining reliable results of scientific research and development at every stage. Including new product research, contributing to the introduction of new, improved drugs to the market, medical devices, including in vitro diagnostics.
THE AIM OF THE BIOBANK LBBK
The aim of our Biobank is to create a rich collection of well-characterized samples of biological material based on the highest quality standards, in order to contribute to increasing the level of credibility of basic research, clinical trials of drugs and clinical evaluation of medical devices using these samples.
MAIN TASKS OF THE BIOBANK LBBK
The tasks of our Biobank include in particular:
- making the Biobank Infrastructure and the knowledge and competences of LBBK employees available to all researchers who want to manage their collection of biological material samples in a standardized, reproducible and reliable manner;
- obtaining samples of biological material;
- creating unique collections of biological material derived from the obtained samples of the starting biological material - including mainly cell collections;
- providing the biological material collected in the Biobank to the units of the Medical University of Warsaw, external entities, as well as individual researchers for research;
- provision of banking, processing and analysis of biological material samples.
Biobank LBBK collects, processes and stores samples of human and animal biological material, along with medical information and test results related to a given sample, in particular the following types:
- mesenchymal stem cells obtained from adipose tissue, bone marrow and post-fetal tissues;
- cells isolated from selected types of human tissues (including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, fibroblasts);
- endothelial and epithelial cells;
- leukocyte coats;
- other cells isolated from selected human and animal tissues.
Bioetic comission
Opinion
November 16, 2020
Bioethics Committee chaired by Prof. dr hab. n. med. Magdalena Kuźma-Kozakiewicz, operating at the Medical University of Warsaw, issued a positive opinion on the study entitled
"Research project in the field of biobanking of biological material for research purposes - creation of the LBBK-WUM Biobank"
thereby stating that the study is acceptable
and works in accordance with scientific and ethical principles.
Our Team
Projects
Biobank is involved in the following projects:
Establishing a network of biobanks in Poland within the Research Infrastructure of Biobanks & Biomolecular Resources BBMRI-ERIC
The main goal of the project is to create the Polish Biobanking Network (PBN) within the Research Infrastructure of Biobanks and Biomolecular Resources BBMRI-ERIC.
The basic assumption of PBN is to associate as many units as possible dealing with the collection of biological material and to provide them with substantive support in the development of their biobanks / repositories.