Guides

A range of useful information about Biosample Hub and general biobanking topics

Global human specimen network

About Us

Background info on Biosample Hub

Biosample Hub has a biobank directory

Platform

How the Biosample Hub platform works

Patient considering whether to give informed consent for research following tissue donation

Patient Benefits

How Biosample Hub benefits the patient

Pulling out a rack of biospecimens from a liquid nitrogen freezer

Frozen Tissue

About snap freezing and cryostat sections

FFPE blocks

FFPE Tissue

How FFPE tissue can be used in research

Surgical excision of human cancer / tumor tissue

Prospective Collection

Prospective vs retrospective collection

Plasma or serum

Serum or Plasma

The different uses of serum & plasma

Patient Derived Organoids

The benefits of organoids for research

What is a material transfer agreement?

MTAs

Material Transfer Agreements

Image representing multiple blockchains

Blockchain

Blockchain in healthcare and biobanking

Biobanking in Africa

Biobanking in Africa

Challenges and opportunities

ISO 20387 and other biobank quality standards

Biobanking Quality Standards

For sample integrity, reliability and ethical use

Biobank Sustainability

Explore key strategies for biobank cost recovery and sustainability

Biosample Hub's YouTube channel

YouTube Channel

 Visit our YouTube channel to see recordings on many webinars