Bioresources

Types of samples: Serum from head and neck cancer patients (and non-cancer controls).

Number of samples: 1000+ patients.

Contact: Dr Charmaine Woods

Types of samples: Synovial tissue, synovial fluid, PBMC, serum, whole blood

Number of samples: 1000

Member of: The A3BC: Australian Arthritis and Autoimmune collaborative

Contact: Associate Professor Mihir D Wechalekar

Types of samples: Blood (plasma, serum, WBCs), endoscopic tissue biopsies from oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, oesophageal and gastric cancer.

Number of samples: 2000+ patients, with more than 10,000 samples.

Member of: PROBEnet (QIMR)

Contact: Dr Damian Hussey and Dr Tanya Irvine

Types of samples: Brain tumour tissue (all tumour types), normal (control) brain tissue, blood (whole blood, plasma, buffy coat).

Number of samples: 500.

Member of: BCBA (Brain Cancer Biobanking Australia) and ABNA (Australasian Biospecimen Network  Association).

Contact: Dr Rebecca Ormsby

Types of samples: Fixed and frozen brain, spinal cords.

Number of samples: 400.

Member of: ABNA (Australasian Biospecimen Network  Association).

Contact: Professor Simon Conn

Types of samples: colorectal, prostate, breast, renal, oesophago-gastrectomy (solid tumour & matching non-malignant tissue).

Number of samples: 2000+

Member of: Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA)

Contact: Virginia Papangelis

Types of samples: Carotid and femoral atheroma tissues (endarterectomy), formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks, serum, peripheral blood WBC, PAXgene® Blood RNA tubes, stool and urine. Patients clinical and medical history.

Number of samples: 37 patients (on-going) and 30 age-matched healthy donors

Member of: Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA)

Contact: james.chan@sa.gov.au  Telephone: 08 8204 5490, 08 8204 5766

Contact: Dr Miriam Keane