The purpose of this initiative is to improve how IoN manages biospecimen accessibility, collection, storage and redistribution.
Overview
The initiative aims to improve biospecimen accessibility by utilising best practices in biorepository management and standardising approaches to biospecimen accessibility, collection, storage and redistribution.
Solutions provided by this initiative will enable multiple existing biorepository resources to converge into a single centralised biorepository facility.
Goals
- Ensure that correct governance procedures are employed and promoted for all biological sample collections in the dual hub.
- Standardise guidelines and approaches to biospecimen collection to optimise sample stability and to ensure consistent sample quality.
- Establish a chain of custody throughout the sample lifecycle, from point of origin to receipt and storage, through to complete utilisation or disposal.
- Consolidate the necessary infrastructure, processes and expertise to form a single centralised biorepository facility, avoiding duplication of resources where possible.
- Develop a comprehensive and transparent, open-access resource of available sample holdings that enables rapid sample turnaround and distribution.
- Provide a platform that enables analysis data to be linked back to source material for wider dissemination and to aid collaboration.
Benefits
- Time and cost savings on administrative duties related to sample receipt, acceptance, tracking and data basing.
- Time and cost savings on laboratory processes associated with sample labelling, sample storage, retrieval and distribution.
- Increased visibility and accessibility to sample holdings and their processing histories, encouraging data sharing and collaboration.
- Improved sample quality by standardising best practice approaches to sample collection and incorporating mandatory quality control checks.
- Avoidance of duplication of experimental research data by integrating links to sample data.
- A more efficient solution to index, organise, rationalise and track biospecimen samples throughout their lifecycle.
- Significant cost efficiencies for sample storage, telemetry monitoring, operation and maintenance compared to conventional storage methods.
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