Name of bioresource/bank
Edinburgh Brain Banks – Sudden Death brain bank
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Dr |
| First name | Colin |
| Last name | Smith |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | Department of Pathology, Wilkie Building, University of Edinburgh |
| Street Address | Teviot Place |
| City | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH8 9AG |
Country
United Kingdom
Website
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/edinburghbrainbanks/
Contact email (e.g. manager or coordinator)
Funding source
MRC
Q1 What conditions does your resource cover?
Motor neurone diseases Neurodegenerative disease in general
Q2a What DNA collection does your resources hold?
None
Q2b What cell lines does your resource hold?
None
Q2c What tissue (including post-mortem tissue) does your resource hold?
101-1000 donors
Q3 Are human tissues/samples/DNA from
Post-mortem donors: brain Post-mortem donors: spinal cord
Q4 Are tissues/samples/DNA from
Healthy individuals/control donors
Q5 Can samples be linked to clinical (phenotypic) information and if so, is this information:
Not linked to clinical information
Q6 In what form are samples supplied?
Primary Samples: Stabilised samples (frozen or fixed) Secondary samples: RNA
Q7 Are biomarkers/analytes/biological characteristics already measured and the information available for your samples?
No
Q8 What is the status of your tissue/sample/DNA collection?
Collection ongoing
Q9 What are the rules and procedures for access?
Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource Access Committee mechanism Local/ regional access National access International access Access to industry Applicant needs to provide separate external ethics approval