Maternal–Placental Research Biobank

Registration Status: Completed
Objective:

This biobank aims to collect, store, and curate blood, urine, and placental tissue samples from women with uncomplicated pregnancies and those affected by pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and gestational diabetes mellitus. The biobank will support multi-omics analyses to identify and validate biomarkers associated with disease onset, progression, and severity. It will enable investigation of temporal relationships between circulating, urinary, and placental biomarkers and their association with placental dysfunction and adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, supporting translational research to improve early diagnosis and pregnancy care.

Registered Biobank Name Maternal–Placental Research Biobank (MPRB)
Biobank Leader Chia-chi Liu
Principal Investigator Chia-chi Liu
Address Lv 12 Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonard's, NSW
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Website
Email for biobank inquiries chiachi.liu@sydney.edu.au
User Type
  • Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
  • Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
  • Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper
 Oligo - Collection aimed at supporting several research projects, a research group or a research consortium
Biospecimen Collected: