Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank

Certification Status: Invite Member

Registration Status: Completed

Objective:

The Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB) is a multi-centre national resource containing blood products, imaging, comprehensive data and a register of research volunteers of a large sample of people with and without schizophrenia.

Registered Biobank Name	Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)
Biobank Leader	Jason Bridge
Principal Investigator	Professor Vaughan Carr
Address	1 Kookaburra Circuit New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia
Website	https://asrb.neura.edu.au/web/asrb/home
Email for biobank inquiries	Jason.Bridge@newcastle.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	Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.

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