ABN- "Maximising Valuable Tissue Resources for Researchers"
The purpose of the Australasian Biospecimen Network (ABN) is to provide a forum to address technical, legal / ethical, and managerial issues relevant to human biospecimen repositories within Australia and New Zealand.
The range of activities of the ABN includes:
sharing information and developing educational materials on technical issues, regulatory issues, and human subject and confidentiality issues;
developing consensus standards;
assisting government organisations in developing regulations impacting repository activities;
providing information about sources of equipment and expertise;
assisting vendors in recognising repository needs and in developing applicable products;
providing information about existing repositories and their holdings through our database;
act as a source of information and experience for new biorepositories, for example in the development of SOPs.
The ABN is a non-profit scientific organisation with voluntary membership in Australia and New Zealand, and the ABN-Oncology sub-group is partially funded by an NHMRC Enabling Grant. If you would like to be added to our email list, please send an email to Anita Matusan.
