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5 ways Biobank Information Management Software (BIMS) can help raise your Biobank’s profile

Gary Rooksby — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:12:38 +0000

For your Biobank to be effective you need researchers to be regularly requesting your tissue samples. This means you need to make them aware of your Biobank and what you have to offer. You’re competing with other Biobanks – both academic and commercial. In order to stand out from the crowd you need to be clear on why you’re different as well as making sure your Biobank has a good reputation. So how can you do this when your resources and finances are already stretched. This is where having effective Biobank Information Management software (BIMS) can really help. 1. Register with a directory – and keep your sample inventory up to date Your first step when raising your profile should be to register your Biobank with a national registry such as the UKCRC. It’s easy to register and many funders now insist that you do. So, if you want funding, it’s an easy choice. In addition, it’s worth noting that, even if you’re already registered with the UKCRC you should look at the level of detail it now accepts. As now you can automatically upload tissue data (numbers, types, formats, donor types, etc). Plus, the UKCRC directory has search capabilities […]

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Five steps to supporting Biobank-researcher partnerships

Gary Rooksby — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:15:47 +0000

A successful Biobank is one whose tissues are in demand and being used. If your samples are “flying off the shelves” then you’re a real success! However, if demand is low then effectively, you’re just a tissue archive. And that’s not what the donors had in mind when they generously donated their tissues – they want them to be used to benefit patient treatments. So, having a partnership with a research for whom you’re the “go to” tissue source is great news for both of you. But how do you promote such partnerships? Here are our five key-steps to help you create and strengthen your Biobank-researcher partnerships. 1. Get noticed in the first place You need to be “on the radar” so that researchers know you exist and then you can start building your Biobank-researcher partnerships. The easiest way to let researchers know you exist and what tissues you hold is to register with the UKCRC. It’s easy to register and it’s so beneficial that many funders now insist that you do. So, if you want funding – it’s really a “no brainer”. In addition, the UKCRC now allows Biobanks to automatically upload their tissue data (numbers, types, formats, donor […]

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Get your Biobank noticed! Achiever Medical automatically publishes your available Biobank samples to the UKCRC Tissue Directory

Sharon Williams — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:20:16 +0000

Want to publish your samples to UKCRC Tissue Directory but don’t have the time? If you are one of the many UK Biobanks that wants to maximise visibility of their samples, but it takes you weeks to get the data together to submit to the Directory – then Achiever Medical is the answer. Achiever Medical’s UKCRC Integration module allows your Biobank to publish your available biological samples to the online Directory quickly and easily. And you can automate it – so once you’ve set it up you can just let it do its thing! Increase the visibility of your samples in your Biobank You want researchers to use your valuable samples that donors have generously provided. But researchers need to know that you exist and what you offer. What better way to do this than publishing your sample holdings data on the UK’s online industry-recognised registry – the UKCRC Tissue Directory? You are in complete control of which sample collections you want to make visible. Achiever Medical’s integration with the UKCRC Tissue Directory allows Biobanks to select sample groups and collections in the software to publish on the online directory. In Achiever Medical you define how you want to categorise […]

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