Liverpool University Biobank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  334896

• Research summary

  Liverpool University Biobank

• REC name

  North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  23/NW/0348

• Date of REC Opinion

  21 Nov 2023

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Tissue, blood and other biological samples will be stored in the LUB in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Relevant clinical data relating to the patient will also be collected from a variety of sources and will be securely stored within the LUB on the Laboratory Information Management (LIMS) system, which is held on an encrypted server. Only LUB authorised staff members will have access to the LIMS and are responsible for maintain and updating it. All samples will be coded with a unique identifier and only LUB staff will be able to link samples to an individual donor.

  Potential donors will first be approached while they are attending scheduled outpatient clinic appointments or inpatient admissions by a member of the clinical care team or LUB staff member holding an NHS honorary research contract / letter of access. The patient will be given a patient information booklet to read describing the work of the LUB and what donation would involve. If the patient is willing to donate, the LUB will coordinate with their clinical team to consent and obtain the patients’ samples and transfer back to the LUB for processing and storage.

• Research programme

  The LUB supports a large research community within the University but is also open to other academic institutions and commercial organisations based in the UK and abroad. It is intended that research will include studies of the impact of environmental risk exposures on health, understanding risks for diseases, identification of biomarkers in disease progression, prognosis, response to treatment, and implementation of personalized medicine into clinical practice. Genetic research will be used in order to develop improved tools for establishing prognostic and predictive factors influencing response to treatment. Access to samples is only possible after a thorough review by the LUB Scientific and Ethical Committee.

• Storage license

  12020

• RTBTitle

  Liverpool University Biobank

• Establishment organisation

  University of Liverpool

• Establishment organisation address

  Foundation Building

  Brownlow Hill

  Liverpool

  L697ZX