EXTEND and the Peninsula Research Bank - 5 year extension 1
Research type
Research Tissue Bank
IRAS ID
161852
Contact name
Gillian C Baker
Contact email
Research summary
EXTEND and the Peninsula Research Bank
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SW/1089
Date of REC Opinion
14 Nov 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The samples are currently stored in the RILD Building Freezer Store, DNA Extraction Laboratory and Clinical Research Facility Sample Room. The RILD Building is on the RD&E Hospital Site at Barrack Road. Samples are held in minus 20 freezers for up to 2 weeks and then to minus 80 freezers. Al freezers are monitored using a monitoring system to ensure that long term storage does no rise above minus 60 degrees. Data is held within the Clinical Research Facility Office at the same address on secure servers and in locked offices.
Research programme
The Peninsula Research Bank is designed predominantly to support experimental medicine researchers based in Exeter, but is open to applications from collaborators from elsewhere. It provides a central resource and gateway in Exeter to manage volunteer samples and research participation and is managed with significant lay representative involvement. Research supported includes small pilot investigations through to international projects. All uses of samples must be approved by scientific and lay members of a the steering committee.
Storage license
12276
RTBTitle
EXTEND and the Peninsula Research Bank
Establishment organisation
NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility
Establishment organisation address
RILD Building
Barrack Road
Exeter
EX2 5DW