Moorfields Biobank Renewal 2020

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  279162

• Research summary

  Moorfields Biobank will act as a tissue bank of fresh, fixed, and frozen human tissue to facilitate research at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

• REC name

  South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  20/SW/0031

• Date of REC Opinion

  3 Apr 2020

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  Samples and data will be stored in the Department of Eye Pathology at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

• Research programme

  Moorfields Biobank will act as a tissue bank of fresh, fixed, and frozen human tissue to facilitate research at Moorfields Eye Hospital (MEH) and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO). The formation of the biobank gives a unique opportunity to make access to research tissue easier, faster and more efficient for researchers at MEH and the IoO who are world leaders in vision and eye research.

• Storage license

  12177

• RTBTitle

  Moorfields Biobank will act as a tissue bank of fresh, fixed, and frozen human tissue to facilitate research at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

• Establishment organisation

  UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

• Establishment organisation address

  Bath Street

  London

  EC1V 9EL