Moorfields Biobank Renewal 2025

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  352490

• Research summary

  Moorfields Biobank
  

• REC name

  South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  25/SW/0006

• Date of REC Opinion

  4 Feb 2025

• REC opinion

  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

• Establishment organisation

  UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

• Establishment organisation address

  UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

  11-43 Bath Street

  EC1V 9EL