The Region Skåne
Biobank Facility (BD47)
BBMRI national workshop, June 2, 2015
Markus Heidenblad, Head of BD47 and RBC,
Clinical Genetics and Biobank,
Division of Laboratory Medicine, Region Skåne
History
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2009; The board of Region Skåne (RS) assigns to the RS director to review the biobanks under RS.
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2010 (Sep); The board of RS allocates 50 MSEK as investment funding to the RS biobank.
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2011 (Jan); The RS Biobank is organized under Laboratory Medicine and VO Biobank is created
through the merger between the RSKC (incl. BD47) and the Regional Biobank Centre (RBC).
27 sample collections at BD47.
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2012 (March) VO Biobank moves to Medicon Village in Lund. 54 sample collections at BD47.
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2014 (March); VO Clinical genetics and VO Biobank are fused.
Today; 84 sample collections at BD47
Biobank organization
• The Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO);
agency responsible for supervising health care
• The Regional Biobank Centre; handles issues related to
the collection, storage and use of samples stored in biobanks in
the Southern Healthcare Region.
• The Region Skåne Biobank (IVO reg.nr.136);
Responsible: Rita Jedlert
• 37 biobank departments (BD)
BD1*
BD9
BD17
BD24*
BD31
BD37
BD46
BD52
BD3
BD10
BD18
BD25
BD33*
BD40
BD47*
BD53
BD6
BD12*
BD20
BD27
BD34
BD41*
BD48
BD7
BD13
BD22
BD29
BD35
BD42
BD50
BD8
BD16
BD23
BD30
BD36
BD44*
BD51
BD47 contains 84 sample
collections (79 research and 5 VoB,
12 million samples)
Responsible: Maria Soller
• > 2000 sample collections and > 15 million mother
samples
Line organization
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Clinical Genetics and Biobank; 1 of 6 specialities (division of Laboratory Medicine)
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4 units and altogether 80 people; headed by Maria Soller
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The Biobank unit consists of 2 departments; BD47 and RBC
Head of biobank (BD47 and RBC) and genetic specialist functions
Markus Heidenblad
BD47 (10 people)
RBC (6 people)
Malin Ivarsson, team leader
Maria Liljander, team leader
Karin Behrens, lab technician
Ingrid Bergqvist, lab technician
Zahra Koochekpour, lab technician
Lisbeth Lindberg, lab.technician
Petra Andersson, lab technician
Birgitta Almgren, lab technician
Tove Sörnmo, lab. engineer
Marie Sverud, team leader
Katarina Nellgård, data/quality engineer
Martin Hellstrand, data/quality engineer
Carina Fröjd, registry adminstrator
Emelie Larsson, registry adminstrator
Helena Lundvall, website administrator
Stefan Lindberg, lab.assistant.
Assignment
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contribute to building trust in the public opinion
 promote compliance to laws and regulations
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contribute to making the region attractive to clinical and epidemiological
research, and facilitate further quality improvements within health care
 high availability to biological samples and relevant information connected to these
BD47
- provide infrastructure for preanalytical sample handling and storage/distribution, and give
advice on how samples should be taken and be labeled.
RBC
- regional service and knowledge center for questions concerning biobanks
Main services BD47 / RBC
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Consultation
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Consultation
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Storage/withdrawals of biobank
samples at RT/-20/-80/-150°C
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Handling of biobank
applications
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Promoting proper handling of
biobank material and sample
information in the region (in
compliance with Swedish law)
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Education
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New and ongoing SC:s (e.g. BIG3,
MOS, SCAPIS, SCAN-B)
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Archive for the care & treatment
SC:s (pathology/microbiology)
Older finished SC:s
DNA extractions
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Concentration measurements
Normalizations
Future development; LIMS, increased automation, service level, PR
Numbers
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BD47 (2014)
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11,7 million samples (90/10)
79 research SC:s
5 care and treatment SC:s
16 different sample types
2012-2014
RBC (2014)
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RBC during the year handled about
243 applications and cases
concerning "Creation of, and access
to, samples and personal data for
research" and multicenter studies, 32
of which concerning national
multicenter studies.
Numbers
2012
2013
2014
Numbers
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2015-03-12 / BD47
Numbers
2012
2013
2014
2015-03-12 / BD47
Future plans
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LIMS implementation
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Additional automation
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Certification
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Development of a biobank council
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New financial model
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New roles (e.g. research coordinator)
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Increased proportion of high quality SC:s
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Increased service level towards researchers
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Increased PR/collaborations/visibility, e.g. RCC, Medicon
Village, BBMRI, Lund University, other biobanks etc.
Thank you!