SpecTRA Project Biobank, Canada

Certification Status: Checklist Required
Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The SpecTRA project aims at developing a plasma-based proteomic biomarker panel to diagnosis TIA (transient ischemic attack) and mild stroke. The objective of the SpecTRA biobank is to server as a repository for the plasma aliquots that are being collected over the course of the project.

Registered Biobank Name SpecTRA Project Biobank
Biobank Leader Maximilian Bibok
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries Maximilian.Bibok@viha.ca
Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Penn
Website http://strokecentre.org/
User Type
  • Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
  • Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
  • Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper
Oligo - Collection aimed at supporting several research projects, a research group or a research consortium
Biospecimen Collected: