CoVaRR-Net Biobank, Canada

Certification Status: Documents Required

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: To accelerate CoVaRR-Netâ€™s research response to characterize viral variants, and central to the networkâ€™s mandate, a SARS-CoV-2-focused biobank has been established. The CoVaRR-Net Biobankâ€™s objective is to quickly share materials and information with network members across Canada, and industry partners as needed. The CoVaRR-Net Data Platform supports the storage and management of metadata associated with materials in the Biobank.

Registered Biobank Name	CoVaRR-Net Biobank
Biobank Leader	Angela Crawley
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	biobank@covarrnet.ca
Principal Investigator	Angela Crawley
Website	https://covarrnet.ca/covarr-net-biobank-data-platform/
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:

Cohort Highlights

100 cases Next Generation Sequencing assay to detect all classes of genetic variant in Lung Cancer using a single Diagnostic test.
200 cases Colorectal TMA for QC purposes in support of study of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in ovarian cancer tissues.
Build 300 cases breast cancer TMA containing primary tumour and matched metastatic LN for various subtypes (luminal, HER2, Triple negative). Start with Triple negatives.
125 cases Breast tumour and metastatic lymph nodes in breast cancer cases with outcomes of metastasis to lung or bone.
100 cases of rare tumours - fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. FFPE, frozen, BC.
200 cases of FFPE tissue sections from breast, lung adenocarcinoma, and lung squamous cell carcinoma with matching normal tissue (only pathology data requested).