Borgland Biobank, Canada

Certification Status: Invite Member
Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The Borgland Brain Research Biobank is located at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health on UBC campus in Vancouver, Canada. It collects, processes, and stores biospecimens from patients with degenerative brain diseases and controls.

Registered Biobank Name Borgland Biobank
Biobank Leader Bryna Lesyk
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries bryna.lesyk@vch.ca
Principal Investigator Lynn Raymond
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
Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.
Biospecimen Collected: