The Canadian Microbiome Vault, Canada

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

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: CMV is a repository of living human microbiomes available for basic and preclinical research. The goal of the CMV is to collect, preserve and provide access to microbiomes representative of the Canadian diversity in health and diseases, to rare microbiomes that are at risk of disappearing and to time-sensitive microbiomes that can only be collected transitorily due to epidemic and pandemic.

Registered Biobank Name	The Canadian Microbiome Vault
Biobank Leader	Daniel Figeys
Country	Canada
Email for biobank inquiries	dfigeys@uottawa.ca
Principal Investigator	Daniel Figeys, Alain Stintzi, Jean-Francois Couture
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

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