While most biobanks are based in clinical or research settings, this does not mean they are inaccessible. Many biobanks, including both population cohorts and clinical biobanks, can be reached directly.
We have grouped these biobanks together by country (or BBMRI-ERIC Member State). Choose your country from the selection below.


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Biobanks in Belgium
- Biobank Antwerpen
- IPG – Institut de Pathologie et de Genetique
- Biobank of University Hospital Liege
- Iridium Netwerk – Biobank
- Institut Jules Bordet Biobank
- CHU/UCL Namur
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
- Vito
- Universitaire Biobank Limburg
- Sciensano
- Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
- UZ Gent
- HUB
- Brussels Biobank



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Biobanks in Czech Republic
- Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
- 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
- Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Hradec Králové
- Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Pilsen
- Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc
- Institute of Rheumatology in Prague
- RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion




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Biobanks in Germany
- Zentralisierte Biomaterialbank der RWTH Aachen
- Augsburg Central BioBank
- MDC-Biobank
- Zentrale Biobank Charité
- Biobank OWL
- Biobank Netzwerk der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- BioBank Bonn
- BioMaterialBank Nord
- BIPS BioBank
- BioBank Dresden
- Biomaterialbank des Universitätstumorzentrums am UK Düsseldorf
- Central Biobank Erlangen
- Westdeutschen Biobank Essen
- Interdisziplinäre Biomaterial- und Datenbank Frankfurt
- FREEZE-Biobank
- Zentrale Biobank UMG
- Biobank Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
- Biobank der Universitätsmedizin Halle (Saale)
- Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB)
- BioMaterialBank Heidelberg
- Dieter-Morszeck-Biorepository am DKFZ
- Biobank der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes
- Integrierte Biobank Jena
- PopGen 2.0 Netzwerk
- Biobank der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Köln am Institut für Pathologie
- Leipzig Medical Biobank
- Interdisziplinäre Centrum für Biobanking-Lübeck
- Zentrale Biobank Magdeburg
- BioBank Mainz
- Biobank des Zentrums für innovative Psychiatrie und Psychotherapieforschung (ZIPP)
- Integrierte Biobank Mannheim
- Comprehensive Biomaterial Bank Marburg
- Biobank des Helmholz Zentrums München
- iBioTUM: Zentrale interdisziplinäre Bioprobenbank
- LMU MedBiobank
- Biobank des Max-Planck-Instituts für Psychiatrie
- Zentrale Biobank der Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Münster
- Core Facility (CF) Biobankstruktur Oldenburg
- BioBank Rostock (BBR)
- Zentrale Biobank des CCC Tübingen-Stuttgart
- Zentrale Biobank der Universität Ulm
- Interdisziplinäre Biomaterial- und Datenbank Würzburg




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Biobanks in Italy
- Biobanche di ricerca BBMRI – BBMRI.it
- CRO-BIOBANK – Aviano
- Banca Biologica INMI L. Spallanzani
- BMS – AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO UNIVERSITARIA PISANA UNITA OPERATIVA COMPLESSA BIOBANCHE
- Biobanca del centro di Riferimento Regionale per la Sclerosi Multipla CRESM
- Biobanca IRCCS Centro San Giovanni Di Dio Fatebenefratelli
- Biobanca per la ricerca Bruno Boerci
- Chirurgia Generale 3 Tumour Tissue Biobank, Biobanca Università Padova
- Biobanca Di Ricerca OPBG
- Biobanca Dipartimentale TESEO
- ARC-Net
- Biobanca di ricerca AUSL di Reggio Emilia – IRCCS
- BCU Imaging Biobank
- Biobanca CROB Basilicata
- Biobanca Malattie Rare e Neuro Riabilitazione IRCCS San Camillo Venezia-Lido+A29
- Humanitas Hospital Biological Resources Center
- BioBanca Istituzionale Bari
- Centro Raccolta Materiale Biologico – Alessandria Biobank
- Biobanca di Ricerca per la Medicina Personalizzata – Policlinico Gemelli
- UPO Biobank
- IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena Biobanca Oncologica IRE ( BBIRE)
- BioBanca Istituzionale BBI Pascale
- Cell line and DNA Bank of Genetic Movement Disorders and Mitochondrial Diseases
- Neuromuscular Disease Biobank
- Biobanca Cardiovascolare Biocor
- Biobanca Istituzionale per la Ricerca sull Invecchiamento
- Biobanca Integrata Tessuto-Genomica – BIT Gaslini
- Centro Risorse Biologiche, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
- Centro Risorse Biologiche IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
- Centro Risorse Biologiche-Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica CNR
- Centro di Risorse Biologiche Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
- Centro Risorse Biologiche IRST
- Biobanca POLI-MI
- Biobanca LTTA (Laboratorio per le Tecnologie delle Terapie Avanzate)
- da Vinci European BioBank
- Gaslini Biobank
- Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol Study Biobank
- Igea Biobank
- Biobank for Translational Medicine Unit – BIOBANCA IEO
- Biobank of skeletal muscle peripheral nerve DNA and cell cultures
- Biobanca IRCCS-ISNB Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna
- Banca Neuromuscolare di Tessuti e DNA
- Biobanca del Laboratorio Regionale Prevenzione Oncologica di ISPRO
- Centro Risorse Biologiche Neuromed Biobanking Center
- Banca Biologica di Ricerca Cardiovascolare-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS
- Biobanca Istituzionale di tessuti criopreservati e biopsie liquide, Istituto Tumori Milano
- IZSLER Biobanking of Veterinary Resources
- Tropica Biobank – IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria
- Marche Biobank




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Biobanks in The Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC
- Erasmus MC
- Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
- Maastricht UMC+ (MUMC+)
- Nederlands Kanker Instituut – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AvL), Amsterdam
- Princes Máxima Center, Utrecht
- Radboumumc
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG)
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht (UMCU)
- Lifelines
- General donor information

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Biobanks in Norway
- Research biobank UNN
- The Tromsø Study
- St. Olavs Hospital – Biobank1
- HUNT biobank
- Biobank Haukeland
- Stavanger Univesity Hospital
- HUSK – The Hordaland Health Studies
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
- Janus serumbank
- Biobank OUS
- Vestre Viken – Department of Medical Research, Bærum Hospital
- Akershus University Hospital
- Norwegian Veterinary Institute



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Biobanks in Slovakia
- Biobank for Cancer and Rare Diseases Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin Comenius University in Bratislava
- Biobank of the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava
- Biobank of the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
- Biobank of the National Cancer Institute Bratislava
- Biobank of the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital with Policlinic Banská Bystrica


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Biobanks in Spain
- IRIS-CC Biobank
- Biobank Hospital Ramón y Cajal-IRYCIS
- Biobanco en Red de Enfermedades Oncológicas de Castilla y León
- Andalusian Public Health System Biobank
- Hospital Clínico San Carlos Biobank
- CIEN Tissue Bank
- Biobanc de l'Hospital Infantil Sant Joan de Déu
- Biobank of the University Clinical Hospital of Valladolid
- IMIB Biobank
- Biobank of the Provincial Hospital Consortium of Castellón
- Basque Biobank
- Rare Diseases National Biobank-Institute of Rare Diseases Research (Institute of Health Carlos III)
- Neurological Tissue Bank of the Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y León
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca
- Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Biobank
- CNIO Biobank
- PLATAFORMA BIOBANCO PULMONAR – Biobanco Nacional en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias
- Hospital Del Mar Research Institute Barcelona
- Biobank of the Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital (HUFA)
- Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (HUPHM)/Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana (IDIPHISA) Biobank
- Biobank of the Health System of Aragon
- Biobanc del BST
- HUB-ICO-IDIBELL Biobank
- Fundación Instituto De Investigación Marqués De Valdecilla
- Girona Biomedical Research Institute Dr. Josep Trueta
- IGTP-HUGTP Biobanc
- Institute of Health Research Pere Virgili (IISPV)
- INCLIVA Biobank
- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida
- Biobanco del Principado de Asturias
- Biobanco de la Fundación para la investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario la Paz
- Biobanc Fundació Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears
- Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
- Navarrabiomed Biobank
- MD Anderson Foundation Biobank – Hospiten
- IVO BIOBANK
- Biobank for Biomedical Research and Public Health of the Valencian Community
- CIBERER Biobank
- Bank of Neurological Tissues of the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
- A Coruña Biobank
- Biobanc I3PT
- Biobanco de REDinREN
- Biobanco del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (CHUS)
- Biobanco IIS Galicia Sur
- Biobank Hospital Universitario de Getafe
- BioBanco VIH Hospital Gregorio Marañón
- Biobanco LA FE
- Biobank Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
- Biobank of Hospital Clínic-August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Centre (HCB-IDIBAPS Biobank), Clinic Barcelona Research Foundation-IDIBAPS (FRCB-IDIBAPS)
- Red de Biobancos de Castilla-La Mancha
- Biobanco del Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
- Biobank of Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre –Biobanco I+12 Biobank
- Biobank IR Sant Pau

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Biobanks in Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet Biobank
- Regionalt biobankscentrum Norr (RBC)
- Region Blekinge
- Region Dalarna
- Region Gävleborg
- Region Halland
- Region Kalmar län
- Region Kronoberg
- Region Norrbotten
- Region Skåne
- Region Stockholm
- Region Sörmland
- Region Uppsala
- Region Värmland
- Region Västerbotten
- Region Västmanland
- Region Örebro län
- Region Östergötland
- Sjukvårdsregion Mellansverige
- Sjukvårdsregion Stockholm-Gotland
- Sydöstra sjukvårdsregionen
- Södra sjukvårdsregionen
- Umeå universitet
- Västra Götalandsregionen
- Västra sjukvårdsregionen


