Excellence & expertise in biobanking
The NSW Health Statewide Biobank (NSWHSB) is a state-of-the-art storage facility, or safe house, for tissue samples, tumour cells, DNA and blood samples which are used for vital research into population health, as well as human illness and disease.
We exist to support and enable world-class health and medical research in NSW.
We provide a pathway to better research that leads to better treatments for the people of NSW.
About the biobank
The NSW Health Statewide Biobank is a partnership between the Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney Local Health District and Health Infrastructure.
Our certified and purpose-built facility, located in the heart of a renowned research hub, is the first and largest facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
We offer technology to safely store and process over three million samples for health and medical research.
The biobank is game changer for researchers in NSW, providing a pathway to better, faster and more collaborative research that leads to improvements for patients.
We support and enable research
The NSW Health Statewide Biobank provides a range of services to support research projects, clinical trials and biospecimen collections anywhere in NSW, including:
- sample collection at NSWHP collection sites across the state
- transport, processing, storage and access
- data linkage via the CHeReL
Our tailored services support high quality and cost effective research, which can lead to improvements in patient outcomes and better health for the people of NSW.
Supporting the biobanking community
The NSW Health Statewide Biobank is part of a statewide biobanking framework that helps to ensure NSW has a world-class, sustainable approach to biobanking.
We support the NSW biobanking community with a wide range of educational, operational, research and best practice tools, including:
- NSW Biobank Certification Program
- NSW Health Statewide Biobank seminars
- NSW Health Consent Toolkit
- Standard operating procedures and agreements
- NSW biobank support and collaboration
- Biobanking publications
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Human samples for medical research
News & Events
The new biobank is located in the Professor Marie Bashir Centre in Camperdown.
The biobank is built on collaboration. See the partners who made this possible.
Everything you need to know about the biobank right here.