Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Biorepositories are essential because they guarantee the proper storage and distribution of biospecimens and their associated data for current and future research. In Eastern and Central Africa, the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda (IBRH3AU) at Makerere University in Uganda was the first...
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| author | Lwanga Newton Kigingi Sharley Melissa Aloyo Kezimbira Dafala Nasinghe Emmanuel Moses L Joloba Moses Levi Ntayi David Patrick Kateete Kamulegeya Rogers Gideon Nsubuga |
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| description | Biorepositories are essential because they guarantee the proper storage and distribution of biospecimens and their associated data for current and future research. In Eastern and Central Africa, the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda (IBRH3AU) at Makerere University in Uganda was the first of its kind. It is strategically located at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, which is home to some of Uganda's most relevant and impactful infectious and non-infectious disease research. Since its inception as a pilot project in 2012, the IBRH3AU biorepository has grown into a state-of-the-art facility serving the H3Africa consortium and the rest of the scientific community. IBRH3AU has built a solid infrastructure over the past ten years with cutting-edge methods and technologies for the collection, processing, quality control, handling, management, storage and shipment of biospecimens. H3Africa researchers, local researchers, postgraduate and postdoctoral students, and the greater scientific community in Eastern and Central Africa and beyond have benefited from IBRH3AU's exceptional biobanking services. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3032ba08f03d425b9da5e65f9adc49cc2025-08-20T01:58:54ZengF1000 Research LtdOpen Research Africa2752-69252022-09-01510.12688/openresafrica.13495.114646Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Lwanga Newton Kigingi0Sharley Melissa Aloyo1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-7164Kezimbira Dafala2Nasinghe Emmanuel3Moses L Joloba4Moses Levi Ntayi5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-2587David Patrick Kateete6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-3069Kamulegeya Rogers7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7972-3647Gideon Nsubuga8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2590-421XIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaIntegrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda, Makerere University, Kampala, P.O. BOX 7072, UgandaBiorepositories are essential because they guarantee the proper storage and distribution of biospecimens and their associated data for current and future research. In Eastern and Central Africa, the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda (IBRH3AU) at Makerere University in Uganda was the first of its kind. It is strategically located at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, which is home to some of Uganda's most relevant and impactful infectious and non-infectious disease research. Since its inception as a pilot project in 2012, the IBRH3AU biorepository has grown into a state-of-the-art facility serving the H3Africa consortium and the rest of the scientific community. IBRH3AU has built a solid infrastructure over the past ten years with cutting-edge methods and technologies for the collection, processing, quality control, handling, management, storage and shipment of biospecimens. H3Africa researchers, local researchers, postgraduate and postdoctoral students, and the greater scientific community in Eastern and Central Africa and beyond have benefited from IBRH3AU's exceptional biobanking services.https://openresearchafrica.org/articles/5-33/v1Biobanking East Africa Central Africaeng |
| spellingShingle | Lwanga Newton Kigingi Sharley Melissa Aloyo Kezimbira Dafala Nasinghe Emmanuel Moses L Joloba Moses Levi Ntayi David Patrick Kateete Kamulegeya Rogers Gideon Nsubuga Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Open Research Africa Biobanking East Africa Central Africa eng |
| title | Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Biobanking in East and Central Africa: A case of the Integrated Biorepository of H3Africa Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | biobanking in east and central africa a case of the integrated biorepository of h3africa uganda version 1 peer review 2 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Biobanking East Africa Central Africa eng |
| url | https://openresearchafrica.org/articles/5-33/v1 |
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