01.08.2021
The Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB) has published its portrait in the Open Journal of Bioresources (OJB): "The Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB) - Centralized Standardized Biobanking at Hannover Medical School" [1]. It provides an overview of the work and orientation of the HUB, from the sample collections to the processes and access requirements. This enables future users to inform themselves about the biobank and later, after a successful collaboration, to use this publication as a reference in their publications.
Researchers who have collaborated with a biobank should cite it in their publications. A publication in the Open Journal of Bioresources (OJB) is one way for biobanks to facilitate this.
The importance of central biobanks in particular for biomedical research and personalized medicine is constantly increasing. However, their awareness among researchers still leaves much to be desired. To ensure the acceptance and visibility of biobanks, it is particularly important to document their participation in research projects. Researchers who have collaborated with a biobank should mention it in their publications.
In this way, publications in the OJB help to raise the profile of biobanks.
The OJB contains only descriptions of collections of biospecimens with associated data, biologically related databases (independent of physical samples) or other collections of biomolecular and bioinformatic research tools that are peer-reviewed and published Open Access.