BTD Biobanks
| Director of the Biobank | Cancer | Tissue and its Derivatives | Blood and its Derivatives | Live Derivatives | Data | Other | Info about the bank | Access to material |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Bergeron | Prostate | Frozen tissue OCT; FFPE tissue; Tissue microarrays; DNA; RNA | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Digital Images | NA | Biobanque PROCURE | Material Request Form |
| Alan Spatz | Head and Neck, Gastro-intestinal | Snap frozen tissue | Buffy coat; Blood plasma | NA | Lifestyle habits; Biomarkers research; Immunological profile | NA | Jewish General Hospital Central Biobank | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Anne-Marie Mes-Masson | Ovary | Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Blood Plasma; DNA | NA | Biomarkers research | Ascitis | Canadian Ovarian Experimental Unified Resource (COEUR) | |
| Anne-Marie Mes-Masson | Breast | Tissue microarrays | NA | NA | Biomarker research | NA | Le consortium microétalage tissulaire de la Fondation cancer du sein du Québec pour l’évaluation de biomarqueurs (QBCF-TMAC) | |
| Anne-Marie Mes-Masson and Diane Provencher | Ovary, fallopian tube and uterus (endometrium) | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Blood plasma; DNA | Cell lines; Primary culture | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germinal Genome Sequencing; DNA Microarrays; Biomarker Research; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing; Digital Images | Ascitis | RRCancer – Banque cancer de l’ovaire – CRCHUM | Material Request Form |
| Antoine Désilets | Bladder | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; DNA; RNA | Blood plasma; Buffy coat; DNA; cfDNA | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Whole tumor genome sequencing; Whole tumor exome sequencing; Whole germinal genome sequencing; Whole tumor transcriptome sequencing; Panel sequencing; Targeted sequencing; DNA microarray; Exposome; Proteome; Methylome; Metabolome; Secretome; Immunoprofiling; Digital imaging; Research biomarkers | NA | Biobanque de tissus, de sang, de selles, d’urine et de données associées à des fins de recherches | Material request form; Email to the director or ressource person |
| Apostolos Christopoulos | Head and Neck | Frozen tissue OCT; FFPE tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing | NA | Biobanque de cancer tête et cou du groupe oncologie ORL du CHUM | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Arielle Elkrief | Melanoma (skin, ocular, mucosal) | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes | Health; Lifestyle; Panel sequencing; Immunological profile; Whole tumor genome sequencing; Biomarker research | Microbiome intestinal | Melanoma Bank | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Bertrand Routy | Lung | Frozen in OCT, Fixed and Paraffin Embedded (FFPE), Cell suspended | Plasma, Serum, PBMC (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells) | Primary culture | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing | Intestinal microbiome; Bronchoalveolar lavage | Biobank for primary and advanced lung cancers | Material Request Form |
| Caroline Diorio | Breast | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue; DNA; Tissue microarrays | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; Erythrocytes | Tissue lines | Health; Lifestyle; Methylome; Biomarker research | NA | Banque cancer du sein – CHU St Sacrement | Email the director or contact person |
| Catalin Mihalcioiu and Ian Watson | Skin | FFPE tissue; DNA; RNA | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC | NA | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing | NA | Skin Lesion Biobank | email to the director and contact person |
| Daniel Sinnett | Pediatrics | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA | Blood serum; Complete blood; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; ctDNA | Primary culture | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Methylome; Immunological Profile | Saliva | Biobanque Québécoise Pédiatrique de Cancers et de Greffes de cellules hématopoïétiques | Material Request Form |
| Diane Provencher and Anne-Marie Mes-Masson | Hereditary Ovary and Breast | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Blood plasma; DNA | Cell lines; Primary culture | Health; Life habits; Complete tumor genome sequencing; Complete germline genome sequencing; DNA microchips; Biomarker research; Full tumor transcriptome sequencing; Targeted sequencing; Digital Images | Ascitis | RRCancer – Ovary Cancer Bank – CRCHUM | |
| Étienne Audet-Walsh | Prostate | NA | NA | Primary culture; Patient-derived organoids | Health; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Metabolome | NA | Biobanque d’organoïdes dérivés de patient de la prostate et de cancer de la prostate | Email to the director or resource person |
| Francis Rodier | Sarcoma | FFPE Tissue | NA | NA | NA | NA | Biobanque IUCPQ | Email the director or contact person |
| Fred Saad | Prostate | OCT Frozen tissue ; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | NA | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Digital Images; Biomarker Research | NA | RRCancer – Banque de la prostate – CRCHUM | Material Request Form |
| Fred Saad | Prostate | Tissue microarrays | NA | NA | Biomarkers research | DNA microarray data, RNASeq data | The Canadian Prostate Cancer Biomarker Network (CPCBN) | |
| Frederic Mercier | Neuroendocrine (small intestine) | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Other | NA | Banque d’échantillons de sang et de tissus et base de données cliniques associées à des fins de rercherche sur les tumeurs neuroendocrines de l’intestin grêle | Material Request Form |
| George Zogopoulos | Pancreas | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Patient-derived xenografts and cyst fluid | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA; ctDNA | Primary culture; Cell line; Patient-derived xenograft; Patient-derived organoids; Patient-derived xenografts and cyst fluid | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing; Biomarker Research | Saliva | Quebec Pancreas Cancer Study | Email to the director or resource person |
| Isabelle Bourdeau | Adrenocortical carcinoma, Pheochromocytoma, Paraganglioma, Ganglioneuroma, Adenoma, BMAH | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; RNA; DNA | Blood serum; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing | NA | Banque d’échantillons biologiques et de données (cliniques et biologiques) à des fins de recherche sur les tumeurs des glandes surrénales et les paragangliomes | Material Request Form; Email to Director or contact person |
| Jean-Baptiste Lattouf | Renal cell (Clear cell variant, Papillary cell variant, Chromophobes) | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; Fresh tissue | Blood serum; Blood plasma | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Other; Metabolome | NA | Mise en banque de matériel biologique et de données (cliniques et biologiques) associées à des fins de recherche sur le cancer du rein | Material Request Form |
| Jean-Yves Masson | Ovary | OCT frozen tissue; Snap frozen tissue; FFPE tissue | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma | NA | Health | Ascitis | Biobanque de tumeurs gynécologiques | Email to the director or contact person / Material request form |
| Jonathan Noujaim | Sarcomas | Snap frozen tissue; FFPE tissue | Blood serum | NA | NA | NA | Biobanque des sarcomes du CIUSSS de l’Est | Material Request Form |
| Jonathan Spicer | All thoracic malignancies | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; ctDNA | Primary culture; Cell line; Patient-derived xenograft; Patient-derived organoids; Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes | Health; Lifestyle; Panel sequencing; Digital images; Biomarker research | Intestinal microbiome; Bronchoalveolar lavage | Thoracic Oncology Clinical Database and Biobank (TOCDB) | Email the director or contact person |
| Josée Hébert | Hematological | Bone marrow and blood mononuclear cells cryopreserved in Trizol or DMSO in liquid nitrogen | Blood serum; PBMC; DNA | NA | Complete tumor transcriptome sequencing; Targeted sequencing; Immunological profile; Health; Morphology, Immunophenotype (flow cytometry), Cytogenetic analyses, Mutational profile, Clinical data; | Normal DNA extracted from saliva | Banque de cellules leucémiques du Québec | Material Request Form |
| Julia Burnier | Agnostic | Fresh tissue; DNA; Protein; Vesicles | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; ctDNA; Biofluids (blood, urine, saliva, smears, vaginal secretions, aqueous humor and vitreous body) | Primary culture | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing; Proteome; Secretome; Biomarker Research | Saliva | Liquid Biopsy biobank | Email the director or contact person |
| Julie Carrier et François Boudreau | Colorectal, Pancreas, Aerodigestive (mouth, tongue, throat), Liver (primary and colorectal metastases). | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA | Complete blood; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; PBMC | Patient-derived organoids | Health; Lifestyle; | NA | Biobanque des maladies digestives du CRCHUS | Material Request Form |
| Lambert Busque | Myeloproliferative neoplasia | DNA; RNA | Blood serum; PBMC; DNA | NA | Health | Saliva | Registre des NMP | Email the director or contact person |
| Lorenzo Ferri | Esophagus and stomach | OCT Frozen Tissue; FFPE Tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue Microarrays; SnapFrozen Tissue | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; ctDNA; DNA | Patient-derived xenograft; Patient-derived organoids (PDO); Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILS); Cancer-associated fibroblasts | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing; Digital Images; Biomarker Research | Ascitis | Esophageal and Gastric Data- and Bio-Bank (EGDB Bank) | Email the director or contact person |
| Luciana Melo-Garcia | All types of cancer excluding: breast, uro-oncology (prostate, bladder, spleen) | NA | Blood plasma; PBMC | NA | Health | NA | Biobanque d’hématologie-oncologie du chu de québec-université laval | Material Request Form |
| Manuela M Santos | Colorectal | FFPE tissue; DNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood plasma; PBMC | NA | Health; Complete tumor genome sequencing | Gut microbiome | Biobanque des maladies inflammatoires et neoplasiques du tractus digestif | Material Request Form |
| Marilyne Labrie | Gynecological and Breast | FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA | Blood plasma; DNA; PBMC | NA | NA | Ascitis | Banque d’échantillons biologiques et de données (cliniques et biologiques) associées à des fins de recherche sur les cancers gynécologiques et du sein de Sherbrooke | Email the director or contact person |
| Mark Basik | Breast | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Fresh tissue | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA | Primary culture; Patient-derived xenograft | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing | NA | JGH Breast cancer biobank | Email to the director and contact person |
| Martine Périgny | Agnostic, except urological cancers | OCT Frozen Tissue; FFPE Tissue | NA | NA | Health | NA | Banque générale de tissus et de données médicales pour la recherche au CHU de Québec-Université Laval | Email to the director or contact person; Material request form |
| Morag Park | Breast and brain metastases | OCT Frozen Tissue; FFPE Tissue; Fresh Tissue; Snap Frozen Tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue Microarrays | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | Primary culture; Patient-derived xenograft (PDX); Patient-derived organoids (PDO); Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILS) | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing | NA | Breast Cancer Functional Genomics Group (BCFGG) Data- and Biobank | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Nader Sadeghi | Head and Neck | Frozen tissue OCT | Buffy coat; Blood plasma | NA | Health | NA | Head and Neck Disease Data and Biobank (HNDDB) | Email the director or contact person |
| Nathalie Johnson | Lymphoma, MM, AML, MDS | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA; ctDNA | Cell line | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing | Ascitis | Banque de cellules leucemique du Quebec- axe lymphome | Email the director or contact person |
| Patricia Tonin et Sarkis Meterissian | Breast | DNA | Buffy coat; DNA | NA | Health; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing | NA | OncoDrive: Whole germline genome sequencing, DNA and clinical bata biobank | Courriel au directeur ou personne ressource |
| Peter Metrakos | Liver disease, Liver metastases from multiple primary sites, Colon cancer liver metastases, Cholangiocarcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver cysts, Fatty liver disease, Liver explants | FFPE Tissue; Fresh Tissue; Snap Frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Protein; Tissue microarray; Other | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; ctDNA; Other | Patient-derived xenograft; Patient-derived organoids; Other | Health; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Targeted Sequencing; Proteome; Methylome; Secretome; Immunoprofiling; Digital Images; Biomarker Research | Saliva; Other | MUHC Liver Disease Biobank | Email the director or contact person |
| Philippe Joubert | Lung | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; ctDNA | Primary culture; Patient-derived xenograft | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; DNA Microarrays; Targeted Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Methylome; Metabolome; Immunological Profile; Digital Images; Biomarker Research | NA | Biobanque IUCPQ | Email to the director or contact person; Material request form |
| Philippe Lefrançois | Skin (all) | FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA | Buffy coat; Blood plasma; DNA; Blood serum | NA | Whole tumor exome sequencing; Whole tumor transcriptome sequencing; Lifestyle habits; Health | NA | JGH Skin – sub-bank of JGH Central Biobank | Email the director or contact person |
| Réjean Lapointe, Saima Hassan, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson | Breast | Frozen OCT tissue; FFPE tissue; Other | Blood plasma. PBMC | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILS) | Research biomarkers | NA | RRCancer-banque cancer sein-CRCHUM | Material Request Form |
| Robert Turcotte | Sarcoma | Snap frozen tissue; Fresh tissue; DNA; RNA | Complete blood; Blood plasma; Buffy coat | Primary culture; Cell line; Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) | Health; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Exome Sequencing; Whole Germline Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Secretome | NA | IHRT | Email the director or contact person |
| Sabrina Wurzba | Head and Neck and Thyroid | Frozen OCT Tissue; FFPE Tissue; Snap Frozen Tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue Microarrays; Other | Buffy coat; Blood plasma | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Biomarker Research | NA | Canadian Oral CAncer DAtabase and BIOspecimen (COCaDa) Bank | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Sarah Lapointe | Brain | OCT Frozen tissue; FFPE tissue | Complete blood; Blood serum | NA | NA | NA | Neuro Onco | |
| Simon Tanguay | Kidney | Frozen OCT Tissue; FFPE Tissue; Fresh Tissue; Snap Frozen Tissue; DNA; RNA; Protein; Tissue Microarrays; PDX | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA; ctDNA | Primary culture; Patient-derived xenograft; Patient-derived organoids | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome Sequencing; Panel Sequencing; Digital Images | Urine | McGill Kidney cancer biobank | Email the director or contact person |
| Simon Turcotte | Colorectal, Hepatobiliary and Pancreas | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes | Health; Lifestyle; Panel sequencing; Targeted sequencing; Whole tumor genome sequencing; Exome sequencing | Gut microbiome | Mise en banque de matériel biologique et de données associées à des fins de recherche sur les cancers colorectaux, hépatobiliaires et pancréatiques. | Material Request Form |
| Solange Landreville | Uveal melanomas (eye tumors) | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Blood serum; PBMC | Primary culture; Cell line; Patient-derived xenograft | Health; DNA microarray; Digital images; Biomarker research | NA | Banque de mélanome uvéal | Email to the director or contact person / Material request form |
| Stéphanie Proulx | Healthy eye tissue | Fresh tissue | NA | NA | NA | NA | Tissus oculaires pour la recherche en vision | Email the director or contact person |
| Susie Lau et Melica N. Brodeur | Ovary, endometrium, vulvar, cervical, uterine sarcoma, vagina | Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Tissue microarrays | Primary culture; Cell line | Health; Lifestyle; Whole Tumor Genome Sequencing; Whole Tumor Transcriptome | Ascitis | Gynecologic Tumor Biobank | Email to the director and contact person |
| Vanessa Samouelian | Cervix and uterus | FFPE tissue; DNA; Cells and ascites supernatant | Blood serum; Blood plasma; DNA | NA | Health | Ascitis | Banque d’échantillons biologiques et de données (cliniques et biologiques) de gynécologie-oncologique du CHUM | Material Request Form |
| Vincent Fradet | Cases at risk for prostate cancer and some with proven prostate cancer | FFPE Tissue | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; Other | NA | Health; Lifestyle; Biomarker research | NA | Banque d’échantillons biologiques et de données pour la recherche sur les maladies de la prostate (Biobanque BIOCaPPE) | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Wassim Kassouf | Bladder | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Snap frozen tissue; DNA; RNA; Protein | Complete blood; Blood serum; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA; ctDNA | Patient derived organoïds (PDO) | Health; Whole tumor genome sequencing; Immunological profile | Gut microbiome | Bladder Cancer Biobank | Email to the director or ressource person |
| William Foulkes | Hereditary | FFPE tissue; DNA; RNA; Snap frozen tissue | Buffy coat; PBMC; DNA | Cell line; Patient-derived xenograft | Tumor whole exome sequencing; Panel sequencing; Targeted sequencing; Methylome; Germinal WES | Saliva | Cancer Predisposition Genetics Biobank | Email to the director or contact person |
| Wilson H. Miller et Marie Hudson | Agnositc | FFPE tissue | Complete blood; Buffy coat; Blood plasma; PBMC; DNA | NA | Lifestyle; Proteome; Metabolome; Immunoprofiling; Single cell RNA sequencing (PBMCs) | NA | MIRAE Biobank | Material Request Form; Email to Director or Contact Person |
| Yves Fradet | Prostate, Bladder, Kidney and Penis | OCT frozen tissue; FFPE tissue; Fresh tissue; Snap frozen tissue; Tissue microarrays | Plasma, Serum, Buffy Coat | Primary culture; Patient-derived organoids | Health; Lifestyle; Immunological profile; Biomarker research; Digital images | Gut microbiome | Banque de tissus et de données médicales pour la recherche en uroligie au CHU de Québec (URO-1) | Material Request Form |