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Genetic Repositories Australia

Genetic Repositories Australia. BACKGROUND GRA supported by an NHMRC Enabling Facility Grant awarded in 2006. Chief Investigators on the NHMRC Enabling Grant are – Professor Peter Schofield (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute & University of New South Wales)

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Genetic Repositories Australia

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  1. Genetic Repositories Australia BACKGROUND GRA supported by an NHMRC Enabling Facility Grant awarded in 2006. Chief Investigators on the NHMRC Enabling Grant are – Professor Peter Schofield (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute & University of New South Wales) Dr Juleen Cavanaugh (Australian National University, Medical School, Canberra Hospital) Dr Susan Forrest (Australian Genome Research Facility) Professor John Hopper (Centre for Genetic Epidemiology University of Melbourne) GRA is based at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney. Facility Manager is Mr Steve Turner.

  2. Genetic Repositories Australia AIMS & OBJECTIVES GRA aims to provide a central national facility for – establishing, distributing and maintaining the long-term secure storage of human genetic samples from a variety of sources. No equivalent facility exists in Australia to provide these services, yet they form an essential part of all genetic and epidemiological studies. GRA aims to facilitate world-class collaborative health and medical research in Australia, and internationally through the provision of clinically validated but de-identified patient material, with complete phenotypic descriptors of disease and family, or cohort structure that will permit genetic analyses for disease gene identification.

  3. Genetic Repositories Australia GRA SERVICES A central facility for the processing of blood samples and production of B-lymphoblastoid cell lines. Extraction of DNA from blood or cell lines. Samples will be processed from patients, controls and epidemiological participants from studies on a range of diseases and their outcomes. DNA and immortalized cell lines will be stored for distribution to qualified investigators. Samples available for distribution will be processed at a subsidised academic rate. Fee-for-service work can be performed for samples not available for distribution.

  4. Genetic Repositories Australia FURTHER INFORMATION Mr Steve Turner (B.App.Sc, BSc (Hons), MSc, Grad Cert Man) Facility Manager (GRA) Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, 2031 Australia. Telephone: (+ 61 2) 9399 1068 Facsimile: (+ 61 2) 9399 1005 Email: gra@unsw.edu.au Website: www.powmri.edu.au/gra.htm

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