BioMedBank
BioBanking & BioMedicine for Ukraine
Research Infrastructure for BioBanking and BioMedicine
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About BioMedBank
About BioMedBank
BioMedBank is a distributed research infrastructure uniting four Ukrainian academic and clinical institutions in the fields of molecular biology, translational biomedicine, neurosurgery, and cryobiology. The infrastructure maintains standardised collections of biological samples — including nucleic acids, cell cultures, organoids, tissues, and biological fluids — with full traceability, quality control, and pseudonymised clinical metadata. All operations comply with FAIR data principles, MIABIS Core 3.0 metadata standards, BBMRI-ERIC interoperability requirements, and Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 999 (2024) on research biobanking. BioMedBank is committed to Open Science and is aligned with the European Research Area (ERA) and Horizon Europe objectives.
BioMedBank services
BioMedBank services
– conducting and facilitating comprehensive multidisciplinary fundamental and applied research aimed at studying the pathogenetic, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of the emergence and development of human pathologies, as well as the development and validation of new diagnostic methods and personalized therapy ;
– formation, maintenance, provision of services for the use and sustainable development of unique collections of biological objects, in particular biomolecules, subcellular structures, cells, cell lines, organoids, tissues, organs, biological fluids, as well as other biological objects, ensuring open, inclusive and transparent access for conducting complex biomedical research ;
– ensuring standardized collection, storage, certification and quality control of biological samples, increasing the reproducibility of research results;
– conducting translational preclinical and clinical research using biological samples and biological objects;
– production of monoclonal antibodies for biomedical needs;
– implementation and scaling of open science principles in Ukraine, creation and development of digital biobanking tools, integration into the open ecosystem through the Ukrainian Research Infrastructure Register and European catalogs (in particular BBMRI-ERIC) ;
– training, retraining and advanced training of scientific, scientific and pedagogical, medical and technical personnel in the field of biomedicine, biobanking, biotechnology and related industries in accordance with national and European educational standards;
– conducting scientific and scientific and technical expertise
Standards & Compliance
Standards & Compliance
✦ FAIR Data Principles
✦ MIABIS Core 3.0 Metadata Standard
✦ BBMRI-ERIC Interoperability Framework
✦ GDPR-aligned Data Processing
✦ ISO-based Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
✦ CMU Resolution No. 999 (2024) — Ukraine
✦ Open Science / Horizon Europe Alignment
✦ European Research Area (ERA)
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
Role: R&D Lead
Leads fundamental molecular-genetic, toxicological, and pharmacological research. Responsible for primary cell culture development, nucleic acid extraction, and standard operating procedure co-development for pre-analytical processing.
Principal Investigator: Innessa Ya. Skrypkina, PhD, Senior Researcher — Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Biosynthesis i.skrypkina & imbg.org.ua
Bogomolets National Medical University
Bogomolets National Medical University
Role: Clinical Base & Bioethics Centre
Serves as the academic, methodological, and bioethical centre and primary clinical base. Responsible for bioethics committee review of all protocols, patient informed consent, pseudonymisation of clinical data, and supply of annotated biological material from the University Clinic.
Principal Investigator: Olga V. Zemskova, Dr. Med. Sci., Prof. — Department of Oncology oxzemskova & gmail.com
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, NAMS of Ukraine
Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, NAMS of Ukraine
Role: Clinical Base — Neurosurgery
Specialised neurosurgical research biomedical institution that serves as an academic, methodological, and bioethical center, as well as a clinical and research base.
Principal Investigator: Oleksandr Ya. Glavatskyi – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor oleksandr.glavatskyi & gmail.com
Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, NAS of Ukraine
Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, NAS of Ukraine
Role: Infrastructure & Cryobanking Centre
Acts as the infrastructure, technological, and methodological centre of BioMedBank. Operates licensed cryogenic equipment for long-term sample storage in liquid nitrogen, manages barcoding, processing, and quality testing of samples, and develops and administers the unified FAIR-compliant electronic database.
Principal Investigator: Galyna A. Bozhok, DSc, Senior Researcher — Deputy Director for Research bozhok.ngs & gmail.com
Standardised collections for translational research
Standardised collections for translational research
Role: Infrastructure & Cryobanking Centre
All samples are collected with informed donor consent, barcoded, processed under validated SOPs, and stored in liquid nitrogen at IPC&CM NAS Ukraine. Clinical metadata is pseudonymised at source and structured according to MIABIS Core 3.0.
Principal Investigator: Galyna A. Bozhok, DSc, Senior Researcher — Deputy Director for Research
Biological Collections
Biological Collections
- Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA)
- Proteins and proteomes
- Primary cell cultures
- Established cell lines
- Organoids
- Native and histological tissue samples
- Biological fluids
- Subcellular fractions
- Brain tumour specimens (gliomas and other neuro-oncological material)
- Cryopreserved derivatives
- Pseudonymised clinical metadata
- Annotated omics datasets
Access Policy
Access Policy
BioMedBank collections and data are available to external researchers for scientific, applied, or innovation projects. All access requests are reviewed by the Coordination Council of the infrastructure.
Submit a scientific proposal
Describe the intended use of samples or data, scientific objectives, and ethical compliance framework.Coordination Council review
The BioMedBank Coordination Council reviews requests by qualified majority vote. Access to cryogenic infrastructure and IT systems requires written consent of the host institution (IPC&CM NAS Ukraine).Sign an MTA or DTA
Approved requests are formalised through a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) or Data Transfer Agreement (DTA). Commercial sale of biological collections as a commodity is strictly prohibited under consortium rules.
Data Governance
Data Governance
All personal and clinical data processed within BioMedBank is pseudonymised at the point of collection. Data controllers: Bogomolets NMU and Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute NAMS Ukraine. Data processor: IPC&CM NAS Ukraine.
Processing is performed in compliance with the Law of Ukraine on Personal Data Protection and applicable GDPR requirements for joint research infrastructure.
Donors retain the right to withdraw consent and request destruction of their biological sample at any time. Decryption keys linking pseudonymised codes to donor identity remain exclusively with the collecting clinical institution.
Contact & Access Inquiries
Contact & Access Inquiries
For access requests, collaboration proposals, or general inquiries about the BioMedBank research infrastructure, please contact the infrastructure coordination team.
General Coordination — IPC&CM NAS Ukraine
Address: 【адрес】, Kharkiv / Kyiv, Ukraine
Email: 【email】
Bioethics & Clinical Access — Bogomolets NMU
Address: 13 Taras Shevchenko Blvd., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
Email: 【email】
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