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Biobanks OCEANIA

Curation of OCEANIA — listings under the Biobanks tab.

Summary Table

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NAME MAIN ANCESTRY PARTICIPANTS CONTINENT SAMPLE SIZE URL
45 and Up Study AMR,EAS,EUR,SAS Australian adults aged 45 and over (NSW) OCEANIA ~250k+ https://www.saxinstitute.org.au/our-work/45-up-study/
QIMR Berghofer - QIMR Biobank AFR,AMR,EAS,EUR,SAS Australian research volunteers (QIMR Berghofer) OCEANIA ~17k https://genepi.qimr.edu.au/

45 and Up Study (45 Up)

Biobank / cohort
DESCRIPTION
Australian population cohort of adults ≥45 with long-term linkage to health administrative data; supports large observational and genetic studies including GWAS when genotype data are available to approved projects.
URL
https://www.saxinstitute.org.au/our-work/45-up-study/
MAIN ANCESTRY
AMR,EAS,EUR,SAS
PARTICIPANTS
Australian adults aged 45 and over (NSW)
SAMPLE SIZE
~250k+

QIMR Berghofer - QIMR Biobank (QSkin and GenEpi)

Biobank / cohort
DESCRIPTION
Genetic epidemiology biobank at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (Brisbane, Australia), supporting large-scale cohort studies including skin cancer and related traits.
URL
https://genepi.qimr.edu.au/
MAIN ANCESTRY
AFR,AMR,EAS,EUR,SAS
PARTICIPANTS
Australian research volunteers (QIMR Berghofer)
SAMPLE SIZE
~17k