Overview
Biopreservation and Biobanking is the first journal to provide a unifying forum for the peer-reviewed communication of recent advances in the emerging and evolving field of biospecimen procurement, processing, preservation, and banking. The Journal publishes a range of original articles focusing on current challenges and problems related to the processing of macromolecules, cells, and tissues. It also explores the ethical, legal, and societal considerations surrounding biobanking and biorepository operation.
Biopreservation and Biobanking coverage includes:
- Systems preservation
- Preservation states
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms
- Preservation engineering-bioprocessing
- Optimization protocols-biopackaging
- Best practices
- Natural systems models
- Biosafety
- Ethical/legal/regulatory considerations/societal issues
Biopreservation and Biobanking is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief John G. Baust, PhD, Institute of Biomedical Technology, Binghamton University, State University of New York; European Editor Robert Hewitt, MBBS, PhD; and other leading investigators. View the entire editorial board.
Audience: Cell biologists, pathologists, tissue banks and biological preservation scientists, cancer researchers, among others
Society Affiliations
The Official Journal of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER)
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