The biobank of the Institute of Epidemiology at the HMGU currently stores around 1 million biosamples from more than 50,000 people. The focus is on epidemiological studies and liquid samples such as serum, plasma, urine, saliva, DNA and stool. The centrepiece of the biobank is KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Augsburg Region), a population-based cohort that has been collecting biosamples for more than 30 years. The central biosample repository of the NAKO health study is also located at the HGMU.
Accreditation and certification
Certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
Dr Christian Gieger
Head of the "Molecular Epidemiology" research department
christian.gieger@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Phone +49 89 3187 4106
Helmholtz Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health
Biobank of the Institute of Epidemiology
German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)
Ingolstädter Landstr. 1
85764 Neuherberg
