National Human Brain Bank for Development and Function

National Human Brain Bank for Development and Function was originally established in 2012 by the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences as a public interest institution dedicated to the preservation and research of human brain tissues based on the volunteer donor station of Peking Union Medical College. In 2019, it was officially recognised by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a national science and technology resource platform: National Human Brain Bank for Development and Function. Since its establishment, the Concordia Brain Bank has accepted and preserved more than two hundred and seventy whole brain tissue samples. While conducting its own research on the standardisation of brain banks, neuropathology and various histologies related to human brain ageing and dementia, it has also developed and published the Standardised Operational Protocol for Human Brain Tissue Banks in China for more than ten universities in China, and has provided valuable human brain tissue samples for a number of research groups in our own institutions and other units in China, which has strongly supported brain science and brain disease research in China. As a national resource platform, we will continue to aim to support and lead brain science research in China and make positive contributions to maintaining brain health and defeating brain diseases.

国家人类大脑发展功能库于2012年由中国科学院医学科学研究所基本医学科学研究所设立，原为一家公益机构，致力于基于北京大学第一医院的自愿捐赠站点，对人类脑组织进行保存与研究。2019年，该库被科学技术部正式认定为国家级科学技术资源共享平台——国家人类大脑发展功能库。自成立以来，协和大脑库已接收并保存了二百七十余份完整脑组织样本。在开展自身关于脑库标准化、神经病理学以及与人类大脑衰老和痴呆相关的各种组织学的研究的同时，该库还为中国十余所大学开发并发布了《人类脑组织库标准化操作规程》，并为我国自身机构及中国其他单位的多个研究小组提供了宝贵的人类脑组织样本，从而有力地支撑了我国脑科学和脑病研究。作为国家级资源共享平台，我们将持续致力于支持并引领中国脑科学研究，为维护大脑健康、战胜脑病作出积极贡献。