In 2010, with the aid of leading-edge cluster funding made available by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF), Greater Munich’s university hospitals and scientific institutes joined forces with the aim of developing a joint biobank network, namely the m4 Biobank Alliance, and implementing it successfully in the long term.
m⁴ Biobank Alliance
Key structure for the development of biomarkers
Cohesive organizational structure for open access to high-quality samples within a shared ethical and legal framework
m4 Biobank Alliance Vision:
- Strengthening of the cluster through the biobanks as a key structure
- Partner and service provider to the industry
- Improved care for our patients through optimal use of human biosamples in research
- Intensification of research in the field of Personalized Medicine and biomarker development
m4 Biobank Alliance Mission:
- Bundling the research and biobanking competences of clinics and scientific institutes in the Greater Munich area to create:
- Improved access for academic institutions and industry to human biosamples
- Sustainability and general benefit to the organizational structure
- Highest ethical and legal standards
- Uniform, standardized methods for sampling and storing tumours
Expertise in the Greater Munich area
Bundling of research competences in:
- Oncology
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Diabetes/metabolic diseases
- Lung diseases/ allergies
- Neurological disorders
- Rare diseases
