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dinated activity of participating biobanks in the co- • Institute of Research in Health Sciences
llection, management and transfer of biological Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona.
samples of human origin. Moreover, the BT-CIEN has
renewed its ISO 9001/2008 quality certification. • CEU San Pablo University, Madrid.
• Institute of Neuroscience, Autonomous University
The BT-CIEN registry had over 600 registered donors
by December 31, 2015. of Barcelona.
• Príncipe Felipe Research Center, Valencia.
125 cases were processed in the Neuropathology la-
boratory during 2015, with the following distribution By the end of 2015, the accumulated number of the
depending on the origin: BT-CIEN donations was 405, of which about 50% are
cases of Alzheimer-type pathology.
• 69 donations from the External Program.
• 14 donations from the Internal Program. Team
• 42 consultation cases.
During 2015, the Department of Neuropathology
staff was composed of the following professionals:

Hence, the number of donation cases extracted Dr. Alberto Rábano
and processed entirely at the UIPA during 2015 went (Grad. Medicine, Pathology), Head of
up to 83. It is thus observed a stabilization of the num- Department and BT-CIEN.
ber of studied cases at the BT-CIEN around 120, and Elena Gómez Blázquez
donations extracted in the BT-CIEN in the range of (Pathology Technician).
60-75 per year, with an upward trend. Izaskun Rodal González
(Pathology Technician).
In 2015 the average post-mortem interval obtained Mario Lozano Enguita
is six hours, slightly longer than the average of pre- (Pathology Technician). Since December 2015.
vious years, mainly due to the higher rate of external
donations coming from different Regions. Collaborators (autopsies):

The research centers that have received samples Luis Javier Martín Lentijo
from BT-CIEN during 2015 have been: (Pathology Technician).
Ana Sánchez de Castro
• Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. (Pathology Technician).
• National Center of Microbiology, ISCIII, Madrid.
• Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa",

CSIC, Madrid.
• Center of Biomedical Technology, Technical

University, Madrid.
• Faculty of Medicine, University of Castilla-La

Mancha, Ciudad Real.
• Institute of Neurobiology Ramón y Cajal, CSIC,

Madrid.

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