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ropathology has been involved in the since the CIEN Foundation's Tissue
following research projects: Bank (BT-CIEN) was inaugurated. Until
that moment (April 21, 2010), the Al-
• National Biobank Network (RNBB, zheimer Project biobank (of the Queen
for its acronym in Spanish), Sofia Foundation and the CIEN Foun-
Platform funded by ISCIII, 2018- dation), had focused its activity on
2020, which has the BT-CIEN as the donations of brain tissue from the
one of its nodes. Alberto Rábano Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer’s
is co-coordinator of Program 3 Center in Vallecas. Thus, since its in-
(R+D+i) while Laura Saiz performs ception, the BT-CIEN has had an inter-
tasks to support the Coordination. nal donation program, aimed at the
Within the Program 3research cohort of patients followed in CAFRS,
lines, Ana Belén Pastor participates and an external donation program,
in Working Group 3.2 dedicated aimed at the general population of the
to the study of microRNAs as new Region of Madrid, and other Regions
types of biological sample, and that at that time did not have a Neuro-
Valentina González collaborates in logical Tissue Bank. The external pro-
line 2.1 dedicated to the study of gram gathered at that time the expe-
quality markers in tissue samples rience and tradition of the Tissue Bank
(OPTIMARK multi-center research for Neurological Research, which had
project, funded by FIS, ISCIII). begun its activity in 1996 at the Faculty
of Medicine of the Complutense Uni-
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Iden-
tification of susceptibility loci involved versity of Madrid.
cellularity and molecular pathways for Within the framework of the regula-
drug development. Funding entity: tions created in our country on biome-
CIBERNED (Cooperative projects). Par- dical research (Biomedical Research
ticipating entities: ACE Foundation, H. Law, 2007 and Royal Decree of Bio-
U. Marqués de Valdecilla, Severo Ochoa banks, 2011), in 2013 the BT-CIEN recei-
Molecular Biology Center (CSIC), CIEN ved the Accreditation of the Ministry of
Foundation Health and Social Welfare of the Com-
munity of Madrid and was registered
in the Biobank Registry of the Carlos III
Institute of Health. Likewise, in terms of
10 years of BT CIEN activity Quality Management, in 2012 BT-CIEN
On April 21, it was the 10th anniversary received the quality certification ISO:
