Environmental Specimen Banks’ (ESBs) store many millions of samples in unique frozen archives. Most of the samples are archived at ultra-low temperatures to ensure the chemical and biological integrity of the samples over long periods of time.
The Australian Environmental Specimen Bank (AESB) is the first and only national biobank for the combined storage of both human and environmental samples that enable retrospective studies related to exposure assessment and environmental toxicology.
The archive supports longitudinal and cross-sectional studies to assess trends in exposure to:
- chemical and biological hazards in the Australian population
- identify emerging hazards
- provide a scientific basis for policy and regulatory actions.
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- Facility Overview
- AESB Vision and Purpose
- History of the Specimen Bank
- Collections Overview
- Catalogue Page
- Request Sample access
- External Advisory Committee
- Operational Committee