Read the December 2015 Issue of BIO

Biopreservation and Biobanking (BIO) provides a unifying forum for peer-reviewed communications in the evolving field of biospecimen procurement, processing, preservation, and banking.

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December's issue is a special on sustainability in Biobanking. Guest editors are Marianne Henderson, Daniel Simeon-Dubach and Monique Albert.

December 2015 Featured Articles 

Finding the Path to Biobank Sustainability Through Sound Business Planning 
Marianne Henderson, Daniel Simeon-Dubach, Monique Albert

Sustainability in a Hospital-Based Biobank and University-Based DNA Biorepository: Strategic Roadmaps
Catherine Y. Seiler, Jennifer Eschbacher, Robert Bowser, Joshua LaBaer

The Biobank Economic Modeling Tool (BEMT): Online Financial Planning to Facilitate Biobank Sustainability
Hana Odeh, Lisa Miranda, Abhi Rao, Jim Vaught, Howard Greenman,Jeffrey McLean, Daniel Reed, Sarfraz Memon, Benjamin Fombonne,Ping Guan, Helen M. Moore

Addressing the Challenge of Financial Sustainability in Biobanking
Antonio H. Campos, Marshall Schreeder, Alison Parry-Jones, Ahmed S. Abdelhafiz, Dianna Larson, Barbara Pruetz, Timothy Geddes, Ayat Salman, Anthoula Lazaris

Ensuring Biobank Value Through Effective Utilization
Marianna J. Bledsoe, Marianne K. Henderson, Sherilyn J. Sawyer,Jeffrey M. Otto, K. Stephen Suh

Report on Status of ISO276/WG2 on Biobanks and Bioresources: International Standards for Biobanking 
Koh Furuta, Brent Schacter