About Us
The Biobank Unit was formed in 2019 to consolidate & coordinate biobanking activities within the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as to manage the day-to-day affairs of the MOH Biobank and The MOH Biobank is involved with the collection, processing, storage, quality assurance & quality control and disbursement of various types of tissue (such as blood, fresh tissue, saliva, formalin-fixed tissue etc.) and associated anonymised data from donors who have given their informed consent for their tissue & anonymised data to be used for future research.
Objectives
- To consolidate and coordinate biobanking activities within MOH
- To biobank samples collected for future research from MOH patients as well as samples collected through research projects by MOH staff or conducted at MOH facilities.
- To carry out prospective collection of biospecimens and associated data focusing on cancer of national interest & rare diseases.
- To establish a biobanking network between MOH hospitals and MOH biobank for collection of specimens and associated data.
- To ensure that samples & data are collected in an ethical manner and are disbursed to researchers in an ethical, fair and transparent manner.
- To provide consultative services to the MOH personnel and other agencies in the field of biobanking and biospecimen processing & storage.
- To collaborate in various health-related research activities.
Activities
Our Services
Organise and manage sample & data collection from donors who have consented to contribute samples for future research.
Engage & liase with MOH clinicians, pathologists, researchers & administrators to coordinate biobanking activities in MOH facilities and to form a biobanking network within MOH.
Annotation, Processing, Storage, Quality Assurance & Quality Control and Distribution of samples and associated data
Consultancy and research planning services
Collaboration in various health-related research activities
Carry out the collection, processing, and storage of biospecimen samples in the Biobank laboratory in accordance with established procedures.
Guidelines/SOPs
Guidelines will be made available for download in the Biobank webpage. Restricted SOPs will be accessible upon official request.
Biobank (MOH) Supporting Documents Official Letter
Biobank-Surat Pekeliling Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Bil. 12/2025
SURAT PEKELILING BIL.12 PENYELARASAN AKTIVITI BIOBANKING
https://nmrr.gov.my/storage/ybUQPMYUYJI34C0ZONr0oNQdFEykrHsvFxQC87LI.pdf
Surat Perincian Ulasan Rasmi Biobank KKM.
https://nmrr.gov.my/storage/BlhIrnez32S3wi7kjZW6FOce9Qa0kYlJayHG9uKh.pdf
Biobank Evaluation & Feedback Form
BIOBANK EVALUATION & FEEDBACK FORM FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVING SAMPLES COLLECTED STORED FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
https://nmrr.gov.my/storage/8rmyatKkjBkoeQWY25y14mtMcZip0i405j8JRkgR.pdf
Edisi Kedua Malaysian Guidelines On The Use Of Human Biological Samples For Research
https://nmrr.gov.my/storage/6s42cBFZNhWyZqssCcU8qq6LbBrf1OHTTKZlDW52.pdf
