Biopreservation and Biobanking is the first journal to provide a unifying forum for the peer-reviewed communication of recent advances in the emerging and evolving field of biospecimen procurement, processing, preservation and banking, distribution, and use. The Journal publishes a range of original research, review and special feature articles focusing on current challenges and problems in biopreservation, and advances in methods to address these issues related to the processing of macromolecules, cells, and tissues for research. Ideas and practical solutions are discussed relevant to improved quality, efficiency, and sustainability of biobanks/repositories, as well as their management, operation and oversight. The journal also welcomes articles that explore the ethical, legal, and societal considerations surrounding biobanking and biorepository governance and operation. Finally, the Journal highlights the Emerging Markets and Technologies that are influencing biobanks and their impact on society. The solutions presented here are anticipated to help drive innovation within the biobank community.

Submitted manuscripts should present novel and/or broadly important findings or concepts that are influential to the field of biopreservation and biobanking. Papers that simply describe the profile of a biobank, it’s holdings and/or distribution efforts and are not supported by in-depth research data or novel findings or concepts that are more broadly applicable to other biobanks are not generally deemed acceptable for publication in the journal.

Biopreservation and Biobanking coverage includes:
Biospecimen preservation and handling topics including but not limited to:
Biospecimen preservation including the evaluation of pre-analytic variables and methods validation
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of biopreservation
Mechanisms of cryoinjury and its prevention during cooling and warming processes
Cryopreservation of living cells, tissues, and organs
Novel biopreservation technologies
Optimization protocols for storage, biopackaging and transport of biospecimens
Freezing and vitrification mechanisms and their applications in biopreservation
Stem cell banking
Novel methodologies for gamete cryopreservation to support species conservation
Organoid systems
Natural systems models
Biobank operations topics including but not limited to:
Best practices for biobanking, including the collection, storage, distribution, and use of specimens and associated data
Biobanking standards, training and accreditation programs
Biobanking informatics systems
Artificial intelligence in biobanking
Biobanking automation technologies
Biobanking quality assurance and control
Quality and risk management for biobanking
Biobanking disaster preparedness
Biobanking culling or decommissioning strategies
Governance, management, and oversight of biobanks/biorepository operations
Academic, industry and non-profit collaborations related to biobanking
Biobank metrics and evaluation
Biobank business planning, sustainability and economics
Biosafety
Ethical/legal/regulatory considerations/societal implications related to biobanking and biospecimen research including but not limited to:
Biospecimen and data sharing
Secondary use of biospecimens and associated data
Privacy and confidentiality
Cultural considerations
Community engagement
Informed consent
Return of research results
Benefit sharing

Editor-in-Chief
Jim Vaught, PhD
Bethesda, Maryland
JVaught@liebertpub.com
Deputy Editors
Marianna J. Bledsoe, MA
Independent Research Consultant
Colorado Springs, Colorado
mariannabledsoe@gmail.com
Dayong Gao, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering, 352600
MEB254, Mechanical Engineering Building
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington  98195
dayong@u.washington.edu

Peter Watson, MB B.Chir FRCPC
Department of Pathology
BC Cancer Agency 
2410 Lee Avenue
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  V8R6V5
pwatson@bccancer.bc.ca
Asian Editor
Junmei Zhou, MD, PhD
Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China
junmei_zhou@139.com
European Editor
William Mathieson, PhD
Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg
6 rue Nicolas Ernest Barblé
1210 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
William.Mathieson@ibbl.lu
Section Editors
EMERGING MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES  
Andrew I.  Brooks, PhD
Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University      
Piscataway, NJ

Rohit K. Gupta
University of California
San Francisco, CA
BIOPRESERVATION SCIENCE
Preservation Processes
John M. Baust, PhD
CPSI Biotech
Owego, New York

Preservation Engineering
Zhiquan Shu, PhD 
Washington State University 
Everett, Washington 
BIOSPECIMEN SCIENCE
Biospecimen Research
Helen Moore, PhD
NCI/OD
Bethesda, Maryland
Liangliang Ruan, PhD
Shanghai Clinical Research Center
Shanghai, China
BIOBANK TYPES
Research Biobanks:  Biological & Environmental
Yeonhee Lee, PhD
Seoul Women's University
Seoul, Korea

Research Biobanks: Human Biobanks
Peter H. J. Riegman, PhD
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands

BIOBANKING MANAGEMENT
Human Research
Daniel Simeon-Dubach, MD, MHA
medservice
Walchwil, Switzerland

BIOBANKING INFRASTRUCTURE
Informatics
Paul Fearn, PhD, MBA
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Facilities & Automation
Andy Zaayenga
SmarterLab
Martinsville, New Jersey
ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Tohru Masui, PhD  
Keio University
Tokyo Japan
Features Editor
Jamie Devereaux
jdevereaux@liebertpub.com
Editorial Coordinator
Gillian Hewitt 
GillianMH@comcast.net
Editorial Board
Akin Abayomi, (MBBS(Lond), MPhil(Pretoria), MRCP(UK), FCPath (South Africa)
University of Stellenbosch
Cape Town, South Africa

Jason Acker, PhD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Nahla Afifi, MD, PhD
Qatar Biobank for Medical Research
Doha, Qatar

Ida Biunno, PhD
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
IRGB – Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica
Milan, Italy
Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona  
John H. Crowe, PhD
University of California
Davis, California
Pascuale De Blasio, Ing MBA
BioRep s.r.l
Milan, Italy
Rajesh Dikshit, PhD
Tata Memorial Centre 
Mumbai, India
Sarah Dry, MD
UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

James F. Eliason, PhD      
Great Lakes Stem Cell Innovation Center
Detroit, Michigan
Gloria Elliott, PhD
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Engineering
Sciences
Charlotte, North Carolina

Chon Boon Eng, PhD
NUH-NUS Tissue Repository
National University Health System 
Singapore
Homayoon Farzadegan, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
Koh Furuta, MD, PhD
National Cancer Center Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
Rongxing Gan, MD
Shanghai Clinical Research Center 
Shanghai, China
William E. Grizzle, MD, PhD
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama
Fiorella Guadagni, MD, PhD
IRCSS San Raffaele Pisana 
Rome, Italy
Pierre Hainaut, PhD  
University of Strathclyde School of Global Public Health
   at International Prevention Research Institute  
Lyon, France
Robert Hanner, PhD
University of Guelph 
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  
Keith Harding, PhD, BSc
Damar Research Scientists
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marianne K. Henderson, MS, CPC 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS
Bethesda, Maryland
Stephen Hewitt, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Scott D. Jewell, PhD 
Van Andel Research Institute 
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bartha Maria Knoppers, PhD
McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Jan-Eric Litton, PhD
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

Cheryl Michels
Dataworks Development, Inc. 
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Kenna R. Mills Shaw, PhD
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Helen Morrin
Cancer Society Tissue Bank
University of Otago 
Christchurch, New Zealand
Rebecca Pugh, MS
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Charleston, South Carolina

David Rimm, MD, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine 
New Haven, Connecticut

Pedro Rondot Radío, MD
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina     
Sherilyn Sawyer, PhD 
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Brent Schacter, MD, FRCPC
Canadian Tumour Repository Network
Winnipeg, Canada
Ole Seberg, DSc
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Katheryn Shea
Brooks BioStorage Technologies
Indianapolis, Indiana 

Soo Yong Tan, FRCPath, DPhil
Singhealth Tissue Repository
Singapore
Michael Taylor, PhD
Organ Recovery Systems, Inc.
Charleston, South Carolina
Geraldine Thomas, PhD
Cardiff Medicentre
Cardiff, United Kingdom

David Toke, PhD
PPD, INC.
Pennington, NJ
Mehmet Toner, PhD
Shriners Hospital for Children
Boston, Massachusetts

Christina Walters, PhD
National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
Fort Collins, Colorado 
Martin Yuille, MA, PhD, FRCPath
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom

Kurt Zatloukal, MD
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria

Nikolajs Zeps, PhD
WA Research Tissue Network
Perth, Australia
Gang Zhao, PhD
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, Anhui, China
Heiko Zimmerman, PhD
Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische
Technik 
St. Inbert, Saarland, Germany 
Founding Editor
John G. Baust, PhD