Information for Researchers & Students
Would you like to use SANTB samples for your research? It’s easy to get started!
Contact the SANTB team by email at SANTB@flinders.edu.au or give us a call at (08) 8204 4393. We’re here to help and discuss your specific requests.
If your project aligns with our resources, we’ll guide you through the next steps. We’ll request additional details through our biospecimen request form, ensuring a smooth process for accessing the samples you need. Join us in advancing the field of neurological tumour research with the South Australian Neurological Tumour Bank.
Read the SANTB Conditions for Use, then simply complete the SANTB Expression of Interest Form and email it to:
Rebecca Ormsby rebecca.ormsby@flinders.edu.au
On receipt, the team will discuss your request and further arrangements will be made for you to submit a full application for access to the samples.
Biospecimen Types Collected
- Neurological tumour tissue – Fresh, frozen, FFPE or OCT
- CUSA (surgically aspirated tumour cells) – Fresh or washed and frozen as a pellet
- Neurological non-pathological tissue – Fresh, frozen or OCT
- Pre-, post- and intra-surgical blood samples: – whole blood, buffy coat, Fresh, plasma
- CSF
Biospecimen Catalogue
- Anaplastic astrocytoma, IDH-mutant
- Anaplastic astrocytoma, IDH-wildtype
- Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
- Anaplastic oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q codeleted
- Atypical meningioma
- Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour
- Benign
- Central neurocytoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Diffuse astrocytoma, IDH-mutant
- Diffuse astrocytoma, IDH-wildtype
- Diffuse astrocytoma, NOS
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS
- Ependymoma
- Ewing sarcoma / PNET
- Fibrous meningioma
- Gangliocytoma
- Ganglioglioma
- Gemistocytic astrocytoma, IDH-mutant
- Germinoma
- Glioblastoma, IDH-mutant
- Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype
- Glioblastoma, NOS
- Gliosarcoma
- Granular cell tumour of the sellar region
- Haemangioblastoma
- Haemangioma
- Haemangiopericytoma-grade 3
- Mature teratoma
- Meningeal melanocytoma
- Meningioma
- Meningothelial meningioma
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma
- Metastatic carcinoma
- Metastatic melanoma
- Microcystic meningioma
- Mixed germ cell tumour
- Myxopapillary ependymoma
- Non Tumour Tissue
- Oligoastrocytoma
- Oligodendroglioma
- Oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q co-deleted
- Paraganglioma
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentation
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
- Psammomatous meningioma
- Rhabdoid meningioma
- Schwannoma
- Secretory meningioma
- Solitary fibrous tumour / haemangiopericytoma-grade 1
- Solitary fibrous tumour / haemangiopericytoma-grade 3
- Spinal Ependymoma
- Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
- Subependymoma
- Transitional meningioma