History
2026
- SNUH Human Biobank selected as a participating institution in Phase 5 of the Korea Biobank Project by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
2025
- Held a symposium commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Dementia Brain Bank
2023
- Relocated the Cancer Tissue Bank resource processing laboratory
2021
- Brain Bank approved for the Ministry of Health and Welfare's operational support program for cadaver-providing institutions and licensed to establish a cadaver-providing institution for research purposes
- SNUH Human Biobank selected as a participating institution in Phase 4 of the Korea Biobank Project by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
- SNUH Human Biobank received a Minister of Health and Welfare Commendation for meritorious service in the Korea Biobank Project
2018
- Cancer Tissue Bank began publishing its newsletter
2017
- Selected for the Korea Brain Bank's cooperative brain bank support program
- Selected for the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's program to build a neuropathology research foundation and brain autopsy registry for the Brain Bank
- SNUH Human Biobank received a Commissioner of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Commendation for meritorious service in the Korea Biobank Project
2016
- SNUH Human Biobank selected as a participating institution in Phase 3 of the Korea Biobank Project by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
2015
- Designated and established as the first regional hub brain bank of the Korea Brain Bank
2014
- Reorganized the Biobank into a formal division under the Biomedical Research Institute
2013
- Cancer Tissue Bank granted a new establishment license
- Built an electronic informed-consent system in response to the amended Bioethics and Safety Act
2012
- SNUH Human Biobank selected as a participating institution in Phase 2 of the Korea Biobank Project by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
2011
- Established a cancer cooperation network in partnership with the Cancer Hospital
2010
- Established the Human Biobank and selected as an operator of the Korea Biobank Project by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
2009
- Established the Cancer Tissue Bank and began specimen collection