HUNT Biobank

HUNT Biobank is a biorepository, located in Levanger, Norway. It was established in conjunction with the cohort study Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). The biobank is part of HUNT Research Centre, which is responsible for collecting and providing access to the data and samples from the health study, and the research centre is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).[1]

The HUNT Study has, so far (2020), been carried out in four main surveys (HUNT1–HUNT4) of the population in the northern part of the county.[2] Until 1 January, 2018, the northern and southern parts of Trøndelag were two separate counties: Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The first three HUNT surveys were carried out in Nord-Trøndelag. From 2019 the southern part of the county is included in the survey, in the first phase only by filling in questionnaires.

Comprehensive datasets covering health, disease, lifestyle and environmental factors are gathered by using questionnaires, collecting blood and urine samples and by clinical examination.

In connection with the HUNT3 survey (2006–2008), HUNT Biobank was established as a state-of-the-art biobank, with storage facilities that ensure availability of the biomaterial from the surveys for research decades ahead.[3] Blood sampling follows a strict quality protocol, collecting serum, plasma, buffy coat, immortalized cells for cell line production, specialized tubes for trace metal/elements-analysis, RNA-tubes and urine. Comprehensive datasets covering health, disease, lifestyle and environmental factors are gathered using questionnaires and by clinical examination.[4]

HUNT Biobank is, as part of the HUNT Research Centre, certified for its Management System in conformity with NS-EN ISO 9001:2015 as part of HUNT Research Centre.[5]

Type of Samples and Storage temp (°C) (2011)
MaterialIndividualsStorage temp. (oC)
DNA (120 000 as isolated DNA) –also includes a national
collection of DNA-samples from other health surveys		250,000- 20
Serum (HUNT2 and 3)115,000-80/-196
Plasma (HUNT3)50,000-80/-196
Buffy Coat (HUNT3)50,000-80/-196
Immortalized cells for cell line production (HUNT3)50,000-196
Na-Heparin tubes for trace metalls/ trace elements (HUNT3)35,000-80/-196
RNA (Tempus tubes)15,000-80
Buccal cells on FTA-paper (Ung HUNT3)10,000Ambient
Urine samples (fresh frozen)15,000-80

References
  1. "About HUNT - The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study - NTNU". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  2. Until January 1, 2018, the northern and southern parts of Trøndelag were two separate counties: Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The three first HUNT surveys were carried out in Nord-Trøndelag.
  3. Krokstad, S.; Langhammer, A.; Hveem, K.; Holmen, T. L.; Midthjell, K.; Stene, T. R.; Bratberg, G.; Heggland, J.; Holmen, J. (2013-08-01). "Cohort Profile: The HUNT Study, Norway". International Journal of Epidemiology. 42 (4): 968–977. doi:10.1093/ije/dys095. ISSN 0300-5771.
  4. "HUNT Biobank - The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study - NTNU". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  5. "Iso-sertifisering av biobank". forskning.no (in Norwegian). 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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