# Central Biobank Erlangen (CeBE)

Source: https://onco.cc/collections/central-biobank-erlangen/  
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## TL;DR

An association of 17 biobanks at the university hospital in Erlangen, Germany, that helps them collect and store samples to a common standard. Its largest collection is the cancer centre's tissue bank.

## Summary

CeBE describes itself as an association of currently 17 biobanks located in Erlangen, supporting the affiliated biobanks in collecting, characterising, registering, archiving and processing human biospecimens in high quality, and promoting research projects. The directory names University Hospital Erlangen as its juridical person. Of the four collections listed on 4 November 2026, the Comprehensive Cancer Center tissue bank (CCC-Gewebebank) reports 2,000,000 samples; the radiotherapy clinic (Strahlenklinik), urology and gynaecology (Frauenklinik) collections give an order of magnitude but no count.

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: CeBE; Zentralbiobank Erlangen
- URL: https://www.med.fau.de/cebe/
- Holds: An umbrella for 17 biobanks in Erlangen; the BBMRI-ERIC Directory lists four collections, the largest the CCC tissue bank (CCC-Gewebebank) at 2,000,000 samples, plus radiotherapy, urology and gynaecology collections.

## Notes

- Directory id bbmri-eric:ID:DE_CeBE. Description, juridical person and collection counts read from the BBMRI-ERIC Directory GraphQL endpoint (https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/graphql) on 4 November 2026; counts are what the biobank reported to the directory, not an audit.
- OnCo has no record for University Hospital Erlangen or its comprehensive cancer centre, so the host is not linked.

## Sources

- Central Biobank Erlangen (CeBE): https://www.med.fau.de/cebe/
- BBMRI-ERIC Directory entry bbmri-eric:ID:DE_CeBE: https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/directory/

## Connected records

- institutions: [BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure)](https://onco.cc/institutions/bbmri-eric/)
- technologies: [Biobanking and tissue procurement](https://onco.cc/technologies/biobanking/)

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