# MedUni Wien Biobank

Source: https://onco.cc/collections/meduni-wien-biobank/  
OnCo record `meduni-wien-biobank` (Collection). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

The central biobank of the Medical University of Vienna, which stores samples from many research studies there, including cancer studies, and makes them available to researchers.

## Summary

The MedUni Wien Biobank describes itself as a link between basic and clinical research, aimed at enhancing research into emerging biomarkers and therapy strategies. Its juridical person is the Medical University of Vienna. The BBMRI-ERIC Directory lists 343 collections, most tied to a named study and a sample type. Cancer-related examples read on 4 November 2026 include a pancreatic-tumour DNA collection (141 samples from 132 donors) and a blood sample bank in gynaecological oncology (535 EDTA-plasma samples from 453 donors); many others are cardiology, transplant and metabolic studies.

## Fields

- Kind: Collection
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Biobank of the Medical University of Vienna
- URL: http://www.biobank.at
- Holds: Blood derivatives, DNA and tissue from studies at the Medical University of Vienna; the BBMRI-ERIC Directory lists 343 collections, among them pancreatic-tumour DNA and a gynaecological-oncology plasma bank.

## Notes

- Directory id bbmri-eric:ID:AT_MUW. 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.
- Linked to ccc-vienna, OnCo's record for the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Medical University of Vienna, as the nearest host record.

## Sources

- MedUni Wien Biobank: http://www.biobank.at
- BBMRI-ERIC Directory entry bbmri-eric:ID:AT_MUW: https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ERIC/directory/

## Connected records

- institutions: [BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure)](https://onco.cc/institutions/bbmri-eric/), [Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna / AKH](https://onco.cc/institutions/ccc-vienna/)
- technologies: [Biobanking and tissue procurement](https://onco.cc/technologies/biobanking/)

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