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TRANSVERSAL PLATFORMS

Transversal Platforms

CIBERSAM includes 5 research support platforms:

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DNA Bank Platform

• Brain Bank Platform

• Library of Mental Health and Disability Instruments Platform

• Neuroimaging Platform
Josep M. Haro Abad
• Common Databases Platform
(G11)

Platform Area Manager
These infrastructures are equipped with highly qualified staff providing significant re-

search support. These platforms provide support both to CIBERSAM research groups
and to external groups that conduct mental health research activities.

The Library of Instruments Platform provides investigators with information and ser-

vices with respect to mental health measuring instruments and surveys.

The Brain Bank Platform provides brain tissue samples obtained from individuals with

mental disorders and controls.

The DNA Bank Platform includes 9,721 samples obtained from individuals with mental
disorders, and it also includes samples from healthy controls.

The Neuroimaging Platform is a technical group the main objective of which is to en-

hance the use of quantitative analysis techniques in neuroimaging. It has a collection
of thousands of images.

The Clinical Data Platform provides an online tool to record sociodemographic, clini-

cal, and research information. It has more than 22,493 patients with a total of 79,106

evaluations. The DNA and Neuroimaging Platforms are integrated with the clinical data 13
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