About Us
AIIMS Bhubaneswar Human Brain Tissue Repository — established 2021 as a satellite centre of the ICMR Brain Bank Network.
At the AIIMS Bhubaneswar Brain Bank, we are committed to driving progress in neuroscience by enabling access to carefully preserved, high-quality brain tissue that supports scientific breakthroughs. The AIIMS Human Brain Tissue Repository (HBTR) was established in 2021 in the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine.
Every donation tells a story. Every sample brings scientists one step closer to answers to challenging questions — enabling better diagnosis, improved treatments, and ultimately prevention of neurological conditions like Parkinson's, dementia, stroke, and Alzheimer's.
"Be Part of the Journey: Help us unravel the brain's mysteries and advance medicine for generations to come."
Our Objectives
Establish Brain Banks
To establish satellite Brain Banks in India for promoting research in neuroscience, with standardised protocols for collection, freezing, and neuropathological diagnosis.
Networking
Networking of satellite Brain Banks with NIMHANS as the nodal centre to create a coordinated national research infrastructure.
Future Research Perspectives
Neurodegenerative
- •Dementia in ageing
- •Spatial transcriptomic atlas of Indian brain
- •Serological tests for CNS infections
Molecular Biology
- •Transcriptomic analysis of Rabies
- •Profiling of haemorrhagic stroke
- •cDNA library development
- •DNA bank for neurological diseases
Neuro-infections
- •Tubercular meningitis pathogenesis
- •Immuno-profiling in neuro-infections
- •Proteomics/genomics for biomarkers
- •Neuro-infection registries
Stem Cell Biology
- •Resting stem cell pool mapping
- •Stem cells in head injury
- •Tumour stem cell identification
Technology
- •Freeze artefact tissue retrieval
- •MRI-pathological correlation
Education
- •Museum and teaching sets
- •Undergraduate and postgraduate training modules