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Dubai Robotic Biobank
Planned robotic biobank intended to automate biospecimen handling and support medical discovery, genetic research, and personalized medicine.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Dubai
- Project type
- planned automated clinical and research biobank
- Research domain
- biobanking and translational genomics
- Years
- 2022–
- Lifecycle status
- in development; opening not independently verified
- Status basis
- The official project page still describes the facility as scheduled rather than open; the original 2022 announcement targeted 2023 and a later page referenced 2025.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- Planned capacity of seven million specimens.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Al Jalila Foundation · Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Partner organizations
- Dubai Health Authority · Dubai Health
- Organism / population
- Dubai/UAE clinical and research participants
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- biospecimens
- automated sample management
- linked research data
Data access
No operational data-access mechanism identified.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named large-capacity enabling biobank with official institutional documentation.
Editorial note
Schedule has slipped; do not label operational without a formal opening source. Distinct from the operational Abu Dhabi Biobank.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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