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National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Populations The National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Populations (NLGIP) was established in January 1995 by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities as the national human cell lines and DNA research biobank of Israel. The NLGIP is located at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, on the Tel-Aviv University campus. The laboratory is a biobank for human cell lines, representing the unique and large ethnic variation of the Israeli populations. The NLGIP focuses on collecting, establishing and maintaining human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines and matching DNA samples from healthy donors representing the various Jewish and Arab ethnic groups in Israel. The human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines and DNA samples in the NLGIP collection may be used for research purposes only. Commercial use is not allowed. The NLGIP follows the ELSI standards recommended by the Human Genome Organization. All donors are healthy adults who gave informed consent for research of their DNA and cell lines. Our activities are approved and supervised by the Institutional Review Board of Tel-Aviv University. The NLGIP is an affiliate member of the USA NIH Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PharmGKB) and the European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI). Some of our human cell lines were contributed to CEPH Human Genome Diversity Cell Line Panel in France and to the Coriell Cell Repositories in the USA. A presentation about the NLGIP activities is available here. You May: Access a catalog of our collection. Place an order for specific cell lines. Learn about our EBV-transformation service. Contribute human cell lines for enhancing our collection. Find out about our backup service. Read our policy. Related Sites: Bioinformatics Unit at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Information for visitors: The NLGIP is located at the 10^th floor of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University which it shares with the Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry. Enter the Tel-Aviv University campus at Gate 1 and take the first right turn to reach our building. Parking is available nearby. Entry with cars to campus is only possible by arrangement. A campus map is available here. [Catalog |Order |EBV-Transformation |Contribute |Backup |Policy] - [Back to Tel-Aviv University] Contact: David Gurwitz, Ph.D. Director National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Populations Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv 69978 Israel Phone: ++972-3-640-7611  Fax: ++972-3-640-5168  E-mail: gurwitz@post.tau.ac.il This web site was designed by Aviv Gurwitz