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Our Resources

What resources does SALSA-SGC provide?

Clinical information and biological samples are collected from participants every 3 months for as long as the participant is able to. Biological samples are processed and stored across three SALSA laboratories. Genomic data is routinely generated using this sample collection. 

Clinical information

  • Onset of disease
  • Regions affected
  • Ancestry
  • Disease progression
  • Prescribed medications
  • Clinical trial enrolment

Biological samples

  • Whole blood
  • Saliva
  • Plasma
  • Serum
  • Buffy coat
  • RNA expression
  • Extracted DNA
  • Extracted RNA

Genomics

  • Genome wide association scan
  • Targeted neurodegenerative panel
  • Whole genome sequencing
  • DNA methylation

Our progress to date -

1044

cases recruited

1002

cases with clinical data

945

cases with biological samples

932

cases with genetic data

What's in the vault?

Explore our resources using the SALSA-SGC data explorer web app. Using this tool, you can dynamically query the SALSA-SGC collection to build custom cohorts/datasets. 

  • Resource querying across a range of demographic and clinical groups
  • Dynamic overview of cohort/dataset selection
  • Export query results to include in applications