UCR combines academic, clinical and technical expertise in a complete research platform

UCR started in 2001 as a research center within Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, with an aim to support qualified clinical research to improve health and healthcare practice. We have since established a complete service package to initiate, plan, conduct, analyze, report and publish local investigator-initiated studies as well as international multicenter trials.

Our business model is built to improve and support clinical research and quality assurance through our combined academic, clinical and technical expertise. Our employees are experienced and knowledgeable in every aspect ranging from small studies and projects to large global complex randomized clinical trials.

UCR is the largest of the six Swedish centers for National Quality Registries. Our primary goal is to develop and support the national and local registries we manage, but we also provide world-leading expertise in the development of research registries and registry based randomized trials (R-RCTs).

Uppsala Biobank is the only joint biobank for Uppsala University and Uppsala Region. We are a knowledge center for biobank related issues and offer services for sample management, and provide system support for traceability of samples. We also provide advice, guidance and training i e.g. the Biobanks in the Medical Care Act, application for access to human samples for research and-, healthcare integrated biobanks service etc.

UCR Laboratory is an academic platform, which offers researchers and companies analysis of biomarkers as well as evaluation of methods and instruments.
The laboratory is ISO15189 accredited and equipped with modern high-capacity analytical instruments. The laboratory also performs sample handling in the form of aliquoting, reformatting and pooling of blood, plasma, serum and urine, DNA extracting from whole blood, and cell preparations from blood and bone marrow.