> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://finngen.gitbook.io/documentation/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://finngen.gitbook.io/documentation/r4/methods/cohort-description.md).

# Participating biobanks/cohorts

Additionally to the biobanks mentioned in the previous releases, the following biobanks and cohorts are part of the R4 release:

* [Auria Biobank](https://www.auria.fi/biopankki/en/index.php)
* [Biobank Borealis of Northern Finland](https://www.ppshp.fi/Tutkimus-ja-opetus/Biopankki/Pages/Biobank-Borealis-briefly-in-English.aspx)
* [Biobank of Eastern Finland](https://ita-suomenbiopankki.fi/en/)
* [Central Finland Biobank](https://github.com/FINNGEN/finngen-documentation/tree/b9c8c270693d39f72c36699fee27030b7187ca50/methods/www.ksshp.fi/fi-FI/Potilaalle/Biopankki/README.md)
* [Finnish Red Cross Blood Service Biobank](https://www.bloodservice.fi/)
* [Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere](https://github.com/FINNGEN/finngen-documentation/tree/b9c8c270693d39f72c36699fee27030b7187ca50/methods/www.tays.fi/en-US/Research_and_development/Finnish_Clinical_Biobank_Tampere/README.md)
* [Helsinki Biobank](https://www.terveyskyla.fi/helsinginbiopankki/en)
* [Terveystalo Biobank](https://github.com/FINNGEN/finngen-documentation/tree/b9c8c270693d39f72c36699fee27030b7187ca50/methods/www.terveystalo.com/fi/Yritystietoa/Terveystalo-Biopankki/Biopankki/README.md)
* [THL Biobank](https://github.com/FINNGEN/finngen-documentation/tree/b9c8c270693d39f72c36699fee27030b7187ca50/methods/www.thl.fi/biobank/README.md)