Biospecimen Repository Core Services

At the Biospecimen Repository Core, we offer safe and secure storage management for samples with a standardized, regulatory-compliant and privacy-protected repository for fluid and tissue biospecimens.

Retrieval and storage services of samples are performed in IATA-compliant cryogenic shipping containers and accessories.  All materials are transported under supervision by trained staff ensuring safe and reliable transportation of valuable materials. 

Management of samples governed by compliant standard operating procedures and evidence-based biobanking best practices.  Sample inventory system with appropriate annotation of biospecimens supported by NIH.

24-hour equipment monitoring with online alarm system and on-call staff.

Equipment

The facility's state-of-the-art equipment and loss-prevention systems include: PHCBI and Thermo Scientific Revco Ultra-Low temperature upright freezers, with jacketed, built-in liquid nitrogen back-up systems.

MVE - 150 liquid nitrogen high efficiency/vapor series tanks with emergency back-up gas generators.