In addition to its primary role as a sample repository, the Biobank of Hospital Clínic, Barcelona – IDIBAPS serves as a support platform where researchers may request services related to the collection and handling of biological samples.
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE BIOBANK:
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVICE
- Creation and management of new collections
- Methodology (technical guidance)
- Experimental design with human and animal tissue samples
- Design and interpretation of immunohistochemical studies
- Quality management programmes
- Harmonization of quality procedures for the handling of DNA samples
- Technical assessment for the manipulation of the Biobank equipment (microdissector and morphometre)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
- Collection management of multicentre studies
- Storage of pre-existing collections
HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
- Processing of frozen and paraffin embedded tissues (macroscopy, cryopreservation, paraffin blocks)
- Lasser microdissection
- Tissue microarrays (TMA)
- Histological staining
- Definitive neuropathological diagnosis of neurological diseases
CELLULAR TECHNIQUES
- Purification and cryopreservation of mononuclear cells
- Immortalization of B lymphocytes
- Explant obtaining
MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
- DNA extraction from peripheral blood
- DNA/RNA/protein extraction from tissue (frozen and paraffin embedded)
- WGA
- Serum and plasma isolation
Researchers who wish to store their collections at the biobank facilities, or who request samples from us, must sign a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA), which specifies the terms and conditions under which samples may be stored at the biobank.
