• Creation and management of new collections (samples and associated data)
• Advice on technical and methodological procedures for correctly obtaining, handling, processing, storing and using biological samples
• Coordination of sample collections in multicentric studies
• Advice and training on ethical and legal aspects referring to obtaining and using biological samples
• Support in the search for samples in other biobanks (The IDIBGI Biobank is part of the National Biobank Network)
• Training for the use of Biobank equipment

• Management of biobank-type collections, project and line of research (samples, data and associated documentation)
• Registration of collections of the line of investigation in the National Registry of Biobanks (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
• Storage and conservation of biological samples (freezers and nitrogen tanks)
• Monitoring of cold equipment in real time. 24h service for alarms, incidents, etc.
• Preparation of historical reports on temperature control for cooling equipment

• Processing, isolation of samples and aliquoting of their derivatives (total blood, hematic derivatives, urine, stool, tissue, etc.)
• Frozen and paraffin block tissue processing (microscopy, histological sectioning, freezing and making paraffin blocks)
• Basic histological and immunohistochemical stains
• DNA / RNA extraction from peripheral blood or "buffy coat"
• DNA / RNA extraction from frozen or paraffinized tissue
• Quantification and control of the quality of DNA / RNA
• Equipment and material at the Biobank available to the researchers (use subject to prior consent)

Management of requests for biological samples and associated clinical data:

• Reception of requests
• Processing with the committees external to the Biobank (ethical and scientific)
• Support in the preparation of the necessary documentation
• Elaboration and shipment of the transfer agreements (MTA) of the biological material and associated data
• Preparation and shipping of the samples and the associated data to applicants

Fees approved by the Board of Trustees of the IDIBGI on 21/07/2020

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