
Biobank IGTP-HUGTP
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Institutional Contacts / Head of Facilities

Provisional Contacts
CERCA Institutes

Badalona, Spain
1995
IGTP
Owners
IGTP
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Equipments & Services Offered
The Biobank makes available to the scientific community: Various types of human and animal samples (blood derivatives, DNA, RNA and a wide variety of tissues) corresponding to different collections cataloged by diseases or population groups (healthy controls). Technical and sample processing services COLLECTIONS Neoplasms/cancer Infectious (COVID19, HIV, tuberculosis) Neurological and neurodegenerative diseases (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, ataxias) Respiratory diseases (asthma, SAOS, COPD, bronchiectasis, Influenza A) Non-alcoholic fatty liver Cardiovascular (peripheral artery disease, heart failure) Rare diseases Dermatological (psoriasis) Digestive (Crohn’s disease, colitis) Diabetes Alterations of mineral metabolism in kidney transplant patients in Catalonia Kidney transplant Paediatric (autism spectrum disorders, diabetes) Obesity Cholelithiasis Addictions (to toxic substances, risky consumption of alcohol) Control population (healthy) Animal samples TECHNICAL SERVICES The Biobank, in addition to offering samples for biomedical research, is a scientific-technical platform where services related to the collection, handling and processing of biological samples can be requested: Pooling of existing sample collections and resources Coordination between different institutions and national and international biobanks in the harmonization of processes and sample collection. Storage of samples in different conditions and storage formats: Room temperature, +4ºC, -20ºC, -80ºC and -196ºC Extraction of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) from various types of samples Whole blood, plasma (cfDNA) Saliva Tissues Faeces (bacterial DNA) Other biological fluids (cell cultures, amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, urine) DNA and RNA quality analysis Obtaining and fractionating serum, plasma and/or cells from whole blood Collection and fractionation of urine, faeces, breast milk, saliva and/or cord blood Separation and preservation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) Processing of solid samples: Direct tissue freezing Freezing with OCT Fixation and embedding in paraffin Realization of tissue matrices (TMAs) Cryostat tissue sections, paraffin sections and slide preparation for subsequent staining Tissue staining • Traceability analysis using STRs (for blood samples, DNA, cell lines and saliva samples)
Categorització
RIS3CAT domains & other
Social and Health System
Industrial System
Educational and knowledge generation System
COLLECTIONS
Biobank
GINYS-IGTP-007
Access procedure & Fares
Open Rates: The Biobank does not charge for the samples, but it can pass on the costs associated with the supply, processing and transport of the samples.
High
Institutional Quality
Institutional Networks