Human samples processing laboratory
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CERCA Institutes
Badalona, Spain
1995
Institut de Recerca de la Sida (IRSICAIXA)
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Equipments & Services Offered
Its biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) and 3 (BSL-3) laboratories are equipped to ensure proper processing, transformation and storage of a wide variety of biological samples. The facilities also include various cryobiology rooms equipped with ultra-low freezers (-80ºC) and tanks of liquid nitrogen (-196ºC), permanently monitored through computerized recording and remote alarm systems. EQUIPMENT – Class II Biosafety Cabins – Centrifuges with high capacity swinging bucket rotor – Refrigerated centrifuges with swinging bucket rotor – Microcentrifuges with fixed angle rotor – NucleoCounter® NC3000TM automatic cell counters – Pipette controllers – Micropipettes – – 20ºC /- 30ºC freezers – – 80ºC ultrafreezers – Liquid phase and vapor phase nitrogen containers – Remote monitoring and temperature recording system for cold equipment
Processing of human specimens: – Isolation of PBMCs – Processing and aliquoting of plasma, serum, whole blood, urine, feces, saliva, among others Storage of samples: – In -80ºC freezers – In nitrogen tanks (liquid phase and vapor phase) Management of sample repositories: – Samples’ ins and outs registration into a Database – Registration of quality variables related to samples – Preparation of aliquots deliveries or shipments to researchers – Management of national and international shipments of samples Participation in Clinical Trials: – Adaptation of processing protocols to the needs of the sponsor – Participation in quality controls for the processing of PBMCs – Completion and custody of the study documentation – Custody of samples – Management of national and international shipments of samples
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GINYS-IRSICAIXA-002
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Open. Contact the person responsible for the service via email.
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