Biobank IGTP-HUGTP
GINYS-IGTP-007
IGTP-HUGT Biobank Edifici Muntanya IGTP, Carretera de Can Ruti, Camí de les escoles, s/n, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
The objective of the Biobank is to promote biomedical research by obtaining, storing and providing tissue samples, fluids and/or their biological derivatives in optimal conditions and in compliance with current legal regulations.
The Biobank is structured in the following units:
- Fluid node. It works with a wide variety of samples (blood derivatives and other biological fluids, DNA, RNA) corresponding to different types of diseases or population groups.
- Tumour Bank. One of the most important resources in the study of cancer are tumour tissues, as well as control (non-tumour) tissues. Precisely, the objective of the Tumour Bank is to obtain and store these samples to offer them to researchers and advance in improving the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and/or treatment of cancer.
- Animal Bank. Obtains and preserves tissue and blood samples for research purposes. It also provides support in the creation of animal models, maintenance and/or administration of treatments.
Services
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)
Staff
Cristina Ayats | cayats@igtp.cat
Lidia Nieto | lnieto@igtp.cat
Ingrid Liarte | iliarte@igtp.cat
Jordina Loubat | jloubat@igtp.cat
| 935 543 050
Laia Pérez | bancdetumors@igtp.cat
| 934 978 388
Verónica Guirao | vguirao@igtp.cat
| 935 543 050 (ext.6511)
Edurne Pedrosa | epedrosa@igtp.cat
| 930 330 538
