Biobank IDIBGI
GINYS-IDIBGI-001
Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta
C/ Dr. Castany s/n, 17190, Salt
Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià – Edifici M2
The IDIBGI Biobank is the research support platform responsible for the management of human biological samples and associated data for research. This management includes the collection, processing, storage and transfer of samples to promote quality biomedical research.
Our goal is to contribute to the development of biomedical research of excellence, making biological samples available to the scientific community under certain legal, technical, organizational guarantees and respecting the rights of donors.
Services
Technical and scientific advice
- Creation and management of new collections (samples and associated data)
- Advice on technical and methodological procedures for the correct obtaining, handling, processing, storage and use of biological samples
- Coordination of sample collections in multicenter studies
- Advice and training on ethical and legal aspects related 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
Registration and custody
- Management of biobank-type collections, project and line of research (samples, data and associated documentation)
- Register of collections of the line of research in the National Register of Biobanks (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
- Storage and conservation of biological samples (freezers and nitrogen tanks)
- Real-time monitoring of cold equipment. 24-hour service for alarms, incidents, etc.
- Preparation of historical temperature control reports for refrigeration equipment
Technical services (histological, cellular and molecular)
- Processing, isolation of samples and aliquoting of their derivatives (whole blood, blood derivatives, urine, feces, tissue, etc.)
- Processing of frozen and paraffin tissues (microscopy, histological sections, freezing and manufacture of paraffin blocks)
- Basic histological and immunohistochemical staining
- Extraction of DNA / RNA from peripheral blood or “buffy coat”
- Extraction of DNA / RNA from frozen or paraffined tissue
- Quantification and control of DNA / RNA quality
- Biobank equipment and material available to researchers (previously agreed use)
Assignment of samples
Management of requests for biological samples and associated clinical data:
- Receipt of applications
- Processing of committees external to the Biobank (ethical and scientific)
- Support in the preparation of the necessary documentation
- Preparation and submission of transfer agreements (MTA) for biological material and associated data
- Preparation and sending of samples and data associated with applicants
Collections
- FATBANK PLATFORM (CIBEROBN)
- COVID-19
- TUMOR BANK
- GETH BIOBANK
- IMAGENOMA OF AGING
- PRENATAL COHORT OF GIRONA
- BIOBANC DEL CECAT
- GLOMERULAR KIDNEY DISEASE (GLOSEN)
- INTESTINAL INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
- ICTUS
Col·leccions per serveis
- PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY SERVICE
- DIGESTIVE SERVICE
- ENDOCRINOLOGY SERVICE
- PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY SERVICE
- CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY SERVICE (ICO GIRONA)
- MEDICAL IMAGE SERVICE (IDI)
- INFECTIOUS DISEASES SERVICE
- NEPHROLOGY SERVICE
- NEUROLOGY SERVICES
- MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE (ICO GIRONA)
- UROLOGY SERVICE
- MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK (IAS)
Staff
Lluís Gallart Millán | lgallart@idibgi.org
| 872 987087