Recruitment and Community Engagement Research Research Tissue Repository Core Facility

UConn Health
Other UConn Health Cores

The UConn Health Research Biorepository consists of de-identified tissue and/or blood samples and patient data obtained from consented patients coupled with a database of clinical and laboratory data. De-identified samples are available to researchers. Our goal is to develop a comprehensive resource that will procure, characterize and distribute high quality human specimens according to rigid protocols and ethical guidelines.

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Contacts

Lorrie Perpetua

Tissue Bank Coordinator

lperpetua@uchc.edu

Mary Melinda Sanders, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

msanders@uchc.edu

Campus Address

UConn Health

Mailing Address

263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030

Resources

Sample Assistance

Services include:

  • consenting of eligible patients
  • coordination for specimen collection
  • storage, data management and specimen distribution
  • collection of specimens to researcher’s specifications (ex. procurement in RPMI media or RNAlater)
  • H & E, unstained and frozen sections on slides as well as paraffin and OCT curls
  • RNA and DNA isolation from specimens using methods that preserve the integrity of the nucleic acids

sample assistance