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http://www.kamtekinc.com/Repository.php

Biorepository promoting the safe handling, receipt, processing, storage, inventory control, packaging and distribution for all types of infectious and non-infectious biological specimens and reagents. The facility houses ultra-low mechanical freezers, vapor-phase liquid nitrogen freezers and mechanical walk-in freezer and cold rooms. A multi-purpose computerized security system provides around-the-clock secure access, intrusion and fire detection, and electronic monitoring of all freezers and critical building functions. In the past, KamTek managed NIH-NIAID Reference reagent Repository that stored and distributed over 2000 different reagent products including antisera against a wide variety of viruses and other infectious organisms, as well as viral antigens, allergenic, mycoplasma, and immunologic reagents. The NIAID Repository was designated World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Antiviral Drugs and Interferon and responsible for the international distribution of the WHO Interferon reference standards. In addition, other government agencies and private sector clients use our repository and there is provision to accommodate new clients as well. BIO-SPECIMEN REPOSITORY SERVICES: * Bio-specimen Acquisition * Bio-specimen Processing * Cryo-preservation * Cryo-storage and Maintenance of Bio-Repository * Shipments * Inventory of stored biological samples * Database management of inventory for each project

Proper citation: KamTek Biorepository (RRID:SCR_004311) Copy   

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http://www.southtexasblood.org/

A non-profit, community resource that works with volunteer donors to provide the highest quality blood and tissue components to patients. They collect and test more than 200,000 components of life-saving blood and tissue each year from volunteers all over South Texas. Because patients are in constant need of blood, blood components, and/or tissue, donors are essential. By using cutting-edge technology, the team of dedicated professionals have helped save hundreds of thousands of lives over more than 35 years. They are a member of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB); American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) and America''s Blood Centers (ABC). We are also one of the first blood centers in the country to be registered by the International Standards Organization.

Proper citation: South Texas Blood and Tissue Center (RRID:SCR_004272) Copy   

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http://www.newlifegen.org/

New Life Generation is a not-for-profit tissue agency headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. We recognize our responsibility to recover, process, store and distribute human tissues in a professional manner that is of service to the medical community, ensures safety of transplantable tissue, and increases the availability of quality allograft tissue. While our primary focus is tissue donation, we recognize that donation also includes organ, bone marrow, blood, and blood products.

Proper citation: New Life Generation, Inc. (RRID:SCR_004273) Copy   

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http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/research/transplantsvcs/

Transplant Services Center is a clinical and academic service center of UT Southwestern Medical Center which completes the Circle of Care from donation to transplantation by providing a full service tissue bank which procures, processes, stores and distributes tissue allografts. These transplantable tissues include corneas, sclera, skin, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular allografts, which restore function, improve the quality of life and in some cases even save lives. Transplant Services Center provides services to hospitals and physicians throughout Texas, the nation and on occasion worldwide. The mission of the Transplant Services Center is to * provide quality tissue grafts for transplantation, teaching, research and medical need that is responsive and appropriate to both the recipient need and the donor family; * to promote public and professional education to increase donor awareness; * and to contribute to advancements in transplantation technology.

Proper citation: Transplant Services Center (RRID:SCR_004274) Copy   

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http://pathology.duke.edu/biospecimen-repository-processing-core

The Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP), in partnership with the Duke University School of Medicine Research Foundation and Department of Pathology (SOMRF), has established the Duke IGSP Biospecimen Repository as a centralized and accessible biological resource for Duke Investigators and research programs. The Repository is a standardized, regulatory-compliant and privacy protected repository for fluid and tissue biospecimens, and enables Duke investigators to reduce costs, and eliminate redundancies and significant risks associated with alternative biobanking practices, while facilitating integration of clinical trials and translational research programs with molecular profiling technologies. In order to ensure sample and data integrity and comparability, the Biorepository is developing, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based biobanking ''best practices''. Centralization of activities to a dedicated and expert staff and facility allows small and large research programs to reduce costs through elimination of redundancies and achieving efficiencies and economies of scale. The Duke-IGSP Biorepository is committed to ensuring appropriate consent, approved use, and protection of privacy through compliance with HIPAA regulations and IRB guidelines. The Duke-IGSP Biospecimen Repository will facilitate the integration of clinical research programs with molecular profiling technologies, enabling large-scale ''omic'' research programs that will inform and drive the development of new generations of targeted diagnostics, therapies, and preventions, which in turn will transform clinical outcomes.

Proper citation: Duke Biospecimen Repository (RRID:SCR_004306) Copy   

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http://www.biocomputing.it/fidea/

A web server for the functional interpretation of differential expression analysis. It can: * Calculate overrepresentation statistics using KEGG, Interpro, Gene Ontology Molecular Function, Gene Ontology Biological Process, Gene Ontology Cellular Component and GoSlim classifications; * Analyze down-regulated and up-regulated DE genes separately or together as a single set; * Provide interactive graphs and tables that can be modified on the fly according to user defined parameters; the user can set a fold change filter and interactively see the effects on the gene set under examination; * Output publication-ready plot of the graph; * Compare the results of several experiments in any combination.

Proper citation: FIDEA (RRID:SCR_004187) Copy   

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http://www.rrcancer.ca/en/publique/accueil

An infrastructure to allow Quebec researchers to have at their disposal tumor banks and the services that support large scale research in genomics and proteomics. The database and the tissue bank of the research network was created to allow rapid access to biological samples and their clinical data. It is spread out over many hospital institutions (in Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke). The members of the RRCancer-BTD supply normal, benign and malignant samples from routine surgeries and blood tests. Blood and tissue samples are collected by the provincial biobanks on a regular basis and are coded, classified and stored. The samples can be supplied to a researcher either fresh or frozen or blocks of paraffin or on slices. The sharing of information and biological material is managed according to ethical rules and contributes to increasing the value of research in Quebec. The network has mobilized a significant number of researchers in the area of cancer that unite their efforts to pursue high caliber multidisciplinary research. They are a group of researchers from many different Qu��bec Universities all working in the branch of cancer research. They are located in four hospital centers in Quebec, namely the University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM), the University of Quebec Hospital Centre (CHUQ), the University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre (CHUS) and the McGill University Hospital Centre (CUSM), as well as in the affiliated research and university centers (Sacr��-Coeur, Maisonneuve-Rosemont and the Montreal Jewish Hospital). The collaborative efforts created and maintained in this network have allowed transfer of knowledge and the sharing of cutting edge technologies. RRCancer favors multidisciplinary cancer research in both fundamental and clinical scopes. The network is based on the desire researchers to work together to prevent cancer and improve therapeutic strategies, all the while continuing the very important task of raining new specialists and graduate students.

Proper citation: Cancer Research Network of the FRSQ (RRID:SCR_004225) Copy   

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http://www.bio-vault.com/humantissuebank

Private human tissue processing and storage bank in the UK based in Plymouth on the medical campus of Derriford Hospital, Europe''s 4th largest teaching hospital. The company was set up to serve the UK and private health sectors looking to outsource the processing and storage of human tissue to an accredited, trusted and experienced expert. Storing for human application, they now process and store human tissue for organizations all over the world, including the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. They are also the only private tissue bank of any true scale in the UK with the ability to store well over 1 million human tissue samples on one site. BioVault has achieved a number of accreditations and forged relationships with numerous bodies since 2002, all designed to test the robustness of our internal procedures and reassure clients they are being given the highest levels of quality and service. Many of BioVault''s pioneering systems have been designed to exceed the criteria set out by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) with whom we work closely. The HTA is the competent authority under the European Tissue and Cell Directive and sets the standards for regulating human tissue application establishments.

Proper citation: BioVault (RRID:SCR_004339) Copy   

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http://www.internationalbiologics.com

International Biologics is a fully accredited American Association of Tissue Banks (����??AATB����??) Tissue Bank and Processing Facility --- Accreditation #00162. It receives 100% of it''s donor tissue from federally licensed Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO����??s) and other AATB accredited donor sources. International Biologics provides multitudinous bone and soft tissue allografts. Clinical applications for these products include: Orthopedic, Spine, Joint Restoration, Oral Maxillofacial, Podiatry, Periodontal, Urology, Trauma The collection and distribution of donated tissue including soft tissue, bone tissue and organ donation of kidneys, livers and hearts (collectively tissue) are controlled by the Government. Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) have long been established in every state to recover tissue from donors. Because there is a very short period following death before tissue breaks down rendering it useless for implantation, OPOs maintain round-the-clock presences in hospitals including grief counseling through procurement personnel. OPO tissue is heavily federally regulated and is therefore the most highly sought tissue because it is universally understood to be the safest tissue for transplant. International Biologics has long-term high-volume OPO tissue supply contracts making it one of the largest recipients of cadaveric bone and soft tissue in the world. International Biologics processes its tissue within a state-of-the-art facility located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The facility includes nine -86C ultra low temperature freezers, 14 tray lyophilization, and four validated class 1000 clean rooms including CNC.

Proper citation: International Biologics, LLC (RRID:SCR_004212) Copy   

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http://www.ibbl.lu/

An independent, not-for-profit biobanking and biotechnology foundation designed to facilitate new, high quality medical research. The IBBL collects, stores, and analyzes biological samples and associated data, which are then made available to research organizations investigating new treatments for diseases. It houses a biospecimen collection and biorepository that contains high quality tissues and maintains quality control of the specimens and the clinical data associated with the tissue samples, while maintaining biobanking ethical standards. It also provides biorefinery analyses and research services that can make analytes from tissues (e.g. DNA, RNA and protein), maintains technology for high throughput gene sequencing and gene expression, and conducts biospecimen research. An informatics platform maintains the clinical and biospecimens data in a secure fashion for additional analysis. Samples are collected by IBBL personnel from hospitals in a targeted manner. The IBBL collaborates with research and health organizations in North America, Europe and the Middle East, and with the major international biobanking societies.

Proper citation: Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (RRID:SCR_004211) Copy   

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http://www.lifeshareoklahoma.org/

LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma strives to recover healthy, transplantable organs and tissues through careful screening and management of donors to provide the maximum number of lifesaving/life-enhancing organs and tissues for patients awaiting transplantation in Oklahoma. It is committed to providing a better quality of life for those people who require organ or tissue transplantation, while respecting and honoring those families who share the gift of life. LifeShare emphasizes a person''s decision to be an organ and tissue donor and whenever possible will honor the decision of the individual to donate. It works hard to provide education to the state of Oklahoma about organ, eye and tissue donation. Education is provided to medical professionals who identify and care for potential organ and tissue donors, and recognize donation as continuing to care for the patient and their family. LifeShare strongly supports research and development to improve the quality and availability of organs and tissues for transplantation and the success of human transplantation in general. It is also committed to providing support and comfort to grieving families who have suffered great loss.

Proper citation: LifeShare Transplant (RRID:SCR_004298) Copy   

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http://www.biosample.ca/

Biosample processing, management, storage and retrieval infrastructure that operates on a cost-recovery basis to investigators. Services are available to Research Ethics Board (REB) approved studies. They accept any human tissue from appropriately consented subjects for processing to DNA, RNA, serum, plasma, peripheral blood cells, fixed tissue, and tissue blocks. Once your samples have been collected and processed, CBSR will provide short and long-term sample storage, and retrieval(typically within 24hrs) upon request. Their storage services include robust robotic systems for sample aliquoting, tracking, storage, and retrieval to ensure chain of custody on all samples. Their temperature monitoring system ensures that all samples are maintained at the chosen temperature, and provides regulatory-grade audit trail for all samples.

Proper citation: Canadian Biosample Repository (RRID:SCR_004213) Copy   

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http://www.themmrf.org/research-programs/for-academic-researchers/tissue-bank.html

Until recently, a scarcity of high-quality myeloma tissue has posed one of the greatest challenges in advancing myeloma research and drug development. Now, with the successful establishment of the MMRC Tissue Bank, researchers for the first time have access to the critical mass of high-quality tissue needed to rapidly validate novel and combination therapies for myeloma. The MMRC Tissue Bank is the only resource of its kind that integrates myeloma tissue samples with corresponding genomic and clinical data. To date, the MMRC Tissue Bank has accrued more than 2,700 samples with matching peripheral blood samples, with ongoing collection of tissue samples at Member Institutions nationwide. To further accelerate accrual, the MMRC has also launched a direct-to-patient program to enable myeloma patients to donate their tissue to the MMRC Tissue Bank. Notably, all tissue accrued into the MMRC Tissue Bank is uniformly collected and stored in adherence with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) standards and under the governance of more than 50 standard operating procedures. The MMRC has also established a quality assurance unit that performs weekly internal quality assurance reviews and issues quarterly quality assurance reports. In addition, the MMRC Tissue Bank has been audited twice by external organizations since its inception last year. With these stringent practices in place, the MMRC has ensured that all tissue samples in the MMRC Tissue Bank are of the very highest-quality and, as such, has quickly become the premier resource for industry seeking fresh tissue samples to initiate strong validation work.

Proper citation: Myeloma Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_004291) Copy   

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http://www.lifealaska.org/

Life Alaska Donor Services is the tissue donation organization serving the state of Alaska, offering the option of donation to families who have suffered a death in Alaska. Life Alaska was established in 1991 as the state''s tissue donation program. Since that time, Life Alaska has had many donors and has supplied thousands of tissues for transplantation to Alaskan patients. Life Alaska works in partnership with the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization in Washington (LifeCenter Northwest) to provide education on tissue and organ donation throughout the state. Tissue donations have taken place across the state, from Barrow to Ketchikan. The age criteria for transplantable tissues and organs are generally from birth to 80 years of age, with patients of any age being candidates for research. Tissues donated to Life Alaska are first offered to Alaskan patients and physicians before being made available outside the state. Organs are shared using the federally mandated national sharing system operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing and are first offered to transplant centers in the Pacific northwest.

Proper citation: Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc. (RRID:SCR_004242) Copy   

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http://americandonorservices.org/

American Donor Services (ADS) is an independent, non-profit organization specializing in tissue donation. Its mission is to improve lives through the gift of donation. ADS honors the spirit of donation by providing caring support to donor families, employing competent staff, and partnering with organizations that are dedicated to the innovative use of tissue for transplantation and research. We are registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ADS is also accredited with the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) and employs dedicated and experienced leadership and staff to sustain our program. The fundamental objective of ADS is to provide the opportunity of donation to individuals who have designated themselves as a donor and families who have the inclination and the potential to have their loved one become a tissue donor. ADS is dedicated to the cause of all donations and as such will support all other organizations in their parallel undertakings. We are committed to providing the best possible serivce to our Donor Families, Hospitals, Medical Donate Life Examiners, Coroners and Funeral Professionals.

Proper citation: American Donor Services (RRID:SCR_004241) Copy   

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http://www.factorbook.org/

A Wiki-based database for transcription factor-binding data generated by the ENCODE consortium.

Proper citation: Factorbook (RRID:SCR_004086) Copy   

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http://spin.chip.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Pathology Specimen Locator (PSL) is a core developed to facilitate translational research requiring human specimens. The PSL is a distributed network of databases containing de-identified pathology reports and other specimen information from IRB-approved repositories within Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center affiliated institutions. Using the PSL, researchers can work with the pathology departments to find appropriate specimens for their research. The Harvard VLS currently contains approximately two million de-identified pathology reports from the four main Harvard Teaching Hospitals.

Proper citation: Dana Farber Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_004352) Copy   

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http://www.lifepoint-sc.org

Certified by the federal government, LifePoint is the designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for organ recovery services in South Carolina, excepting Aiken and Edgefield counties. LifePoint actively provides organ, tissue and ocular donor services to 62 hospitals throughout the state. We offer professional education about donation to the hospital staff members in order to maximize the amount and quality of donated organs and tissues. LifePoint also helps support and educate families at an emotionally devastating time, so they can make well-informed decisions about organ and tissue donation. Whether they decide for or against donation, our aim is to assure that they will feel they have made the right decision in the months and years to come.

Proper citation: LifePoint, Inc. (RRID:SCR_004235) Copy   

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http://www.itor-ghs.org/biorepository.php

From the type of mutation causing cancer to specific gene expression levels, genetic biomarkers are becoming an indispensable tool for developing new treatment models for cancer. The ITOR Biorepository Services tissue bank initiatives are critical to the continued development of an organized research infrastructure that will attract leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies interested in developing the next generation of cancer therapies. Ultimately, by linking the laboratory and clinical settings through innovative research investigations, USC, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, and private partners can identify the most novel ways to find and couple these biomarkers to patient drug trials and eventually, the most effective treatments & cures for cancer. The ITOR Biorepository Services Department ����?����������?? in conjunction with the Greenville Hospital System''s surgical oncologists, pathologists and staff ����?����������?? have developed tissue bank sample processing guidelines for frozen tissue, fresh tissue and peripheral blood and include flash freezing in liquid nitrogen within 15 minutes of harvest to maximize cell viability for basic science research. The department has a dedicated staff, including two research nurses and a data coordinator, which facilitate the logistics of tissue handling and submit outcomes data on participating patients. The ITOR Biorepository staff is in the process of adopting a universal consent for all patients of the Greenville Hospital System to have the option of donating excess tissue for research, should they desire. ITOR of GHS has several tissue-based patient initiatives & programs under development and ongoing. At the forefront of cancer care are two specific programs, Total Cancer Care and Caris Target Now.

Proper citation: ITOR Biorepository Services (RRID:SCR_004191) Copy   

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http://www.dohenyeyebank.org/

The community-based Doheny Eye & Tissue Transplant Bank has become a pioneer and leader in providing eye and tissue banking services to patients, surgeons and hospitals in southern California for more than 40 years. The mission of the Doheny Eye & Tissue Transplant Bank is to relieve human suffering by providing human tissue for transplant, research, and medical education in our community and around the world. The non-profit, non-governmental Doheny Eye & Tissue Bank is a member of the TBI/Tissue Banks International non-profit network of vision and certified by Eye Bank Association of America.

Proper citation: Doheny Eye and Tissue Transplant Bank (RRID:SCR_004350) Copy   

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