Biobanco La Fe

The Health Research Institute Hospital La Fe (IIS La Fe) manages the scientific policy of Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe. The Institute encourages, promotes and fosters cutting-edge investigation, scientific and technological knowledge and its further transfer to the production sector.
Biobanco La Fe is an authorized centralized service platform created in 2010. It is a regulatory authority of samples for biomedical research and a key in translational research due to it provides biological material and clinical information following specific requirements and safe procedures in terms of data manipulation, information and responsible use of the material. It has its own facilities located in the basement of Tower A of Hospital La Fe.
Its Quality Management System (QMS) is certified by the UNE-EN ISO 9001 and participates in international programs of quality control of samples with satisfactory results (“”ISBER PROFICIENCY TEST””).

Services

SERVICES PLATFORM:
·Organization and establishment of optimal logistics for the creation of public or private collections (national or international).
·Collection management and associated documentation of samples intended for biomedical research and diagnosis.
·Treatment of human biological samples:
– Peripherally blood.
– Bone marrow.
– Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA, cDNA, miRNA).
– Liquid biopsy (cfDNA) of different types (CSF, serum, plasma, urine…).
– Saliva.
– Urine.
– Stool.
– Cells.
– Fresh/frozen/fixed/paraffinized tissues (hepatic, nervous, dermatological, cardiac, vascular…).
– Tears.
– Bone.
– Proteins.
– Brain.
– Semen.
– Oocytes.
– Other biological liquids.
·Extraction of nucleic acids from human/animal biological samples: DNA, RNA, miRNA, cDNA, cfDNA.
·Nucleic acid quality controls: TapeStation, DropSense 96, QIAxcel.
·Conservation -80ºC / -196ºC human biological samples.
·Treatment and conservation of animal biological samples.
·Organoid collection management:
– Neuroblastoma
– Cardiomyocytes
– Leukemia

·Clean
·Repli-g
·Exosomes

RELEVANT COLLECTIONS:
·Brain biobank
·Twins
·National Network of Biobanks in LMA (PETHEMA)
·National Network of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
.National Network of Biobanks in Pediatric Aplasias and Myelodysplasias
Hematological tumors
·Liver bank
·Sudden death
·Neurodegenerative diseases: Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Atrophy, Huntington’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis.
·CAR-T
Gynecological cancers
·Urological cancers
·Heart failure
·Psychiatric pathologies
·COVID19
·Dermatological tumors
·Rheumatological diseases (adults and pediatrics)
·Immunodeficiencies
Congenital Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

TRAINING, CONSULTING AND ADVICE PLATFORM: Quality System, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001, ISO 27001, ISO 20387, BPL.