IGTP

Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol_IGTP

The IGTP-HUGTP Biobank is a non-profit making public institution. It holds several collections of biological samples and works within the hospital system regarding ethical and legal regulation. Its mission is to promote research along the supply chain from basic to translational by providing access to the scientific community to samples and associated data.
The Biobank was authorized by the Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia on 15 April 2013 and subsequently it was registered with the Spanish National Register of Biobanks at the Instituto Carlos III (B.0000643), this guarantees traceability, quality and safety for the data, processes and samples.

Services

Through the Biobank, the scientific community has:
o Many types of samples (blood products, DNA, RNA and a wide range of tissues) and Collections cataloged for pathology or population group.
o Technical services associated with the Biobank
COLLECTIONS:
• Neoplasms
• Neurological and neurodegenerative diseases
• Respiratory diseases (asthma, sleep apnea, COPD, avian flu)
• Cardiovascular (peripheral arterial disease, heart failure)
• Rare or uncommon diseases
• Dermatological diseases (psoriasis)
• Digestive diseases (Crohn’s disease)
• Diabetes
• Alterations in mineral transport in patients with kidney transplants in Catalonia
• Kidney transplant
• HIV infection
• Obesity
• Cholelithiasis
• Multiple sclerosis
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver
• Population control (healthy)
• Animal tissue bank
We collaborate in the collection and processing of samples in other centers or biobanks:
o CIBERES Pulmonary Biobank (Mallorca)
o HUJ23 Adipose Tissue Biobank (Tarragona)
o Addictive Disorders Assistance Network (Alicante)
o IDIBELL Biobank, Barcelona
o European Nephrectomy Biobank (ENBIBA)
o Primary Care Health Centers (Northern Metropolitan Area and Maresme)
o Sexual Health Centers (Badalona)
TECHNICAL SERVICES:
In addition to providing samples for biomedical research, the Biobank is a technical scientific center that provides services related to the collection, handling, processing and storage of biological samples and their data related to sample consultation, management and methodology, including legal matters.
o Organization of existing sample collections
o Requests for human or animal samples
o Coordination between different institutions and national and international biobanks to harmonize procedures and sample collection
o Storage of samples in different conditions and in different conservation formats: Room temperature, +4ºC, -20ºC, -80ºC and -196ºC
o Sample processing:
• Extraction of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) from various types of samples:
– Whole blood
– Saliva
– Tissues (frozen or waxed)
– Cell culture
– Other biological fluids (for example, amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, feces, etc.)
• Quality analysis (RNA and DNA)
• Collection and obtaining of serum, plasma or cells from whole blood
• Collection and collection of urine, feces, breast milk and cord blood
• Separation and preservation of whole blood mononuclear cells
o Processing of solid samples:
• Direct freezing of tissue
• Freezing at Optimal Cutting Temperature (OCT)
• Paraffin fixation
• Tissue cryopreservation
• Production of tissue matrices (TMAs)
• Section cuts with cryostat, paraffin sections and preparation of slides for subsequent staining.

o Support in the manipulation of experimental animal models and associated techniques

Responsible name and surname

Edurne Pedrosa Berrio

Postal address

Crta. Can Ruti, Cami de les Escoles s/n - 8916 Barcelona

Web

http://www.germanstrias.org/technology-services/biobank/index