Biomodels and Provincial Biobank of Málaga SSPA
The Biomodels and Provincial Biobank unit of Malaga integrated into the Ibima Bionand Platform Biomedical Research Institute, constitutes a support tool that enhances the development of biomedical research by the research staff, offering transversal services in each of its areas, committed with compliance with the legal, ethical, and quality requirements thereof. This support unit belongs to the Biobank of the Andalusian Health System and the National Platform of Biobanks and Biomodels. It favors the development and quality of scientific production and promotes the protection of the rights of citizens who donate samples and/or data used in research. The area of animal biomodels is established around the resources and infrastructure of the Animal Experimentation Center (CEA) of IBIMA Bionand Platform and University of Malaga and the 3D printing services have all the necessary infrastructure in the School of Industrial Engineering of the University from Malaga.
Services
• Provision of human biological samples: cognitive impairment collections, covid-19, sexual identity disorder
• Andalusian Registry of Donors for Biomedical Research
• Obtention of derivatives: blood fractionation, tissue sections, nucleic acids
• Housing and care under normal or special conditions of different animal models including zebrafish and xenopus. Advanced equipment for experimentation, conduct and surgery
• 3D printing, modeling and scanning
• Training and consulting
