Biobank IGTP-HUGTP

Currently, the Biobank provides to the scientific community:

Sample collections

  • Cancers
  • Infectious diseases (COVID19, VIH, tuberculosis)
  • Neurological and neurodegenerative conditions (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, ataxiae)
  • Respiratory diseases (asthma, OSAs, COPD, bronchiectasis, influenza A)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
  • Cardiovascular (peripheral arterial disease, heart failure)
  • Rare diseases
  • Skin conditions (psoriasis)
  • Digestive diseases (Crohn's disease, colitis)
  • Diabetes
  • Mineral metabolism abnormalities in patients who had a renal transplant at Catalonia
  • Renal transplant
  • Paediatric (autism spectrum disorder, diabetes)
  • Obesity
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Addictions (use of toxic substances, alcohol)
  • Control population (healthy individuals)
  • Animal samples

Technical services

The Biobank, in addition to providing samples for biomedical research, is a scientific-technical platform where you can request services related to the collection, handling and processing of biological samples.

  • Pooling of collected samples and existing resources
  • Coordination across several sites and biobanks at national and international level for the harmonization of procedures and sample collection
  • Sample storage at various conditions and modalities: Room temperature, +4 ºC, -20 ºC, -80 ºC and -196 ºC
  • Nucleic acid extraction (DNA and RNA) from various types of samples
    • Whole blood, plasma (cfDNA)
    • Saliva
    • Tissues
    • Faeces
    • Other biological fluids (e.g., cell cultures, amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, urine)
  • Quality control for DNA and RNA
  • Collection and fractionation of serum, plasma and cells from whole blood
  • Collection and fractionation of urine, stools, breast milk, faeces, saliva and umbilical cord blood
  • Separation and storage of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
  • Processing of solid samples:
    • Direct freezing of tissues
    • Freezing with OCT
    • Formalin fixation and paraffin embedding (FFPE)
    • Preparation of tissue matrices (TMAs)
    • Sectioning of slices at the cryostat, paraffin slices and preparation of slides for future staining
    • Tissue staining
  • Assessment of traceability using STRs (for blood samples, DNA, cell lines and saliva samples)