The TSB BioBank, under our umbrella protocol, provides high-quality human tissues, blood, and other biospecimens that are prospectively collected, processed, and stored for distribution to investigators, with or without their own IRB protocol, in accordance with procedures that comply with the confidentiality, safety and all other regulatory standards set by UW-Madison and the National Cancer Institute’s Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources.
COVID Biobank
In an effort to mobilize research efforts in support of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) related research, please refer to COVID biobank.
Additional information and application instructions can be found in the RFA online here.
As of Feb 25th, 2021, we have collected blood products from >90 COVID+, >65 COVID negatives, and >115 COVID convalescent consented patients, including samples across multiple time points for a subset of those patients. COVID Positive Saliva (from 16 patients) and Positive and negative nasopharyngeal swab remnants are also available. For further details on inventory, please contact the BioBank Email.
Please see BioBank Re-Opening Policies for information on our operations in the current UW Research Reboot phase.
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Contact Us
Facility Manager: Everlyne Nkadori
Contact: BioBank Email
Lab: 608-262-8884, WIMR 2058
Hours: 7am-5pm M-F
Location: Map
Services
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Annotated Biospecimens
Flash frozen, cryopreserved, formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded, and OCT embedded biospecimens
Biospecimen Informatics
Chart review for PRMC and IRB approved protocols
Cryosectioning
H&E Staining
Customized Biospecimen Acquisition
For PRMC and IRB-approved protocols
Pathology Slide Review
- H&E stained slide interpretation
- Interpret IHC slides in conjunction with H&E
- Evaluate IHC staining for antibody optimization (per antibody)
Nucleic Acid Analysis (Bioanalyzer)
The Bioanalyzer is a chip-based capillary electrophoresis machine to analyze RNA and DNA. Used as a quality control mechanism prior to downstream experiments.
Tissue Microarrays (TMA) in cooperation with the Translational Research Initiatives in Pathology (TRIP) lab
Contact us for current inventory, distribution or questions.
Equipment Rental
Email the Biobank to reserve the Bioanalyzer, Cryostat, Microtome, or Vibratome.
Inventory & Requests
Click the link above to view and review the steps required to request biospecimens from the TSB BioBank Biospecimen Inventory and TMA inventory for studies (including pilot studies), with IRB approval, or without IRB approval.
Pricing & Bill Pay
Click the link above to find more information on the UWCCC Translational Science BioCore (TSB BioBank) Fee Schedule. Please note, the TMA charges are listed in the descriptions for each TMA, which are specific to disease site.
*Users can now pay by credit card using our online bill pay option.
Acknowledgments
Any published research which received funding from the UWCCC Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), including the use of UWCCC Shared Resources to generate or analyze data or conduct clinical trials, must acknowledge the UWCCC. See Acknowledging UWCCC in Publications, Posters, and Presentations. Please also acknowledge “UWCCC TSB-BioBank” for any work supported by the BioBank. Thank you!