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Services
Westmead Biobank offers services from sample receipt and processing, to sample storage and distribution. Biospecimen collections can be managed all the way from receipt to processing and storage, or one-off services can be ordered. Customised processing services are available for project specific requirements.
Specimen receipt
Biobank staff on-call for receipt of specimens
Biobank staff pick up at collection point on Westmead campus
Delivery to WIMR by courier
Delivery to Biobank lab in person (WIMR level 2)
Sample processing
Primary processing
Blood fraction aliquots
Snap-frozen, OCT or formalin-fixed tissue samples
PBMC’s
Histology services
Tissue microarray (TMA) design and construction
Cryosectioning
FFPE sectioning
DNA/RNA extraction
Qiagen QIAamp blood DNA kits
Qiagen RNeasy mini kit
Customised service for different sample types
Barcoding DNA aliquots
All samples processed by Westmead Biobank can be tracked and transferred directly to our inventory-managed Biobank Storage Facilities
Sample dispatch and shipping
Biobank dispatch for research projects
Sample retrieval from Biobank Storage Facilities
Coordination of dispatch to approved research projects
Sample shipping
Coordination and booking for local and international sample shipments