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Services

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Last updated: Jun 07, 2023 by karenalee.pryce
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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 shipping

  • Coordination and booking for local and international sample shipments