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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Central Biobank Facililty

About us

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Central Biobank Facility offers a wide range of services to support researchers with their work. We store a collection of human tissues under the Human Tissue Act and offer a range of temperature-controlled storage facilities for human samples. Alongside the storage facility, we offer sample handling and processing services, in a modern, well-equipped laboratory.

All our services are for the use of researchers both within Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and from other universities, hospitals and commercial companies. Our services are flexible and tailored to individual project requirements.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Research Tissue Biobank

Within the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Central Biobank, we also have a research tissue bank. The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Research Tissue Biobank (NRTB) is an essential facility for life sciences and medical researchers working at the University. The NRTB holds a number of sample collections and is able to access excess diagnostic samples, enabling researchers to more easily use human tissue samples relevant to their project, without the need for their own ethics approval.

Visit the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Research Tissue Biobank page for further information and application process. 

Tissue Collections

There are other tissue collections within Âé¶¹´«Ã½.

Visit the Collections page for the list of collections. 

Contact Information

Meet the team

Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 4285

For storage, tissue processing and handling services, please email biobank@newcastle.ac.uk

For sample access and use of our generic ethics, please email biobanktissuerequests@newcastle.ac.uk

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Biobank
MG261 Ground Floor Leech Building
Medical School
University of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Upon Tyne
Framlington Place
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
NE2 4HH

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