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Research Tissue Repository Core Facility

Recruitment and Community Engagement Research Research Tissue Repository Core Facility

The UConn Health Research Biorepository consists of de-identified tissue and/or blood samples and patient data obtained from consented patients coupled with a database of clinical and laboratory data. De-identified samples are available to researchers. Our goal is to develop a comprehensive resource that will procure, characterize and distribute high quality human specimens according to rigid protocols and ethical guidelines.
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Contacts

Staff

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Lorrie perpetua

Tissue Bank Coordinator
UConn Health Room L1086
lperpetua@uchc.edu
860.679.1889
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Mary Melinda Sanders

Principal Investigator 
msanders@uchc.edu
860.679.3386

Location

Campus Address

UConn Health

Mailing Address

263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030

Instrumentation

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Sample Assistance

Services include:

  • consenting of eligible patients
  • coordination for specimen collection
  • storage, data management and specimen distribution
  • collection of specimens to researcher's specifications (ex. procurement in RPMI media or RNAlater)
  • H & E, unstained and frozen sections on slides as well as paraffin and OCT curls
  • RNA and DNA isolation from specimens using methods that preserve the integrity of the nucleic acids