Currently, the Biobank provides to the scientific community:

• Various types of human and animal samples (blood derivatives, DNA, RNA, cryopreserved cells and a great range of tissues) corresponding to various types of samples classified according to pathology or population group (controls).
• Technical services and sample processing

Sample collections

• Cancers
• Infectious diseases (COVID19, VIH, tuberculosis)
• Neurological and neurodegenerative conditions (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, ataxiae)
• Respiratory diseases (asthma, OSAs, COPD, bronchiectasis, influenza A)
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
• Cardiovascular (peripheral arterial disease, heart failure)
• Rare diseases
• Skin conditions (psoriasis)
• Digestive diseases (Crohn's disease, colitis)
• Diabetes
• Mineral metabolism abnormalities in patients who had a renal transplant at Catalonia
• Renal transplant
• Paediatric (autism spectrum disorder, diabetes)
• Obesity
• Cholelithiasis
• Addictions (use of toxic substances, alcohol)
• Control population (healthy individuals)
• Animal samples

Technical services

The Biobank, in addition to providing samples for biomedical research, is a scientific-technical platform where you can request services related to the collection, handling and processing of biological samples.

• Pooling of collected samples and existing resources
• Coordination across several sites and biobanks at national and international level for the harmonization of procedures and sample collection
• Sample storage at various conditions and modalities: Room temperature, +4 ºC, -20 ºC, -80 ºC and -196 ºC
• Nucleic acid extraction (DNA and RNA) from various types of samples
  • Whole blood, plasma (cfDNA)
  • Saliva
  • Tissues
  • Faeces
  • Other biological fluids (e.g., cell cultures, amniotic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, urine)
• Quality control for DNA and RNA
• Collection and fractionation of serum, plasma and cells from whole blood
• Collection and fractionation of urine, stools, breast milk, faeces, saliva and umbilical cord blood
• Separation and storage of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
• Processing of solid samples:
  • Direct freezing of tissues
  • Freezing with OCT
  • Formalin fixation and paraffin embedding (FFPE)
  • Preparation of tissue matrices (TMAs)
  • Sectioning of slices at the cryostat, paraffin slices and preparation of slides for future staining
  • Tissue staining
• Assessment of traceability using STRs (for blood samples, DNA, cell lines and saliva samples)