Biorepository Resource Center

Please Note: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the BioRC has instituted new sample drop-off and pick-up procedures to ensure safety. View and download a PDF version of these instructions. Please contact BioRC at BioRC@email.chop.edu with any questions.

Overview of Services

Our Mission:  CHOP seeks to be a national and international leader in the collection, processing, and analysis of biosamples for the purpose of cutting-edge research with a biobanking resource that simultaneously empowers individual investigators to develop novel biobanking efforts to support particular research efforts and positions the institution as a source of an increasingly comprehensive, institutionally supported centralized repository of samples.

Our Goal: Establish a premier biobank with a well-defined and targeted set of biospecimens and supporting services. Enable support for both ongoing research and future studies that employ new and emerging technologies. Provide the highest quality biomaterials, specimen services, technical consultation and logistical support.

Our Vision: To become a world-class collaborative pediatric biobank.

How We Operate

• We work mainly on a project by project basis.
• We support Investigator-initiated, Divisional, and Center-based IRB-approved biobanking efforts.
• Projects are approved via the BioRC Operational Committee (BOC*).
• Projects must meet the institutional principles for biobanking.

BioRC Rush Charges:

• BioRC will provide estimated completion time for projects and requests based on current work in our queue. 

  Projects that have demanding timelines that are significantly shortened compared to the BioRC estimate and that require allocating additional or all staff to assist (e.g., all hands-on-deck) will incur a 2X rush charge.

Services (By project):
Sample Tracking and Processing

• Enterprise LIMS system.
• Labeling and tracking with barcoding (1D & 2D) and scanning systems.
• Tracking and storage of all sample derivatives.
• Blood fractionation.
• PBMC isolation and cryopreservation.
• Aliquoting for distribution.

Sample Extraction and Purification

• Automated format for efficient throughput.
• DNA and RNA.
• Optimized technology for a wide range of sample types:
• Blood - Tissue
• Buffy coat - Buccal swab
• Saliva - Cells

Sample Storage

• Dedicated and customized storage.
• Temperature monitoring and redundant alarm systems.

Leadership

David Stokes, PhD | Technical Director
stokesdg@email.chop.edu
215-590-4752

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. https://intranet.research.chop.edu/display/laboratorybioc
2. https://corelabs.research.chop.edu/biorepository
3. Biorepository Core Website
4. Biorepository Poster

Contacts