Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Katherine Garman

Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Shannon J. McCall

Biospecimens enable research in

all diseases

SampleDistribution

Biobanking Research Support:Leveraging Duke’s Broad Consent Biobanking IRB Protocol

• Blood products• Urine, ascites,

pleural fluid, CSF• DNA, RNA• Tissue, healthy and

diseased• Fresh, frozen, FFPE

Fresh Tissue

Processing

Biobanking Protocol Consultation

Patient Consent and Enrollment

Specimen Handling and Processing

SpecimenCollection

Quality Control & Histology Review

Specimen Tracking/ Storage

Biofluids Shared Resource

Substrate Services Core

Biospecimen Repository

and Processing Core

DUKE

BIOBANKhelena.ellis@duke.edu (Director)

……incorporate biospecimens into your

research plan.

…access services for biospecimen processing

& derivatization

On-campus biobanking expertise in the handling and storage of liquid and solid human biospecimens.

Adherence to biobanking best practices ensures that valuable biospecimens are handled properly and are fit-for-purpose for your research.

biobank.duke.edu

…prioritize quality in your research with

biospecimens

• Study set-up• IRB and Grant template

language• Budget estimates

• Consenting of patients to Duke’s Broad Consent Biobanking Protocol

• Blood collection • Surgical biospecimen

collection

• High throughput DNA & RNA extraction

• mRNA & miRNA profiling

• Histologic review of tumor samples

• Quality metrics for DNA & RNA

• LIMS for specimen tracking

• Cryogenic storage

Distribution within and

outside of Duke

….find Duke patients for your research question

Surgical

Sample

CollectionBlood Collection

& Processing

Histological

ReviewCryogenic

Storage

Tissue for Xenograft Research

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