Biorepositories

Mayo Clinic Biorepositories resources are available to investigators in industry and academia. Biorepositories are essential resources for personalized medicine research, as they enable the study of both health and disease over long periods of time.

The Biorepositories Program:

  • Provides pre-analytic laboratory services, including:
    • State-of-the-art services for the collection, processing, storage, distribution and management of all types of biospecimens.
    • Histology-related services include immunohistochemistry, tissue microarray construction, digital imaging and laser capture microdissection.
  • Maintains several biospecimen collections, including the Mayo Clinic Biobank, which is:
    • A collection of samples and information from 50,000 participants regardless of health history across all campuses and various health system sites.
    • Increasing its research efforts in the Latino population by collaborating with Mountain Park Health Center to oversee the Sangre por Salud Biobank in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Facilitates research by providing access to laboratory resources, collections and expertise in biobanking.

Mayo Clinic Bioservices

Mayo Clinic Bioservices offers access to cutting-edge biomedical research through the Biorepository laboratories providing state-of-the-art biospecimen processing, storage and shipping services.

They also offer to specimens from the Mayo Clinic Biobank and Cancer Serum Biobank.

Read more about Mayo Clinic Bioservices.

Biospecimens Accessioning and Processing Core

The Biospecimens Accessioning and Processing Core offers services for basic, translational and epidemiological research specimens, including:

  • Accessioning
  • Processing
  • Nucleic acid extraction
  • Kit-building
  • Storage
  • Shipping

Read more about the Biospecimens Accessioning and Processing Core.

Pathology Research Core

The Pathology Research Core provides investigators with advanced histology-related services, including:

  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Tissue microarray construction
  • Digital imaging
  • Laser capture microdissection

Read more about the Pathology Research Core.