Newcastle Central Biobank Facility

To provide leading edge biobanking facilities, expertise and infrastructure. Our Biobank Facility delivers a complete package of services, from sample acquisition through to analysis, tailored to the needs of our research partners.

Newcastle Central Biobank Facility, established in 2010, offers a wide range of biobanking services, including provision of samples from our research tissue banks, and sample collection to facilitate research projects. We specialise in HTA-compliant sample storage and biospecimen management logistics, as well as liquid sample and solid tissue processing. We provide flexible histology services and practical training to researchers and trainees, giving them the opportunity to practice and learn techniques in our teaching laboratories. We provide high throughput brightfield slide scanning for digital pathology, and flexible image archiving and analysis solutions. Our services are available to researchers in academic, clinical and commercial intuitions.