Newcastle Central Biobank Facililty
About us
The Newcastle Central Biobank Facility offers a wide range of services to support researchers with their work. We store a collection of human tissues under the Human Tissue Act and offer a range of temperature-controlled storage facilities for human samples. Alongside the storage facility, we offer sample handling and processing services, in a modern, well-equipped laboratory.
All our services are for the use of researchers both within Newcastle University and from other universities, hospitals and commercial companies. Our services are flexible and tailored to individual project requirements.
Newcastle Research Tissue Biobank
Within the Newcastle Central Biobank, we also have a research tissue bank. The Newcastle Research Tissue Biobank (NRTB) is an essential facility for life sciences and medical researchers working at the University. The NRTB holds a number of sample collections and is able to access excess diagnostic samples, enabling researchers to more easily use human tissue samples relevant to their project, without the need for their own ethics approval.
Visit the Newcastle Research Tissue Biobank page for further information and application process.
Tissue Collections
There are other tissue collections within Newcastle University.
Visit the Collections page for the list of collections.
Contact Information
Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 4285
For storage, tissue processing and handling services, please email biobank@newcastle.ac.uk
For sample access and use of our generic ethics, please email biobanktissuerequests@newcastle.ac.uk
Newcastle Biobank
MG261 Ground Floor Leech Building
Medical School
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
