Population Sciences Biorepository Core

Overview of Services

The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center Population Sciences Biorepository (PSB) was created to support a high-quality molecular epidemiology program in the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center and to serve as a scientific resource for investigators on biospecimen collection and storage methods in their efforts to discover etiologic risk factors and deliver personalized cancer medicine. Our goal is to provide necessary risk factor and clinical data collection and a centralized, cost-effective facility for biospecimen processing and storage of biospecimens from large epidemiological and clinical studies. The PSB provides services for individually funded investigators as well as for clinical centers wishing to bank specimens prospectively from their patients for future research projects. The PSB clinical coordinators can assist you with consenting, phlebotomy, and data collection, if needed. The PSB Laboratory provides full fractionation and aliquoting for blood samples, as well as DNA extraction from whole blood, buffy coat, or saliva. Our team can consult with you to plan the data and specimen collection and storage needs for your projects.

Getting Started

• BCM Users:  Click the link in the upper right corner to login or register for an iLab account using valid BCM credentials.

• Non-BCM Users:  Click the appropriate link in the upper right corner to login with your approved iLab credentials or to sign up for an iLab account.

• Visit the Customer Help Manual for further guidance using iLab's Core Facility Services.

Leadership

Michael E. Scheurer, Ph.D. | Core Director

Office: R517

Phone: 713-798-7480

Email: scheurer@bcm.edu

Location and Hours of Operation

Links and Resources

• Visit our websites for additional information:  http://www.bcm.edu/cancercenter/index.cfm?pmid=18496

Contacts

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