To Request Biospecimen

To inquire about sample availability, please complete the Project Intake Form. A representative from the biobank will query and will contact you about specimen availability within two weeks. If specimens are available you will be asked to complete the Biospecimen and Data Request Form. Please note that requests are for data and specimens that are currently available in inventory.   

Sample requests apply to existing inventory and routine biobank collections. The number of samples requested may differ from number of samples approved for release. Requests may not be fulfilled if the proposed study overlaps with concurrent projects and will be based on sample availability.   

All requests will be reviewed by the Data Access Committee. Decisions are based on availability of samples at the time request are reviewed.  Approximate turn-around-time from request through review is 4 weeks. The Data Access Committee will consider the following in its review: 

• Compatibility with ongoing studies 
• Availability and rarity of requested biospecimens and absence of restrictions on the biospecimens during informed consent 
• Appropriate ethics approval to perform proposed research 

• Sufficient funding to perform proposed research 

Following the review you will be informed whether the request has been approved or returned for re-submission. Following approval the biobank will execute a Material Transfer Agreement. Upon acceptance of terms and payment specimens will be shipped to the investigator.