Biospecimen Repository and Histopathology Service (BRHS)

Overview of Services

The Biospecimen Repository and Histopathology Service is a shared resource of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey that supports transdisciplinary and translational research through cost-effective, quality-controlled targeted biospecimen procurement, processing, storage, histology and immunohistochemistry. The BRHS has been a CAP accredited biorepository since 2018 and follows all best practices as dictated by their guidelines.

The Biorepository Lab supports biospecimen banking and basic science through a seamless targeting, acquisition, cataloging, processing, storing, and distribution pathway. Patients are consented by BRHS Research Coordinators to our institutional clinically annotated banking protocol, which provides access to patient clinical data via the Honest Broker and the data warehouse. The BRHS maintains the chain-of-custody and link for all de-identified samples. Our frozen and ambient retrospective bank holds aliquoted biospecimens for purchase by Rutgers researchers with approved protocols.

Our Histopathology Laboratory offers state-of-the-art technologies for basic science tissue analysis supported by board-certified surgical pathologists. This lab provides tissue processing/embedding, microtomy, cryotomy, tissue block scrolling and coring, routine and special staining and immunohistochemistry. We also have a TMA service and can perform multiplexing on our automated immunostainer.

Acknowledgement

Please remember to acknowledge the valuable services provided by the Shared Resource in your research papers, publications, and grant applications. Use the following acknowledgment statement:

"Services, results, and products in support of the research project were generated by the Rutgers Cancer Institute, Biospecimen Repository and Histopathology Service Shared Resource, supported, in part, with funding from the NCI-CCSG P30CA072770-6852."

Leadership 

Location and hours of operation

Rutgers Links and Resources

1. Rutgers iLab User Manuals
2. Rutgers iLab Video Tutorials
3. Rutgers iLab FAQs
   

Core Links and Resources

1. Biospecimen Repository and Histopathology Service
2. Inventory Dashboard

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