The CRISMA Clinical Research and Biospecimen Core Laboratory (CRBC Lab) specializes in receiving, processing, biobanking, and distributing biospecimens. The CRBC Lab offers a range of additional services from assistance with initial experimental design, inventory monitoring, and biomarker testing utilizing various platforms. CRBC Lab technicians have extensive experience supporting multiple projects from multicenter NIH-funded clinical trials to pilot studies.
- Personnel
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- Kelly Urbanek, Assistant Director, Lab Operations
- Michael Muir, Laboratory Technician
- Emma Baumgartner, Laboratory Technician
- Services
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Design and Consultation
- Assistance with experimental design
- Budget development and provision of language required for grant proposals
- Collaboration with other CRISMA Cores to develop robust consenting practices, data collection, and follow-up methods
Specimen Collection
- Compilation and distribution of collection kits to internal and external sites
- Receiving biospecimens from internal and external sites
- Procurement of recently collected, unprocessed clinical samples from internal sites
Specimen Processing and Specimen Biobanking
- Processing and aliquoting biospecimens
- Labeling biospecimens for accurate record keeping
- Biobanking biospecimens
- Biospecimen lifecycle management
- Biospecimen preparation and delivery to internal sites/shipment to external sites
Biomarker Testing and Secondary Sample Processing
- Quantification of various analytes utilizing various platforms (Luminex, ELLA, ELISA, Nephrocheck)
- DNA isolation and quantification
- Contact
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For more information about using the CRISMA CRBC Lab, contact Kelly Urbanek or Ali Smith-Scott.