Central Biorepository

The Central Biorepository (CBR) is a recharge-based core facility supporting collaboration among University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) investigators by streamlining human biospecimen access, handling, processing, and compliance to accelerate biomedical research. Its services include: • Access to Biospecimens and Data: Researchers have access to hundreds of thousands of human biospecimens, each carefully annotated with clinical and research data. • Specimen Management: The CBR provides secure, monitored, and CAP-accredited storage for participating clinical research study teams using a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), LabVantage, for full traceability, data integration, and reporting. • Processing Services: Automated laboratory processing is performed using standardized and validated protocols to ensure specimen quality and reproducibility. • Collection Kit Logistics: For those participating clinical research study teams collecting human specimens, the CBR creates and ships custom specimen collection kits and coordinates biospecimen logistics. • Distribution and Shipping: The CBR manages controlled distribution and shipping of biospecimens to researchers and their collaborators as needed. • Regulatory Support: Assistance is provided for regulatory submission preparation to ensure compliance in research projects.