University of Michigan

Contact Info:

Victoria Blanc

https://medresearch.umich.edu/office-research/about-office-research/our-units/central-biorepository

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_026845

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Relevant Publications:

1.) Keller MS, Lucarelli N, Chen Y, Border S, Janowczyk A, Himmelfarb J, Kretzler M, Hodgin J, Barisoni L, Demeke D, Herlitz L, Moeckel G, Rosenberg AZ, Ding Y, Sarder P, Gehlenborg N (2025 Oct 22). Interactive visualization of kidney micro-compartmental segmentations and associated pathomics on whole slide images ArXiv, (), arXiv:2510.19499v1. . PMCID: 12633626.

2.) Saade MC, Saliba A, Clark AJ, Debnath S, Zhan S, Ragi N, Etzrodt V, Al-Humaidi R, Vu K, Tao Y, Trevino E, Lorenzen AL, Zhang G, Berg AH, O’Connor JC, Parikh SM, Sharma K (2025 Oct 13). Quinolinic acid metabolism may mitigate AKI to CKD transition bioRxiv, (), 2025.10.10.681643. . PMCID: 12632480.

Description:

Core provides annotated biospecimens for basic, clinical, and translational research. Helps researchers access, collect, manage, and protect biospecimens using automated processes and quality control. Offers safe and monitored management of biospecimens including temperature-controlled storage, preparation of derivatives from these specimens, aliquoting, distribution, and production of specimen collection kits.