Accelerate your study with expert, end-to-end guidance on biospecimen strategy, operations, and compliance. Our team supports investigators from first study steps to biospecimen metadata tracking, storage and sample life-cycle, improving scientific rigor, and reproducibility.
Core areas of support
Study Planning & Design
- Pre‑analytical variable planning (collection tubes, timing, stabilization, transport)
- Specimen type selection aligned to downstream assays
- Accessioning and labeling strategies that minimize error rates
- Feasibility checks against existing inventory and processing capacity
Regulatory, Ethics & Best Practices
- Informed consent language considerations for biospecimens
- IRB‑related guidance specific to specimen collection and future use
- Alignment with ISBER‑informed practices for handling and storage
Workflow & Data Integration
- SOP development for receipt, processing, aliquoting, normalization, and plating
- OpenSpecimen LIMS integration: barcode strategy, metadata fields, audit trails
- Chain‑of‑custody mapping and corrective action plan
Costing & Resourcing
- Cost estimation for specimen collection and lab processing
- Storage tier planning across ambient, refrigerated, frozen, ULT, and LN₂
- Risk mitigation budgeting (monitoring, redundancy, disaster recovery)
Readiness for Analysis
- Fit‑for‑purpose processing for nucleic acids and other analytes
- Sample quality controls and retention strategies for longitudinal studies
- Road‑mapping from pilot to scale‑up using Biobank capacities and services