BIOBANK OF THE HOSPITAL CLINIC OF BARCELONA - IDIBAPS
Biobank
High-quality samples for future research

Biological Fluids Bank (BFB)

The BFB houses liquid biopsy samples, such as blood and blood derivatives (serum, plasma, mononuclear cells, granulocytes), DNA, saliva, semen and urine from over 42,000 donors. The diagnoses include metabolic diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, respiratory and cardiac diseases, malignant neoplasms, psychiatric diseases, hepatic vascular diseases, maternal and foetal diseases and infectious diseases. It also has samples from healthy donors; the latter being of key importance for comparison with the control situation. Finally, the bank also offers human DNA samples from archaeological sites.  

The BFB, located in the IDIBAPS Esther Koplowitz Centre (CEK building), coordinates multicentre national collections in different networks such as GETECCU, CIBERDEM and CIBERES, and participates as a laboratory providing technical services in various clinical trials. 

AVAILABLE SAMPLES

TYPE  SAMPLES
PBMCs 45.407
Plasma 287.892
DNA 141.386
Cerebrospinal fluid  2.924
Buffy coat 4.907
Blood 41.260
Granulocytes  1.286
Saliva 2.994
Serum 193.970
Semen 57
Urine 65.676

Updated July 2024 

Updated July 2024