This Tissue and Blood Repository Core provides specimen acquisition, processing and storage services, and access to archived frozen tissue specimens to the BWH/MGH/DFCI research community.

Director: William G. Richards, Ph.D.
Phone: (617) 732-6837
Fax: (617) 264-6810
Email: wrichards@partners.org

Other Staff:

Kathleen Kee
Phone: (617) 732-6780
Fax: (617) 264-6810
Email: kkee@partners.org

Location of Core:

Thorn 403, 408, 410, 413.

Major Equipment:

Protected cryo-storage at –80C, -140C, histology, cell culture.

►An ‘Account’ is a collection of specimens related to a protocol-based, contracted agreement to collect, process and/or store specimens on behalf of an investigator, group or program.
►‘General Holdings’ are anonymous specimens accrued by the bank, not associated with a particular account, and generally available to investigators for a fee.

To access the core, request specimens or establish an account, please contact Kathleen Kee at
(617) 732-6780 or by email at kkee@partners.org.