DDRCC Biorepository Core

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Overview of Services

The Biorepository Core aims to create a high-quality, cost-effective and efficient system to provide investigators with samples of serum, DNA, tissue and cells to investigate mechanisms of digestive inflammatory and metabolic diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis, metabolic syndromes and obesity. These conditions affect millions of individuals in the U.S., and by facilitating their study, we can increase the chance of uncovering key pathogenic mechanisms and developing new therapeutic approaches.

The core’s specialized services and facilities for procuring, characterizing, isolating and storing human tissues and DNA are available to digestive-disease researchers at Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

The Biorepository Core procures, provides and stores DNA, serum, and biopsy and surgical tissues from patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases (i.e. Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal and liver cancers, alcoholic and viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, obesity, etc.) as well as normal controls for use in Institutional Research Board-approved research. The core also provides clinical and demographic classification of tissue and DNA samples and distributes tissue, cells and clinical specimens to DDRCC investigators for use in their digestive and liver disease-related research projects.

In addition, the Biorepository Core provides expertise in the isolation of essentially all types of cells (immune, epithelial, mesenchymal, endothelial, and parenchymal) from the gastrointestinal tract, cancer and liver for characterization in vitro. We also advise and teach investigators, through formal and informal consultation, on principles, methods, analysis, and experimental design of studies involving cell isolation and tissue banking and evaluate the service and the needs of the DDRCC members so that the resources bring the most benefit to priority areas of research.

Through these aims, the core will facilitate, encourage and benefit the DDRCC by providing high-quality and reliable services that will further promote the development of research related to diseases of the gastrointestinal system and liver.

Leadership

Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD | Core Director


Tracy Krebs, MBA | Core Administrator

Location and hours of operation                                                                        

Hours   Location

Monday - Friday

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

2109 Adelbert  Road
BRB 509B
Cleveland, OH 44106

Links and Resources

Link: Biorepository Core Website  

          

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Tracy Krebs, MBA
Administrative Manager
 
216-368-6058
 
tls23@case.edu
 
Biomedical Research Building - Room 523
 
Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD
Director
 
216-844-7344
 
fxc90@case.edu
 
Biomedical Research Building - Room 524
 
Kavitha Thamma
Biorepository Research Coordinator
 
216-368-1288
 
kxt287@case.edu
 
Biomedical Research Building - Room 527
 
Dennis Gruszka
iLab Support Administrator
 
216-368-1105
 
drg59@case.edu
 
Biomedical Research Building - Room 509
 

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