Welcome to the Windber Research Institute Tissue Banking blog.

Who are we?

We are a state of the art biorepository located in rural Pennsylvania established in 2001.  We house over 80,000 human specimens including blood, DNA, RNA and assorted tissue including breast, heart, kidney, lung, colon and reproductive tissues.  We collect, process, store and distribute these biospecimens to support scientific discovery.

Why are we here?

Our mission is to enhance the reliability of molecular research by providing high-quality biospecimens to the scientific community. Our experiences over the years have helped us gain valuable insight that has allowed us to achieve this goal.  We have built the repository from the ground up and we would like to share our experiences and knowledge we have gained along this journey. 

We strive to be an informative blog to help others in this industry.  We welcome the exchange of ideas as well as anecdotal stories and lessons learned (sometimes the hard way) along the road.