H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tissue Core

The Cancer Center has two automated storage systems:
• ThermoScientific Biobank Automated Freezer Storage System provides -80° sample storage and rapid retrieval. The system has a capacity of nearly 112,000 tubes.
• Nexus Universal Biostore (NEXUS), with a storage capacity of over 2.5 million tubes stored at a constant -80°C, the Nexus Universal Biostore automated freezer system provides long-term storage of TCC® general banking and investigator-driven collected biospecimens.

Major Equipment includes:
• TC-Solid Tissue: Qiagen Universal automated samples processing platform, Qiagen QIAcube, Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer, Nanodrop spectrophotometer, Cellometer Automated Cell Counter, Qiagen Autopure DNA extraction system.
• TC- Research Histology Services: Leica AutoStainer XL automatic stainer, Leica CM1850 cryostat, Leica ASP300 tissue processor, Ventana Discovery Automated Stainer, Beecher Instruments Tissue Microarray Manual Arrayer.
• Storage: Tissue Core has two automated ultra-low temperature freezer system for long-term archival storage of human biospecimens (ThermoScientific Biobank Automated Freezer Storage System and Nexus Universal Biostore).

Services include:
• TC- Intake/Acquisition: Collection, initial annotation, and de-identification of biospecimens for investigator-driven and general banking protocols.
• TC-Sample Processing Lab: Biospecimen processing services ranging from processing of blood to extraction of nucleic acids.
• TC-Research Histology Services: Basic histology services, research-focused immunohistochemistry, and construction of tissue microarrays.
• TC-Lifetime Cancer Screening (LCS): Operating as a TC satellite facility at the LCS Center, less than 1 mile from the on-campus TC. This section provides sample acquisition, annotation, processing, and temporary storage of biospecimens collected at LCS.

Fee Schedule:
• Tissue Core Services Current Fee Schedule FY14 (PDF)