ICLC Cell bank

The Cell Bank Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC) is one of the biobanks of the Biological Resource Center CRB-HSM, core facility of the IRCCS San Martino Policlinico Hospital. Founded in 1994, it quickly became a point of reference for researchers and companies.

Services:

• on-line catalog of human and animal cell lines
• authentication of human cell lines with STR profile
• mycoplasma determination
• storage of cell lines and hybridomas, for patent purposes or to make them available to the scientific community

Network activities:

• BBMRI.it common service quality management, BBMRI.it project management, support to biobanks of the National Node for participation in the Directory of BBMRI-ERIC
• Participation to the BBMRI-ERIC working groups on quality issues, coordination of Work Stream 8.6: Immortalized Cell Lines of the BBMRI-ERIC Work Plan
• Participation to the International Committee for Cell Line Authentication (ICLAC)
• Participation to the Technical Scientific Committee, Biomedicine, Rare Diseases and Diseases without Diagnosis established by the Regional health Agency