Beyond providing cells and biospecimens for research, ABS offers several biological laboratory services, including sample storage and insourcing.

If you have other collaborative research and development needs, we’re happy to explore ways we may serve as an extension of your lab. Contact us to start the conversation.

Sample Storage

Protect your most valuable samples and ensure your cell lines are safe in case of a disaster at your site with secure offsite storage. Our storage facilities offer either -80°C or LN2 freezers with 24-hour monitoring, internal and external temperature alarms, backup power generation, and backup LN2 supplies.

Freezers that contain your samples are backed up by a direct connection to liquid nitrogen tanks that can automatically maintain temperatures in case of a mechanical failure. In addition to automatic monitoring, freezers are monitored daily by manual inspection.

For all cell lines that we scale up, ABS routinely stores several low-passage sample vials in LN2 at no cost for up to one year.

Cell Bank Storage and Replenishment

With our on-site biorepository storing thousands of our own samples, we are also equipped to produce and store master and working cell banks that can be shipped to your facility using a web-based inventory and request system.

With our Cell Store™ concept, we can handle your cell production, maintain inventories, provide quality control, and deliver cells and cell extracts to you as needed. Additionally, we offer real-time online access to your cell inventories and projects.

ABS follows ISBER and NCI guidelines and is ISO 9001:2015-certified. Biorepository staff are trained in the proper handling of biospecimens and the necessity of maintaining ultra-low temperatures for the proper preservation of biological sample integrity for biochemical assays.

Insourcing

Gain the expertise of highly qualified trained ABS employees without the hassles of recruitment, hiring, HR, benefits, and supervisory responsibilities. Through our cell culture and biobanking insourcing services, ABS employees work at your facility under your direction. All insourcing staff are thoroughly trained and tested before being sent to your facility.

Though insourcing may be available for other research positions, we find it works best for processes that maintain rigorous SOPs and training procedures. Our team recruits, tests (written and practical), and trains personnel. You decide which employees are the best fit for your project.

Many of our customers choose to integrate insourcing with ABS core services. With a combination of ABS staff at your facility and backup services from our facility, you can temporarily ramp up cell production when needed or establish a long-term collaboration with ABS.

*For example, ABS can help with freezer inventories, samples storage, cell bank production, or biospecimen acquisitions. You decide on the best options that help increase your productivity and conserve resources.