The technical handover of the University of Szeged’s new Biobank building has been concluded, along with the process of putting the various storage units, service technologies, building surveillance and process control systems in operation. The facility will be prepared to receive the first samples in a matter of a few months.

"The modern, semi-automatic storage system was donated by the Spartacus Cancer Foundation, which was founded for the support of Hungarian cancer research in 2019. To operate the storage system, a new host building had to be constructed. Following the construction of the storage unit, its system programming has now been completed. Based on the current system data the storage can host up to 1,800,000 samples. The storage capacity however is flexible, according to the number of storage tubes. By changing the storage system and the software, 3,000,000 further samples can be housed in the biobank – which is a long-term goal. The primary samples arrive form the units of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, but we will expect samples from national and international cooperations as well." – Said Dr Zoltán Veréb, head of University of Szeged's Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Pharmacology Laboratory, head technical manager for setting up the biobank.

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