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DCTD Tumor Repository
Frederick, MD

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The Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) within NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnostics (DCTD), has maintained a low temperature repository of transplantable in vivo-derived tumors and in vitro-established tumor cell lines from various species. This Tumor Repository, located at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick serves as a resource for viable, pathogen-screened experimental tumor lines, many of which are not available elsewhere. The Repository makes these materials available to qualified investigators as a service to the cancer research community. Please find the ma… [learn more]

Biologist: Bethany Asare, Ph.D.
Email: bethany.asare@nih.gov
Phone: (301) 846-1709
DTP Natural Products Repository
Frederick, MD

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DTP’s Natural Products Repository is the world’s largest storehouse of natural products. It houses close to >200,000 extracts from samples of more than 70,000 plants and >20,000 marine organisms collected from more than 29 countries, plus extracts of diverse bacteria and fungi. In addition, the NCI Natural Products Repository also includes pre-fractionated natural products extracts created through the NCI Program for Natural Products Discovery. The pre-fractionated extract library has 500,000 partially-purified plated fractions, created from NPB crude extracts, available for screening. The… [learn more]

Chief: Barry O’Keefe, Ph.D.
Email: NCINatProdRep@mail.nih.gov
Phone: (301) 624-1285
DTP Repository of Chemical Agents
Rockville, MD

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DTP maintains a repository of synthetic compounds and pure natural products that are available to investigators for non-clinical research purposes. The Repository collection is a uniquely diverse set of more than 200,000 compounds that have been either submitted to DTP for biological evaluation or, in some cases, synthesized under DTP auspices. Samples obtained from the NCI/DTP Open Chemicals Repository are available at no cost except for shipping charges. Importantly, investigators should note that chemical structures of these substances are those assigned by the… [learn more]

Chemist: David C. McCutcheon, Ph.D.
Email: Dave.McCutcheon@nih.gov
Phone: (240) 276-6818
NCI Specimen Resource Locator (SRL)
ROCKVILLE, MD

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The Specimen Resource Locator (SRL) is a biospecimen resource database designed to help researchers locate resources that may have the samples needed for their investigational use. This publicly searchable database includes information about biospecimen banks and sample procurement services. The specimens and samples come from non-commercial, either NCI or non-NCI-funded resources. Investigators can search the database and gain access to thousands of specimens of various tumor, organ, and preservation methods. Please submit all SRL inquiries using the “Contact the Expediter” button on t… [learn more]

Program Director: Claire Hildebrant
Email: claire.hildebrandt@nih.gov
Phone: (240) 276-5959
NIA Nonhuman Primate Core
Poolesville, MD

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The NIA Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Core Facility maintains a colony of rhesus macaques at the National Institutes of Health Animal Center. Established in 2012, the Core's mission is to offer research services supporting multi-disciplinary translational aging projects.  Working with investigators, we develop experimental protocols to evaluate various aspects of NHP aging.  We provide all supportive care for the research animals, complete all regulatory requirements,  conduct in vivo experiments, and collect and organize study data.  The NIA IRP's 30 years of NHP research experience has made us… [learn more]

Facility Head: Julie Mattison
Email: Julie.mattison@nih.gov
Phone: (301) 435-7637
NIH NeuroBioBank (NBB)
Bethesda, MD

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With specimens that span neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders, the NBB serves as a central point of access to the world-class collections of our six biorepositories. In addition, the NBB provides researchers with a wealth of resources to facilitate their research, including medical records and clinical data sets (when available) as well as access to quality metrics and best practices used by each site. Established Technologies The NIH NeuroBioBank contains an inventory of specimens that are available through its b… [learn more]

Program Analyst: Olivia Spicer
Email: olivia.spicer@nih.gov
Phone: (301) 443-4708