B-SCB
Barcelona Stem Cell Bank
The Barcelona Stem Cells Bank main mission is to offer researchers the services of generation, characterisation and banking of hPSCs, whether human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) or human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The B-SCB offers non-integrative reprogramming methodologies such as Sendai virus, episomal plasmids or mRNA. It uses sevral cell types for reprogramming such as fibroblasts, keratinocytes, peripheral blood and umbilical cord cells, certain tumour cells and even urine epithelial cells. Since its creation, the BLC-B has participated in several projects in the field of hPSCs.
Services
– Embryonic Stem Cells derivation
– Reprogramming of several cell types for iPSC generation
– Characterization of pluripotent stem cells (hPSC):
Absence of reprogramming factors verification
Karyotype
Alkaline phosphatase test
Pluripotency markers (immunocytochemistry)
In vitro differentiation test (embryoid bodies)
In vivo differentiation test (teratomas)
– hPSC banking
– Registration of hPSC in the Spanish National Stem Cell Bank
Responsible name and surname
Anna Veiga Lluch/ Begoña Aran Corbella
Postal address
Gran Via de l’Hospitalet, 199-203, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat - 8908 Barcelona