Page 76 - Libro Memoria Cien Inglés
P. 76
Provision of services Salamanca, Leon and Cordoba)
stand out. Consultations are also
The range of activities undertaken by received from different public
the department derives from the abi- hospitals and from the Anatomical
lity of its members to collect, process, Forensic Institute of Madrid
evaluate and diagnose brain tissue
sample from human or animal origin. • Performing neurohistological and
All the services listed below provi- immunohistochemical techniques
ded by the BT-CIEN are accessible to in neurological samples of human
donors and researchers through the and experimental origin.
website. • Incorporation in the biobank
of samples collections (usually,
• Performing neuropathological biological fluids, blood, and CSF)
autopsies in brain tissue donors, from clinical research projects.
both in the Region of Madrid and
neighboring Regions, as well as in • Organization of informative lectures
other Regions that do not have a and visits to the biobank for the
brain bank. dissemination and promotion
of brain tissue donation among
• Management of a biobank of patients and relatives, health
neurological samples. Transfer of professionals and the general
samples to researchers according population.
to the BT-CIEN standard operating
protocols together with biobank • Participation in formal training
external committees. programs for Pathological
Anatomy Technicians, Laboratory
• Prospective collection of special Technicians, and Pathological
biological samples for research Anatomy and Neurology resident
projects, at the request of the physician interns.
researchers, once approved in
compliance with BT-CIEN protocols
(and by the scientific and ethical CIEN Foundation Tissue Bank (BT-
external committees). CIEN)
• Diagnostic consultations of
neuropathological cases. Among Since its opening in May 2010, the CIEN
the external consultations, those Foundation Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN)
carried out as support of other has traveled a path of growth and
biobanks of neurological samples consolidation in the field of Spanish
with which BT-CIEN maintains Neuroscience, supporting national
a regular collaboration (Murcia, and international research groups and
maintaining close contact with neuro-
Annual report Fundación CIEN 2020 76
