Dieter Morszeck Biorepository at the DKFZ

With financial support from the Dieter Morszeck Foundation, the DKFZ completed the Dieter Morszeck Biorepository on the Im Neuenheimer Feld campus in 2023. The biorepository is a fully automated cooling facility in which valuable liquid biosamples can be stored at temperatures below -130 °C for many years. The building consists of four floors with a total area of around 1200 m². The samples are registered in the laboratory and office rooms on the ground floor. The upper floors are equipped with large storage tanks intended for the long-term storage of samples in the vapour phase of liquid nitrogen. The tanks are interconnected by a rail system and enable fully automated storage and removal of samples as well as documentation of all work processes.