The central interdisciplinary biospecimen bank of the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Munich and the University Hospital rechts der Isar (iBioTUM) is an interdisciplinary intersectoral central biobank of the Medical Faculty and the University Hospital rechts der Isar. As a central service (General Service), iBioTUM is an integral part of the research infrastructure at the Munich site. With standardised processes for the collection and provision of tissue and liquid samples, iBioTUM supports the biomedical research of the Medical Faculty and the entire TUM, as well as research projects in Munich, in Bavaria and in Germany and abroad.

Accreditation and certification

Accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020, in co-operation with the Institute of Pathology.

PD Dr Katja Steiger
Head of Tissue Biobank

katja.steiger@tum.de

Dr med. Dr rer. nat. Christof Winter
Head of Liquid Biobank

christof.winter@tum.de

Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich
iBioTUM: Central Interdisciplinary Biospecimen Bank

Ismaninger Straße 22
81675 Munich

Website

Participation in GBN measures in quality management

EQA schemes Tissue RNA: 2022, 2023/24 Liquid/DNA: 2023, 2024/25
Friendly Audit 2022, 2023, 2025

Sponsors and partners

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
German Centres for Health Research (DZIF, DZD, DZHK, DZL, DKTK)
Logo Bavarian Centre for Cancer Research
Bavarian Centre for Cancer Research