Welcome to the GGC Bio-repository submission point where requests for access to human tissue for medical research projects are submitted.
Prior to submission please contact Clare Orange Deputy Director, GGC Bio-repository. clare.orange@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 354 9495
It is also the portal for selected reviewers to view submissions.
The GGGC Bio-repository has NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval to issue samples to researchers within a defined set of research studies. If your proposed study falls within these parameters, your study will not require further REC approval.
The responsibilities placed on the NHS GGC as custodians of tissue and data is to ensure that any proposed research falls within the terms of the overarching REC approval. It is also responsible to review the application for scientific merit or see evidence of such.