How to Request Tissue

In order to evaluate your request, the Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology requires that you provide the following information: 1. Complete the Investigator Request For Brain Tissue form. You can submit your initial request  by filling out the on-line form and you will be notified as to the availability of the requested tissue.  2. Provide a list of approved grant support for your research program (i.e., Federal grant number, foundation or other private support, or identify current collaboration or mentor-trainee affiliations). 3. Provide an abstract or specific aims that clearly describes the project for which you will use the postmortem brain tissue. 4. Provide a copy of your curriculum vitae or NIH biosketch. 5. If applicable read and sign the Human Tissue Handling Risks & Safety Precautions Statement. This will acknowledge your responsibility in understanding of and adherence to appropriate safety standards for the protection of yourself and other laboratory personnel under your supervision while handling human postmortem brain tissue. 6. Read and sign the Tissue Single User Agreement. This will acknowledge your responsibility in not distributing any portion of the tissue disbursement to colleagues or other investigators, and that all such inquires will be directed to the ENPL Director. 7. Read and sign the Acknowledgment Agreement. This will indicate that you have agreed to provide specific acknowledgment of the Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology and its Federal grant number in any publications related to the use of these tissues. All requests undergo a review process in the order which they are received. Upon approval, the tissue order will be shipped to your laboratory as such samples become available to the Tissue Network. The Tissue Network charges no fee for providing this service. The cost for shipping, however, will be assumed by the recipient. We ship by Federal Express, and we do require that you provide us with your FedEx account number. Please feel free to contact Magdalena Torrance regarding the status of your request for tissue or with any other questions you may have. The Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology is pleased to be able to provide this specialized service to help facilitate your research program.