Personalized medicine requires knowledge about the genomic make-up and disease biology of an individual that can influence the selectivity and response to therapy. A significant obstacle in research in the effort to find new treatments for diseases has been the lack of well-annotated associated clinical and processing data of uniformly collected biospecimen research samples. The Program for Biospecimen Science (PBS) serves as the coordinating facility for the prospective collection of biological specimens in West Michigan and as a clearinghouse for the processing, storage, and isolation of analytes to fuel biomedical discovery at VARI and partnering institutions. The PBS also conducts scientific evidence-based practices to advance the field of biospecimen science.
Director of Operations
Dan Rohrer, B.S., M.B.A.
Email
616-234-5436
Associated Labs and Services
Laboratory of Analytical, Cellular, and Molecular Microscopy
Berghuis, Bree, B.S., HTL(ASCP), QIHC
Feenstra, Kristin, B.S.
Hillsabeck, Renee, B.S.
Hudson, Eric, B.S.
Khoo, Sok Kean, Ph.D.
Turner, Lisa, B.S., HT(ASCP)
Vadlaptla, Manjari, M.S.
Laboratory of Microarray Technology
