In research and development, your cell lines are among your most valuable assets. Yet the journey from qualification to long-term storage is often fragmented. Samples are frequently transferred between laboratories for testing and off-site storage facilities, introducing unnecessary risk at a critical stage of the research lifecycle.
Safeguarding your assets shouldn’t be a logistical challenge. That’s why, at Biofortuna, we offer integrated, expert cell line QC services with controlled environment storage in a single location. This solution requires only one journey, minimising risk and maximising scientific continuity.
The risk of multiple locations
Every time a sample is packed, shipped and received, it can be exposed to potential temperature fluctuations and challenges in maintaining a chain of custody. Moving samples between a QC provider, separate storage provider and your laboratory adds:
- Logistical complexity: Coordinating multiple couriers and specialised packaging
- Increased risk: Beyond the physical stress of transit on sensitive materials, multiple handovers increase the likelihood of chain of custody gaps and courier-related delays.
- Separate records: Split documentation that makes regulatory audits more difficult.
With Biofortuna, QC and storage is simplified, with next-day despatch available when needed.
Ensuring quality
Cell line quality is the cornerstone of research excellence. Before a single sample enters our facility for storage, we can provide the essential testing required to ensure your research is built on a solid foundation – providing complete confidence in your models whilst saving valuable time.
Our cell line QC services deliver clear, reliable insights into identity, contamination risks and overall culture integrity, providing a comprehensive assessment of your cell lines so you can be confident they contain only what they should, including:
- Cell line authentication: To confirm the identity of cell sets, samples and cultures for human cell line whilst also detecting any cross-contamination.
- Sterility testing: Confirming the absence of microbial contaminants that could compromise your cell cultures.
- Mycoplasma detection: To ensure your cells are free from the invisible contaminant that could compromise years of work.
- Intra-species contamination: Identifying mixed populations of the same species to pinpoint the source of contamination.
- Speciation: Confirming the species any cell line belongs to, including those present due to cross-contamination.
- Viral screening: To detect viral agents that could compromise cell line integrity and downstream results.
A seamless transition to controlled storage
When validated, your cell bank is released from quarantine and we move your samples internally for long-term storage until you need them again. We cater to a wide range of controlled environment storage requirements, eliminating the need for an outbound shipment.
We protect your materials in their optimal environment, from ambient temperatures through to vapour phase liquid nitrogen (LN2). Our purpose-built, secure facilities are continuously monitored, with robust backup systems, alarms and strict access controls, supported by a 24/7 on-call response team to safeguard your valuable materials.
With Biofortuna, your samples remain protected, traceable and ready for rapid retrieval whenever you need them.
Why one journey makes a difference
By choosing a single facility, you are doing more than just simplifying sample management, you’re strengthening your research:
- Reduced risk: One journey in and one journey out minimises temperature excursions, handling and opportunities for contamination.
- Operational efficiency: Fewer suppliers, fewer shipments and less administrative burden for your team.
- Data continuity: A unified record of your sample’s lifecycle from QC through to storage and despatch.
- Regulatory confidence: Streamlined documentation supports compliance and simplifies audits.
This integrated approach helps ensure your materials remain consistent, reliable and ready to support reproducible science.
Secure sample integrity
Your research is too important to be left to a fragmented supply chain. From initial testing through to long-term preservation and rapid return, we maintain the highest standards of quality, security and traceability at every step, from the moment your samples arrive at our laboratory through to their return.
With Biofortuna, you can focus on advancing your research, confident that your cell lines are in safe hands.
Get in touch with our expert team today to discuss integrating your QC and storage requirements.
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