Research

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We have professionals, facilities, and reference equipment to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

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Our research in numbers

75 active projects

Projects led by the Banc de Sang i Teixits or in collaboration with other entities. 

59 researchers

Dedicated to advancing our research and development projects.

47 scientific publications

In various scientific journals, with an impact factor of 215 and an average factor of 4.5.

Investment in research

Annual research investment 2.6 M €

Discover the Research Strategic Plan

Our mission

We are an institution that promotes and supports research that provides solutions to healthcare needs and develops technologies and therapies in the field of blood and its derivatives, cells, and tissues.

mission

Our Vision

To consolidate ourselves as a reference centre in high-impact research and innovation in advanced therapies and human-origin substances, for the improvement of people's health.

 

vision

The pillars of our strategy in research and innovation

Organització i cultura

Promote internal and collaborative research through a suitable organizational structure, fostering optimal resource management in a healthy work environment.

Recerca i Innovació

Be a reference in high-impact research and innovation for the improvement of people's health within the activities of the BST.

Talent

Provide the necessary professionals for research and innovation programmes, aligned with an attractive scientific career policy to retain and attract new talent.

Infraestructures i equipament.

Offer an optimal service to different system agents while adequately meeting our research needs. The BST should be recognized for its distinctive technologies, equipment, infrastructure, and expertise.

Aliances

Establish a robust network of strategic alliances that promotes cutting-edge science.

Our Research and Innovation Programs

The Strategic Research Plan of the Blood and Tissue Bank includes 3 research programs that encompass different lines of investigation.

1 Donation and Biological Safety of Human Origin Substances (SOHOs)

  • Donation procedures, ethics, and promotion of donations
  • Safety: emerging pathogens, epidemiology, surveillance

2 Transfusional Medicine and Hemotherapy

  • Immunohematology
  • Production of red blood cells in vitro for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
  • Precision genomic diagnosis
  • Development of blood components
  • Immunogenetics and histocompatibility

3 Cellular, Tissue, and Advanced Therapies

  • Immunotherapies derived from stem cells
  • New cellular therapies for cancer treatment
  • New tissue therapies and tissue engineering
  • New cellular therapies for the treatment of chronic and autoimmune diseases
  • Immunogenetics and histocompatibility

Our Biobank is at the service of research

Learn more about the Biobank

What is the Biobank?

The BST Biobank makes available to researchers and educators, for their research or teaching projects, different types of human biological samples that cannot be used for healthcare purposes.

What steps do you need to follow to place an order at the Biobank?

If you are a researcher

  1. 1 Submit a report with the corresponding research project
  2. 2 Submit the research project approval by the reference Research Ethics Committee
  3. 3 Sign the Sample Transfer Agreement once its transfer has been approved by the Scientific and Ethical Committees of the Biobank
  4. 4 Fill out and sign the Biobank product request form specifying the requested sample code

If you are an educational centre

  1. 1 Submit the corresponding educational project for the requested samples
  2. 2 Sign the Transfer Agreement for samples once their transfer has been approved by the Scientific Committee of the Biobank
  3. 3 Fill out and sign the biobank product request form specifying the requested sample code

What products and services does the Biobank offer?

Both researchers and educators must request the samples from the Biobank using a specific form once the necessary procedures have been completed in accordance with the applicable legal regulations. The supply is managed internally.