Pasquarello Tissue Lab

Overview of Services

The Pasquarello Tissue Bank distributes discarded cellular products to investigators with IRB approved protocols to utilize these products. These products include: Umbilical Cord Blood Units, Bone Marrow Filters, Cryopreserved Stem Cell Products and Cellular Blood Product Bags. To support DF/HCC protocols we are available to process blood, bone marrow and saliva and cryopreserve viable cells, plasma, serum and DNA as required for each study.  Banked specimens are available for research studies outlined in each protocol under the supervision of the protocol Principal Investigator. 

 

If you have questions concerning vial requests please contact Alexander J. Lee or Allison Andersen. (See contact information below.)

 

If you wish to inquire about using the services of the Pasquarello Tissue Bank to process and bank samples for a new protocol please contact Dr. Jerome Ritz (Jerome_Ritz@DFCI.harvard.edu) 617-632-3465.

Location and hours of operation

Hours Location

Monday - Friday    

6 AM - 6 PM 

450 Brookline Ave., DL181     

Boston, MA 02215

Lab contact information:

e-mail: DFCIPasquarelloLab@DFCI.Harvard.edu

Web-site: http://pasquarello-tissue-bank.dana-farber.org/

phone: 617-632-3087

FAX: 617-394-2681

Information for Users External to DFCI

Purchase Orders are to be made out to:

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

General Accounting, BP-425

450 Brookline Avenue

Boston, MA 02215-5450

 

Note to Partners, Harvard, Boston Children’s and Tufts researchers:

  • Partners Health Care (includes MGH, BWH, McLean, Spaulding, etc): choose vendor 0000008573
  • Harvard (includes HMS,Dental, Wyss, HSPH, etc.): choose vendor site: 01_PRIMARY
  • Tufts University: choose Supplier 0000000655
  • Boston Children’s Hospital: choose vendor 0000001886

  If you are using a PO from an institution other than one under which you signed in, you must stop and contact the DFCI iLab staff at sc_billing@dfci.harvard.edu

 

 

 

Shipping of samples to the Pasquarello Tissue Bank:

ATTN: Allison Andersen (617-632-3087)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Pasquarello Tissue Bank, DL181

1 Jimmy Fund Way, Smith Receiving

Boston, MA 02115

 

e-mail the Pasquarello Tissue Bank with the Tracking # to:  DFCIPasquarelloLab@DFCI.Harvard.edu

 

Links and Resources

  1. Pasquarello Tissue Bank Website

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Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Allison Andersen
Lab Manager
 
617-582-8214
 
allison_andersen@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Marcia Chesterfield
Lead Clinical Lab Asst.
 
617-632-3087
 
marcia_chesterfield@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Elaine Zive
Associate Business Director
 
617-582-9199
 
ezive@partners.org
 
SM11
 
Alexander J Lee
01-206 Clinical Research Coordinator
 
617-632-5139
 
AlexanderJ_Lee@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
MA530
 
Elizabeth Gebremeskel
Clinical Lab Asst. III
 
617-632-3087
 
ElizabethM_Gebremeskel@DFCI.Harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Jared Dorff
Clincial Lab Asst. II
 
617-632-3087
 
jared_dorff@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Natalie Mendez
Clinical Lab Asst. I
 
617-632-3087
 
Natalie_Mendez@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Abdurahman Bana
Clinical Lab Asst. I
 
617-632-3087
 
Abdurahman_bana@DFCI.harvard.edu
 
DL181
 
Doreen Hearsey
Consultant
 
617-632-3087
 
doreen_hearsey@DFCI.harvard.edu