Laboratory Services

Quality, collaboration and rigorous science are fundamental to Mayo Clinic Bioservices. To support the investigations of researchers at Mayo and collaborating organizations, Mayo Clinic Bioservices offers laboratory and pathology services as well as biospecimen processing, storage and shipping.

The Mayo Clinic Bioservices laboratory and storage facility covers 65,000 square feet of dedicated space. This single, centralized facility provides numerous advantages, including greater efficiency, increased automation, greater uniformity, and increased standardization of procedures and processes, which means high-quality material for investigators.

Laboratory services

As part of Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic Bioservices' biospecimen offerings provide researchers access to a full suite of downstream genomic services, including:

  • Gene expression
  • Genotyping
  • Next-generation sequencing
  • Proteomics
  • Cytogenetics

Pathology services

Pathology services available from Mayo Clinic Bioservices include:

  • Tissue handling of paraffin-embedded (FFPE) and frozen samples
  • Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
  • RNA-ISH
  • Custom optimization of new antibodies
  • Tissue microarray (TMA) construction
  • Digital imaging and analysis