The Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank (ICHTB) infrastructure enables Imperial researchers to collect, store and use human tissue appropriately under a single Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licence and Ethics approval. We provide Research Ethics Committee approved consent forms and access to a tracking database which ensures HTA compliance.

Services for researchers

Research Projects

If you want to access sample types that are already in the bank or in an existing sub-collection:

Sub-collections

If you want to start collecting samples that you know are not currently being collected for a specific project or projects:

Regulatory Compliance

  • Training requirements for the Human Tissue Act 2004
  • Human tissue governance FAQs
  • ICHTB HTA licence