The Emory Integrated Biorepository Core (EIBC) is built with the strong commitment to provide short- and long-term open collaborative support to all School of Medicine Faculty at Emory University with a primary goal to provide storage, tracking, and retrieval of biospecimens necessary for their research goals.
Core Structures
See Core Operations and Facility Advisory Committee organization charts.
Core Leadership
Nael A. McCarty, PHD
Scientific Director
Nael McCarty is the Marcus Professor of Cystic Fibrosis in the Department of Pediatrics. He leads the Cystic Fibrosis research program at Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he launched a highly successful biorepository linked to patient data. In this new role, McCarty will build upon this experience to lead the facility and staff of this integrated core which supports the efficient use of biospecimens to enable high-impact research leading to the discovery and development of new therapies, diagnostics, and devices. This will include managing the efficient storage and retrieval of biospecimens, a critical capability needed by many investigators. Over the coming years, McCarty will work with leaders to establish platforms to enable more patient-centered research across the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, tying patient-derived samples to data in the EMR. McCarty’s own lab has studied Cystic Fibrosis across the full spectrum from studies of CFTR – the ion channel protein that represents the primary defect in Cystic Fibrosis – to the consequences of loss of function of CFTR at the cell, tissue, and patient level. A major current focus is the mechanisms that link mutations in CFTR to the development of CF-related diabetes, the most common comorbidity, and how this impacts the biology of airway cells and leads to enhanced loss of lung function.
Dr. McCarty's Faculty Profile
Mohammad S. Hossain, PhD
Director
Dr. Hossain is a Research Scientist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and has extensive experience in the processing and preservation of various types of biorepository samples in -80 oC freezer and in liquid nitrogen cryopreservation tanks. He has been doing both basic and clinical biomedical research since 1999 using various types of clinical and preclinical biorepository samples while working as a postdoctoral research fellow at AIDS Research Center, Kumamoto University, Japan and as an Assistant professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Winship Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Emory University.
Dr. Hossain will be responsible for all the daily routine work related to deposit the biorepository samples to the Hamilton BiOS and to retrieve the previously deposited biorepository samples from the BiOS using the standard bidirectional LIMS established by merging the OpenSpecimen-Hamilton BiOS software. He will be supported by the Emory OIT team lead by Sharon Mason for the better implementation of EIBC bi-directional LIMS.
He will be the primary contact person related to the maintenance of Hamilton BiOS. He will maintain a regular communication with the Hamilton and the respective Emory HSRB II service techs for the smooth function of the EIBC.
He will ensure the adequate supply of all items of Hamilton biorepository tubes, racks, accessories, etc. required to prepare the biorepository samples by the PIs. All PIs are requested to communicate with Dr. Hossain in advance to his following telephone numbers and email addresses: 404-727-6934 (Office); 678-447-7492 (mobile); Emails: mshossa@emory.edu and EIBC@emory.edu
