Dieter Morszeck Biorepository

Funded by the Dieter Morszeck Foundation, the DKFZ completed the Dieter Morszeck Biorepository at the campus Im Neuenheimer Feld in 2023. The biorepository is a fully automated cold storage facility in which valuable liquid biospecimens can be stored at temperatures below -130 °C for many years. The building consists of four floors with a total area of about 1200 m². Samples are registered in the laboratory and office space on the ground floor. The upper floors are equipped with large storage tanks intended for long-term storage of samples in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen. The tanks are connected by a rail system and allow fully automated storage and retrieval of samples as well as documentation of all working processes.