Cryobank

A Cryobank (from ancient Greek. Κρυος ( kryos ) = frost, ice) is the place of storage of biological material, such as stem cells, with the help of cryopreservation and is a special form of the biobank. A Cryobank is technically from a cryogenic container and stored therein, packaged in substrates bioassays. The cooling to at least -140 ° C. by liquid nitrogen; wherein the samples are stored, even in the gas phase. In modern cryocontainers a suitable cryogenic supply makes their contribution and output devices that there is always a storage temperature is assured of -140 ° C and that icing the cryogenic container is prevented by built-in locks. Using the cryo is attempted a number of processes, such as, for example, to automate the freezing and thawing and thus increase the quality of the storage and the throughput of samples.

In 2005, German cryobanks joined to the Community German cryobanks eV.