Biospecimen Processing Lab

SFVA Lab

Lab Location: 
4150 Clement Street MS 151CRO 
Building 203, Room 1A-14
San Francisco, CA 94121 

Scheduling (Lab-Only): 
[email protected]

Contact: 
[email protected]

BSPL Guidelines for Liquid Sample Processing:

Hours of operation (all campuses):

  • Tuesday through Thursday, 8am – 4:30pm (excluding UCSF campus holidays). Last samples must be received by 3:30pm. 
  • Samples with same-day shipments must be received by 1:30pm to meet outbound shipping cutoffs. 
  • Samples with complex processing, such as PBMCs, whole blood stimulations, must be received by 1:30pm. 

If same-day shipment samples are received past the cut-off time, samples will be shipped the next business day. Ambient samples are generally more time sensitive and require same-day shipment. 

If your protocol has samples that will be collected past the same-day processing cut off time, please consult with your PI and/or sponsor for next steps. We can store samples overnight at ambient and refrigerated (4C) temperatures for processing the next day, but only with PI and/or sponsor approval.