When the Human Tissue Resource Center (HTRC) launched in 2001, its name was sufficiently descriptive: the initial operation processed a modest inventory of human tissue samples to enable research objectives inside the University of Chicago’s Department of Pathology. In the ensuing decades, as those research objectives grew to encompass the whole university, the HTRC expanded its mission. Today, this CAP-accredited core facility procures, processes, disperses, and assesses not only human tissue but also DNA, PBMC, saliva, and other body fluids. Investigators from diverse university departments rely on its services to pursue cancer research, to improve understanding of complex neurological disorders like epilepsy and Parkinson’s, and to explore potentially life-saving hypothe

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