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CRC-SCA: CLINICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM FOR THE STUDY OF CEREBELLAR ATAXIA

Welcome CRC-SCA staff, coordinators, and PIs.

Study specific tools and resources are linked below. You will want to bookmark this page for your reference! If you have any questions, comments, or requests, please contact biosend@iu.edu or by phone phone directly at (317) 278-6158.

General questions about the study, not related to the specimens, should be directed to your study leadership.
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Study Resources

Kit Request Module

Please follow the below link to access the CRC-SCA Kit Request Module. This link will direct you to a REDCap database where study coordinators and staff may request kits, individual supplies, and/or labels. Please allow a total of two weeks for kit requests to be fulfilled.

Sample Record and Shipment Notification Form

Please use the below link to access the collection and processing form for this protocol. This form must be completed prior to shipment. We also ask that all shipments include a physical copy of the shipping manifest portion of the form.

manual of procedures

The below downloadable manual was created specifically for this study. Please feel free to explore the manual through the hyperlinked ‘Table of Contents’. Questions concerning any part of the manual may be directed to biosend@iu.edu for further clarification.

Training slides

These slides correspond to the BioSEND CRC-SCA protocol training. Training is available upon request by contacting biosend@iu.edu.

Sample Shipping

BioSEND can receive samples Monday-Friday, excluding holidays. Frozen samples should be shipped M-W. Ambient samples may be shipped on Th.

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Site Listing

  • Columbia University
  • Emory University
  • Houston Methodist Research Institute
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Massachusetts General
  • Northwestern University
  • University of California Los Angeles
  • University of California San Francisco
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Florida
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Montreal
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of South Florida
  • University of Washington
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • University of Utah

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