Please send samples at room temperature. Please use either Royal Mail or a designated approved courier.
If the sample cannot be sent directly to the laboratory, store at +4°C and send at the earliest opportunity. Do not freeze samples.
Packaging requirements
Samples sent by Royal Mail must comply with Packing Instructions 650 for category B substances.
The specimen container must be placed in an individual clear, plastic, marsupial transport bag properly sealed at the top to contain potential leakage. The outer packaging for the specimens transported by postal services must be marked with diamond shaped mark UN 3373 and Biological substances, Category B.
For further information on our sample requirements, please go to out Sample Requirements page.
Send samples by Royal Mail and Courier to:
Cambridge University Hospitals:
East Genomics Laboratory Hub
Genomics Laboratory Specimen Reception
Box 143, ATC Level 6
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
University Hospitals Leicester:
Cytogenetics Department
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Infirmary Square
Leicester
LE1 5WW
Nottingham University Hospitals:
Nottingham Regional Genetics Laboratories
East Midlands Regional Molecular Genetics Service
Centre for Medical Genetics
City Hospital Campus
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1PB