Workstation and apparatus to facilitate transfer of biological specimens stored at cryogenic conditions

A system for handling cryogenic frozen specimens, the system comprising:

• a workstation comprising:
• a platform having a front, a back, a work surface and at least one well, the at least one well recessed in the work surface and having a bottom and at least one sidewall that extends upwardly from the bottom of the at least one well;
• at least a first bucket removably receivable by the at least one well of the platform, the first bucket having a bottom, a top, at least one sidewall extending from the bottom of the first bucket to the top of the first bucket with an opening at the top of the first bucket, the opening at the top of the first bucket sized to receive a least partially therein at least one of a cassette or a carrier that holds an array of specimen containers therein;
• and
• at least one array of antennas positioned beneath the bottom of the at least one well and spaced to be within a defined perpendicular distance of a distal end of the specimen containers when the cassette or the carrier that holds the specimen containers is positioned in the first bucket.