A device for collecting a biological tissue carried on a shaft onto a sample holder is disclosed. The device comprises a base, a lever and a needle bed, wherein the needle bed is attached to one of the base and the lever and is configured to support, in a pre-defined position, the shaft carrying the biological tissue. The other one of the base and the lever is configured to support the sample holder. The lever is movable between settings so that in a first setting the sample holder and the needle bed are distant front one another, and in a second setting the sample holder and the needle bed are situated proximal to one another. In the second setting, the sample holder is configured to contact the biological tissue carried on the shaft, thereby adhering to the biological tissue, and thereby detaching the biological tissue from the shaft when the lever is moved from the second setting to the first setting.
