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  • Europe Biobank Week Roadshow 2022

    On the Road to High Quality – With Biobanks in the Fast Lane! Regensburg: 19-20 September 2022 BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB invite you to the first Europe Biobank Week Roadshow Meeting & Exhibit held at the University of Regensburg, Germany, 19 -20 September 2022. This EBW22 Roadshow meeting is organized by ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC in partnership…

  • BBMRI.de/German Biobank Node: New biobanks in the German Biobank Alliance

    The Central Biobank Erlangen (CeBE) is now a partner biobank of the GBA. Furthermore, the biobank alliance welcomes another six biobanks as observers in its network: the Central Biobank of the University of Bielefeld (ZBUB), the Biobank Network of the Ruhr University Bochum (BioNet.RUB), the Biobank of the University Hospital Halle (Saale), the Dieter Morszeck…

  • BBMRI.pl: PORT for Health – Oncology 2022 conference

    Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development in Wrocław, Poland, the headquarters of the BBMRI.pl National Node and BBMRI.pl Consortium Leader, invites you to attend an international conference PORT for Health: Oncology. This will take place from 28-30 September 2022. The conference will host top scientific leaders in oncology and comprise a range of scientific sessions focusing…

  • Europe Biobank Week Roadshow

    ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC are delighted to announce a new, common community engagement activity, our EUROPE BIOBANK WEEK ROADSHOW. The EBW Roadshow consists of a series of smaller and regional face-to-face events covering a fine selection of hot topics in biobanking. We’ll bring EBW on the road and invite you to join us for high quality scientific programs, opportunities to…

  • Lung Cancer: publication in PLoS ONE for the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland

    On May 5, 2022, the results of a proteomics study conducted with the use of biospecimens biobanked at the Medical University of Bialystok, were published in PLoS ONE journal in the paper entitled “Application of two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis to identify protein changes between center, margin, and adjacent non-tumor tissues obtained from non-small-cell lung cancer…

  • BBMRI.fi: Explore THL Biobank’s activities in 2021 through the recently published annual report

    THL Biobank operates under the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and aims to promote the utilization of nationally significant research data in disease prevention and health promotion. By the end of 2021, THL Biobank had accumulated samples and data from more than 220,000 sample donors in 16 main research collections, including a total…

  • BBMRI.pl: First in Europe ISO 20387:2018 assessment in accreditation programme took place in Poland

    Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank), one of the leading BBMRI.pl biobanks, responsible for implementation of common QMS solutions in the Polish Biobanking Network, completed the accreditation assessment process ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking (PN-EN ISO 20387:2021- 01 Biotechnologia – Biobankowanie – Ogólne wymagania dotyczące biobankowania) in March 2022. The accreditation…

  • BBMRI-ERIC publishes Gender Equality Plan and appoints Gender, Equality, and Diversity Specialist

    The Director General of BBMRI-ERIC, Jens Habermann, has approved the Gender Equality Plan (GEP) that has now been made public on our website. The GEP was written by Mónica Cano Abadía, who has been appointed Gender, Equality, and Diversity Specialist. BBMRI-ERIC believes that gender equality benefits research and innovation by improving the quality and relevance of the research process, by attracting and retaining more talent, and by ensuring that everyone can maximise their potential. As a result, BBMRI-ERIC…

  • EU-AMRI formal launch on 5 April

    On 5 April 2022, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, EU-AMRI was launched in Brussels with a live broadcast. This virtual launch event brought together important stakeholders to discuss the European biomedical research landscape, and the needs for larger projects to work with alliances of research infrastructures. Over 140 online guests tuned in to watch a keynote address from Professor…

  • BBMRI-ERIC Statement on Ukraine with ERIC Forum

    8 March 2022 Dear valued colleagues and friends of BBMRI, The last several days have been shocking and frightening due to Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine. Unfortunately, all the sorrow, pain and loss of innocent lives does not seem to hinder continued aggression and violence. We at the BBMRI-ERIC Headquarters are committed to peace and the…

  • EHDS2 Pilot – A European Consortium Pilot project, candidate for the future European Health Data Space

    The EHDS2 Pilot consortium aims to be selected to build and test a first version of the European Health Data Space for the secondary use of health data. Sharing data at European scale is fundamental to develop research and improve citizens’ health. It allows, for example, to build more efficient artificial intelligence algorithms for research, to improve…

  • BBMRI.cz – Success story published in Nature Communication: New diagnostic method for detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer

    Bank of Biological Materials at Masaryk Memorial Cancer institute (BBM MMCI) significantly contributed to the research focused on the development of a new sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer. BBM MMCI, as a coordinator of a National Biobanking Network called BBMRI.cz, supplied the vast majority of the clinical samples analysed in…