Poland

BBMRI.pl is a new initiative in Poland which is  a full member of BBMRI-ERIC since autumn 2016. Temporarily the National Node has been located at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. With a population of over 38.5 million people we are in the process of mapping all biobanking activities in our country.

 The ongoing operations of BBMRI.pl include:

• Build a National network of biobanks and serve as a link with BBMRI-ERIC
• Standardize all procedure related to sample as well as data collection and storage
• Built a National Node
• Introduce quality control standards for all biobanks entering the network
• Start collaboration with other European biobanks
• Promote the idea of biobanking human samples for scientific purposes among our society.