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Leuven / Belgium
28 Aug
30 Aug
Liquid Biopsies & Cancer Symposium
The Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI) will be organising a symposium on liquid biopsies and cancer from 28 to 30 August 2017. The topics covered will include the foll ...read more
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Athens / Greece
29 Aug
01 Sep
13th ESA Conference
There will be around 700 sessions by ESA’s 37 Research Networks as well as Research Streams, many semi-plenaries and plenaries, a special PhD workshop and of co ...read moresave to calendar +
Leuven / Belgium
31 Aug
01 Sep
Interuniversity Course on Clinical and Research Genomic Data Sharing and Access
The Leuven Institute for human Genomics and Society (LIGAS) is organising an interuniversity course titled ‘Clinical and Research Genomic Data Sharing and Acce ...read more
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Egham, Surrey / UK
12 Sep
14 Sep
Preserving, storing and maintaining microorganisms 3-day course
Presented by staff from CABI, this course will be of interest to everyone involved in the handling, distribution and storage of microorganisms. The course covers ...read moresave to calendar +
Stockholm / Sweden
13 Sep
15 Sep
Global Biobank Week “Towards Harmony in Biobanking”
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Prague / Czech Republic
24 Sep
26 Sep
Translational Medicine 2017: Enhancing Predictivity
The European Research Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (EATRIS) will be organising its third bi-annual Translational Medicine 2017 conference from 24 un ...read more
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Kigali / Rwanda
07 Nov
10 Nov
Cancer in Africa: Making Strides, Creating Solutions
The 2017 AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa will bring together multidisciplinary specialists from the global cancer community to reduce the impa ...read more
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Graz / Austria
22 Nov
24 Nov
HOW TO BUILD A BIOBANK: 3-day training course at the Medical University of Graz
Due to the great success of their previous courses, BioBank Graz have now announced the dates for the next biobanking course. Between November 22nd and 24th this ...read more
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Graz / Austria
22 Nov
24 Nov
Biobank Graz organises 3rd edition of How to Build a Biobank course
This interactive 3-day-course has been designed for all those who are involved in setting up a new biobank, who look to collaborate with a biobank or research ins ...read more
We are hiring: Secretary/Receptionist
Job title: Secretary/Receptionist – 14-month temporary replacement Job Location: The Central Executive Management Office of BBMRI-ERIC in Graz, Austria & ...read more
July 7th, 2017
Survey on sustainability of human research biobanks now open
“Hello Biobanking Community. Biobanks are an important resource for clinical and environmental research and financially sustaining the infrastructures is a chal ...read more
July 6th, 2017
ELIXIR releases its 2016 Annual Report
ELIXIR has published its 2016 Annual Report highlighting the most important steps forward in 2016 and showing how much ELIXIR’s services have advanced. It also ...read more
July 6th, 2017
Prof. Jan-Eric Litton, Director General of BBMRI-ERIC, to Open Global Biobank Week 2017 as Keynote Speaker
Jan-Eric Litton received his Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet in 1983. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Biomedical Computing Technology at Karolinska Instit ...read more
July 5th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members Appoints Erik Steinfelder as New Director General
The BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members recently appointed Erik Steinfelder as the new Director General of BBMRI-ERIC. He will begin this position on 1st August 2017, ...read more
July 4th, 2017
CORBEL Staff Exchange: Call for Participants
The purpose of CORBEL Staff Exchanges is for operational staff from the Research Infrastructures (RIs) participating in CORBEL to develop operational expertise ...read more
June 30th, 2017
Biobanking of Human Biospecimens – Principles and Practice: New Publication Available
Edited by Markus Pasterk, Administrative Director at BBMRI-ERIC, Austrian National Node Director Kurt Zatloukal, Pierre Hainaut and Jim Vaught, this volume is the ...read more
June 29th, 2017
Record Number of Travel Fellowship Awards for Global Biobank Week
There were a record number of applicants for travel fellowships to attend the Global Biobank Week (GBW) conference to be held in Stockholm from the 13-15 Septembe ...read more
June 29th, 2017
BBMRI.at contributes to new paper on sports medicine
Blood tests can show that endurance sports have a beneficial impact on physical and mental performance. Authored by Helmuth Haslacher et al., this paper describes ...read more
June 29th, 2017
European Marine Biological Resource Centre launches new biobanking project
The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) launched the European Marine Biological Resource Centre Biobank (EBB) project at the beginning of May. Aimi ...read more
04 WG3 Tissue Meeting: invitation to all BBMRI-ERIC WG
Agenda: Welcome Presentation “OECI: A organization of Institutions on the Oncology Frontline” (Giorgio Stanta, Professor of Pathology Dept. Medical Science ...read more
June 22nd, 2017
Hot off the press: Biobanks Europe Magazine No. 7
We are delighted to announce that the Biobanks Europe Magazine No. 7 is out. If you have always wondered what the ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC project is all about, if you ...read more
June 21st, 2017
Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software
Co-authored by Petr Holub, IT/Data Protection Manager at BBMRI-ERIC, this new article highlights how already existing best practices in software development can b ...read moreWeb Conference: All BBMRI-ERIC Working Groups
Agenda Welcome Short tour the table: Petr Holub, David van Enckevort, Kaisa Silander Presentation “Overview of the IT architecture/services of BBMRI-ERIC” (P ...read more
June 2nd, 2017
INFRAFRONTIER2020 Project Trans-national Access call June 2017: Late-onset systemic phenotyping (ageing pipeline)
Context and aim of the call INFRAFRONTIER is the European Research Infrastructure for phenotyping, archiving and distribution of model mammalian genomes. The INFR ...read more
May 24th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC Directory reaches 100m samples
BBMRI-ERIC is delighted to announce that its Directory has now reached 100m samples, making it the largest biobanking catalogue on the globe. Having recently been ...read more
May 24th, 2017
Children as Researchers: Event Co-Organised by BBMRI.at Proves a Success
Together with the Austrian Society of Pathology and the Institute of Pathology of the Medical University of Graz, BBMRI.at recently organised a research event for ...read more
May 23rd, 2017
First successful RItrain staff exchange hosted by EATRIS
On March 10 and 11, EATRIS hosted the first RItrain Staff Exchange at its headquarters in Amsterdam. Eleven participants came together with EATRIS staff to share ...read more
May 23rd, 2017
Common Minimum Technical Standards and Protocols for Biobanks Dedicated to Cancer Research: New Book Published by IARC
Biobanking has developed at a rapid pace in recent years, initiated by the drive for personalised medicine, the need for high-quality biological resources and ass ...read more
May 22nd, 2017
