BBMRI-ERIC is the European research infrastructure (RI) for biobanking and biomolecular resources, one of the largest RIs in the health and life sciences. Set up in 2013, the infrastricture includes around 500 biobanks within 29 Nodes from 28 Member and Observer countries plus the global organisation IARC/WHO. Our headquarters are in Graz, Austria.
Our services provided for, and by, the biobanking community (clinicians, researchers, biobankers, industry, patients, public) facilitate responsible access to high-quality samples, data, biomolecular resources and additional services. This is made possible through our expertise in biobank operations, quality management, datafication and ethical, legal and societal implications.
BBMRI-ERIC’s vision is simplified as: “Biobanking for a Healthier World”.
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Sample and data requests successfully handled across the BBMRI-ERIC community
4,568
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49,789
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- New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Participatory cancer research and regulation in Middle-Income Countries
“This discussion is crucial! Recognising that patients are indispensable to research does not necessarily mean that they participate in the governance of the research and the agenda. This would be… Read more: New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Participatory cancer research and regulation in Middle-Income Countries - BBMRI-ERIC and REPO4EU join forces to bring precision drug repurposing closer to patients
In a major step forward for personalised medicine, BBMRI-ERIC and REPO4EU, the European-global platform for mechanism based drug repurposing, have partnered to accelerate precision treatments. Formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding… Read more: BBMRI-ERIC and REPO4EU join forces to bring precision drug repurposing closer to patients - Montenegro, Portugal and Ukraine join BBMRI-ERIC
Graz, Austria: Montenegro, Portugal and Ukraine have been officially confirmed as Members and Observers of the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC). Portugal were… Read more: Montenegro, Portugal and Ukraine join BBMRI-ERIC