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CELSPAC opening highlights biobanking’s importance for European climate policy
The recent opening of the CELSPAC Biobank at RECETOX, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, offered a 360 degree understanding of how the evolving Horizon 2020 programme, with a focus on biobanking, is being realised on the ground. Climate emergency policy In the face of the growing climate emergency, the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 strategy is increasingly focusing…
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Giuseppe Ippolito – General Director for Research and Innovation in Healthcare – Ministry of Health – closes BBMRI-ERIC Paediatrics event
Highly regarded epidemiologist and General Director for Research and Innovation in Healthcare at the Italian Ministry of Health, Giuseppe Ippolito, spoke in depth on the value of cooperation, challenges of data sharing and importance of RIs at the close of BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB’s paediatrics workshop. The event took place in Rome from 13-14 October and…
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ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC formalise closer collaboration
Prof. Jens Habermann, Director General of the Biobanking and BioMolecular Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC),and Dr. Dominik Lermen, Outgoing President of The European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB), signed a historic memorandum of understanding between their organisations at the recent Europe Biobank Week (EBW) Roadshow Meeting & Exhibit in Regensburg, Germany. Strengthening collaboration ESBB,…
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Biobank Väst In Sweden Achieves Quality Label
Biobank Väst at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Gothenburg, Sweden) has become the first Nordic biobank within BBMRI-ERIC’s network to receive a Quality Label according to ISO 20387:2018. Linda Paulson, Head of Unit at Biobank Väst said: “The Quality Label is proof that we meet the requirements of the standard and also the laws and regulations that govern biobanking.” Biobank…
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Strengthening collaboration between BBMRI-ERIC and the Nordic biobanks – conference report
Professor Jens Habermann, Director General, Dr. Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Head of ELSI, and Dr. Manuela Pausen, Scientific Stakeholder Specialist, recently attended the first Nordic Biobank Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference presented a unique opportunity to meet representatives in the field of human biobanking as well as other scientific experts from healthcare, academic, and industry sectors. Current trends and…
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BBMRI.pl: Publication in The Lancet Digital Health for the Molecular Pathology Centre Cellgen
The worldwide first prospective clinical study on the prediction of COVID-19 disease course has been completed and was published in the leading journal THE LANCET Digital Health on 31 August 2022. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(22)00150-9 The study is the result of cooperation between Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) and international research centres (including Molecular Pathology Center Cellgen, Wroclaw). Łukasz…
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EBW22 Roadshow: Preview of the Quality Management and Paediatric stops in Regensburg and Rome
Over the next few months, BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB hit the road with the first stops of the EBW 22 Roadshow. The scientific programme committees have been working hard to engage experts from across the biobanking community for two exciting events. We preview the Quality Management and Paediatric events taking place this September and October. Have you reserved your…
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Wroclaw Medical University Biobank: From BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label to ISO 20387 accredited
Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank), one of the leading BBMRI.pl biobanks and responsible for implementing common QMS solutions in the Polish Biobanking Network, has just received ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking accreditation (no. BB 001). This marks the final stage of accreditation for the biobank. The team began their journey…
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LBBK-Warsaw UM organised a biobanking symposium during the TERMIS Conference
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) European Chapter Conference 2022 was held in Krakow, Poland, from 28th June to 1st July 2022. The TERMIS-EU 2022 is devoted to the presentation of cutting-edge achievements in the field of tissue engineering, cell biology, biomaterials, biofabrication, numerical and experimental methods, clinical applications, and many more. The…
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Biobanks in Spain and Italy receive international biobank standard ISO 20387 accreditation
Two national biobanks, the Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología (IVO Biobank) in Spain and the Biobanca Multispecialista (BMS) in Italy, have just received biobank standard ISO 20387 accreditation. This is exciting news, because this serves as official recognition that these facilities have skilled personnel, the right kind and enough equipment and infrastructure needed to perform their activities, and that they…
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BBMRI-ERIC Presents Research: FAB & WCB 2022
BBMRI-ERIC representatives Dr. Mónica Cano Abadía (ELSI / Senior Scientist & Gender, Equality & Diversity Specialist) and Dr. Melanie Goisauf (ELSI / Senior Scientist) contributed to more dialogue between gender studies and AI ethics researchers at the recent Congress of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) (18-19 July) and the 16th World Congress of Bioethics (WCB) in Basel, Switzerland…
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Launch of a pilot project for the European Health Data Space
…which open up new opportunities for health research in Europe! The European Commission has announced its decision to choose the consortium led by the French Health Data Hub to set up a pilot project for the European Health Data Space. This project will aim to feed the legislative discussions around the draft regulation proposed by the European…