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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) becomes the first biobank in Norway to achieve ISO 20387 accreditation
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has achieved accreditation under the ISO 20387 standard, becoming the first biobank in Norway to be accredited under this international standard. According to Haben Tesfu, Quality Manager at NIPH, achieving this accreditation marks a major milestone: “Working with an ISO standard like 20387 requires a comprehensive assessment of every…
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BBMRI-ERIC joins EOSC Federation build-up phase
BBMRI-ERIC joins EOSC Federation build-up phase BBMRI-ERIC is one of 13 Candidate EOSC Nodes invited to participate in the first wave deployment of the EOSC Federation. The implementation of the Federation’s build-up phase kicked off in Brussels on 17-18 March 2025 at a workshop organised by the EOSC Tripartite Group under the auspices of DG RTD. This article explores what this…
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BBMRI-ERIC implements its Work Programme 2025-2027: From Strategy to Operation
During February and March, BBMRI-ERIC convened a series of unique, community driven, events to launch its Work Programme for 2025-2027. This article explores what’s in store for the research infrastructure over the next three years and how the community plays a leading role. About the Work Programme This Work Programme represents the implementation of the…
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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures: A BBMRI-ERIC story for the WHO World Health Day 2025
BBMRI-ERIC and its biobanks facilitate research on women’s and children’s health It takes a village to raise a child but also a whole research community who develop the best possible medical support for mothers and their children during and after pregnancy. World Health Day is an initiative by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This year’s topic…
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New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Access and benefit-sharing of Genetic Resources – the Nagoya Protocol applied to biobanks
Sharing is caring. This also holds true for biological samples and data as resources for research. Episode 27 of the BBMRI-ERIC podcast explores how the Nagoya Protocol – an international agreement regulating collection, storage and sharing of non-human genetic resources – helps biobankers and researchers to distribute and utilise these resources responsibly. Powered by RedCircle…
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ISIDORe Case Study: BBMRI-ERIC Latvia – biobanking enabling pandemic preparedness research
The ISIDORe project is a major European initiative focusing on studying infectious diseases and improving Europe’s ability to respond to future epidemics and pandemics. The project brought together the largest and most diverse set of research infrastructure provided facilities and services that cover areas from structural biology to clinical trials. Throughout its duration, ISIDORe facilitated scientists with…
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To Accreditation and beyond: The Added Value of the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label
The Added Value of the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label The quest for excellence in biobanking continues: The Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB) (read more about its accreditation here) and the NCT Tissue Biobank Heidelberg (read more about its accreditation here) are pursuing accreditation beyond the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) by seeking to obtain the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label. “I was very surprised that already accredited biobanks want to…
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EvolveBBMRI: One year of implementation on datafication, greening biobanks, and One Health integration
Since its creation, the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) has made a remarkable contribution to European and international cutting-edge research, standing as one of the largest research infrastructures for health research and life sciences in Europe. Now, one year into BBMRI-ERIC’s EC-supported accelerated evolution, what changes are the…
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BBMRI-ERIC biobanks as pillars of modern paediatric cancer research
Feb 15th was International Childhood Cancer Day 2025 On the International Childhood Cancer Day 2025, we invited you on a virtual journey across Europe to get to know biobanks in our network that build and sustain paediatric cancer collections and make them accessible for manifold research projects. Now, explore the entire series of biobank portraits…
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New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Artificial Intelligence in South-Eastern Asia – The Indonesian National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Ethics and Policy
“AI systems need to be human centric, they should serve humanity and the common good” Episode 26 takes you to a webinar on developing strategies for a trustworthy AI explored at the example of South-eastern Asia. After a quick introduction on how the European Union approaches this challenge, Thilma Komaling, one of the authors of…
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Call for Tender: BBMRI-ERIC Common Service IT 2025-2027
CALL FOR TENDER BBMRI-ERIC COMMON SERVICE IT 2025-2027 Publication date: 1st December 2024 Main Objective of this Call The main objective of this call for tender is to propose continuation of the Common Service IT (CS IT) that provides expertise, services, and tools relevant to the pursuance of tasks and activities of BBMRI-ERIC. It reflects development of the…
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Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB) accredited according to the international standard for biobanking (ISO 20387)
The Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB) has achieved accreditation under the DIN EN ISO 20387:2020 standard, titled “Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking.” This makes HUB the first biobank in Germany to receive this accreditation for biobanking activities of liquid human biospecimens succeeding the accreditation of NCT Tissue Bank of Heidelberg in 2023. Additionally, the Hannover…