Quality
April 21st, 2021
First biobank quality mark in the BBMRI-ERIC Directory according to ISO 20387
It is truly a success for the BBMRI-ERIC network of biobanks. Our first biobank – Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank) made a great effort ...read more
April 16th, 2021
BBMRI.tr: ISO 20387 Biotechnology-Biobanking accreditation workshop
The functionality, sustainability and continuous development of biobanks is only possible through the implementation of biobank quality standards. In terms of nat ...read more
January 12th, 2021
Our Quality Management training programme is restarting on 19 January
Web conference series on pre-analytical ISO standards – 4 more sessions on VWB in January 21! Since October 2020, the BBMRI.QM team provides in cooperation ...read more
December 15th, 2020
A fruitful year for EDIReX, the EurOPDX Research Infrastructure
The new EurOPDX Research Infrastructure (RI) aims at improving cancer drug development success rates through the enablement of high-quality preclinical research u ...read more
November 10th, 2020
Swiss Biobanking Platform developed its MTA 2.0 and SOP
To respond to the researchers’ need to share simultaneously both biological material and associated data (i.e. preanalytical and personal data), SBP has develo ...read more
BBMRI.QM: Updated versions of Self-Assessment Surveys now available
With the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Surveys (SAS) you can compare work processes in your biobank and sample collections with the requirements of European and inte ...read more
September 24th, 2020
Discount on preanalytical ISO standards & ISO 15189 within BBMRI.QM training
The BBMRI.QM training and education programme starts on 6th October – don’t miss it! The countdown is running. Only 2 weeks left until the start of the BBMRI. ...read more
August 13th, 2020
BBMRI.QM Training & Education Programme
This autumn BBMRI.QM will provide an in-depth training on the pre-analytical ISO standards 20184 | 20166 | 20186 relevant for biomedical research and biobanking, ...read more
BBMRI.QM WEB CONFERENCE – BIOBANKING IN TIMES OF COVID-19: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOBANKS
This web conference is aimed at biobanking experts and researchers. Together, we will outline what our biobanking community needs during the corona crisis, what i ...read more
March 22nd, 2020
CEN AND CENELEC MAKE EUROPEAN STANDARDS AVAILABLE TO HELP ADDRESS COVID-19
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 20 MARCH 2020 In response to the coronavirus outbreak, CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Committe ...read more
June 28th, 2019
IVDR and Pre-Analytical Standards: Background and Review Published by SPIDIA4P Partners
June 27, 2019 The September issue of the journal New Biotechnology contains a review written by partners of the SPIDIA4P Consortium, of which BBMRI-ERIC is pro ...read more
June 18th, 2019
Joint letter using BBMRI.at as example of quality management
17 June 2019 In a joint letter to the editor of the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), which publishes articles on novel teaching and trai ...read more
COST Clinimark Training School
The COST Clinimark Training Workshop is taking place from 23-27 September 2019 at the Spetses Hotel, Greece! The quest for novel biomarkers is a popular resear ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #5
Data Quality for Biobanks Speaker: Johann Eder, Prof. at the Department of Informatics-Systems of the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Register here ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #5
Title: Data Quality for Biobanks Speaker: Johann Eder Date: 17 January 2019 Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m. CET Click here to register for this webinar. Subscribe to our ...read more
Latvian Biobank Network Collections Pass Self-Assessment Survey
Several endocrinology research sample collections from the Latvian National Biobank Genome Database of Latvian Population recently passed the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Asse ...read more
New Self-Assessment Survey
We are delighted to announce that a new Self-Assessment Survey for biobanks is available now. The purpose of the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Surveys is to encourag ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #4
State-of-the-Art Next-Generation Sequencing Speaker: Ivo Gut, Director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico Register here More information to the ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #3
The NEW standard for biobanks “ISO 20387 Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking” and how the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management Service can help with i ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #2
European Technical Specifications for the pre-analytical phase become ISO International Standards: an update Speaker: Karl-Friedrich Becker, Professor at the Inst ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC launches new webinar series
We are very pleased to announce that we are launching a new webinar series on quality management. Anyone who is interested in quality management issues in biobank ...read more
SPIDIA4P consortium meets in Luxembourg
On April 10th and 11th 2018, IBBL (Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg) hosted the SPIDIA4P consortium meeting at its new premises in Dudelange, Luxembourg. S ...read more
SPIDIA4P newsletter out now
The first SPIDIA4P (Standardisation of generic Pre-analytical Procedures for In vitro DIAgnostics for Personalised Medicine) newsletter of this year has just beco ...read more
ISO Working Group meets in Berlin
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, was at the 10th meeting of the ISO Technical Committee 276 Working Group, “Biobanks and Bioresources”, which took place in ...read more
Self-Assessment Survey for biobanks and sample collections
BBMRI-ERIC’s Quality Management reached an important milestone earlier this year: a self-assessment survey for biobanks and sample collections located in BBMRI- ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC paves the way to new era in biobanking
BBMRI-ERIC Quality Manager Andrea Wutte and Senior Advisor Jan-Eric Litton presented a poster at Global Biobank Week 2017 to highlight a new milestone in biobanki ...read more
BBMRI.pl conference attracts more than 180 participants
The First Scientific and Training Conference of Polish Biobanks took place from 13 to 14 October 2017 at Wroclaw Medical University. The event was organised by th ...read more
BBMRI.at biobanks among the first with collections meeting CEN/TS requirements
All BBMRI.at biobanks have started to evaluate their collections with respect to the CEN/TS requirements using the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Survey. Two BBMRI.a ...read more
Standardisation and improvement of pre-analytical workflows
European biobanks providing human specimens and human derived materials usable for research, are seeking to implement standardised pre-analytical workflow steps f ...read more
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Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with Tumorbank @ UZA
28 Sep 2016
Interview with Tumorbank @ UZA
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with Patrick Pauwels (Tumorbank curator), Sofie Goethals (Biobank manager) and Mieke De Wilde (Biobank q ...read more
INTERVIEW WITH KARL-FRIEDRICH BECKER
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with the Head of the Laboratory for Experimental Pathology in Munich/Germany, Karl-Friedrich Becker! Kar ...read more
INTERVIEW WITH PETER RIEGMAN
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with the head of the Erasmus MC Tissue Bank, Peter Riegman! Peter Riegman is a Molecular Biologist and p ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC GAINS MOMENTUM WITHIN ISO AND ITS WORKING GROUPS
Between 26 and 30 October 2015, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) called for working group meetings within the TC 276 Biotechnology. The Mi ...read more
The BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management service is co-funded within ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC, a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 676550.
The BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management service is co-funded within SPIDIA4P, a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 733112.
