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July 14th, 2025
Helsinki Biobank and Integrated Biobank Jena receive ISO 20387 accreditation
This article is 499 words, and a two-minute read. Helsinki Biobank has been accredited by the Finnish national accreditation service, FINAS, under accreditation c ...read more
New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Empowering Voices – Enhancing Patient Engagement in Oncology Research: Experiences, Challenges, and Pathways to Inclusion.
This article is 850 words and a three-minute read. “No one has to reinvent the wheel in their work, but we need more visibility for the often invisible work, w ...read more
July 8th, 2025
New publication: Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in Biobanking
This article is 493 words, and a two-minute read. Constant dialogue with patients, caregivers and the public is a key guiding principle in biobanking. However, me ...read more
June 25th, 2025
Revisiting EBW25: the biggest biobanking event of the year
This article is 448 words, and a two-minute read. The Europe Biobank Week Congress 2025 has officially concluded. This year’s event brought together more than 8 ...read more
June 16th, 2025
BBMRI-ERIC announces renewed support of the next generation of scientists
This article is 688 words, and a four-minute read. The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting takes place from 29 June to 4 July in Germany and is focused on Chemistr ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC and EMPAIA sign a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in advancing AI-assisted clinical pathology
This article is 520 words, and a three-minute read. Image-based diagnostics is one of the most promising medical fields for AI integration. Improved and accelerat ...read more
BBRMI-ERIC’s feedback to a European strategy for research and technology infrastructures – A response to the European Commission’s call for evidence
This article is 280 words and a two-minute read. The European Commission (EC) is seeking stakeholder input on how to strengthen research and technology infrastr ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC and the ICSC Foundation sign a Memorandum of Understanding to foster collaboration
This article is 450 words and a two-minute read. High-capacity processing and storage of sensitive health data was not only a major topic at EBW25, it is also one ...read more
May 9th, 2025
Europe Biobank Week Congress 2025 comes to Bologna
This article is 1168 words and a six-minute read Joint press release from BBMRI-ERIC, ESBB, BBMRI Italy and ICSC. The Europe Biobank Week (EBW) Congress, jointl ...read more
May 9th, 2025
New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Navigating the Future: Legal and IT Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities of AI in Biobanking
This article is 850 words and a three-minute read. “The technology is there. What is not there immediately, is how to use the technology properly.” Prof. Mar ...read more
April 23rd, 2025
BBMRI-ERIC’s Strategy for European life sciences – A submission to the EC’s Call for Evidence
Towards a Strategy for European Life Sciences This article is 1,293 words and a five-minute read. The European Commission is preparing a new Strategy for European ...read more
April 15th, 2025
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) becomes the first biobank in Norway to achieve ISO 20387 accreditation
This article is 404 words and a 2-minute read. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has achieved accreditation under the ISO 20387 standard, becoming t ...read more
April 15th, 2025
canSERV Open Call Relaunches: EUR 1,500,000 in EU funding to accelerate Cancer Research and Innovation
Graz, 15 April 2024: The canSERV project has relaunched its Open Call for Service Provision, making up to EUR 1,5 million in EU funding available to support oncol ...read more
April 9th, 2025
BBMRI-ERIC joins EOSC Federation build-up phase
BBMRI-ERIC joins EOSC Federation build-up phase This article is 548 words and a three-minute read. BBMRI-ERIC is one of 13 Candidate EOSC Nodes invited to partici ...read more
April 8th, 2025
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 ...read more
April 8th, 2025
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 communi ...read more
March 14th, 2025
New Podcast Episode – ELSI Dialogues: Access and benefit-sharing of Genetic Resources – the Nagoya Protocol applied to biobanks
This article is 300 words – a two-minute read. Sharing is caring. This also holds true for biological samples and data as resources for research. Episode 27 ...read more
March 13th, 2025
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 pa ...read more
March 12th, 2025
To Accreditation and beyond: The Added Value of the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label
This article is 350 words and a two-minute read. The Added Value of the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label The quest for excellence in biobanking continues: The Hannover Un ...read more
February 25th, 2025
EvolveBBMRI: One year of implementation on datafication, greening biobanks, and One Health integration
This article is 1,429 words, an approximate 7-minute read Since its creation, the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European ...read more
February 20th, 2025
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 k ...read more
