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October 6th, 2022
Strengthening collaboration between BBMRI-ERIC and the Nordic biobanks – conference report
Professor Jens Habermann, Director General, and the BBMRI-ERIC team recently attended the first Nordic Biobank Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference pr ...read more
BBMRI.uk: Wales Cancer Biobank Biobank Survey – Benchmarking and Sustainability
Biobank sustainability is a hot topic for many around the world and biobanks are increasingly being asked to justify their existence and provide evidence of impac ...read more
September 28th, 2022
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 ...read more
September 1st, 2022
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 Biobank ...read more
September 1st, 2022
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 Jul ...read more
July 25th, 2022
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 receiv ...read more
July 25th, 2022
Meet Sara and Konrad!
BBMRI-ERIC welcomes two new members to our headquarters team. Sara Crockett, Communications Specialist, holds a B.S. in Botany and a B.S. in Molecular Biology and ...read more
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 / Se ...read more
July 19th, 2022
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 Frenc ...read more
July 12th, 2022
Welcome #HamiltonStorage as Bronze Sponsor of Europe Biobank Week Roadshow 2022!
Our EBW22 Roadshow Event in Regensburg, Germany is coming up soon – 19-20 September 2022 We welcome #HamiltonStorage as Bronze Sponsor of the EBW22 Roadshow ...read more
July 5th, 2022
Europe Biobank Week Roadshow 2022: save the date for the second stop!
Second stage – Rome, Italy, 13-14 October 2022 The second stop of our EBW22 Roadshow will be in Rome (Italy), 13-14 October. BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB organize ...read more
June 30th, 2022
BBMRI-ERIC’s staff visiting our Czech National Node and partners in Brno!
Our Director General, Prof. Jens Habermann, our Head of Public Affairs, Jana Pavlič-Zupanc and our IT/Data Protection Manager, Petr Holub, recently visited our C ...read more
June 30th, 2022
Our Slovenian National Node visited the Central Office in Graz
On Monday, 20 June, Jens Habermann, Director General of BBMRI-ERIC, and Jana Pavlič-Zupanc, Head of Public Affairs, had the pleasure to host the Slovenian Nation ...read more
June 24th, 2022
BBMRI.cz: Hands-on training of ARICE project in Pilsen, Czech Republic
Within the ARICE project (Twinning for the Armenian Research Infrastructure on Cancer Research, twinning project of Horizon 2020, www.arice.am) project partners h ...read more
June 24th, 2022
BBMRI.tr : The Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG) is searching for an ERA Chair
The Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG, www.ibg.edu.tr)) invites interested persons to apply for a position as an ERA Chair at IBG (project RareBoost #95234 ...read more
June 22nd, 2022
Europe Biobank Week Roadshow 2022
On the Road to High Quality – With Biobanks in the Fast Lane! Regensburg: 19-20 September 2022 BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB invite you to the first Europe Biobank We ...read more
June 22nd, 2022
BBMRI.de/German Bibank Node: New biobanks in the German Biobank Alliance
The Central Biobank Erlangen (CeBE) is now a partner biobank of the GBA. Furthermore, the biobank alliance welcomes another six biobanks as observers in its netwo ...read more
BBMRI.pl: PORT for Health – Oncology 2022 conference
Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development in Wrocław, Poland, the headquarters of the BBMRI.pl National Node and BBMRI.pl Consortium L ...read more
Europe Biobank Week Roadshow
ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC are delighted to announce a new, common community engagement activity, our EUROPE BIOBANK WEEK ROADSHOW. The EBW Roadshow consists of a series ...read more
May 23rd, 2022
Lung Cancer: publication in PLoS ONE for the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
On May 5, 2022, the results of a proteomics study conducted with the use of biospecimens biobanked at the Medical University of Bialystok, were published in PLoS ...read more
May 2nd, 2022
ConcePTION – Webinar on European Breast Milk Collection: Supporting research on medicine safety in breastfeeding – 24 May 2022
Registration for the webinar that IMI-ConcePTION is organising on Tuesday 24 May from 14:00 to 15:00CEST is now open. To provide evidence for how a medicine trans ...read more
BBMR.fi: Explore THL Biobank’s activities in 2021 through the recently published annual report
THL Biobank operates under the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and aims to promote the utilization of nationally significant research data in disea ...read more
April 25th, 2022
BBMRI.pl: First in Europe ISO 20387:2018 assessment in accreditation programme took place in Poland
Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank), one of the leading BBMRI.pl biobanks, responsible for implementation of common QMS solutions in the Polish Bioba ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC publishes Gender Equality Plan and appoints Gender, Equality, and Diversity Specialist
The Director General of BBMRI-ERIC, Jens Habermann, has approved the Gender Equality Plan (GEP) that has now been made public on our website. The GEP ...read more
April 20th, 2022
EU-AMRI formal launch on 5 April
On 5 April 2022, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, EU-AMRI was launched in Brussels with a live broadcast. This virtual launch even ...read more
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20 May 2022
Long Night of Research
Friday 20 May 2022 at ZWT and Med Campus, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2, 8010 Graz between 17:00 and 23:00. The Long Night of Research is the largest event for scien ...read more
German Biobank Node (GBN): Workshop on “Biobanking in Microbiome Research”
In recent years, interest in the microbiome has grown steadily – there is even talk of “microbiomania”. With the help of metagenomics, scientist ...read more
