New podcast episode: 10th anniversary impact stories – part one

“I would say that being in BBMRI-ERIC is a very good thing: it makes you sure that you are doing great things and you are going along with other countries which are much bigger, with more resources, more scientist, everything more” Andres Metspalu, BBMRI.ee.

This is a two-part episode which shares stories from across BBMRI-ERIC’s Member States and communities that were presented at the BBMRI-ERIC 10th anniversary workshop. Each story demonstrates the wide-ranging expertise and impact of the research infrastructure that our community both shapes and benefits from.

In this episode, you will hear impact stories from our IT and ELSI services introduced by Petr Holub, BBMRI-ERIC Chief Information Officer, and Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Head of BBMRI ELSI. You will first meet Andres Metspalu, representing BBMRI.ee and Michael Hummel, representing the German National Node.

These are followed by two impact stories from Annelies Debucquoy and Zisis Kozlakidis, respectively National Node Director for Belgium and IARC/WHO.

Look out for part two that will contain stories from Quality Management and Biobanking Development.

The full transcript is available here.

BBMRI-ERIC Podcast

“When you give it your best shot and you think you overcome this barrier and you haven't. You just have to say, well, damn it, I'm going to do it anyway or die trying.”

This episode brings you an interview with Professor Charles Rice, The Rockefeller University, conducted by Dr Carina Vieira, University of Porto. It’s not often you get to hear a conversation between someone at the start of their scientific career and someone who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

Charles received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work focused on conducting the basic science to discover the hepatitis C virus (HCV), his team’s study of the HCV genome and constructing the first infectious clone of HCV that has led to the development of highly successful treatments of the virus.

Carina is a researcher at the Pharmaceutical Sciences department at the University of Porto. She joined hundreds of promising early-career scientists at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting that took place from 28 June to 3 July in Germany. BBMRI-ERIC sponsored Carina’s participation in the meeting as part of our commitment to supporting emerging talent and ideas driving future scientific breakthroughs.

The conversation took place right after a BBMRI-ERIC panel on ‘The Role of International Infrastructure in Fostering One Health Through Big Data and AI’. Both Charles and Carina were panellists.

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