Discover the latest in biobanking at our online BBMRI.QM Newsroom in 2024.
Explore quality practices, including MIABIS and ISO standards, ensuring sample and data integrity.
Experience the impact of AI on research, refining data analysis and sample management for accelerated advances.
Gain insights from experts, particularly quality managers, on the multidisciplinary nature of biobanking.
Stay informed with our concise overview of quality management developments.
Save the dates: 15 October, 3 December
3rd Newsroom will take place on 15 October:
Getting a Biobank „Fit for Blackout”
We will welcome Petra Tauscher (Biobank Graz) as our external guests.
Please register here for the live session!
2nd Newsroom took place on 28 May:
Interoperability in biobanking: OMOP for standardising medical outcome data
We welcomed Petr Holub (BBMRI-ERIC) as our internal guest. And Esmund Urwin (University of Nottingham) as our external guest.
Watch the recording here!
1st Newsroom took place on 19 March:
MIABIS terminology supports interoperability in biobank data sharing activities
We welcomed Niina Eklund (BBMRI.QM) as our internal guest. And Cäcilia Engels (German Biobank Node – GBN) and Apostolos Malatras (Biobank.cy CoE) as our external guests.
Watch the recording here!
What was actually happening in biobanks in 2023, how is quality practiced at biobank level? Which projects and funding help biobanks to develop further, improve quality measures and be a recognised partner for biomedical research, and what do our invited guests have to say about it?
Quo vadis quality?
We shed light on all these and many other questions in our BBMRI.QM Newsrooms.
“Looking at quality from many angles” – a motto we followed in 2023.
1st Newsroom took place on 21 March.
We welcomed Aulikki Santavuori (Auria Biobank) and Phil Scordis (partner in the project EPND) as our external guests.
2nd Newsroom took place on 7 June.
We welcomed our colleagues Saba Abdulghani and Manuela Pausan (as representative for Judit Balogh) as our guests.
3rd Newsroom took place on 26 September.
We welcomed Claire Connellan (ERINHA) and Lukasz Kozera (BBMRI-ERIC) as our guests.
4th Newsroom took place on 5 December.
We welcomed Miriam Sturkenboom (UMC Utrecht) and Mats Hansson (Uppsala University) as our external guests.
“Get insights from the outside” – that was the motto for the consultation hours on quality-related topics in the field of biobanking and biomedical research and development.
1. Q-uick
You get a quick overview of current developments in quality management matters.
2. Q-uiz
You learn about 3 NODES/3 MINUTES/3 SLIDES, packed with information about current Q-activities, presented by members of the BBMRI-ERIC community.
3. Q-uest
Join our quest for new information and get exciting insights from behind the quality scenes via our guest speakers.
4. Q-change
Exchange ideas on quality as we take time for inspiring and innovative discussions about future needs of the biobanking and the biomedical research network.
3 National Nodes:
BBMRI.no – Anne Jorunn Vikdal
BBMRI.fi – Aulikki Santavuori
BBMRI.cz – Jana Gottwaldova
Guest: Martin Golebiewski, ISO/TC 276 – WG5 Convener
2nd Newsroom took place on 28 June
3 National Nodes:
BBMRI.es – Eva Ortega
BBMRI.lv – Una Krūmiņa
BBMRI.be – Loes Linsen
Guest: Nahla Afifi, Qatar Biobank Director
3rd Newsroom took place on 27 September
Representatives of ISO 20387 accredited biobanks:
Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz (Wroclaw Medical University)
José Antonio López-Guerrero (University of Valencia)
Simone Lapi (Biobank Unit of the University Pisa Hospital)
2 National Nodes:
BBMRI.se – Karina Lövstedt – postponed
BBMRI.hu – Beáta Bessenyei – postponed
Guests: Carolina Espina (IARC), Florence Le Calvez-Kelm (IARC)
4th Newsroom took place on 13 December
2 National Nodes:
BBMRI.se – Karina Lövstedt
BBMRI.hu – Beáta Bessenyei – postponed
Guest: Simon Herren, Lead Assessor at Swiss Accreditation Service
“Get insights from the outside” – that was the motto for the consultation hours on quality-related topics in the field of biobanking and biomedical research and development.
1. Q-uick
You get a quick overview of current developments in quality management matters.
2. Q-uiz
You learn about 3 NODES/3 MINUTES/3 SLIDES, packed with information about current Q-activities, presented by members of the BBMRI-ERIC community.
3. Q-uest
Join our quest for new information and get exciting insights from behind the quality scenes via our guest speakers.
4. Q-change
Exchange ideas on quality as we take time for inspiring and innovative discussions about future needs of the biobanking and the biomedical research network.
1st Newsroom took place on 30 March
3 National Nodes:
BBMRI.ee – Steven Smit
BBMRI.pl – Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz
BBMRI.at – Helmuth Haslacher
Guest: Jens Habermann
2nd Newsroom took place on 29 June
3 National Nodes:
BBMRI.ch – Sabine Bavamian
IARC – Zisis Kozlakidis, Elodie Caboux
BBMRI.tr – Sanem Tercan Avci
Guest: Carlo Largiader
3rd Newsroom took place on 28 September
3 National Nodes:
BBMRI.no – Anne Jorunn Vikdal – postponed
BBMRI.cy – Stella Antoniou
BBMRI.de – Sabrina Schmitt
Guest: Dunja Martin
4th Newsroom took place on 14 December
National Node:
BBMRI.lt – Tomaš Šimulevič
Guest: Maurice Bardsley, EVAg