national nodes
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Montenegro, Portugal and Ukraine join BBMRI-ERIC
Graz, Austria: Montenegro, Portugal and Ukraine have been officially confirmed as Members and Observers of the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC). Portugal were approved as Member with Montenegro and Ukraine as Observers by the BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members during the summer. BBMRI-ERIC’s Director General, Prof. Jens K. Habermann…
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Cyprus and Qatar join BBMRI-ERIC as full and observer members
This article is 931 words and a three-minute read. Cyprus and the State of Qatar have been officially confirmed as members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC). Cyprus moved from Observer to full Member and the State of Qatar has joined as an Observer. Membership was approved…
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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 National Node team led by Prof. Urban Bren from University of Maribor in the view of strenghtening collaborations within the biobanking network. “The visit of the Slovenian National Node BBMRI.si to the BBMRI-ERIC Headquarters…
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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 held a joint „Hands-on training in advanced pathology methods for biobanking“on 15-17 June in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the first in-person meeting of the project…
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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 #952346, H2020-WIDESPREAD-06-2020). IBG is an advanced biomedical research and innovation center located in Izmir, Turkey, and hosts the national node of BBMRI-Turkey (BBMRI.tr). Its modern, state-of-the art infrastructure and facilities make IBG the largest and best-equipped…
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BBMRI.de/German Biobank 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 network: the Central Biobank of the University of Bielefeld (ZBUB), the Biobank Network of the Ruhr University Bochum (BioNet.RUB), the Biobank of the University Hospital Halle (Saale), the Dieter Morszeck…
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BBMRI.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 disease prevention and health promotion. By the end of 2021, THL Biobank had accumulated samples and data from more than 220,000 sample donors in 16 main research collections, including a total…
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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 Biobanking Network, completed the accreditation assessment process ISO 20387:2018 Biotechnology – Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking (PN-EN ISO 20387:2021- 01 Biotechnologia – Biobankowanie – Ogólne wymagania dotyczące biobankowania) in March 2022. The accreditation…
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BBMRI.cz – Success story published in Nature Communication: New diagnostic method for detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer
Bank of Biological Materials at Masaryk Memorial Cancer institute (BBM MMCI) significantly contributed to the research focused on the development of a new sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer. BBM MMCI, as a coordinator of a National Biobanking Network called BBMRI.cz, supplied the vast majority of the clinical samples analysed in…
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Slovenia becomes 24th member to join BBMRI-ERIC
The Republic of Slovenia has been officially confirmed as a Member of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC). Slovenia was approved as a new member by the BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members on 19 November 2021. Slovenia will be represented in the Assembly of Members by its Ministry of Education, Science and Sport; Prof. Urban Bren, Vice Rector of the University of Maribor for Knowledge…