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EUCAN-Connect DataSHIELD Conference
Registration is now open for the DataSHIELD Conference! When: October 11-13, 2023 Where: NH Groningen, Hanzeplein 132, 9713GW Groningen, Netherlands ...read more
Integration of the Sex and Gender Dimension in Life Sciences Research
Learn how to integrate the sex and gender dimension into your life sciences research at this free F2F Train-the-Trainer course organised by BSC (Bioinfo4Women ...read more
Final EOSC-Life Annual General Meeting
BBMRI-ERIC has made significant contributions to the EOSC-Life project over the past three years. Now, during the Final AGM (2 days), the EOSC-Life consortium wil ...read more
8th Annual Malta Rare Disease Colloquium
The 8th Annual Colloquium on Rare Disease organised by the University of Malta and The National Alliance for Rare Diseases Support – Malta will be held on Frida ...read more
Secure Processing Environment Elements: Hybrid Joint EOSC-Life / HealthyCloud Workshop
Join us at this joint EOSC-Life – HealthyCloud workshop to learn best practices in creating elements of Secure Processing Environments (SPEs)! When: 19-20 June ...read more
3rd BBMRI.QM Newsroom in 2022
We invite you to our 3rd BBMRI.QM Newsroom in 2022, which will be held on 27 September, 10:00-11:15 a.m. CEST via Zoom. At this online event, we will welcome thr ...read more
EBRAINS Workshop: The Future Of Medical Data Sharing In Clinical Neurosciences
The HBP and EBRAINS together with the EAN invite the entire scientific community to join the forthcoming workshop on the Future of Medical Data Sharing in Clini ...read more
AI 4 Imaging: Radiomics, Deep Learning and Synthetic Data – A Hands-on Course
This course on Artificial Intelligence for Imaging is a unique opportunity to join a community of leading-edge practitioners in the field of Quantitative Medical ...read more
Europe Biobank Week on 8-10 November 2021 (virtual)
Europe Biobank Week 2021 will take place online again on 8-10 November 2021: “Biobanking for our future – opportunities unlocked!” Registration ...read more
RI-VIS Australia-Europe Symposium
Save the date for the RI-VIS Australia – Europe Symposium. It will be held Tuesday, October 5th to Thursday, October 7th, 2021, as a virtual event. Stay tun ...read more
Lecture & Webinar: Artificial Intelligence and Impact on Future Medicine
Prof. Kurt Zatloukal, National Node Director of BBMRI.at, has invited Visiting Professor Oskar Mencer, founder of Maxeler Technologies and developer of “Multisc ...read more
Privacy Challenges in the Health Sector through Emerging Technologies
Join our colleague Dr. Ilaria Colussi on 6th July at the Marsilius-Bruckenseminar Sommersemester 2021 organised by the University of Heidelberg: “Privacy Ch ...read more
AI Summer School: The Ethics of Disruption – From AI to Bio-ethics in Art and Research
The conference explores the constituent parts of an ethics framework for approaching, understanding and regulating disruptive technologies focusing on responsible ...read more
Prerequisites for biobanking collaborations and advancements across continents
As part of the RI-VIS Latin America Europe Symposium on Research Infratsructures, BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB are joining forces to host this satellite event to talk abou ...read more
Latin America – Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures
The RI-VIS Latin America – Europe Symposium will be held between Tuesday, June 15th and Thursday, June 17th 2021, as a virtual event. This event is organise ...read more
ELSI Webinar : GDPR and Biobanking – Book Review – Meet the Authors
The Springer Book “GDPR and Biobanking: Individual Rights, Public Interest and Research Regulation across Europe” is available for open access since a couple ...read more
EATRIS-Plus Summer School in Personalised Medicine
The summer school from EATRIS, the Research Infrastructure for translational medicine, is designed to address a wide array of topics from omic-based strategies an ...read more
GDPR harmonisation is the only way to protect cancer research: an ESMO webinar
Fragmented implementation and interpretation of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) of the European Union (EU) at a local level are posing obst ...read more
Take part in the „NGS in Healthcare” Open Market Consultation
In the context of the H2020 EU project INSTAND-NGS4P, led by BBMRI.at partner Med Uni Graz/BBMRI.at Director Kurt Zatloukal, an Open Market Consultation on the to ...read more
ELSI Webinar: Biobanking with children
On Wednesday 17 March 2021, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Biobanking with children is a practical vector of empowerment and engagement. Without having to expose the ...read more
2nd IBCQ International Biobanking Conference 2021
Qatar Biobank in partnership with the European and Middle Eastern Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB), the International Society for Biological and ...read more
Biobanking Course at Institut Pasteur
Institut Pasteur is offering a MOOC on Biobanking, designed to provide participants with insights into the wide range of activities hosted in a biobank. Topics in ...read more
2nd ICPerMed Conference ‘Personalised Medicine – From Vision to Practice’
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, ICPerMed decided to go virtual and move the event to an online platform. Attendees will have access to all i ...read more
Webinar: Biobanking Placental Tissue – Key Aspects of this Organ
The biobanking community is invited to this webinar by our neighbors at the Medical University of Graz and Biobank Graz! Placental tissue has a high potential for ...read more
International IT Symposium on Biobank Management & Federated Search on 21, 22 and 25 January 2021
Coorganised by BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB. Our biobank community strives for continuous improvements of our services and contributions to Life Sciences. In alignment wit ...read more
Webinar: Psychosocial characteristics of potential participants in biobanking – a study on the Polish population, by Jakub Pawlikowski (BBMRI.pl)
Advances of biomedical research based on biobanks collecting human biological material are highly dependent on the successful recruitment and participation of hum ...read more
Knowledge Transfer Service: Codex4SMEs Webinar on Finding Samples and Data with the BBMRI-ERIC Directory & Negotiator
Date: 3 December 2020 Time: 14:00-15:00 CET Browse biobank collections across Europe and get the samples and clinical data you need During this webinar, BBMRI-ERI ...read more
Workshop: Looking back, going forward
Henrietta Lacks and the first immortalized human cell line, HeLa, have been influential in shaping both science and technology, from the development of the polio ...read more
Biobanks & Health Data Registers Matchmaking event
Eager to learn about collaborations with Biobanks and Health Data Registers (HDR) in the Benelux? The matchmaking event connects different stakeholders in the lan ...read more
SAVE THE DATE – IC2PerMed workshop on EU-China policies and programmes for Personalised Medicine
On Monday 23 November from 09:30 to 11:30CET IC2PerMed project will hold its first e-workshop “Policies and programs in the field of Personalized medicine: fir ...read more
EUCANCan Webinar: International Data Sharing of Cancer Genomic Data
Join the free webinar hosted by the free EUCANcan Consortium (an EU H2020-funded project on cancer data sharing) webinar titled International Data Sharing of Canc ...read more
Workshop: Ethically and socially responsible governance of research biobanks in the Baltic states
The aim of this workshop on 29 October 2020 is to exchange experience and discuss current ethical and social problems of research biobank governance in the Baltic ...read more
Webinar: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in human microbiome biobanking
Human microbiome research has the potential to increase our understanding of how health and disease are affected by the complex relationship between human, our dw ...read more
IVDR – State-of-the-art requirements for analytical performance testing
Date: 20 Oct 2020 (in context of the “LISAvienna – Regulatory Konferenz für Medizinprodukte und IVD”) Time: 09:00-17:30 Location: Vienna ++ ...read more
ENRIITC 1st Networking Meeting for Industry Partnerships in RIs
ENRIITC’s 1st virtual e-meeting has been scheduled from 15 October (13:00 – 15:00 CEST) to 16 October (11:30 – 13:30 CEST). The event is being planned ...read more
Free webinar on clinical data management
From sustainable biomedical research perspective biobanks are becoming more and more vital and the discussion about the management of connected clinical data and ...read more
CINECA Webinar: Status Update Code of Conduct: Teaming up & Talking about it
The CINECA webinar series continues with a presentation by BBMRI-ERIC’s Head of ELSI Sergices & Research Dr. Michaela Th. Mayrhofer on the status of the ...read more
International Summer School on Rare Disease Registries and FAIRification of Data
In order to ensure the correct progress of the planned tasks of EJP RD, ISS ensures that the international course “ International Summer School on Rare Disease ...read more
ESBB International Symposium on Sustainability of Biobanks
The digital International Symposium on Sustainability of Biobanks takes place August 24th – 26th, 2020 from 13:00 – 16:45 CET. We are delighted that so many e ...read more
Webinar: Registering with the BBMRI-ERIC Directory & Negotiator for non-BBMRI biobanks
BBMRI-ERIC and ISBER finalised a partnership to expand the BBMRI COVID-19-Ready Biobank Registry, connect researchers with biobanks across the globe that are o ...read more
The UK Biobank Scientific Conference 23 June 2020
Participate | Collaborate | Innovate 13.00-17.30pm BST and 08:00-13.30 EST This year for the first time the UK Biobank Scientific Conference takes place wholly on ...read more
Webinar: Ethical handling of incidental findings in research
Presenter: Eline Bunnik, PhD, Erasmus MC, BBMRI.nl Moderator: Melanie Goisauf, BBMRI-ERIC In biomedical research involving human subjects, incidental fin ...read more
CORBEL Webinar: Supporting European Research: Communicating the Value of Life Science RIs in Times of Crisis and Beyond
CORBEL presents its final webinar, this time with guest speaker Bogi Eliasen from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). Prior to the webinar, CIFS ...read more
Graz Biomedical Research Workshop
Graz Biomedical Research Workshop Dates: May 11-15, 2020 Location: Online workshop Note: Module 1 (May 11 – May 13) and Module 2 (May 13 – May 15) can be book ...read more
CINECA Webinar: Code of Conduct: Teaming Up & Talking About It
The CINECA webinar series continues with a presentation by Dr. Michaela Th. Mayrhofer (BBMRI-ERIC) on Status Update Code of Conduct: Teaming up & Talking abou ...read more
Web Conference: COVID-19 and Ethical, Legal & Societal Issues
This web conference will first and foremost focus on the ethical issues encountered and addressed during the COVID-19 outbreak in relation to biobanking, focusing ...read more
CORBEL/EOSC-Life Webinar: Best Practices in Training and Communications
CORBEL and EOSC-Life are organising the webinar series “Engaging with your community through events and training”. The series concludes with a discuss ...read more
CORBEL webinar on the BBMRI ELSI Services
Join the CORBEL webinar on “The BBMRI ELSI Services across the Nodes & BMS RIs” on 21 April 2020 at 15:30 CET. Speaker: Michaela Th. Mayrhofer (BB ...read more
BBMRI.QM WEB CONFERENCE – BIOBANKING IN TIMES OF COVID-19: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOBANKS
This web conference is aimed at biobanking experts and researchers. Together, we will outline what our biobanking community needs during the corona crisis, what i ...read more
CORBEL/EOSC-Life Webinar: Practical Tips for Stepping Up Your Science Communications
CORBEL and EOSC-Life are organising the webinar series “Engaging with your community through events and training”. The series continues with a panel d ...read more
EOSC-Life First Annual General Meeting in Brussels
*Update: New location and venue! We would ask you to please state whether or not you will attend by FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY via this new Evenbrite page: https://me ...read more
Final Open Meeting for CORBEL Project
*Update!* The final CORBEL meeting will take place on 2 March 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The consortium will present their solutions for harmonising user access t ...read more
5th European Conference on Clinical Research in Amsterdam
Science, Technology and Regulations Coming Together for Better Patients’ Health Why attend? Up to date topics contributing to improvement of patients’ ...read more
Open ENVRI Community Meeting
The ENVRI Community Meeting, taking place in Dresden (Germany) on 6 February 2020 in the frame of the ENVRI week, aims at facilitating information exchange and di ...read more
CPDP 2020 Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence
Brussels, Thursday 23 January 2020 at 08:45 – Area 42 – Registration at La Cave The panel is co-organized by the research infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC an ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator: An In-Depth Webinar on Dealing with Sample Requests – for Biobankers and Researchers
Are you interested in learning how to file a request and respond to a request in the BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator in the most effective manner? Do you want to hear abou ...read more
Joint Annual Meeting of National Nodes BBMRI.at, it, cz, cy
In order to explore synergies and exchange in field of collaboration among BBMRI national nodes, BBMRI.at, BBMRI.it, BBMRI.cz and BBMRI.cy had the idea to organiz ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Webinar – Biobanks and registries – what’s the difference?
Title: Biobanks and registries – what’s the difference? Speaker: Dr Mary Wang, Fondazione Telethon in Italy Date and Time: 28 November 2019, 14:00-15:0 ...read more
UK Biobanking Showcase in Nottingham
Now in its fifth year, the UK Biobanking Showcase is the premier event of its kind in the UK and has proven to be a successful and popular forum for biobankers, a ...read more
ESFRI Workshop on the Future of Research Infrastructures in the European Research Area
With the next Roadmap of European Research Infrastructures, foreseen for publication in 2021, ESFRI will end the second cycle of its Roadmaps, comprising also th ...read more
BBMRI.ELSI Webinar: Completing the Ethics Self-Assessment for H2020 Proposals – Introduction Part I
Working in close collaboration with the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector at DG Research & Innovation, we are launching an ELSI webinar series on the Ethic ...read more
GBN Webinar: Data Quality and Provenance
The German Biobank Node invites all interested parties to their IT webinar on Data Quality & Provenance! Join the webinar here: https://global.gotomeeting.com ...read more
Europe Biobank Week 2019 in Lübeck, Germany – Register Now!
Join us in beautiful Lübeck, Germany, from 8-11 October for Europe Biobank Week 2019! Europe Biobank Week 2019 will be held on 8-11 October a ...read more
Webinar IV: Using BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory
BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory gives access to over 600 biobanks and 100,000,000 samples across Europe. How can you use our tool to find samples quickly and effecti ...read more
COST Clinimark Training School
The COST Clinimark Training Workshop is taking place from 23-27 September 2019 at the Spetses Hotel, Greece! The quest for novel biomarkers is a popular resear ...read more
Webinar III: Using BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory
BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory gives access to over 600 biobanks and 100,000,000 samples across Europe. How can you use our tool to find samples quickly and effecti ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Directory Webinar II
BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory gives access to 568 biobanks and 100,000,000 samples across Europe. Join BBMRI-ERIC’s Director General, Erik Steinfelder, on We ...read more
Building Open Science in Europe
The Road Ahead for EU Member States and the EOSC Community eInfraCentral invites researchers from public and private sectors, e-infrastructure service providers, ...read more
UK Biobank Scientific Conference 2019
Register Today! The UK Biobank Scientific Conference is taking place at the QEII Conference Centre, London, on Wednesday, the 19th June. The event is open to he ...read more
European Human Genetics Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden
BBMRI-ERIC’s ELSI data paper will be presented at this conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Gunnar Houge, President of the European Society of Human Genetics, ...read more
Symposium: AI & Machine Learning for Digital Pathology
From Biobanks to Knowledge Banks AI in pathology is very promising, e.g. deep learning even exceeds human performance in specific cases. However, in the context o ...read more
Webinar on the use of BBMRI-ERIC’s directory
BBMRI-ERIC’s Directory gives access to 568 biobanks and 100.000.000 samples across Europe. How to use our tool? That’s what Erik Steinfelder, Director ...read more
Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference
Registration is now open for the 4th Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference, which will take place in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, from May 22 till 24, 201 ...read more
International Clinical Trials Day 2019: Patient stratification studies: challenges and opportunities
International Clinical Trials Day 2019: Patient stratification studies: challenges and opportunities The European Clinical Research Infrastructure Networ ...read more
European Chemical Biology Symposium: 6-ECBS/LS-EuChemS
The 6th ECBS/LS-EuChemS meeting is set to take place in Madrid from April 3-5, 2019. Jointly organised by EuChemS and EU-OPENSCREEN, the event brings toget ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Webinar – Material and Data Transfer Agreements (MTA/ DTA)
Title: Material and Data Transfer Agreements (MTA/DTA) Speaker: Dr Olga Tzortzatou, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens Date and Time: 3 Apri ...read more
Clinimark
“Translating biomarker candidates from discovery to the clinic remains a challenge. This second symposium organised by the Clinimark project will examine ho ...read more
Save the date: SPIDIA4P event
Save the date: On the 5th March 2019, the SPIDIA4P project consortium will organise an event at the European Parliament in Brussels. Hosted by MEP Gesine Meissner ...read more
ISBER Biospecimen Research Symposium
ISBER, the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, will hold its 2nd Biospecimen Research Symposium in Berlin on February 5th and 6th ...read more
Health-RI conference
The 4th Health-RI conference will be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on Thursday, January 17, 2019. Health-RI is the Dutch infrastructure for personalized medic ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #5
Title: Data Quality for Biobanks Speaker: Johann Eder Date: 17 January 2019 Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m. CET Click here to register for this webinar. Subscribe to our ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #5
Data Quality for Biobanks Speaker: Johann Eder, Prof. at the Department of Informatics-Systems of the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Register here ...read more
Biobanking Workshop in Latin America
As part of our efforts to support biobanking in different regions of the world, we are organising a biobanking workshop in Rio de Janeiro in early 2019. We believ ...read more
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC Workshop: Science and Society
Research and innovation lie at the heart of Europe’s economic strategy and make a critical contribution to the development of its society and cultures. They are ...read more
CORBEL Webinar 06.12.2018
Webinar title: BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management Services for basic and applied research on human specimens Speaker: Andrea Wutte, BBMRI-ERIC Date: 6 December 2018, 1 ...read more
14th World Congress of Bioethics
Applications for bursaries for the 14th World Congress of Bioethics are open now and can be submitted until September 15. The 14th World Congress of Bioethics an ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #4
State-of-the-Art Next-Generation Sequencing Speaker: Ivo Gut, Director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico Register here More information to the ...read more
How to Build a Biobank – Biobank Graz
Biobank Graz, a BBMRI.at partner biobank, is organising the 4th edition of their “How to build a biobank” course. This interactive 3-day-course has b ...read more
Data Management in Clinical Research
CORBEL, ECRIN an F-CRIN are organising a training course on Data Management in Clinical Research, taking place on 15 November 2018 in Paris. The course is designe ...read more
Ethics of Data Sharing and Biobanking in Health Research
The Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) will hold a two-day meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13-14 November 2018 on the theme of ‘the ethics of d ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #3
The NEW standard for biobanks “ISO 20387 Biobanking – General requirements for biobanking” and how the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management Service can help with i ...read more
Partnerships MeetUp 2018
The Partnerships MeetUp brings together anyone who is interested in pioneering medicine through close collaboration. The event offers an inspiring keynote and int ...read more
Register now for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop will bring together representatives from different RIs to share and learn from real-world experiences in the conte ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #2
European Technical Specifications for the pre-analytical phase become ISO International Standards: an update Speaker: Karl-Friedrich Becker, Professor at the Inst ...read more
CORBEL Webinar: West-Life
Title: West-Life: Lessons learnt from developing a virtual research environment Speaker: Chris Morris (Daresbury Laboratory) Date: October 23, 2018 Time: 15:30 CE ...read more
Modelling the Mammalian-Microbiota Host Superorganism
It is now well recognised that microbiota play an important role in the development, immunity and physiology of their mammalian host. Considerable progress has be ...read more
ÖPPM – Joining Forces for Personalized Medicine
The Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine (ÖPPM) will hold its 2nd Annual Meeting at the Medical University of Graz on October 11 and 12, 2018. The confer ...read more
ENCR Scientific Meeting
The ENCR Scientific Meeting and General Assembly provides all European cancer registries with the opportunity to share research findings, discuss cancer registrat ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC QUALITY MANAGEMENT WEBINAR #1
Date: 11 September 2018 Time: 2-3 p.m. CEST Speaker: Sheng Lin-Gibson, Chief of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, USA National Institute of Stand ...read more
BBMRI.QM Webinar #1
Towards more accurate, reproducible, and robust measurement and analysis of biological samples: International Standardization Efforts within ISO/TC 276 – Biotec ...read more
Europe Biobank Week 2018
Co-organised by BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, Europe Biobank Week 2018 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, from the 4th until the 7th September 2018. Building on the mome ...read more
Volga Neuroscience Meeting
The International Conference – THE VOLGA NEUROSCIENCE MEETING 2018 will take place on board of a large (about 200 participants) riverboat from July 22 to Ju ...read more
CORBEL webinar
Title: The BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Helpdesk – Personalising ELSI Support Speaker: Jasjote Grewal (BBMRI-ERIC) Date: July 10, 2018 Time: 15:30 CEST The BBMRI-ERIC ELSI H ...read more
CORBEL train-the-trainer workshop & hackathon
This event combines two separate events, a 2-day train-the-trainer workshop and a 1-day course development hackathon. You can choose to attend one or both events, ...read more
CTLS 2018 CONGRESS
The Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS) Association will host its third biannual congress in Ghent, Belgium, from July 1 until 4, 2018. CTLS2018 will see p ...read more
06 BBMRI.QM webinar
“Assays for Qualification and Quality Stratification of Clinical Biospecimens Used in Research: A Technical Report from the ISBER Biospecimen Science Workin ...read more
Webinar: The GDPR – Anonymisation / Pseudonymisation
Title: Webinar: The GDPR – Anonymisation/Pseudonymisation Speaker: Irene Schlünder Date: June 20, 2018 Time: 14:00 CEST The European General Data Protection R ...read more
CORBEL Webinar
Title: Status Update on the Code of Conduct for Health Research Initiative Speaker: Michaela Th. Mayrhofer (BBMRI-ERIC) Date: June 5, 2018 Time: 15:30 CEST The EU ...read more
05a BBMRI.QM webinar
“The CEN technical standard for the pre-analytical phase of frozen tissue samples for DNA isolation” Agenda: Welcome at 11.30 a.m. CEST Presentation of t ...read more
CORBEL Webinar
Title: Quality Management in Distributed Research Infrastructures Speaker: Dr. Michael Raess (INFRAFRONTIER) Date: May 22, 2018 Time: 15:30 CEST Quality Managemen ...read more
CEN and ISO Standards for Pre-analytical Processes
This one-day course will introduce the European standards for the pre-analytical processing of human biospecimens (CEN/TC 140 Technical Specifications for Pree ...read more
Sample and Data Banking Course
Organised by Dr. Luca Sangiorgi, CLIBI laboratory and RIT, the Sample and Data Banking course will take place in Bologna, Italy, on May 16 and 17. Registration is ...read more
German Biobank Node Workshop
German Biobank Node, our National Node in Germany, is organising a one-day workshop titled “Meine Gene gehören mir” (My Genes Are Mine), scheduled to ...read more
Biobanking workshop and symposium in Izmir
A training workshop titled “Rare Disease Biobanking” and a symposium titled “Bridging Biobanks in MENA Countries to Promote Research and Healthc ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Webinar – The GDPR and Health Research
Speaker: Dr Victoria Chico, University of Sheffield Time: 14:00-15:00 (Central European Summer Time) Summary: The enforcement date for the General Data Protection ...read more
CORBEL/AARC AAI Training Workshop
INFRAFRONTIER, work package leader within the CORBEL project, is organising a two-day training event for the developers of the BMS research infrastructures plan ...read more
The human body in scientific research
BBMRI.pl, our Polish National Node, and the Medical University of Lublin are co-organising a conference titled “The human body in scientific research – philos ...read more
CORBEL webinar
Speaker: Dr. Mikael Linden (ELIXIR Finland), Kostas Koumantaros (GRNET) Summary: CORBEL WP5 has specified Life Science AAI, a common service for authentic ...read more
05 BBMRI.QM webinar
“Intraindividual Temporal miRNA Variability in Serum, Plasma, and White Blood Cell Subpopulations” Agenda: Welcome Presentation “Intraindivid ...read more
BBMRI.QM webinar
EDIReX Project: “EurOPDX Distributed Infrastructure for Research on patient-derived cancer Xenografts“ Agenda: Presentation of the EDIReX Project: ...read more
Ghent Biobanking Day
Biobanks collect samples and tissues and make them available to researchers. The quality of samples and clinical data stored at biobanks strongly depends on the ...read more
04 BBMRI.QM webinar
“In vitro diagnostic medical devices – Clinical performance studies using specimens from human subjects – Good study practice” Agenda: 1. ...read more
03 BBMRI.QM webinar
“BBMRI.uk, The Cardiff Biobank and QMS” Agenda: Welcome Presentation “BBMRI.uk, The Cardiff Biobank and QMS”, Christopher Thomas, Quality Manag ...read more
BBMRI.at organises roundtable discussion
BBMRI.at, our Austrian National Node, is currently organising the 5th edition of a series of roundtable discussions involving members of the general public. Title ...read more
BBMRI.no Biobank Conference
Our Norwegian National Node, BBMRI.no, is organising a biobanking conference in Oslo from March 12 to 13, 2018. Most of the event will be in English, including s ...read more
EU Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector
ERA, the Academy of European Law, is organising its annual conference on EU law in the pharmaceutical sector on March 1 and 2 this year. Key topics will include ...read more
ISBER European Biospecimen Research Symposium
On February 27-28, 2018, ISBER and IBBL will co-host the Biospecimen Research Symposium in Luxembourg. The ISBER Symposium in Luxembourg is ISBER‘s Europe ...read more
CORBEL webinar
Speakers: Christian Ohmann, Rita Banzi, Steve Canham (ECRIN-ERIC) Summary: Transparency and access to research data is a key feature of modern research policy, im ...read more
ETHICAL REVIEW FOR BIOBANK-BASED RESEARCH
The growing complexity of the use of existing data highlights some gaps in the ethical review model currently in use across Europe. Reports from scientists highli ...read more
CORBEL webinar: Lightweight Service Management for RIs
Speaker: Sy Holsinger (EGI Foundation) Summary: To meet customer needs and provide valuable services, it is important to maintain a high quality of service, which ...read more
Conference on BBMRI-ERIC IT tools
Co-organised by Instituto Superiore di Sanità and BBMRI.it, a conference titled “Access to biological samples: use and implementation of BBMRI tools” is set ...read more
02 BBMRI.QM webinar
“Norway, Biobanking of fresh frozen tissue from total prostatectomies” Agenda: Welcome Presentation “Norway, Biobanking of fresh frozen tissue from total p ...read more
Biobanking 2018: Visions for innovation
The Swiss Biobanking Platform will be organising the first edition of the “Biobanking 2018” conference, to be held at the Swiss Convention Center ...read more
Code of Conduct Forum session at CPDP 2018
Organised by BBMRI-ERIC Industry – Academia – Healthcare professionals CPDP, the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2018 conference is taking place ...read more
Web conference: 01 WG6 Audit Programme meeting
Agenda: Welcome Presentation “BBMRI.at Audit Programme” Helmuth Haslacher, Dr., Head of Biobank VIENNA and Quality Coordinator of BBMRI.at (Medical Universit ...read more
CORBEL webinar: access management using ARIA
Speaker: Fiona Sanderson (Instruct-ERIC) ARIA provides a wide range of web-based tools for a huge number of organisations worldwide. ARIA cloud services also are ...read more
EMBL CONFERENCE ON LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES 2017
The EMBL Conference on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences 2017 will feature a list of state-of-the-art speakers and includes a number of highly relevan ...read more
Biobank Graz organises 3rd edition of How to Build a Biobank course
This interactive 3-day-course has been designed for all those who are involved in setting up a new biobank, who look to collaborate with a biobank or research ins ...read more
The Politics of Biobanking: Symposium
Together with the University of Copenhagen and other partners, the BBMRI.se Service Centre for Southern Sweden is organising a symposium entitled The Politics of ...read more
Cancer in Africa: Making Strides, Creating Solutions
The 2017 AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa will bring together multidisciplinary specialists from the global cancer community to reduce the impa ...read more
Seminar: GDPR Code of Conduct for Health Research and Implications for FP9
BBMRI-ERIC is hosting a seminar to assess the impact of the GDPR on FP9 health research and examine how the Code of Conduct for Health Research being developed by ...read more
Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine: Inaugural Event and Scientific Symposium
“The Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine constitutes a national networking platform aiming to connect all stakeholders and interested parties in the ...read more
UK Biobanking Showcase 2017
The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre are returning to the Oval for their annual meeting UK Biobanking Showcase this autumn. Date: 18th October 2017 ...read more
2017 XNAT Developer Workshop in Rotterdam
The 2017 XNAT Developer Workshop will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 16th until October 18th. The workshop is co-organised by the European ...read more
Translational Medicine 2017: Enhancing Predictivity
The European Research Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (EATRIS) will be organising its third bi-annual Translational Medicine 2017 conference from 24 un ...read more
16th CRG Symposium: Seventh International Workshop on Genomic Epidemiology
The 16th CRG Symposium: Seventh International Workshop on Genomic Epidemiology will take place at the PRBB Auditorium from 20 to 22 September 2017 and will gather ...read more
Preserving, storing and maintaining microorganisms 3-day course
Presented by staff from CABI, this course will be of interest to everyone involved in the handling, distribution and storage of microorganisms. The course covers ...read more
Interuniversity Course on Clinical and Research Genomic Data Sharing and Access
The Leuven Institute for human Genomics and Society (LIGAS) is organising an interuniversity course titled ‘Clinical and Research Genomic Data Sharing and Acce ...read more
13th ESA Conference
There will be around 700 sessions by ESA’s 37 Research Networks as well as Research Streams, many semi-plenaries and plenaries, a special PhD workshop and of co ...read more
Liquid Biopsies & Cancer Symposium
The Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI) will be organising a symposium on liquid biopsies and cancer from 28 to 30 August 2017. The topics covered will include the foll ...read more
PHE Biobank Link Webinar: linking cancer registries to Biobanks in England
In this webinar, participants will learn about Public Health England’s (PHE) Biobank Link. Dominic Dwyer, Data Access Officer, will present on how biobank ...read more
Registration for the European Chemical Biology Symposium in Budapest Now Open
Have you always wanted to learn more about the exciting developments currently taking place in chemical biology and EU-OPENSCREEN? The ECBS 2017, taking place in ...read more
Next CORBEL webinar on User Experience Design scheduled for June 27th
Interested in learning how User Experience (UX) design can help you meet your goals? What are the quick wins for knowing your users, designing with your team and ...read more
The German Pathology Society’s 101st Annual Congress
The German Pathology Society will be celebrating its 101st annual congress in Erlangen, Germany, from June 22 until 24 this year. The programme features a wide ra ...read more
How European Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures Boost Innovation by Open Access
This meeting will explore how the 11 biological and medical sciences research infrastructures (BMS RIs) in Europe can stimulate innovation by providing access to ...read more
First LUXCOR health event in Brussels: Clinical and translational medicine, Big Data, e-Health and next-generation healthcare
The Luxembourg Institute of Health and LUXCOR, the Luxembourg Contact Office for Research and Innovation, are co-organising the first LUXCOR health event in Bruss ...read more
International Retreat on Moral Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany in cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany is organizing the International Retreat on “M ...read more
Estimated (disease) risk for coronary atherosclerosis using lifestyle factors and genetic markers: ePerMed workshop in Tartu, Estonia, on 17th June
The Estonian Genome Centre is organising an ePerMed workshop that will take place the day after the Gene Forum 2017 concludes. The event will consist of two part ...read more
17th International Gene Forum to be held in Tartu, Estonia
The overarching theme for the 2017 Gene Forum will be Real World Evidence – Path to Precision Medicine, with a focus on genomics, lifestyle and environment. Spe ...read more
7th Annual SMi BioBanking Conference and Workshop Focussing on Ethics and Biosample Management
Biothèque Wallonie Bruxelles will be participating in the conference, taking place on June 14 and 15, to give a talk titled “An Academic Research Network’s P ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC FORUM MEETING TOWARDS A HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES GDPR CODE OF CONDUCT
BBMRI-ERIC will be hosting a forum meeting in Brussels on June 7 to discuss issues related to the development of a health and life sciences code of conduct in the ...read more
Course on STATISTICAL PRACTICE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY USING R
The Estonian Genome Center and the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Tartu are organising a course titled Statistical Practice in Epide ...read more
Refresher Training: Good Clinical Practice
CIEC will be organising an interactive and certified training course on good clinical practice in the framework of the Luxclin conference, focussing on updated IC ...read more
First CORBEL webinar on research marketing set to take place on May 29
CORBEL is set to launch a new series of webinars that will provide a platform for biological and medical research infrastructures to share their experiences and p ...read more
Inserm workshop 246
Management and Reuse of Health Data: Methodological Issues This workshop will provide insights and tools regarding open data, FAIR data management, data d ...read more
ERINHA conference: launching the European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents’ scientific strategy
The European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents (ERINHA), bringing together European high containment facilities and expert institutes, will be h ...read more
Training opportunities for rare disease scientists at the Outreach Day in Berlin
As part of the joint RD-Connect, NeurOmics and EURenOmics annual meeting in Berlin (1-5th of May 2017) RD-Connect will provide a number of training opportunities ...read more
BIOETHICS SYMPOSIUM
The Bioethics Symposium at IMBA will discuss the main challenges arising from recent advancements in life sciences. New technologies like stem cell research, orga ...read more
Round table on BBMRI-ERIC’s contribution to health research capacity building in Africa
In collaboration with B3Africa, BBMRI-ERIC will organise a roundtable in Brussels on 5th April 2017 to explore how to develop health research collaboration with ...read more
BIOVISION – The World Life Sciences Forum
Presenting an impressive line-up of participants addressing evidence and research as well as development and promotion, the 2017 edition of the Biovision life sci ...read more
Standardisation of liquid biopsies-plasma ccfDNA
Aim of the meeting Today many institutions are testing ccfDNA mostly as clinical research, but the investigations have shown a huge potential for clinical ...read more
The 8th Alpbach Workshop on Affinity Proteomics
This meeting will cover the latest developments in antibody generation, validation, application and detection, with many important players in the field attending. ...read more
ECR 2017
The ECR is the annual meeting of the ESR. It is a trend-setting, dynamic and service-oriented congress, well-known as one of the most innovative meetings within t ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC working meeting “The road to a Health and Life Sciences GDPR Code of Conduct”
On 1 February 2017 Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) will host a working ...read more
Third B3Africa Jamboree
The Third B3Africa Jamboree, will again be a face to face meeting of all developers. It will be held in Austria and organised by MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ. ...read more
B3Africa Use Case Site Visit & Training No.1
In December 2016, the first B3Africa use case site visit and training will be organised in South Africa. This training event will include: Tool-specific “hands ...read more
GBN Educational Workshops
German Biobank Node Educational Workshops The results, which were compiled in the work packages QM and PR during the 1st funding period will be presented in two w ...read more
Practical biobanking courses in Latvian Biomedical Research and Study centre
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study centre invitates to participate in courses: “From blood to sequence” supported by Seventh Framework project BBMRI- Large ...read more
HOW TO BUILD A BIOBANK – LEARNING BY DOING
Only a few places left This interactive 3-day-course has been designed for all those who are involved in setting up a new biobank, who look to collaborate with a ...read more
UK BIOBANKING SHOWCASE AGENDA ANNOUNCED
UK Biobanking Showcase is the flagship event of the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre. The event will bring together researchers, Biobanks, Industry ...read more
PHD COURSE AND SYMPOSIUM IN SWEDEN
For organisational reasons as well as dietary restrictions, please register on the following link: http://www.123contactform.com/form-2048365/Triple-Helix-In-Bio ...read more
PhD course The Triple Helix in Biobanking: Intertwining Stakeholders
The course will take place in Lund (Medicon Village) from the 14-18 Nov 2016 and the symposium, part of it, will be on Nov 15-16th. Here you can find the ...read more
Public-private partnerships workshop
In recent years, universities have done a lot of work to promote research partnerships with industry. Medical schools are encouraging their research faculties to ...read more
B3Africa Webinar 2
Webinar 2 on ELSI, led by Jane Reichel and Santa Slokenberga of Uppsala Universitet, Sweden Main topics: – Introduction to Ethical, Legal and Social ...read more
CORBEL 1ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Tuesday 18 – Wednesday 19 October 2016 Start 12:00 – End 12:15 Location: Austria Trend Hotel Europa Graz http://www.austria-trend.at/en/hotels/europa- ...read more
8TH SANTORINI CONFERENCE – BIOLOGIE PROSPECTIVE
The Santorini Conferences are bringing together scientists from various origin interested in genetics and biological variations in man and its impact on the orig ...read more
B3Africa Webinar 1
B3Africa Work Package 5 (WP5) launched the Webinar series with the first session on Thursday 29 September, 2016, targeted particularly at IT Focal Points. This ...read more
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Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with Tumorbank @ UZA
28 Sep 2016
Interview with Tumorbank @ UZA
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with Patrick Pauwels (Tumorbank curator), Sofie Goethals (Biobank manager) and Mieke De Wilde (Biobank q ...read more
Europe Biobank Week
Europe Biobank Week: bringing the European biobanking community together to discuss health innovation Brussels/Graz, 28 June 2016 – BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB are join ...read more
THE UKCRC TISSUE DIRECTORY AND COORDINATION CENTRE’S ANNUAL MEETING – UK BIOBANKING SHOWCASE
UK Biobanking Showcase will be a chance to celebrate Biobanking in the UK. On the day, we’ll showcase the range of exciting biobanking capabilities in the ...read more
EMBL CONFERENCE “LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES”
The EMBL Conference on “Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences” (www.embl.de/training/events/2016/LLL16-01) is a new international forum to bring toget ...read more
ICL-ESHG SHORT COURSE
Course Dates: 4-8 July 2016 Course Location: Department of Genomics of Common Disease, Imperial College, London, UK Course Leader: Dr Inga Prokopenko Course Lect ...read more
THE CHARME OF STANDARDISATION IN LIFE SCIENCES 21-22 June 2016
Standardisation issues are addressed in many research fields, e.g. R&D, education, technology transfer and application but these research areas are often poor ...read more
COURSE: STATISTICAL PRACTICE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY USING R
Deadline for application: 15 April, 2015 The course is aimed at epidemiologists and statisticians who wish to use R for statistical modelling and analysis of ...read more
ELSI2.0 AND EUCELLEX PROJECT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIOETHICS
ELSI 2.0 (https://elsi2workspace.tghn.org/) and EUCelLEX (https://www.eucellex.eu/) Project Joint Symposium ‘Exploring International Policy Developmen ...read more
UK BIOBANK ANNUAL MEETING
UK Biobank is a prospective study of 500,000 people. We have collected a wide range of information including genetics on our participants, and we are now hope to ...read more
16TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL GENE FORUM 2016
Estonian Genome Centre of University of Tartu and Estonian Genome Foundation cordially invite you to attend the 16th Annual International Gene Forum 2016. Gene ...read more
PERSONALISED MEDICINE CONFERENCE 2016
The Personalised Medicine Conference 2016 will explore personalised medicine through a research policy lens. Europe is a leader in personalised medicine, an inte ...read more
“FROM BIOSAMPLES TO PERSONALIZED MEDICINE”, SEMINAR
The seminar will take place on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, from 13h00 to 16h00, in the Science 14 Atrium building, ground floor, Rue de la Science 14b, Brussels 1 ...read more
GENETIC DATA IN PUBLIC RESEARCH DATABASES: WHICH GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS SHOULD APPLY?
This workshop aims to 1) explore ethical and legal challenges that may arise when researchers are required to deposit genetic and genomic research data in public ...read more
LONG NIGHT OF RESEARCH
Click HERE to find information about BBMRI-ERIC´s participation! ...read more
ONE-WEEK COURSE: BIOBANKING AS A RESOURCE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
This course will give you new insights on the value of biobanks and how to use these rich sources of samples and related data. It will include lectures on health ...read more
ONLINE RESEARCH ETHICS TRAINING, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2016
We see a growing concern for research integrity in academic research today. Universities and funding agencies are starting to require formal training in research ...read more
1ST WORKSHOP CORBEL “PATIENT-LEVEL DATA TASKFORCE”
Workshop of the “Multi-stakeholder taskforce on access to individual participant data (IPD) in clinical trials” The first workshop of the CORBEL “p ...read more
BBMRI.at: “Pre Analytical Sample Processing in Biobanking” – A 3 Days Laboratory Course
This 3 days course focuses on the pre-analytic processing of biological samples according to the recently published CEN/TC 140 Technical Specifications for “ ...read more
BBMRI-NL METABOLOMICS WORKSHOP
In collaboration with NIHES and the NMC (Netherlands Metabolomics Center), BBMRI-NL will organize a metabolomics workshop, which will be held in Leiden on the 26 ...read more
August 3rd, 2017
ESOF 2018 Toulouse: new calls for programme proposals opening soon
Founded in 2004 by EuroScience, a non-profit grassrots organisation for researchers in Europe, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is the biennial pan-European mee ...read more
October 5th, 2016
Poland is now a full member of BBMRI-ERIC
BBMRI-ERIC welcomes Poland, after being an observer, now as a full member. Updated list of members and observers of BBMRI-ERIC: Members: Austria, Belgium, Czech R ...read more
May 24th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC Directory reaches 100m samples
BBMRI-ERIC is delighted to announce that its Directory has now reached 100m samples, making it the largest biobanking catalogue on the globe. Having recently been ...read more
May 23rd, 2017
First successful RItrain staff exchange hosted by EATRIS
On March 10 and 11, EATRIS hosted the first RItrain Staff Exchange at its headquarters in Amsterdam. Eleven participants came together with EATRIS staff to share ...read more
May 24th, 2017
Children as Researchers: Event Co-Organised by BBMRI.at Proves a Success
Together with the Austrian Society of Pathology and the Institute of Pathology of the Medical University of Graz, BBMRI.at recently organised a research event for ...read more
Common Minimum Technical Standards and Protocols for Biobanks Dedicated to Cancer Research: New Book Published by IARC
Biobanking has developed at a rapid pace in recent years, initiated by the drive for personalised medicine, the need for high-quality biological resources and ass ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC GAINS MOMENTUM WITHIN ISO AND ITS WORKING GROUPS
Between 26 and 30 October 2015, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) called for working group meetings within the TC 276 Biotechnology. The Mi ...read more
SPIDIA4P consortium meets in Luxembourg
On April 10th and 11th 2018, IBBL (Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg) hosted the SPIDIA4P consortium meeting at its new premises in Dudelange, Luxembourg. S ...read more
August 3rd, 2017
Article co-authored by Petr Holub among high-impact articles in Biopreservation and Biobanking
Petr Holub, BBMRI-ERIC IT/Data Protection Manager, is one of the authors of an article titled Toward Global Biobank Integration by Implementation of the Minimum ...read more
May 23rd, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC Launches FP10 Position Paper
This article is 1727 words and is an approximate 7-minute read. BBMRI-ERIC, the European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources in Heal ...read more
January 7th, 2015
THE BBMRI-ERIC FAMILY WELCOMES
Outi Törnwall (EU Project Manager) and Luc Deltombe (Communication / Finance Assistant) as permanent staff to the BBMRI-ERIC Central Executive Management Off ...read more
November 12th, 2015
SURVEY: POLICIES AND PRACTICES CONCERNED WITH SHARING INDIVIDUAL BIOBANK RESULTS WITH PARTICIPANTS
Do we share – or do we not share – results with donors? Policies, practices and opinions of all BBMRI biobanks on sharing biobank results with donors ...read more
August 27th, 2016
ARTICLE IN “THE LANCET Oncology”
Summary Background The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is used to screen for prostate cancer but has a high false-positive rate that translates into unnecess ...read more
November 25th, 2015
MAIMUNDA MENDY ABOUT THE BCNET TRAINING
The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently organised and hosted the first BCNet training workshop, in Lyon from 3 – 5 November 2015. Read her arti ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC ASSOCIATED EXPERT CENTRES – TRUSTED PARTNERS
BBMRI-ERIC brings together the expertise of many disciplines in order to operate the pan-European research infrastructure for biobanks and biomolecular resources ...read more
December 16th, 2015
BBMRI-ERIC MEETS JAPAN
From 5-10 December Jan-Eric Litton was invited by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to present BBMRI-ERIC and the International standards that we ...read more
December 16th, 2015
100% OF MEMBER STATES REPLY ON SHARING RESULTS
The sharing-results policies, practices and opinions of biobanks have been surveyed by the EU Horizon 2020 funded Genetics Clinic of the Future (GCOF) project. T ...read more
December 17th, 2015
MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN ESTABLISHING EUROPEAN BIOBANK FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructures – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BB ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC WELCOMES THE DETAILS ON THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION
“BBMRI-ERIC has played a vital role to improve the GDPR“, says BBMRI-ERIC’s Director General Prof. Jan-Eric Litton. BBMRI-ERIC has met with sev ...read more
December 17th, 2015
BBMRI-ERIC MENTIONED IN NATURE MAGAZINE
European medical research escapes stifling privacy laws Proposed legislation had threatened the use of genomic and clinical data in medical studies. A threat to ...read more
December 17th, 2015
BBMRI-ERIC DIRECTORY 2.0
BBMRI-ERIC is pleased to announce availability of the BBMRI-ERIC Directory 2.0, which brings interesting new features that allow for fine-grained and more accura ...read more
January 7th, 2016
IRISH DATA RESEARCH CENTRE JOINS CALL FOR BETTER BIOBANKING INFRASTRUCTURE IN IRELAND AND EUROPE
The Insight Centre for Data Analytics and BBMRI-ERIC hosted a seminar entitled ‘The Input of BioMolecular Biobanking to Data Analytics and Medical Researc ...read more
January 22nd, 2016
BIOBANKING IN IRELAND
Earlier this month, Insight@UCC hosted a seminar about biobanking in which the European biobanking infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC laid out the case for Ireland becomi ...read more
February 9th, 2016
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FINANCE / ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT
The BBMRI-ERIC Family welcomes Carmen Cristea (Finance / Administration Assistant) as permanent staff to the BBMRI-ERIC Central Executive Management Office in Gr ...read more
ELSI 2.0 + EUCELLEX PROJECT SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM BURSARIES AVAILABLE
*Bursaries for Early Career Researchers now available* Dear All, We are delighted to announce that a limited number of bursaries are now available to subsidise e ...read more
March 4th, 2016
BBMRI-ERIC AT THE ECR 2016
4 March 2016 – Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) will take part i ...read more
FULL PARTNER OF RD-CONNECT
BBMRI-ERIC is now an official partner of RD-Connect. RD-Connect is a unique global infrastructure project that links up databases, registries, biobanks and clini ...read more
B3AFRICA NEWSLETTER
Editorial by the Project Coordinator The rapidly evolving African biobanks are invaluable for biomedical research because the African population has the greatest ...read more
MIABIS 2.0 PUBLISHED
Toward Global Biobank Integration by Implementation of the Minimum Information About BIobank Data Sharing (MIABIS 2.0 Core) Merino-Martinez Roxana, Norlin Loreana ...read more
March 23rd, 2016
EGI FITSM TRAINING CALENDAR FOR 2016
EGI is pleased to announce the first dates of 2016 for FitSM training and certification. FitSM is a pragmatic, lightweight and achievable standard for IT servi ...read more
April 4th, 2016
EUROPE BIOBANK WEEK – REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Registration and Abstract Submission are open now: http://europebiobankweek.eu/submission ...read more
April 6th, 2016
BBMRI, ESBB & ISBER TO COLLABORATE FOR A JOINT MEETING IN AUTUMN 2017
BBMRI-ERIC, ESBB and ISBER signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) which defines collaboration, mutual recognition, and shared approaches for the hosting of ...read more
April 11th, 2016
BBMRI ELSI WORKSHOP REPORT
Sharing and access to data and human biospecimens for the benefit of patients – Towards a BBMRI-ERIC Policy Short Summary Rational and main objectives Th ...read more
EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION ADOPTED THIS WEEK
On Thursday April 14, the European Parliament has adopted the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legislation will likely come into force in the sp ...read more
LAUNCH OF THE CORBEL INNOVATION OFFICE
We are pleased to announce the launch of the CORBEL Innovation Office, intended to provide advice and assistance to streamline research collaboration among Europe ...read more
April 22nd, 2016
BBMRI-ERIC & PATIENT ORGANISATIONS JOIN FOR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
Patient advocacy group representatives and the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructures – European Research Infrastructure Consortium ...read more
April 26th, 2016
LONG NIGHT OF RESEARCH TOOK PLACE IN AUSTRIA
On 22 April 2016 the “Long Night of Research” took place all over Austria. More than 180,000 visitors came to see research projects, scientific disc ...read more
INTERVIEW WITH PETER RIEGMAN
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with the head of the Erasmus MC Tissue Bank, Peter Riegman! Peter Riegman is a Molecular Biologist and p ...read more
August 5th, 2016
BBMRI-ERIC WELCOMES CYPRUS
The Assembly of Members of BBMRI-ERIC welcomes Cyprus as an Observer. Find information about our latest National Node here: Cyprus ...read more
CNAG ACHIEVES ISO 17025:2005 ACCREDITATION
The Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica has been accredited according to UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard by ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación), specif ...read more
FAQs on the General Data Protection Regulation
On 14 April 2016, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard ...read more
COE ADOPTED REC ON BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a new Recommendation on research on biological materials of human origin on 11 May 2016. The current ...read more
May 24th, 2016
SURVEY: CLOSING THE EVIDENCE GAP ON PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENETIC DATA HANDLING
While “data sharing” for biomedical research is currently very high on the agenda of funders and policy makers, there is a dearth of evidence on h ...read more
INTERVIEW WITH KARL-FRIEDRICH BECKER
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, presents her interview with the Head of the Laboratory for Experimental Pathology in Munich/Germany, Karl-Friedrich Becker! Kar ...read more
May 24th, 2016
BIO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO 2016
Joint session by the global collaboration group at BIO International Convention, San Francisco 2016 The global collaboration group is organising a session at BI ...read more
May 25th, 2016
EURO-BIOIMAGING LAUNCHED ITS INTERIM OPERATION
European life science researchers now have the possibility to use state-of-the-art imaging technologies, which they do not find at their home institutions or amo ...read more
CBMED IS THE FIRST EXPERT CENTRE OF BBMRI-ERIC
CBmed, an Austrian funded competence center, links excellent research infrastructure, scientific expertise, medical knowledge, national and international industry ...read more
May 25th, 2016
BBMRI.AT CITIZEN-EXPERT PANELS
Active discussion between Austrian citizens and experts from biobanking at the 3rd BBMRI.at Citizen-Expert Panels in Graz. Find out more on the website of BBMRI.a ...read more
A REFERENCE BOOK ON ETHICS AND LAW FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE USE OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES
biobanques de recherche or Ethics and Regulation of Research Biobanks”, written in French, in collaboration with the BIOBANQUES Ethics and Regulation Depar ...read more
June 7th, 2016
“BROAD CONSENT IN BIOBANK RESEARCH” IN THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
The European Journal of Medical Genetics accepted a paper from our biobanking Task Force from the Working Party of the German Medical Ethics Committees. Abstract ...read more
B3AFRICA NEWSLETTER ISSUE 02/2016
To read the full version of the newest B3Africa newsletter, including updates from the B3Africa ELSI Workshop and the First B3Africa Technical Jamboree, please ...read more
May 24th, 2016
CALL FOR APPLICATION: COURSE ON TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT
The C-COMEND Course is a course consisting of an introductory e-learning (~20 hours student investment time) followed by a 5-day face-to-face workshop. The cours ...read more
June 30th, 2016
GERMAN BIOBANK NODE NEWSLETTER Q2 2016
The Summer Edition of GBN-newsletter features the main theme of ELSI. This focus was selected not only because the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (G ...read more
A BIG STEP TOWARDS PERSONALISED MEDICINE: CBMED APPOINTED FIRST EXPERT CENTRE OF EUROPEAN BIOBANKS
Graz (Austria), July 2016 – The Graz based research facility CBmed has been appointed the first European “BBMRI-ERIC Expert Centre/Trusted Partner” (Biobank ...read more
May 22nd, 2017
New European Initiative ORION launched in Barcelona at the Beginning of May
ORION is a new collaborative European project that will explore ways in which research and funding organisations in life sciences and biomedicine can open up the ...read more
New Self-Assessment Survey
We are delighted to announce that a new Self-Assessment Survey for biobanks is available now. The purpose of the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Surveys is to encourag ...read more
September 8th, 2016
Welcome our new Member State Latvia
The Assembly of Members welcomes our 20th Member State! You can find more information about our new member here! ...read more
September 9th, 2016
International Life Sciences Award 2016
We are happy to announce that BBMRI-ERIC has been awarded as Best European Health Research Organisation. GHP Announces Winners of the 2016 International Life Sc ...read more
Interview with Helmuth Haslacher
Helmuth Haslacher is resident physician of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine and Deputy Biobank Coordinator at the Department of Laboratory Medicine of t ...read more
BLOG ENTRY HANDSON: BIOBANKS 2015, MILAN
From 29-31 July 2015, the annual BBMRI conference HandsOn Biobanks 2015 took place in Milan. It was a very interesting biobank conference, organised by Prof. ...read more
BLOG ENTRY 11/05/2015
Update to the ongoing development of ISO Standardisation processes for „Biobanks and bioresources”, most relevant for the BBMRI-ERIC community. On ...read more
Interview with Anne Carter
Anne Carter is the Director of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration’s Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre at University College London. This role b ...read more
Interview with Barbara Parodi
Barbara Parodi is a medical doctor and the Executive Manager of the Biological Resource Centre of the National Institute for Cancer Research (IRCCS AOU San Martin ...read more
February 4th, 2020
Meet our Team – Carmen Cristea
This week, we’re getting to know Carmen Cristea, our Finance Manager and currently Interim Co-Director General. Hi, Carmen! What does a typical day look l ...read more
February 3rd, 2020
Meet our Team – Ayodeji Adeniran
Meet one of our newest employees, Ayodeji Adeniran. Coming to us from the University of Reading as a Research and Enterprise Contracts Officer, Ayodeji is now BB ...read more
July 14th, 2022
BBMRI-ERIC at the ERIC Forum ESOF2022 Session on Sustainability
The ERIC Forum at ESOF2022: Virtual Session on Research Infrastructures’ Contribution to Environmental Sustainability begins tomorrow! BBMRI-ERIC Director Gener ...read more
September 22nd, 2016
Closing Ceremony at the EBW 2016
The Europe Biobank Week attracted 682 registrants who were able to participate in scientific sessions, workshops and satellite meetings, which got rounded off by ...read more
CORBEL 1st Open Call for Research Projects
CORBEL (www.corbel-project.eu) seeks to harmonise access to European research infrastructures joining their various expertise across the range of life science dis ...read more
September 29th, 2016
Jan-Eric Litton about the Europe Biobank Week 2016
The recent Europe Biobank Week in Vienna “Biobanking for Health Innovation” conference concluded as a big success for the biobanking community bringing togeth ...read more
February 3rd, 2020
Meet our Team – Łukasz Kozera
We are launching a new series of employee interviews, so you can get to know who is working at BBMRI-ERIC and what kind of work we’re doing! We’re k ...read more
CORBEL launches 1st Open Call for research projects
CORBEL – Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services – is an EC Horizon2020 project uniting 11 Biological and Medical Science ...read more
October 11th, 2016
German Biobank Node Newsletter
Editorial For this issue, we have decided to wrap up the German Biobank Node’s ongoing activities because the first funding period is almost at its end. We look ...read more
B3Africa Newsletter Issue No. 03/2016
In this third and latest issue issue of the B3Africa Newsletter, the project presents news from the first and second technical Jamborees with a video, updates fro ...read more
Primer on Law and Ethics for Researchers involved in Biobanking
News from B3Africa: In most jurisdictions, researchers have a legal, as well as a moral, duty to ensure that their research adheres to national standards and reg ...read more
New WMA Declaration of Taipei on HDB published
On behalf of the CS ELSI Task Force on International Organisation Policy Assessment and Monitoring Task Force (TF IO Policy), we inform you that the draft WMA dec ...read more
October 17th, 2016
Patient Engagement in Biobanking
“Why patient engagement and data management are important for research” – Kurt Zatloukal, BBMRI.at National Node Director and Pathologist at the ...read more
October 27th, 2016
Movie “Golden Genes” – Biobanking goes Cinema
The BBMRI.at partners, Institute of Pathology and Biobank Graz (both Medical University of Graz), contributed to the cinema film “Golden Genes”. Follo ...read more
October 27th, 2016
Meeting with EORTC
Director Generals of BBMRI-ERIC (Jan-Eric Litton) and EORTC – European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (Denis Lacombe) met in Brussels i ...read more
2nd Expert Centre of BBMRI-ERIC: The ATMA Platform
ATMA Platform, an Expert Centre to Accelerate Clinical Research with focus on Biomarker verification and validation. ...read more
November 22nd, 2016
The UK Biobanking Timebomb: Maintaining Public Trust in Medical Research
On the 25th October BBMRI.uk attended an event in parliament organised by The University of Nottingham. The UK Biobanking Timebomb: Maintaining Public Trust in Me ...read more
November 23rd, 2016
UK Biobanking Showcase 2016
On the 16th November BBMRI.uk held their second ever annual meeting at the oval Cricket ground in London. The day kicked off with a brief introductory video on th ...read more
October 28th, 2016
New Recommendation on the processing of personal health-related data
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a new Recommendation on the processing of personal health-related data for insurance purposes, including data resulting from genetic tests. ...read more
November 21st, 2016
First newsletter of the Belgian Virtual Tumorbank
The Belgian Virtual Tumourbank issued its first newsletter with the following topics: Tumour biobanking in Belgium The BVT catalogue (BVTc) Accessing information ...read more
November 23rd, 2016
BBMRI.at: Strong premiere of cinema film about biobanks in Graz/Austria
Around 100 visitors came to the KIZ Royale cinema to watch the documentary movie and participate in the panel discussion with experts and film protagonists from B ...read more
December 9th, 2016
Collaborating on big data to unravel disease processes
Patients with the same illness often receive the same treatment, even if the cause of the illness is different for each person. Six Dutch universities are combini ...read more
January 30th, 2020
Farewell Message from Erik Steinfelder
Erik Steinfelder has his last official day as Director General of BBMRI-ERIC on Friday, 31 January 2020. We are taking this time to say thank you and goodbye to ...read more
News about GDPR Implementation and Guidance from the Art.29 DPWP
The Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) has issued new guidance on three important aspects of the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which com ...read more
Revised version of the CIOMS Ethical Guidelines for Human Research
The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) last week finalized the latest revision to its ethical guidelines for health research invo ...read more
December 19th, 2016
Registration of human tissue banks could stop millions of samples going to waste
A change in the way human tissue banks are registered should help prevent millions of human tissue samples, that could be used for medical research, from going to ...read more
December 19th, 2016
Call for Applications
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to 10 Early Career Fellowsh ...read more
RItrain: Staff Exchange Programme Pilot winners identified
Part of WP5 is to develop and run staff exchanges between personnel from different RI. Staff exchanges will enable key personnel in research infrastructures to l ...read more
RItrain: Calls for Applications for Staff Exchange
The purpose of RItrain Staff Exchanges is for managerial staff from European Research Infrastructures to learn from managerial and leadership best practices in ar ...read more
New OECD Council of Ministers Recommendations on Health Data Governance
The OECD Health Ministers welcomed the Recommendation of the OECD Council on Health Data Governance at their meeting in Paris on 17 January 2017. The Recommendati ...read more
April 12th, 2017
Anne Cambon-Thomsen Joining the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
Following the renewal of its mandate, the new European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies has been officially launched. Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Co-Direc ...read more
January 24th, 2017
Join us at the first GLOBAL BIOBANK MEETING
BBMRI-ERIC, ESBB and ISBER are joining forces for the first Global Biobank Week which will take place from September 13th to 15th, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. &nbs ...read more
January 25th, 2017
New BBMRI.at Consortium Partner
BBMRI.at welcomes the University of Vienna as new consortium partner which under the leadership of Prof.Ulrike Felt will continue with the current team its excell ...read more
January 23rd, 2017
Article about BBMRI.pl
Organization of BBMRI.pl: The Polish Biobanking Network Abstract In Poland storage of human biological samples takes place at most universities and scienti ...read more
January 25th, 2017
Jan-Eric Litton in Nature: “We must urgently clarify data-sharing rules”
Scientists have worked hard to ensure that Europe’s new data laws do not harm science, but one last push is needed, says Jan-Eric Litton. In a little ...read more
January 26th, 2020
CETOCOEN EXCELLENCE Project Kicks Off in Brno
On January 15, 2020, the H2020 TEAMING “CETOCOEN Excellence” project was ceremonially launched in Brno, Czech Republic. BBMRI-ERIC is beneficiary of this proj ...read moreBBMRI-ERIC’s IT and Data Protection Manager Petr Holub is spearheading BBMRI’s involvement in the H2020 project. ...read more
February 2nd, 2017
ECRIN press release
Towards better medicines for children: PedCRIN project builds research infrastructure ...read more
February 8th, 2017
Code of conduct for using personal data in health research
Group mulls guidance on use of personal dataResearchers and lawyers are working on a code of conduct for using personal data in health research, aimed at ...read more
February 13th, 2017
Article in *Research Europe
Group plans guidance on personal data use Text written by Craig Nicholson Researchers and lawyers are working on a code of conduct for the use of personal data i ...read more
Standardisation and improvement of pre-analytical workflows
European biobanks providing human specimens and human derived materials usable for research, are seeking to implement standardised pre-analytical workflow steps f ...read more
Biobanks Europe Magazine #6
Ensuring reproducibility and reliability of scientific work should be at the heart of medical science. It is thus an issue of great concern for BBMRI-ERIC and we ...read more
CORBEL staff exchanges: Call for Hosts 2017
The purpose of CORBEL staff exchanges is for operational staff from the Research Infrastructures participating in CORBEL to develop operational expertise in four ...read more
February 20th, 2017
!NEW! – MSC in Biobanking
The Master’s course “MSc in Biobanking” starts for the second time! More at bbmri.at ...read more
International Biobanking Experts at BBMRI.at Course in Graz
How to improve the quality of biobank samples, could be experienced in the BBMRI.at laboratory course “Pre-Analytical Sample Processing in Biobanking”. More a ...read more
BBMRI-LPC: THROUGH ACCESS TO SUCCESS
The European-wide, FP7-funded BBMRI-LPC project (Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Infrastructure ― Large Prospective Cohorts; GA no. 313010) brought togethe ...read more
EXECUTIVE MASTERS IN MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
RItrain, the Research Infrastructure Training Programme, is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project aimed at improving and professionalising the training of managerial ...read more
Answers to FAQs on EU GDPR – New Version Available Now
On May 24, 2016, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Natural Persons with regard to the Processing of Personal Data ...read more
Summary Report on the BBMRI-ERIC Working Meeting on Health and Life Sciences GDPR Code of Conduct
On 1 February 2017, BBMRI-ERIC held a working meeting in Brussels, bringing together around 30 representatives from the European biological and medical science r ...read more
March 10th, 2017
BBMRI.SE’s Biobank Perspectives Newsletter 10.03.2017
In this issue of Biobank Perspectives you can read about some of the challenges that arise when biobanking stem cells in relation to a new project on the legal an ...read more
March 20th, 2017
Swiss Biobanking Platform – Newsletter N°2
The Swiss Biobanking Platform’s Newsletter N°2 features information on new hub coordinators, new partners, the Working Groups on Harmonisation, the Bioban ...read more
March 20th, 2017
Preliminary Programme for Global Biobank Week Now Online!
Do you want to have a sneak peek at the GBW preliminary programme? Are you interested in submitting an abstract for GBW? Do you want to register for GBW and get ...read more
March 23rd, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC and its Stakeholder Forum in a Nutshell
Former Director General Jan-Eric Litton and Chief Policy Officer of the Common Service ELSI Michaela Th. Mayrhofer each give us a short summary of BBMRI-ERIC and ...read more
June 23rd, 2018
Biobank alliance launches information campaign
Every day, hundreds of people donate biomaterials in German hospitals, thus helping to further medical progress. According to surveys conducted by the German Biob ...read more
March 29th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC at the Integrating Research and Healthcare for Rare Diseases Workshop in Malta
Since there is a major interest for collaboration between rare diseases researchers in Europe and beyond, rare diseases have been defined as one of the core prior ...read more
March 30th, 2017
News from our National Node in Austria
A new publication by BBMRI.at titled Automatic Classification System for Pathological Findings is now available for download from BBMRI.at’s news section. Read ...read more
March 30th, 2017
European Reference Networks: a new concept came to reality
The 3rd official European Reference Network (ERN) conference took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the 9th of March. The following day was dedicated to the kick-of ...read more
Promoting Engagement, Quality and Good Practices: 6 National BBMRI.it Working Groups and an Intensive Road Map
In what will be a special year for infrastructure consolidation due to the implementation throughout Europe of two regulations defining a new framework for rese ...read more
The new B3Africa Newsletter is out
Issue No. 2017/02 of the B3Africa newsletter features a range of upcoming webinars, a new infographic explaining what the eB3Kit is, some information on conferenc ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Round Table in Brussels on Biobanking Collaboration with Africa
A round table titled Biobanking collaboration with Africa: BBMRI-ERIC’s contribution to health research capacity building in Africa is taking place in Brussels ...read more
April 7th, 2017
Meet Johanna, our new communication officer!
The BBMRI-ERIC family is delighted to welcome Johanna Dungl as our new Communication Officer, joining us at the BBMRI-ERIC Central Executive Management Office in ...read more
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
Applications for the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures are open now and can be submitted using the online form available here. Click her ...read more
April 26th, 2017
Applications Now Open: Course on Translational Research and Medicine Development
The course consists of an introductory e-learning stage (around 24 hours student investment time), followed by a 5-day face-to-face workshop. It is intended for P ...read more
April 27th, 2017
New Tools to Facilitate Findability and Accessibility of Biobanking Resources
BBMRI-ERIC is proud to announce that two new tools aiming to improve the findability and accessibility of biobanking resources in Europe, and possibly even beyond ...read more
April 27th, 2017
Establishing a New Biobank Network in Istanbul, Turkey
The Investing in the Future: BIOBANK project, which was funded by the Istanbul Development Agency during the 2015-2016 period, has been successfully completed. Th ...read more
April 27th, 2017
TURKISH GENOME PROJECT LAUNCHED
The newly founded Health Institutes of Turkey (TUSEB) have initiated a Turkish genome project that aims at sequencing 100,000 genomes from healthy individuals as ...read more
April 27th, 2017
German biobanks receive 14 million Euros of government funding to build a professional infrastructure
As of May 1, 2017, eleven German biobanks will be joining forces in the German Biobank Alliance in order to build a network of biobanks supporting research projec ...read more
April 27th, 2017
News from our National Node in Austria
BBMRI.at-internal QM cross audit at Biobank Graz A sign of mutual trust within the BBMRI.at consortium – March 2017 Read the full article here New pu ...read more
April 27th, 2017
Organising BBMRI.pl: The Polish Biobanking Network
Poland has around 40 large biorepositories storing unique biological material such as whole brains and muscle fibres from patients with rare diseases, as well as ...read more
May 5th, 2017
German Biobank Alliance Launched
After a long, intensive preparatory phase, the German Biobank Alliance has finally been launched. Coordinated by the German Biobank Node, it will serve the enti ...read more
May 9th, 2017
Abstract submission deadline for Global Biobank Week extended
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the 2017 Global Biobank Week in Stockholm has been extended to May 18. Click here for more information and to sub ...read more
May 9th, 2017
New comment co-authored by Jan-Eric Litton: Bridging the translational innovation gap through good biomarker practice
Jan-Eric Litton is one of the authors of a comment recently published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. Titled Bridging the Translational Innovation Gap Through ...read more
November 9th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC replies to European Commission public consultation
In autumn 2017, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the transformation of health and care in the Digital Single Market (click here). The con ...read more
May 12th, 2017
Memorandum of Understanding to set up an ERIC Forum Signed by our Director General this Week
The 6th European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) Network Meeting took place in snowy Helsinki on May 9 and 10. After two days of presentations and break ...read more
June 2nd, 2017
INFRAFRONTIER2020 Project Trans-national Access call June 2017: Late-onset systemic phenotyping (ageing pipeline)
Context and aim of the call INFRAFRONTIER is the European Research Infrastructure for phenotyping, archiving and distribution of model mammalian genomes. The INFR ...read more
July 7th, 2017
Survey on sustainability of human research biobanks
“Biobanks are an important resource for clinical and environmental research and financially sustaining the infrastructures is a challenge that is being experien ...read more
BBMRI.at partner Medical University of Innsbruck hosts biobanking workshop on new sample quality standards
The Medical University of Innsbruck, a BBMRI.at partner, recently hosted a biobanking workshop to introduce the new sample quality standards defined within the C ...read more
July 21st, 2017
Medical University of Graz (BBMRI.at) co-organises meeting on open innovation: How Research Infrastructures Boost Innovation
The Medical University of Graz, one of the BBMRI.at partners, and EATRIS recently co-organised a meeting in Brussels as part of the H2020-funded CORBEL (Coordinat ...read more
New calls for RItrain Staff Exchanges
Applications for a new RItrain Staff Exchange hosted by EATRIS are now open. There are currently four different Staff Exchange opportunities: Governance, ...read more
June 21st, 2017
Four simple recommendations to encourage best practices in research software
Co-authored by Petr Holub, IT/Data Protection Manager at BBMRI-ERIC, this new article highlights how already existing best practices in software development can b ...read more
June 22nd, 2017
Hot off the press: Biobanks Europe Magazine No. 7
We are delighted to announce that the Biobanks Europe Magazine No. 7 is out. If you have always wondered what the ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC project is all about, if you ...read more
June 29th, 2017
European Marine Biological Resource Centre launches new biobanking project
The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) launched the European Marine Biological Resource Centre Biobank (EBB) project at the beginning of May. Aimi ...read more
June 29th, 2017
BBMRI.at contributes to new paper on sports medicine
Blood tests can show that endurance sports have a beneficial impact on physical and mental performance. Authored by Helmuth Haslacher et al., this paper describes ...read more
June 29th, 2017
Record Number of Travel Fellowship Awards for Global Biobank Week
There were a record number of applicants for travel fellowships to attend the Global Biobank Week (GBW) conference to be held in Stockholm from the 13-15 Septembe ...read more
June 30th, 2017
Biobanking of Human Biospecimens – Principles and Practice: New Publication Available
Edited by Markus Pasterk, Administrative Director at BBMRI-ERIC, Austrian National Node Director Kurt Zatloukal, Pierre Hainaut and Jim Vaught, this volume is the ...read more
CORBEL Staff Exchange: Call for Participants
The purpose of CORBEL Staff Exchanges is for operational staff from the Research Infrastructures (RIs) participating in CORBEL to develop operational expertise ...read more
July 5th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members Appoints Erik Steinfelder as New Director General
The BBMRI-ERIC Assembly of Members recently appointed Erik Steinfelder as the new Director General of BBMRI-ERIC. He will begin this position on 1st August 2017, ...read more
July 6th, 2017
Prof. Jan-Eric Litton, Senior Adviser at BBMRI-ERIC, to Open Global Biobank Week 2017 as Keynote Speaker
Jan-Eric Litton received his Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet in 1983. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Biomedical Computing Technology at Karolinska Instit ...read more
July 6th, 2017
ELIXIR releases its 2016 Annual Report
ELIXIR has published its 2016 Annual Report highlighting the most important steps forward in 2016 and showing how much ELIXIR’s services have advanced. It also ...read more
July 24th, 2017
Greg Simon, President of the Biden Cancer Initiative, to open Global Biobank Week as keynote speaker
As President of the Biden Cancer Initiative, Greg is working to develop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detecti ...read more
July 27th, 2017
Biobanking concerns me: a great joint effort at public engagement during EBW 2017
This year, the Italian node, BBMRI.it, will play a very active role in the European Biotech Week 2017 (EBW 2017), coordinating a great joint effort at publ ...read more
July 27th, 2017
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC omics questionnaires
The BBMRI-ERIC community is seeking to increase its knowledge about omics technology service providers in Europe. To this end, four different questionnaires have ...read more
July 27th, 2017
Meet Francesco Florindi, our new Engagement Officer
The BBMRI-ERIC family is delighted to welcome Francesco Florindi as our new Engagement Officer. Francesco obtained a cum laude Master’s degree in International ...read more
July 27th, 2017
Meet Jasjote Grewal, our new ELSI Helpdesk Coordinator
Jasjote Grewal is a lawyer by training, having qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2010 with a niche health and social care law firm in London. S ...read more
September 5th, 2017
THE ROUTE at Global Biobank Week 2017 in Stockholm: From DNA sample to personalised feedback on genomics
The Route simulates the real workflow of a biobank. It is an interactive sequence of steps allowing GBW attendees to go through the seven different stages that ar ...read more
September 8th, 2017
Final programme for Global Biobank Week 2017 online
The final programme for Global Biobank Week 2017 can be downloaded here. Find out more about the keynote speakers and all the other exciting events taking place ...read more
September 20th, 2017
Ready for Microscopy – Junior Researchers Day hosted by BBMRI.at
20 primary school children and the Austrian Childrens Newspaper visiting BBMRI.at (Volkschulkinder und die Kleine Kinderzeitung zu Gast bei BBMRI.at) What happ ...read more
September 21st, 2017
Final programme for EMBL Conference on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences 2017 available
The final programme for the EMBL Conference on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences 2017 is now available here. Registration and abstract submission are o ...read more
September 21st, 2017
Call for Papers – 6. Nationales Biobanken-Symposium 2017
Co-organised by the German Biobank Node and TMF (Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung), Nationales Biobanken-Symposium i ...read more
September 22nd, 2017
NanomedTAB – free-of-charge mentoring programme for nanomedicine: application deadline extended
NanomedTAB, the Nanomedicine Translation Advisory Board is a free-of-charge mentoring program to assess and advise promising nanomedicine projects and accelerate ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC Horizon scanning survey: 5 quick questions to help us help you
The BBMRI-ERIC Common Service ELSI has prepared a very brief survey to find out what you think are the important ethical, legal, and policy issues facing biobanki ...read more
First module of Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures successfully delivered
The Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures has been successfully launched, with the first module delivered between September 20 and 22. The c ...read more
September 25th, 2017
BBMRI-ERIC, BBMRI.at and Biobank Graz: biobanking hotspot Graz
Austrian broadcaster ORF Steiermark recently did a report on the pioneering work done by Biobank Graz, BBMRI.at and BBMRI-ERIC – all of which are based in G ...read more
September 28th, 2017
BBMRI.at at Global Biobank Week 2017 in Stockholm
Several BBMRI.at representatives attended Global Biobank Week 2017 in Stockholm between September 13 and 15. They all actively engaged in the event, presenting p ...read more
September 28th, 2017
Estonian Biobank to provide personalised feedback to biobank participants
About Estonian Biobank Estonian Biobank (EGCUT) is a population-based longitudinal biobank established in 2000 and representing about 5% of Estonia’s adult popu ...read more
October 13th, 2017
Global Biobank Week 2017 – as it happened
Global Biobank Week 2017, the first biobanking conference on a global scale, took place between September 13 and 15 this year. Co-organised by BBMRI-ERIC, ESBB, ...read more
October 25th, 2017
Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine: Inaugural Event
Representatives from both BBMRI-ERIC and BBMRI.at attended the Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine Inaugural Event and Symposium in Vienna last week to pa ...read more
October 25th, 2017
German Biobank Node newsletter out now
The German Biobank Node’s quarterly newsletter is out now, including a nice piece about Erik Steinfelder being appointed new Director General of BBMRI-ERIC. Oth ...read more
New B3Africa Newsletter available
The latest issue of the B3Africa Newsletter features updates on current B3Africa activities and interesting reports on testing the eB3Kit in real-life settings. R ...read more
October 25th, 2017
News from our Polish Node
For Polish biobankers, October was a month full of meetings related to biobanking. For the first time in its history, the Polish Node organised a BBMRI-ERIC Manag ...read more
October 25th, 2017
UK Biobanking Showcase
The UK Biobanking Showcase, organised by the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (BBMRI.uk), is the UK’s annual event covering the latest development ...read more
October 25th, 2017
Uppsala workshop on Public Private Partnerships
A report on the outcomes of a Public Private Partnership stakeholder workshop that took place at Uppsala University last year was recently published. EU grant fun ...read more
BBMRI.at biobanks among the first with collections meeting CEN/TS requirements
All BBMRI.at biobanks have started to evaluate their collections with respect to the CEN/TS requirements using the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Survey. Two BBMRI.a ...read more
BBMRI.pl conference attracts more than 180 participants
The First Scientific and Training Conference of Polish Biobanks took place from 13 to 14 October 2017 at Wroclaw Medical University. The event was organised by th ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC paves the way to new era in biobanking
BBMRI-ERIC Quality Manager Andrea Wutte and Senior Advisor Jan-Eric Litton presented a poster at Global Biobank Week 2017 to highlight a new milestone in biobanki ...read more
New RItrain surveys available
Two new surveys looking at training needs of managers of research infrastructures are now available. The results will be used for the purposes of the RItrain staf ...read more
December 16th, 2019
EBW19 Photo Gallery
Europe Biobank Week 2019 is the largest European conference on biobanking, with over 600 attendees gathering to discuss the latest challenges and opportunities of ...read more
December 16th, 2019
We’ve got brains – do you?
Enormous brain biobank is member of the Polish Biobanking Network The Polish Biobanking Network (PBN) was created in 2017 by the Consortium BBMRI.pl and since the ...read more
December 16th, 2019
The 3rd Conference of Polish Biobanks – So Much is Going On!
On 6-8th November in University of Lodz, the 3rd National Scientific and Training Conference of Polish Biobanks took place. The conference was organized by BBMRI. ...read more
December 16th, 2019
CY-Biobank: Towards the Establishment of a Research and Innovation Center of Excellence for Biobanking and Biomedical Research at the University of Cyprus
The archiving of biological material for studying the human genome (DNA) of Cypriot volunteers (healthy and patients’ cohorts) is under way, with the aim of dia ...read more
November 20th, 2017
First ERIC Forum Meeting in Graz, Austria
On November 16 and 17, BBMRI hosted the first ERIC Forum meeting in Graz, Austria. Representatives from all operational as well as from future European Research ...read more
CORBEL launches service catalogue
CORBEL, a H2020 cluster project uniting 13 European biological and medical research infrastructures, has launched its Catalogue of Services. CORBEL aims to create ...read more
November 24th, 2017
Making sense of genetic risk
By Anna Holm The likelihood of disease is not always informative to research participants. The numeric sense of genetic risk does not always correspond to their u ...read more
November 27th, 2017
Biobanks in personalised medicine
Representatives from both BBMRI-ERIC and BBMRI.at recently attended the Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine Inaugural Event and Symposium in Vienna to par ...read more
Self-Assessment Survey for biobanks and sample collections
BBMRI-ERIC’s Quality Management reached an important milestone earlier this year: a self-assessment survey for biobanks and sample collections located in BBMRI- ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC is hiring a Systems Administrator
Apply by January 31, 2020 and join the BBMRI-ERIC headquarters in Graz, Austria as Systems Administrator. Download the vacancy note here or read on for more inf ...read more
January 23rd, 2018
Image/video competition
Euro-BioImaging (EuBI), a European research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, has launched an image/video competition. There are thr ...read more
November 30th, 2017
BBMRI-NL November newsletter out now
The new BBMRI-NL newsletter is now available, including updates on a new web application for GDPR records, data protection impact assessment (DPIA) and compliance ...read more
November 30th, 2017
Europe Biobank Week 2018: Biosharing for Scientific Discovery
Co-organised by BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, Europe Biobank Week 2018 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, from the 4th until the 7th September 2018. Building on t ...read more
GDPR Code of Conduct for Health Research and Implications for FP9
BBRMI-ERIC has been working tirelessly to understand the future of health research in the changing panorama of data governance and EU funding. As part of this eff ...read more
November 30th, 2017
BBMRI.uk October – November newsletter
The UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre October – November newsletter is now available. It includes reports on the UK Biobanking Showcase and a nice ...read more
December 5th, 2017
Meet Anna-Liisa, our new secretary
The BBMRI-ERIC team is delighted to welcome Anna-Liisa Kuslap as our new Secretary, joining us at the BBMRI-ERIC Central Executive Management Office in Graz, Aust ...read more
Swiss Biobanking Platform releases pre-analytical datasets for consultation
Swiss Biobanking Platform just released two pre-analytical datasets (liquid & tissue) for consultation that Swiss biobanks are recommended to use. The dataset ...read more
Applications open for RItrain Staff Exchanges
The purpose of RItrain Knowledge / Staff Exchanges is for managerial staff from European research infrastructures to learn from managerial and leadership best pra ...read more
ID-EPTRI: New project set to launch in January 2018
ID-EPTRI (European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure), a project coordinated by CVBF and submitted within the INFRADEV-2016-2017 single-stage call ...read more
December 20th, 2017
EMBRC Biobank project launch
The kick-off meeting for the European Marine Biological Resource Centre Biobank (EBB) project took place in Vigo on the 21st and 22nd of November 2017. The main o ...read more
December 21st, 2017
FinnGen: unique global research project launches in Finland
A unique study combining genome information with digital healthcare data has been launched in Finland. The FinnGen study plans to analyse up to 500 000 unique blo ...read more
Code of Conduct for Health Research
The Drafting Group met for the second time face to face on 22-23 November 2017 in Paris. The aim of the meeting was to first and foremost to share findings and f ...read more
Public Consultation on WP29 Guidelines on Consent (GDPR)
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted a document titled “Guidelines on Consent under Regulation 2016/679” to clarify the requirements of the EU GDP ...read more
December 21st, 2017
German Biobank Symposium
The 6th National Biobank Symposium was held in Berlin from 6 to 7 December 2017, bringing together 260 biobank experts to discuss the latest developments in biob ...read more
Survey on ELSI challenges in biobank-based research
The Data in Question survey consists of 25 questions on some of the challenges of obtaining and sharing biological samples and data for research purposes in bioba ...read more
December 21st, 2017
Vodafone Malta Foundation donates €100,000 to RIDT
The Vodafone Malta Foundation and the University of Malta have signed an agreement to facilitate cutting-edge research that explores the causes and treatments for ...read more
December 21st, 2017
New EMA information for drug development within H2020
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has updated the set of information it provides to drug developers working within the context of clinical trials funded via Hor ...read more
Open-source software for biobankers
Between 28 and 30 November 2017, BBMRI-ERIC, BBMRI.at and B3Africa co-organised a training workshop on open-source biobanking software in Lyon, France. Attracting ...read more
November 29th, 2019
A Biobank Cohort a Day in December
Each day this December, we’re presenting a different cohort of biobanked samples from BBMRI-ERIC member biobanks listed in our Directory. The BBMRI-ERIC Dir ...read morehttps://www.bbmri-eric.eu/wp-content/uploads/How-to-Use-the-BBMRI-ERIC-Negotiator-HD.mp4 ...read more
January 11th, 2018
EMBL webinar series
Hear from leading speakers about the latest thinking on successful professional development in a new free webinar series. The subject of the first webinar on Febr ...read more
RItrain Staff Exchange
The purpose of RItrain Knowledge / Staff Exchanges is for managerial staff from European research infrastructures to learn from managerial and leadership best pra ...read more
November 21st, 2019
Erik Steinfelder gives TEDx talk on innovation at TEDxMedUniGraz
On September 13, 2019, the Medical University of Graz organized its first TEDx event. Speakers included BBMRI-ERIC Director General Erik Steinfelder, as well as K ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC replies to public consultation
BBMRI-ERIC has recently submitted its comments on the Article 29 Working Party Guidelines on Consent under Regulation 2016/679 (wp259) and Transparency under Regu ...read more
November 13th, 2019
Call for tender for the common service IT
The main objective of this call for tender is to propose continuation of the Common Service IT (CS IT) that provides expertise, services, and tools relevant to th ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC is hiring a Director General
Apply before December 13 and join our headquarters in Graz, Austria. Duration at least three years, with the possibility to be reappointed. Who we are T ...read more
ISO Working Group meets in Berlin
Our Quality Manager, Andrea Wutte, was at the 10th meeting of the ISO Technical Committee 276 Working Group, “Biobanks and Bioresources”, which took place in ...read more
Call for Examples ‘How Biobanking Makes a Difference in Society’
How does biobanking help to improve individual health(care)? What is the added value of biobanking? What has been achieved and made possible as a result of bioba ...read more
SPIDIA4P newsletter out now
The first SPIDIA4P (Standardisation of generic Pre-analytical Procedures for In vitro DIAgnostics for Personalised Medicine) newsletter of this year has just beco ...read more
Second BBMRI.at-internal QM cross audit
MedUni Wien Biobank successfully completed a quality management audit by peers from Graz, VetMedUni Vienna and BBMRI-ERIC based on the international QM standard ...read more
January 29th, 2018
Biobank Sweden launches successfully
January 2018 saw the start-up of Sweden’s new national biobanking infrastructure, Biobank Sweden. Healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties a ...read more
January 29th, 2018
BBMRI.be sends out its first newsletter
The first BBMRI.be newsletter is now available. Click here to find out what our Belgian Node has been up to recently. ...read more
February 1st, 2018
News from our British Node
Read the latest news in biobanking from the Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre, the UK and beyond. Read more… ...read more
April 16th, 2018
Meet Vitomir, our new Systems Administrator
The BBMRI-ERIC team is pleased to welcome Vitomir Horvat as our new Systems Administrator, joining us at our office in Graz, Austria. Vitomir graduated with a deg ...read more
ISBER Best Practices 4th Edition
The ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories Fourth Edition presents the most effective practices for the management of biological and environmental ...read more
EDPS Ethics Advisory Group 2018 report
The European Data Protection Supervisor Ethics Advisory Group has published a report on the GDPR, identifying and describing “the most crucial issues for th ...read more
ID-EPTRI project kick-off
ID-EPTRI, a new project that aims at establishing a research infrastructure for the development of improved paediatric medicines, kicked off in Rome on the 15th a ...read more
February 14th, 2018
Meet Viridiana, our new secretary
The BBMRI-ERIC team is excited to welcome Viridiana Beltrán Venegas as our new Secretary, joining us at our office in Graz, Austria. Originally from Saltillo, Me ...read more
February 21st, 2018
SBP launches consultation on biobank governance documents
In its mission to help biobanks comply with applicable standards, SBP will soon provide them with templates to support them in their efforts to build strong gove ...read more
February 22nd, 2018
GBN launches revamped newsletter
German Biobank Node has just sent out its first newsletter this year, featuring a completely revamped design. This issue is only available in German at the moment ...read more
CORBEL News Issue No. 6
Find out all the latest news on CORBEL, an H2020 cluster project uniting 13 European biological and medical research infrastructures. The current CORBEL newslett ...read more
February 26th, 2018
BIOBANK SWEDEN – A SPOTLIGHT ON NEWLY LAUNCHED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
As previously reported, Sweden’s new national biobanking infrastructure, Biobank Sweden, got underway in January. A Swedish Research Council-funded research inf ...read more
Bio-informatics workshop
The Malta Biobank (BBMRI.mt / EuroMED) team organised a 4-day bio-informatics workshop from 15th to 18th January, hosting Heimo Müller from BBMRI-ERIC’s Commo ...read more
March 12th, 2018
BBMRI.pl presents draft code of conduct for Polish biobanks
BBMRI.pl, our Polish National Node, is currently working with the Polish Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data (PIGPPD) to prepare a code of condu ...read more
RItrain webinar series
Learn from experienced leaders in research infrastructures through our series of webinars. RItrain is developing a series of webinars featuring leading personn ...read more
March 20th, 2018
Newly Appointed Scientific Advisory Board for Biobank Sweden
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
March 21st, 2018
Biobanking and Pathology Workshop for Children
Who knows what a biobank is and does? What about a pathology institute? These were some of the questions addressed at a workshop organised by BBMRI.at and the Ins ...read more
Pre-application for EMMRI is open
Develop your skills for leading research infrastructures with a global impact. Apply now for EMMRI – the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastruct ...read more
March 26th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC and ISBER sign Memorandum of Understanding
In March 2018, ISBER and BBMRI-ERIC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) strengthening the collaboration between the two organisations. The idea to consolid ...read more
CliniMARK COST Action meeting in Cascais, Portugal
The Human Genetics Department of the National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge organised a conference on good biomarker practice in Cascais, Portugal, from ...read more
Ethical review of biobank-based research in Italy
BBMRI.it, our Italian National Node, recently co-developed two key ELSI matrices for good practice in biobanking research. At the same time, an agreement with the ...read more
April 17th, 2018
EMBL webinar series on Lifelong Learning
The recordings from the first four webinars from the EMBL webinar series on Lifelong Learning in the Biomedical Sciences are available to view: Education, Traini ...read more
Data in Question survey receives 400 responses
What social, ethical and legal challenges do researchers and stakeholders in the field of biobanking face that impact practices related to the handling and sharin ...read more
April 19th, 2018
CORBEL: 2nd Open Call for Research Projects
BBMRI-ERIC is excited to be participating in the CORBEL 2nd Open Call for research projects. CORBEL is looking for innovative research projects at the interface b ...read more
GDPR: Final Guidelines on Consent and Transparency
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP 29) published the final Guidelines on Consent under Regulation 2016/679 (wp259) on Friday last week and the one ...read more
Austrian biobanks declare sample quality
Med Uni Wien Biobank and Biobank Graz, both part of BBMRI.at, have recently evaluated additional sample collections using the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Survey fo ...read more
May 23rd, 2018
Share your biobanking brochures with BWB
By Biothèque Wallonie Bruxelles Biobanks help researchers gain access to human samples. By studying these samples, researchers hope to find new ways to detect, ...read more
BBMRI Poland holds national conference
Co-organised by the Independent Medical Sociology Unit, the Department of Ethics and Human Philosophy and the BBMRI.pl consortium, a national conference titled Th ...read more
May 24th, 2018
Two National Biobank Strategy Coordinators for Biobank Sweden
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
May 28th, 2018
Biobank Sweden Appoints National IT and Operations Group
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
May 28th, 2018
Biobanking Workshop and Symposium in Izmir
An international workshop titled “Biobanking for Rare Diseases” and a symposium titled “Bridging Biobanks in MENA Countries to Promote Research and ...read more
GBN workshop on legal regulations on incidental findings
Should biomaterial donors be informed of a BRCA mutation, which could trigger breast cancer, if this is discovered as an incidental finding in a study, for exampl ...read more
Apply now for the MBA in Research Infrastructure Management
Develop your skills for leading research infrastructures with a global impact. Apply now for EMMRI – the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastruct ...read more
June 20th, 2018
Biobank Sweden’s National Sample Service Coordinators in Place
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
June 20th, 2018
BBMRI.at Success Story
Risk of burnout can be estimated by analysing saliva samples A major goal of biobanks is to support researchers with their work by collecting, handling and/or sto ...read more
June 21st, 2018
“BioPersMed cohort” – 1st BBMRI.at sample collection portrait
“BioPersMed cohort”: an outstanding interdisciplinary sample collection at Biobank Graz “BioPersMed” stands for “Biomarkers for Per ...read more
June 23rd, 2018
Zisis Kozlakidis New Head of IARC Lab Services and Biobank Group
Dr Zisis Kozlakidis, Past President of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER), has been appointed Head of the Laboratory ...read more
Uniform QM software for GBA biobanks
In future, biobanks of the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) will use uniform software for quality management. The program features modules to manage documents and pr ...read more
FAQ on the GDPR available in Polish
We are pleased to announce that the FAQ on the GDPR, one of our most popular downloads, are available in Polish now. Click here for our FAQ on the GDPR in Polish ...read more
July 13th, 2018
IBBL launches Findmyassay
IBBL recently announced the launch of Findmyassay.com, a new online tool that allows researchers to check the quality of their biological samples and improve the ...read more
July 16th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC joins RESAVER
What is RESAVER? RESAVER is the first multi-country, multi-employer pension solution that aims to enhance the cross-border mobility of researchers. It enables e ...read more
July 18th, 2018
Dutch ELSI Servicedesk officially launched
On July 9, 2018, the Dutch ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications) Servicedesk was officially launched. This online Servicedesk (in Dutch) offers guidance a ...read more
Training programme for GBA auditors launched
During a three-day workshop held in Berlin in mid-June, prospective auditors from the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) familiarised themselves with the theoretical p ...read more
July 30th, 2018
BBMRI.PL: THE POLISH BIOBANKING NETWORK
The Polish Biobanking Network was initiated in 2017 and the BBMRI.pl team has been busy ever since. Identifying potential partners First and foremost, the Medical ...read more
CORBEL 2nd Open Call for research projects
CORBEL – Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services – is a Horizon2020 project uniting 13 European Biological and Medical Sc ...read more
August 6th, 2018
STRONG LINEUP AT EUROPE BIOBANK WEEK
The organisers of Europe Biobank Week are pleased to announce that Dr. Maggie De Block, Belgian Federal Minister of Social Affairs and Health, and Dr. Philippe De ...read more
August 7th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC and BBMRI.uk launch Interoperability Forum
BBMRI-ERIC has built a reputation for building open source tooling that can support biobanks being integrated into a wider discovery framework. The UK Node of BBM ...read more
BBMRI.QM: Updated versions of Self-Assessment Surveys now available
With the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Surveys (SAS) you can compare work processes in your biobank and sample collections with the requirements of European and inte ...read more
October 6th, 2020
Polish National Node’s Central IT Platform
In September 2020, the Consortium BBMRI.pl, which is responsible for organizational and technical preparations for the Polish Biobanking Network, deployed the new ...read more
October 6th, 2020
Biobank Sweden’s legal helpdesk
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
Second on-site training session for technical assistants
The second on-site training session for technical staff from biobanks of the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) was held in Heidelberg on 16 June and 10 July. Due to ...read more
BBMRI.at successfully organised course on CEN and ISO Standards
Organised by the Graz Institute of Pathology, SPIDIA4P, QIAGEN and BBMRI.at, the course raised awareness about the existence and relevance of the CEN Technical Sp ...read more
August 22nd, 2018
BIOBANK SWEDEN AT EUROPE BIOBANK WEEK IN ANTWERP
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
August 23rd, 2018
The PoC Osteo Cohort: collecting osteoporosis samples
Within the framework of the PoCOsteo Horizon 2020 project, BBMRI.at partner Biobank Graz started collecting osteoporosis samples earlier this year. The project ...read more
August 23rd, 2018
NEW SAMPLE ACCESS GUIDE FROM BIOBANK SWEDEN
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
August 24th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC 2017 Annual Report
BBMRI-ERIC has published its Annual Report for 2017, highlighting the key achievements last year. In addition to a detailed section on BBMRI-ERIC’s main act ...read more
PhenoMeNal team releases “Dalcotidine”
The PhenoMeNal release team is happy to announce its 2018.08 release “Dalcotidine”. The release focuses on stability, the introduction of new tools and work ...read more
Deadline Extended for BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Services Officer Position
Deadline extended to November 13th! BBMRI-ERIC is looking for an ELSI Services Officer based in Austria to support our ELSI team on ethical, legal and societal is ...read more
Join the RD-Connect Community
RD-Connect is an integrated platform connecting databases, registries, biobanks and clinical bioinformatics for rare disease research. It provides user-friendly t ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC launches new webinar series
We are very pleased to announce that we are launching a new webinar series on quality management. Anyone who is interested in quality management issues in biobank ...read more
Transferring biobank research data between the EU and African countries
Despite the fact that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides ways to transfer data, it is difficult to find ways to share data between Eu ...read more
September 19th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS and ECRIN release joint statement on Horizon Europe
BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS and ECRIN released a joint statement on Horizon Europe last week. Speaking at ICRI 2018, the International Conference for Research Infrastruct ...read more
September 20th, 2018
Biobank Sweden holds round table talks
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
September 21st, 2018
Biothèque Wallonie Bruxelles launches new website
Biothèque Wallonie Bruxelles (BWB ) is an inter-university collaboration platform open to all biobanks in the Brussels and Wallonia region to support applied ...read more
CORBEL 2nd Open Call
CORBEL – Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services – is a Horizon2020 project uniting 13 European Biological and Medical ...read more
CORBEL Innovation Helpdesk
The CORBEL Innovation Helpdesk is available to assist the European Biological and Medical Research Infrastructures with collaboration with industry and technology ...read more
September 24th, 2018
BBMRI.at reports back from Europe Biobank Week
All BBMRI.at partner biobanks attended Europe Biobank Week 2018. Biobanks and the BBMRI.at consortium partners presented their achievements and their work in dif ...read more
September 24th, 2018
BBMRI.it at Europe Biobank Week 2018
With the support of BBMRI.it, several Italian biobanks presented their work at Europe Biobank Week in Antwerp this year. In total, BBMRI.it and Italian biobanks ...read more
September 24th, 2018
European Biotech Week
European Biotech Week celebrates biotechnology as an innovative and vibrant sector launched by the discovery of the DNA molecule back in 1953. The event compris ...read more
RItrain: from an EU project to an Executive Masters
Discover EMMRI and its Open Programme: The goal of RItrain, an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, is to improve and professionalise training for research infrastruct ...read more
September 18th, 2018
MERIL launches new Visualisation Tool
MERIL (Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape) has introduced an additional data visualisation tool that allows you to discover the MERIL data ...read more
September 19th, 2018
MERIL database now open to national RIs
The MERIL-2 project continues to evolve in line with the needs of its users and stakeholders. As part of this evolution, the MERIL database now accepts nomination ...read more
September 25th, 2018
Laurent Dollé wins EBW Presidents’ Award for Drone4Care
Laurent Dollé, Business Developer at Drone4Care, won a Presidents’ Award for the best scientific idea pitch at Europe Biobank Week 2018. Reporting back fr ...read more
October 4th, 2018
German Biobank Node shares satisfaction survey results
“Products, cooperation and networking within GBA – tell us about your experience!” – during an internal online survey, members of the German Biobank Allia ...read more
October 5th, 2018
GBA biobanks carry out ring trial
Biobanks of the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) have conducted a ring trial to review their individual measurement procedures for tissue biobanking, improve their p ...read more
October 8th, 2018
GBN and GBA at Europe Biobank Week
Europe Biobank Week 2018 took place in Antwerp on 4–7 September. It was attended by 640 international participants. The German Biobank Node (GBN) had a presen ...read more
Latvian Biobank Network Collections Pass Self-Assessment Survey
Several endocrinology research sample collections from the Latvian National Biobank Genome Database of Latvian Population recently passed the BBMRI-ERIC Self-Asse ...read more
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC project extended
Following a request from the project consortium, the European Commission recently decided to extend the duration of the ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC project for an additional ...read more
October 23rd, 2018
BBMRI-NL OMICS NOMINATED FOR DUTCH DATA PRIZE
The dataset ‘BBMRI-OMICS: molecular big data for discovering disease mechanisms and biomarkers’ has been nominated by the jury of the Dutch Data Prize. BBMRI- ...read more
October 29th, 2018
BBMRI-NL: ENABLING FAIR DATA MANAGEMENT
MOLGENIS Research can help even non-bioinformaticians (!) enable FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data) data management and is freely avail ...read more
Biobank Sweden Launches ELSI Helpdesk
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
October 25th, 2018
GBA presents pilot tool for sample search
The German Biobank Alliance (GBA) has come a decisive step closer to enabling scientists to search for biomaterial samples and associated data online across multi ...read more
October 25th, 2018
European Biotech Week 2018: Playing biobank card games
Organising an initiative together with A.Li.Sa., the regional health authority, Ligurian biobanks returned to European Biotech Week this year. Taking place from ...read more
October 30th, 2018
Spotlight on: BBMRI.it
Our news section takes us to Italy this month, where our Italian Node reports on its most recent activities. BBMRI.it at Meet in Italy for Life Sciences in ...read more
BBMRI.at Raises Awareness for Sample Quality
BBMRI.at, our Austrian National Node, has been working tirelessly to raise awareness on the importance of quality standards and appropriate sample quality managem ...read more
GBN Publishes Quality Management Manual
The German Biobank Node (GBN) has published its QM manual – the manual for quality management in biobanking. It is freely available as an “open access” p ...read more
November 20th, 2018
GBA and GBN Organise Stakeholder Workshop
Do biomaterial donors want to be informed of research findings achieved using their samples? What do patients think of possible online portals that allow them to ...read more
November 23rd, 2018
GBN and GBA Receive Feedback from SEAB
“The SEAB congratulates GBN and GBA for their extraordinary achievements and the work completed over the past year,” said Dr Fay Betsou at the meeting of the ...read more
November 21st, 2018
Uppsala Health Summit Report
All over the world, the number of new cancer cases increases at a pace which will pose enormous strains on all healthcare systems if we continue to ignore the war ...read more
November 21st, 2018
Join our Team in Graz
Our team continues to grow, which is why we are currently on the lookout for a Quality Management Officer as well as a Finance Officer. BBMRI-ERIC offers fringe b ...read more
November 22nd, 2018
Governing Research-Based Biobanks in Latvia
In November, the Institute for Clinical and Preventive Medicine at the University of Latvia received a grant from the Latvian Council of Science for a project tit ...read more
November 22nd, 2018
Using Data in Medical Research: the Latvian Experience
On 16 November 2018, the Latvian National Node of BBMRI-ERIC, BBMRI.LV, organised a seminar titled “Use of data in medical research in Latvia: experience and fu ...read more
November 23rd, 2018
BBMRI.at presents: the KIWI Cohort
This month, our Austrian Node, BBMRI.at, presents an outstanding sample collection hosted by Biobank Graz. The KIWI* cohort consists of body fluids and data that ...read more
November 26th, 2018
Data Management: A Critical Step in Genomics Research
Genetic profiles of patients suffering from cancer or a rare disease are routinely created and interpreted nowadays. It is not uncommon for patients to have their ...read more
November 27th, 2018
Assembly of Members Approves Work Programme 2019
BBMRI-ERIC held its 12th Assembly of Members in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on November 13, 2018. The Assembly of Members is one of the governing bodies of BBMRI- ...read more
December 5th, 2018
Europe Biobank Week 2019
Europe Biobank Week 2019 will take place in Lübeck, Germany, from October 8 until 11. More details on the speakers, the programme, etc. will follow soon. Subscri ...read more
December 11th, 2018
BBMRI-ERIC Work Programme & Vision Paper
With the year drawing to a close, we thought we would share our plans for the new year and our vision beyond 2019 with you. While the Work Programme 2019 describe ...read more
April 4th, 2019
Biobank Sweden’s Scientific Advisory Board meet with the Steering Committee
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
Vacancy Note: Legal Officer
Job Title: Legal Officer Job Location: The central executive management office of BBMRI-ERIC in Graz, Austria Duration: 2 years with the possibility of extension ...read more
December 8th, 2018
The Final Rule in the U.S. and Its Implications for Biobank Research
Since the Common Rule was developed in the 1990s, the landscape and volume of research activities have changed dramatically. This growth and expansion of human su ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC and SPIDIA4P Discuss Academia-Industry Partnerships at the European Parliament
Academia-Industry Research Partnership Showcases Role of Standards in Personalised Medicine to European Decision Makers The event organised by BBMRI-ERIC and SPID ...read more
February 5th, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC urges collaboration with medtech industry to improve sample collection
2 February 2021 In a joint statement, BBMRI-ERIC’s Strategy & Partnerships Manager Francesco Florindi and Erik Steinfelder, Biobanking Market Developmen ...read more
April 16th, 2019
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC COLLECTS OVER 10,000 COLORECTAL CANCER DATASETS FOR RESEARCH
ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC has just completed: our pilot project is a resounding success! Using 25 biobanks from 12 of our Member Countries, BBMRI-ERIC was able to create a ...read more
May 29th, 2019
Call for Abstracts Extended to May 30 for Europe Biobank Week 2019 in Lübeck
Join us in beautiful Lübeck, Germany, from 8-11 October for Europe Biobank Week 2019! Europe Biobank Week 2019 will be held on 8-11 October a ...read more
May 2nd, 2019
New Publications from CORBEL
New publications in the CORBEL context In the context of the CORBEL work package on Cross-Infrastructure Medical Research, three articles were recently published ...read more
May 27th, 2021
German Biobank Node: Study on the usage of biobanks published
External communication and PR of biobanks should be improved! What would convince you to have biospecimens for your research project processed in a biobank, to st ...read more
April 26th, 2019
Quality Standards for Polish Biobanks: New guidelines for biobanking institutions already available in Poland!
Wroclaw Medical University, as a member of the BBMRI.pl consortium, is responsible for the task “Verification of SOPs that exist in Polish biobanking instit ...read more
May 7th, 2019
Video: Discussing Standards with SPIDIA4P at the European Parliament
Can new international and European standards increase patients’ safety by reducing the negative impact of external factors on in vitro diagnostic test results, ...read more
May 16th, 2019
IT & Data Protection Manager Petr Holub Speaks at the Czech Senate
On May 14, 2019, BBMRI-ERIC’s IT & Data Protection Manager Petr Holub spoke at the Senate of the Czech Republic in Prague during the fourth annual Natio ...read more
May 15th, 2019
Biobanking Art Exhibit Opens in Vienna
LATENT BONES: An Exhibition in two parts by Art & Science first year Master Students in collaboration with BBMRI-ERIC The exhibition “latent bones” ...read more
May 29th, 2019
Handbook for Biomarkers and Precision Medicine Published
May 29, 2019 Edited by Claudio Carini, Mark Fidock and Alain van Gool, Handbook for Biomarkers and Precision Medicine was recently published by Taylor & Fran ...read more
June 4th, 2019
Describing samples and sample donors: The first version of a new MIABIS extension is ready
A long and fruitful group effort has led to the first version of a new MIABIS extension for describing biobank samples and sample donors. The working group includ ...read more
June 18th, 2019
Launch of ConcePTION, an EU Project Setting Standards for Research on Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women
June 6, 2019 ConcePTION: ‘Building a pan-European ecosystem for generating, monitoring, and providing robust information on medication safety in pregnancy and b ...read more
June 18th, 2019
Joint letter using BBMRI.at as example of quality management
17 June 2019 In a joint letter to the editor of the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), which publishes articles on novel teaching and trai ...read more
June 28th, 2019
IVDR and Pre-Analytical Standards: Background and Review Published by SPIDIA4P Partners
June 27, 2019 The September issue of the journal New Biotechnology contains a review written by partners of the SPIDIA4P Consortium, of which BBMRI-ERIC is pro ...read more
October 5th, 2020
Interview of our Latvian Node Director, Jānis Klovinš, on Latvian national Radio 1
Listen to the interview in Latvian! https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/monopols/molekularas-biologijas-profesors-janis-klovins.a133535/ Read the translation kindly prov ...read more
BBMRI-ERIC endorses Manifesto for EU COVID-19 Research
July 31, 2020 In 2020, the European Commission launched the MANIFESTO FOR EU COVID-19 RESEARCH. BBMRI-ERIC is among the 500+ institutions signing the manifesto. B ...read more
May 4th, 2021
Welcome Ilaria Colussi, our new Legal Officer!
In April 2021, we welcomed Ilaria Colussi to the BBMRI-ERIC Headquarters team. She is a Legal Officer within the ELSI Services & Research unit, mainly concent ...read more
Updates to the Code of Conduct for Health Research
Our ELSI team has been busy working on the Code of Conduct for Health Research website. Stay up-to-date by reviewing the latest today. ...read more
August 13th, 2019
Call for Participants in EBW19 Stakeholder Debate!
Should patients be involved in the governance of biobanks? This is the question that two teams of debaters will discuss at #EBW19 – Europe Biobank Week i ...read more
Vacancy Note: BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Services Officer
BBMRI-ERIC is looking for an ELSI Services Officer based in Austria to support our ELSI team on ethical, legal and societal issues in biobanking and biomolecular ...read more
October 15th, 2019
EBW19 Keynote Interview with Olli Kallioniemi, Director of the Swedish SciLifeLab
10/10/2019 As keynote speaker of the Europe Biobank Week 2019, Olli Kallioniemi talked about research successes, which he was able to achieve by using multilayer ...read more
September 10th, 2019
BIOBANK SWEDEN AT ALMEDALEN WEEK
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
September 10th, 2019
BIOBANK SWEDEN CALLS FOR LEGAL RECONSIDERATION
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden, a National Node of BBMRI-ERIC, supports healthcare providers and universities with med ...read more
October 1st, 2019
EBW19: Meet Our Keynote Speaker!
Olli Kallioniemi, M.D., Ph.D., is Director of Science for Life Laboratory, a national infrastructure for life sciences in Sweden and Professor in Molecular Precis ...read more
November 3rd, 2021
New European initiative will build a collaborative platform for data and sample sharing, to accelerate the discovery and validation of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases
The European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND) integrates existing initiatives to build, grow, and deliver a scalable and self-sustainable platform ...read more
May 6th, 2021
THL Biobank’s Annual Report 2020 has been published
THL Biobank is a nationwide biobank that collects and stores valuable research samples from all over Finland. THL Biobank operates under the Finnish Institute for ...read more
October 9th, 2019
Europe Biobank Week 2019 – Press Release
To find the right treatment for a patient, precision medicine uses data from genetic and molecular research. Biobanks collect, process and store human samples suc ...read more
February 27th, 2020
Job Vacancy: ELSI Services Officer (Graz)
BBMRI-ERIC is hiring an ELSI Services Officer to report to our headquarters in Graz, Austria. Download the vacancy note here or read on for details! Job Ti ...read more
April 6th, 2020
Extension of Job Vacancy: Systems Administrator (Graz)
Want to put your IT skills to good use, supporting COVID-19 and other vital biomedical research? BBMRI-ERIC is hiring a Systems Administrator for our headquarters ...read more
March 8th, 2020
First ERIC Forum Meeting in Brussels
The first ERIC Forum meeting of 2020 was held in Brussels on 5th and 6th February 2020. It brought together more than 23 different ERICs and ERICs-to-be, as well ...read more
March 22nd, 2020
CEN AND CENELEC MAKE EUROPEAN STANDARDS AVAILABLE TO HELP ADDRESS COVID-19
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 20 MARCH 2020 In response to the coronavirus outbreak, CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Committe ...read more
November 10th, 2020
The EC will launch the revision of the blood and tissues and cells legislations in 2021
The European Commission has announced that in 2021 it will launch the revision of the blood and tissues and cells legislations. The two legislations regulate: Bl ...read more
April 3rd, 2020
CY-Biobank offers its services to the Cyprus community in the battle against COVID-19
The team of the new Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (CoE thereafter) of the University of Cyprus in Biobanking and Biomedical Research analysed to th ...read more
October 7th, 2020
CY-Biobank goes mobile, visiting the Cyprus mountains for donations
-Biobank goes mobile, visiting the Cyprus mountains for donations ….and we are back! The weeks leading up to the summer break in August and the beginning of the ...read more
September 11th, 2020
Survey on Intellectual Property and Research
A lack of clarity has been identified around the topic of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the research context for the use of biological resources (i.e. bi ...read more
November 10th, 2020
Swiss Biobanking Platform developed its MTA 2.0 and SOP
To respond to the researchers’ need to share simultaneously both biological material and associated data (i.e. preanalytical and personal data), SBP has develo ...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 10th, 2020
Meet our Team – Mónica Cano Abadía
This week, we’re getting to know Mónica Cano Abadía, one of our ELSI Services Officers. ELSI stands for Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues. Hi, Mónica! ...read more
September 24th, 2020
Discount on preanalytical ISO standards & ISO 15189 within BBMRI.QM training
The BBMRI.QM training and education programme starts on 6th October – don’t miss it! The countdown is running. Only 2 weeks left until the start of the BBMRI. ...read more
September 23rd, 2020
BBMRI, EATRIS, ECRIN and ELIXIR publish statement on Horizon Europe Cancer Mission
Every European citizen is affected by cancer, either directly or indirectly. That is why the new Cancer Mission, promoted by the European Commission in the contex ...read more
May 7th, 2020
BIOBANK SWEDEN’S SAMPLE QUALITY INITIATIVES
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
May 7th, 2020
Lithuania Joins the European Biobanking Research Infrastructure as Observer
Lithuania has officially joined the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) ...read more
May 8th, 2020
BBMRI_QM Web conferences: no blueprint for such a pandemic, but an amazing collaboration
There is no blueprint for a global pandemic of this magnitude. However, researchers must follow standards and have access to high quality samples. The samples cur ...read more
May 18th, 2020
Recording of Webinar: COVID-19 and Ethical, Legal & Societal Issues
The recording of our webinar on COVID-19 and Ethical, Legal and Societal issues is now online! The webinar focused on the ethical issues encountered and addressed ...read more
September 16th, 2020
CY-Biobank launches a new user-friendly website and announces new vacancies
Cyprus-based Center of Excellence (CoE thereafter) CY-Biobank is in the pleasant position to announce the launch of its brand new, user-friendly website! The ne ...read more
EuCanImage will launch in October 2020 with BBMRI-ERIC on board
EuCanImage: A new large-scale international project funded by the European Commission to build a secure and federated imaging platform for next-generation artific ...read more
June 4th, 2020
CY-Biobank reopens its doors to receive volunteer donors, following the March-April Covid-19 restrictions on movement – More security tests take place for upcoming new website
Following the temporary postponement of its services since the middle of March, as a result of the EU and Cyprus government restrictions of movement, as part of t ...read more
June 10th, 2020
EASI-Genomics Extraordinary COVID-19 related Call
Timeline: Call open: 18.05.2020 14:00 CEST Proposal submission deadlines: 30.06.2020 20:00 CEST Notification to applicants: at the latest by 15.07.2020 Start of p ...read more
November 10th, 2020
Remembering Professor Gert-Jan van Ommen
by Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, BBMRI-ERIC On 7 November 2020, the biobanking community lost a vocal member and passionate scientist with the passing of Professor Gert ...read more
August 13th, 2020
VIDEO: Accelerate your COVID-19 research with European Life Science Research Infrastructures
Now, more than ever, biomedical research needs to be done with speed, efficiency, and high-quality standards in order to help patients effectively fight diseases ...read more
August 13th, 2020
BBMRI.QM Training & Education Programme
This autumn BBMRI.QM will provide an in-depth training on the pre-analytical ISO standards 20184 | 20166 | 20186 relevant for biomedical research and biobanking, ...read more
August 13th, 2020
Meet our Team – Barbora Halmová
This week, we’re getting to know Barbora Halmová, our Finance Officer. Hi, Barbora! What does a typical day look like for you? What kinds of issues do you ...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 23rd, 2021
Hungary joins BBMRI-ERIC as Full Member
Hungary, as Full Member state, has joined the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI ...read more
August 24th, 2020
Meet our Team – Kaya Akyüz
This week, we’re getting to know Kaya Akyüz, one of our ELSI Services Officers. ELSI stands for Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues. Hi, Kaya! What does a ...read more
February 25th, 2021
Task Force Research Ethics Committees
Mission Statement The mission of the Task Force Research Ethics Committees (TF REC) is to map the procedures of national and regional RECs in order to identify th ...read more
October 28th, 2020
Survey: Characterising Researchers who use human samples
The BBMRI-ERIC CS IT are launching a brand new user survey! One of BBMRI-ERIC’s main users are the researchers who use human samples. But what is it they look f ...read more
October 21st, 2021
Call for abstracts for a workshop and edited volume on “Ethical, legal, and social issues of artificial intelligence in biobanking”
DEADLINE EXTENDED to 16 NOVEMBER 2021! Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and big data analytics in biobanking are essential components to deliver improved indi ...read more
March 8th, 2021
Report on the assessment of the EU Member States’ rules on health data in the light of GDPR
In the context of the Single Framework Contract Chafea/2018/Health/03 between the EUHealthSupport Consortium and the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency ...read more
September 1st, 2020
Jens Habermann appointed Director General of BBMRI-ERIC
1st September 2020 The Assembly of Members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (B ...read more
March 3rd, 2021
BBMRI.se: Biobank Sweden contributes to COVID-19 Database
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
July 5th, 2021
Publication on design and mechanisms of the BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator
A new publication is out on the BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator, written by members of our Common Service IT team. One of the main challenges for biobank users is to find r ...read more
April 16th, 2021
BBMRI.tr: ISO 20387 Biotechnology-Biobanking accreditation workshop
The functionality, sustainability and continuous development of biobanks is only possible through the implementation of biobank quality standards. In terms of nat ...read more
April 16th, 2021
Study on Covid-19 antibodies introduces biobank.cy to a wider audience
Greetings from a blossoming Cyprus, as the sunshine returns to signal the beginning of the spring season! Despite the Covid-19 restrictions of December-March, our ...read more
Take Survey on Use of Human Samples in Research
The CS IT user experience team is conducting a survey to better understand human sample users in our community. We are now offering a prize to the national node w ...read more
December 9th, 2020
The Cyprus Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research launches joint research study on Covid-19 antibodies
As we approach the end of 2020, we can’t wait to share with you some exciting new developments regarding our Center of Excellence. First off, September 30th mar ...read more
December 9th, 2020
Hungary commits to join BBMRI in 2021
The Hungarian National Research Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) has published on November 24 its latest research infrastructures strategic documen ...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
October 12th, 2020
Animation released on ELSI Services for Life Science Research Infrastructures
An animation commissioned by BBMRI-ERIC within the H2020 project CORBEL shows how Life Science Research Infrastructures can help researchers with ethical, legal a ...read more
February 15th, 2021
Federated Platform Call for Tender
The goal of the tender is to provide BBMRI-ERIC with a platform that will support federated search for samples, querying of data sets and support for federated da ...read more
April 16th, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC/Biobank Norway digital workshop: Hospital-based biobanks for biomedical research
Biological samples collected from patients can potentially be used to advance medical research. European countries are progressively establishing procedures to sy ...read more
December 15th, 2020
A fruitful year for EDIReX, the EurOPDX Research Infrastructure
The new EurOPDX Research Infrastructure (RI) aims at improving cancer drug development success rates through the enablement of high-quality preclinical research u ...read more
December 21st, 2020
Marialuisa Lavitrano Appointed Director in the Board of Directors of EOSC Association
18/12/2020 – Marialuisa Lavitrano, BBMRI.it’s Director, appointed director with a three years mandate in the board of directors of EOSC Association to ...read more
November 10th, 2020
BBMRI.mt: Three Medical Science degree students involved in biobanking-led research
BBMRI.mt is active in the new Bachelor of Science Honours in Medical Sciences. This is an optional ‘intercalated’ year offered to the existing degree programm ...read more
January 12th, 2021
Our Quality Management training programme is restarting on 19 January
Web conference series on pre-analytical ISO standards – 4 more sessions on VWB in January 21! Since October 2020, the BBMRI.QM team provides in cooperation ...read more
Apply by 31 Jan to become EMBL ARISE fellow
The new EMBL fellowship programme, ARISE, aims to offer fellowships to experienced professionals with a background in science, technology, engineering, or mathema ...read more
January 25th, 2021
ELSI Webinar – Futureproofing Biobanks’ Governance
On Tuesday, Feb 2, 2021 from 15:00 to 16:00 CET By Alessandro Blasimme, PhD – Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Health Ethics & Policy Lab ...read more
December 2nd, 2020
Join BBMRI-ERIC as Legal Officer
BBMRI-ERIC is looking for a Legal Officer based in Austria to support our ELSI team on ethical, legal and societal issues in biobanking and biomolecular resources ...read more
February 1st, 2021
The Cyprus Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research carries its study on Covid-19 antibodies to Limassol
As the dawn sets for 2021, our CoE team of staff has already started gearing up for engaging in new exciting endeavors that are encompassing more public campaigns ...read more
December 9th, 2020
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre has launched a citizen science based initiative – Latvian Microbiome project
The aim of the project is to characterize the microbiome of the Latvian population, in addition to determining how the diet and lifestyle habits of the population ...read more
December 9th, 2020
“The human body in scientific research and medical practice. A transdisciplinary approach”
BBMRI.pl has published a monograph “The human body in scientific research and medical practice. A transdisciplinary approach” edited by Jakub Pawlikow ...read more
December 10th, 2020
Strategic Expansion for Biobank Sweden
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
December 10th, 2020
Biobank Sweden’s Legal Helpdesk Representatives
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
December 10th, 2020
Biobank Sweden’s National COVID-19 Coordination
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
December 10th, 2020
ConcePTION: Creating Knowledge for Women
“Pregnant and breastfeeding women have long been overlooked in the medical research. Today, only about 5% of medications have adequate safety information on use ...read more
December 15th, 2020
Soon published – “GDPR and Biobanking: Individual Rights, Public Interest and Research Regulation across Europe”
Springer Book “GDPR and Biobanking: Individual Rights, Public Interest and Research Regulation across Europe” – soon available open access! R ...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
February 4th, 2021
Exploiting CRC data to its full potential
The Swedish Research Council-funded research infrastructure Biobank Sweden supports healthcare providers and universities with medical faculties working towards n ...read more
February 4th, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC Responds to the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Initiative
4 February 2021 The European Commission published the roadmap for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) initiative in December 2020. The roadmap was open for feed ...read more
February 9th, 2021
Check our Work Programme 2021
BBMRI-ERIC is happy to share its Work Programme 2021, now available to download via our website. We are excited to share with you our vision, goals and milestones ...read more
December 13th, 2021
Assembly of Members Elects New Steering Committee
At their semiannual meeting November 19th, 2021, the Assembly of Members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Researc ...read more
July 13th, 2021
Call for Abstracts for Nordic Permed Law Symposium and European Journal of Health Law (EJHL) special issue on Genome Editing, Health Innovation and Responsible Regulation
Members of the BBMRI community are invited to submit abstracts for a symposium on genome editing on 3-4 November 2021 and a subsequent special issue on Genome Edi ...read more
May 12th, 2021
Welcome Joanna, our new Executive Assistant!
On 15 April 2021, we welcomed Joanna Pucher to the BBMRI-ERIC Headquarters team. Joanna is our new Executive Assistant and will be based in our headquarters in Gr ...read more
May 19th, 2021
German Biobank Node : English version of Quality Management manual extended
BBMRI.de, German Biobank Node (GBN), has revised its English version of QM manual GBN has revised and extended the English version of its manual for quality manag ...read more
May 19th, 2021
Porto declaration on cancer research: EU-AMRI calls for further deployment of high quality infrastructures
On 3 May 2021, following the Cancer Research Summit 2021, hosted by the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council, the Porto Declaration on Cancer Research ...read more
January 23rd, 2023
Estonian Biobank and Nightingale Health complete initial phase of collaboration by profiling 250 metabolites from 200,000 blood samples
In 2021, the Estonian Biobank (EstBB) entered into a collaboration with the Finnish health tech company Nightingale Health Oy (Nightingale). The initial phase of ...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 26th, 2021
Tutorials on Using the Negotiator for Biobankers
Biobankers can now take advantage of two tutorial videos on the BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator. The first is on how to complete the registration process in order to connec ...read more
August 31st, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC and its Stakeholder Forum Patient Pillar launch Pediatric Biobanking Initiative
BBMRI-ERIC and the Stakeholder Forum Patient Pillar are calling on pediatric & RD communities to engage in a network tackling pediatric biobanking and its et ...read more
April 21st, 2021
First biobank quality mark in the BBMRI-ERIC Directory according to ISO 20387
It is truly a success for the BBMRI-ERIC network of biobanks. Our first biobank – Wroclaw Medical University Biobank (WMU Biobank) made a great effort ...read more
March 8th, 2022
EHDS2 Pilot – A European Consortium Pilot project, candidate for the future European Health Data Space
The EHDS2 Pilot consortium aims to be selected to build and test a first version of the European Health Data Space for the secondary use of health data. Sharing d ...read more
June 1st, 2021
BBMRI.tr: Biobanking education for future physicians
A functional biobank is highly dependent on the collaboration of healthcare professionals and researchers, along with other biobank professionals. However, there ...read more
June 1st, 2021
The German Biobank Alliance (GBA) continues to grow
The German Biobank Alliance (GBA) welcomes 15 more biobanks to its network. Four years after ist foundation, the GBA thus encompasses biobanks at almost all Germa ...read more
August 2nd, 2021
Revolutionary findings with relevance for diagnostics: Algorithms are declaring war on cancer
Detecting cancer earlier and more precisely: Research at BBMRI.at partner Med Uni Graz paves the way for a completely new use of artificial intelligence in cancer ...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 24th, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB hold biobanking workshop for Latin American audience
Within the RI-VIS Latin American-Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures, BBMRI and ESBB held a joint workshop titled “Prerequisites for biobanking collabo ...read more
June 30th, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC and National Nodes publish 2020 Annual Report
The past year has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has not only influenced planned activities but also stimulated rapid responses from the scientifi ...read more
March 8th, 2022
BBMRI-ERIC Statement on Ukraine with ERIC Forum
8 March 2022 Dear valued colleagues and friends of BBMRI, The last several days have been shocking and frightening due to Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine. U ...read more
July 22nd, 2021
EBW Abstract Deadline Extended to August 1st
The deadline for abstract submission to Europe Biobank Week 2021 (#EBW21) has been extended to 1 August 2021! The theme of this year’s virtual congress is & ...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
September 27th, 2021
BBMRI contributes to ConcePTION: Building a European Breast Milk Collection
Short- and long-term benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and infants have been well demonstrated. However, robust clinical lactation studies are rare and ex ...read more
October 6th, 2021
3 Research Infrastructures launch comprehensive biomedical alliance EU-AMRI
BBMRI, EATRIS and ECRIN, the medical European research Infrastructures, supported by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), have join ...read more
October 25th, 2021
News from the BBMRI.pl QM expert working group
The activities of BBMRI.pl QM Expert Working Group include a wide range of initiatives arising from BBMRI-ERIC membership. Biobanks associated in Polish Biobankin ...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
February 10th, 2022
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 sensiti ...read more
October 12th, 2021
EU-funded SPIDIA4P project wins CEN/CENELEC Standards + Innovation Award
The 2021 edition of the CEN and CENELEC Standards+Innovation Awards was presented on Tuesday 5 October 2021 to celebrate and acknowledge the important contribut ...read more
December 15th, 2022
CELSPAC opening highlights biobanking’s importance for European climate policy
The recent opening of the CELSPAC Biobank at RECETOX, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, offered a 360 degree understanding of how the evolving Horizon ...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
October 21st, 2021
BBMRI-ERIC receives two new grants for coronavirus initiatives
October 21, 2020 In summer 2021, BBMRI-ERIC was named a beneficiary of two newly awarded grants from the EU Commission addressing COVID-19 and its variants. ...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
November 8th, 2021
Spain Joins European Biobanking Research Infrastructure as Observer Country
Graz, Austria – We are delighted to announce that the Kingdom of Spain has been officially confirmed as an Observer in BBMRI-ERIC. Spain has joined the Biobanki ...read more
January 18th, 2022
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 Res ...read more
June 1st, 2023
Biobank Łukasiewicz – PORT awarded the BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label
“Receiving the Quality Label is a very important step for our Biobank in establishing its position, not only in Poland, but also in the wider European biobankin ...read more... ...read more
October 6th, 2022
Strengthening collaboration between BBMRI-ERIC and the Nordic biobanks – conference report
Professor Jens Habermann, Director General, Dr. Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Head of ELSI, and Dr. Manuela Pausen, Scientific Stakeholder Specialist, recently attend ...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
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
January 27th, 2022
Meet Maike and Erica!
In January 2022, BBMRI-ERIC welcomed two new members to our headquarters team. Erica Andrade, Finance Officer, has a qualified degree in Business Administration a ...read more
June 23rd, 2023
BBMRI-ERIC kicks off 10 year anniversary by supporting young scientists
This article is 938 words and is a four-minute read. “Cells, surprisingly aesthetic and intricate machines, fine-tuned by evolution, form a basis for the functi ...read more
February 3rd, 2022
BBMRI virtual “tour” of headquarters for early career researchers
In collaboration with ARQUS European University Alliance, a group of 9 research universities in medium-sized cities, BBMRI-ERIC held a “virtual tour” ...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
November 14th, 2022
Giuseppe Ippolito – General Director for Research and Innovation in Healthcare – Ministry of Health – closes BBMRI-ERIC Paediatrics event
Highly regarded epidemiologist and General Director for Research and Innovation in Healthcare at the Italian Ministry of Health, Giuseppe Ippolito, spoke in depth ...read more
May 24th, 2022
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
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
January 17th, 2023
BBMRI.bg hosts Biomedical research infrastructures – drivers of the genome and personalised medicine in Bulgaria
A two-day national forum “Biomedical research infrastructures – drivers of the genome and personalised medicine in Bulgaria” was held on 9th and 10th ...read more
January 18th, 2023
The team at Auria Biobank, Finland, achieves ISO 20387:2020 accreditation
This article is 739 words – a four-minute read. The team at Auria Biobank, part of Turku University Hospital’s Laboratory Division, have achieved ISO 2038 ...read more... ...read more
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October 14th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC launches 10-Year Roadmap: Biobanking for a Healthier World
Brussels, 15 October 2024: Today, BBMRI-ERIC launches its visionary 10-Year Roadmap that adopts the “One Health” approach to prioritise the interconne ...read more
October 11th, 2023
Innsbruck biobanking conference unites diverse experts in the field
This article is 480 words and is an approximate three–minute read. From 27-28 September, the Medical University of Innsbruck (a BBMRI.at partner) served as ...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
March 16th, 2023
The canSERV project seeks Personalised Oncology and Molecular Tumour Board experts for European networks
The EU cluster project canSERV is inviting anyone involved in a Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) – e.g., physicians, scientists, patient representatives, ethicists ...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
September 12th, 2022
EBW 22 Roadshow: Preview of the Quality Management and Paediatric stops in Regensburg and Rome
Over the next few months, BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB hit the road with the first stops of the EBW 22 Roadshow. The scientific programme committees have been working hard ...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
December 19th, 2022
Quality Talk: José Antonio López-Guerrero of IVO Biobank on achieving ISO 20387
This article is 1,787 words, an eight-minute read. In August 2022, the team at IVO Biobank in Spain became the first in the BBMRI-ERIC network to achieve ISO 203 ...read more
November 2nd, 2022
Biobank Väst In Sweden Achieves Quality Label
Biobank Väst at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Gothenburg, Sweden) has become the first Nordic biobank within BBMRI-ERIC’s network to receive a Quality L ...read more
March 30th, 2023
BBMRI-ERIC and ELIXIR announce strategic collaboration
BBMRI-ERIC, the European research infrastructure for biobanking and biomolecular resources, and ELIXIR, the European life science data infrastructure, have announ ...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
November 20th, 2023
New podcast and video: ELSI Dialogues – Organoids: Scientific, ethical and regulatory aspects
Introduction Organoids are defined as three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems that can be called “mini-organs” as they mimic some of the key multicellular ...read more
November 30th, 2023
BBMRI-ERIC Launches The Federated Platform
The Federated Platform, a biobanking community driven initiative, has launched. In an EU first, it enables fine-grained findability of samples and data. The Feder ...read more
December 20th, 2017
BBMRI.QM WEB CONFERENCES 2017
The following is a list of web conferences from the Quality Management department of BBMRI-ERIC in 2017. View recent and upcoming webinars and web conferences ...read more
June 6th, 2023
Joint Statement: Health organisations define EHDS’ opt out required for life saving research
On 6 June, BBMRI-ERIC joins together with 31 other health stakeholders to share views on specific recommendations for a potential opt-out mechanism in the future ...read more
January 13th, 2023
New BBMRI-ERIC podcast episode: Exploring the Lightweight Distributed Provenance Model for Complex Real–world Environments – biobanking, medical research data and reproducibility
“We realised we needed to start something new to address the medical research reproducibility crisis.” The latest episode of the BBMRI-ERIC podcast is now ava ...read more
November 14th, 2022
ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC formalise closer collaboration
Prof. Jens Habermann, Director General of the Biobanking and BioMolecular Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC),and Dr. Dominik Lermen, Outgoing President of The E ...read more
February 15th, 2023
New podcast episode: ELSI Dialogues – Why ELSI Matters!
“I think an ELSI expert is often seen as a patch for projects from the natural sciences. You can ask this ELSI expert anything that has to be solved in a certai ...read more
June 28th, 2023
New Podcast Episode: What is a Patient Pillar? Eric Vermeulen, New Chair, Explains – Part Two
“This tissue is really representing the patient and that’s what I find very interesting about biobanking. You don’t need to be there to be in resear ...read more
January 16th, 2024
Call for abstracts: Shape the conversation at Europe Biobank Week 2024
The Europe Biobank Week Congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, is back for 2024 and the call for abstracts is open. The Congress will take p ...read more
February 22nd, 2023
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 reso ...read more
July 13th, 2023
Denmark, Lithuania and Switzerland join BBMRI-ERIC as Full and Observer Members
Denmark, Lithuania and Switzerland have been officially confirmed as members of the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European ...read more
July 13th, 2023
New podcast and video: ELSI Dialogues – An Introduction to the Belgian Biobank Legislation
Introduction Biobank legislation is not harmonised at the European Union level, and the Member States have taken considerably divergent approaches in how they reg ...read more
April 5th, 2023
Two new ELSI genomic research relevant publications released
The BBMRI-ERIC ELSI team are delighted to share two new genomic research relevant publications: Published in BioSocieties, ‘Post-identifiability in changing ...read more
October 27th, 2023
New podcast episode: Biobanking Development – Amsterdam UMC’s International Freezer Challenge Win and Carbon Literacy
“I learned that health care has a share of 6 to 8% in our total energy consumption – equal to the aviation sector. Although as health care researchers, we ...read more
September 6th, 2023
BBMRI-ERIC and the Stakeholder Forum Patient Pillar release co-written statement in support of EHDS opt-out meeting
This article is 1745 words and is an approximate ten minute read. The following statement, co-written by BBMRI-ERIC and the Stakeholder Forum Patient Pillar, has ...read more
September 6th, 2023
EHDS stakeholders meet with EU officials
This article is 287 words and is an approximate two minute read. 6 September 2023, Brussels – BBMRI-ERIC, as part of a multi-stakeholder group consisting of 32 ...read more
June 9th, 2023
Common Provenance Model: BBMRI led ISO/TS 23494-1:2023 released
This article is 1,014 words – a ten-minute read. During the last decade, we have witnessed reproducibility issues in life sciences. There is strong evidence ...read more
June 28th, 2023
New Podcast Episode: What is a Patient Pillar? How Patient Representatives are Shaping BBMRI-ERIC and Biobanking – Part One
“Cancer is traumatising, and you want to forget it as soon as possible, but some of us believe our experiences can be useful for others.” This first of a two- ...read more
November 20th, 2023
ELSI team addresses trust, value and gender aspects of AI and infrastructures at the 4S 2023 conference
This article is 540 words and is an approximate 4-minute read BBMRI-ERIC’s ELSI team presented the scientific outcomes of several EU projects on trust, valu ...read more
December 4th, 2023
Stakeholder coalition calls for legislative refinement of the EHDS
4 December 2023, Brussels – BBMRI-ERIC, as part of a large multi-stakeholder group, representing the entire spectrum of the healthcare ecosystem and consisting ...read more
October 16th, 2023
canSERV Open Call Invites Cancer Researchers to Apply for Free State of the Art Services and Training
European wide research infrastructures offer a portfolio of services to address the needs of the entire oncological research pipeline As part of a concerted strat ...read more
February 2nd, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC IT tools drive EU cancer imaging innovation – EUCAIM
This article is 1246 words and is an approximate eight minute read. On February 4, organisations around the globe mark World Cancer Day. Through its involvement i ...read more
August 9th, 2024
Locator – a powerful tool to enhance visibility and findability of samples and data in Europe’s biobanks
This article is 912 words, an approximate five-minute read. A biomedical treasure hunt across Europe with the right tool(s) Over the last 50 years, medical instit ...read more
February 13th, 2024
EvolveBBMRI project kicks off in Vienna
Accelerating datafication of biobanking, greening of facilities and an integrated approach to “One Health”. The EvolveBBMRI project, coordinated by the Bio ...read more
October 16th, 2023
biobank.cy receives Best Booth Award at European Researchers’ Night in Cyprus
This article is 464 words and is an approximate two–minute read. The Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research at the University of Cyprus ...read more
October 31st, 2023
New podcast and video: ELSI Dialogues – The Incorporation of Sex and Gender in Medical Research
Introduction The medical community is moving on a path towards more personalised and effective medical treatments and therapies for everyone. In doing so, it is c ...read more
February 27th, 2024
Second canSERV Open Call invites applications from cancer researchers for access to free state of the art research services and training
The canSERV Project, for which BBMRI-ERIC acts as project coordinator, has launched the second Open Call and invites Cancer Researchers to apply for free state of ...read more
July 30th, 2024
Six-month update: EvolveBBMRI’s progress in datafication, greening biobanks, and One Health integration
This article is 1179 words, an approximate five-minute read The EvolveBBMRI project, coordinated by the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrast ...read more
June 5th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC presents at 2nd Austrian Life Science Day: Health Care Data Graz
This article is 407 words and an approximate two-minute read. On June 4th, 2024, the second “Austrian Life Science Day: Health Care Data Graz” welcomed partic ...read more
April 15th, 2024
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 whic ...read more
September 18th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC ACADEMY – 1ST ELSI SYMPOSIUM: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIETAL INSIGHTS AND OUTLOOK FOR BIOBANKS AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
This article is 206 words and is a one-minute read. The BBMRI-ERIC, UNIMIB and IARC organised Symposium “Ethical, Legal and Societal Insights & Outlook for ...read more
June 28th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC Quality Label for EPND Cohort “gMAD/COSCODE” investigating Alzheimer’s disease
This article is 474 words and an approximate 3-minute read “It is very pleasing to see that international standards, which have been a fundamental pillar fo ...read more
June 25th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC continues marking 10-year anniversary by supporting young scientists
This article is 688 words and is a three-minute read. “I am fascinated by the rich interplay between different disciplines: mathematics, physics, engineering an ...read more
February 26th, 2024
The draft text of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) in trilogues sparks deep concerns in the European healthcare ecosystem
BBMRI-ERIC, as part of a coalition of 35 large health stakeholder organisations representing patients, health professionals, researchers and industrial actors in ...read more
February 29th, 2024
BBMRI-ERIC marks ten years of making an impact with the European biobanking community
Graz, 29 February 2024: Today, The European health and life science research infrastructure for biobanking and biomolecular resources, BBMRI-ERIC, marks its 10th ...read more
September 23rd, 2024
New podcast episode: Eva Ortega-Paíno profile
“You cannot be a proper researcher without curiosity and curiosity is not only just for science, it’s for living.” Meet Eva Ortega-Paino who, until recently ...read more
March 19th, 2024
New podcast episode: Prof. Walter Ricciardi on an urgent case for science
“We as scientists, we as professionals, we as leaders have to first of all realise how the situation is changing, a change of epoch, and how to manage. Because ...read more
July 8th, 2024
Unveiling Biobank Power: German Biobank Node (GBN), BBMRI.at, and Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP) release joint film
The German Biobank Node (GBN), the Austrian Biobanking Research Infrastructure BBMRI.at and the Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP), all three national nodes of BBMRI ...read more
May 14th, 2024
Europe Biobank Week opens in Vienna for major post-pandemic congress
The Europe Biobank Week (EBW) Congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC (the European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources in He ...read more
May 28th, 2024
CanSERV´s Challenge Calls go into a third round: EU consortium invites applications for Challenge-Driven Call “Revolutionising Cancer Patient Care”
The canSERV Project, for which BBMRI-ERIC acts as project coordinator, has launched the third Challenge-Driven Call and invites cancer researchers world-wide to a ...read more
October 14th, 2024
European Life Science Research Infrastructures (LS-RIs) Launch FP10 Position Paper
This article is 311 words and is an approximate 2-minute read. The European Life Science Research Infrastructures (LS-RIs) have launched a joint position paper, o ...read more
September 5th, 2024
canSERV relaunches Open Call for applications for complimentary access to cancer research services
An extensive range of cutting-edge services is now available across European research infrastructures, designed to support every stage of the oncological research ...read more
September 9th, 2024
A TRANSLACORE biobanking training event increased awareness for sample and data use in translational regulatory studies
The TRANSLACORE Biobanking Training School was held at the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Centre in June This article is 633 words and a three-minute read. From Jun ...read more
July 8th, 2024
New podcast episode: 10th anniversary impact stories – part two
“Healthcare biobanking and healthcare biobanks are playing an increasingly important role, not only in the biomedical research, but also in transferring knowle ...read more
July 10th, 2024
The BBMRI.QM Newsroom – stay up to date with live sessions and recordings
This article is 486 words and an approximate 2-minute read. Utilising the valuable resources that we have in biobanks strongly relies on the quality of the availa ...read more
September 12th, 2024
Graz – Budapest – Europe: A documentary journey through the European biobanking landscape
How biobanks accelerate biomedical research This article is 860 words and a three-minute read. Telling immersive stories can help raise trust in science by commun ...read more
September 17th, 2024
Launch of canSERV Call for Service Provision – “Training the Next Generation of Cancer Researchers”
The canSERV consortium is excited to announce the launch of its latest Challenge Call for Service Provision, designed to empower early career researchers by provi ...read more
October 24th, 2024
Ireland’s Path to Joining BBMRI-ERIC: Highlights from the 3rd BioBANC Symposium
This article is 624 words and is an approximate 3-minute read. On September 6th, BBMRI-ERIC’s Director General, Jens Habermann, and Johanna Kostenzer, Senior Pu ...read more
The BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management service is co-funded within ADOPT BBMRI-ERIC, a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 676550.
The BBMRI-ERIC Quality Management service is co-funded within SPIDIA4P, a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 733112.
