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About us

BBMRI-ERIC is a European research infrastructure for biobanking. We bring together all the main players from the biobanking field – researchers, biobankers, industry, and patients – to boost biomedical research. To that end, we offer quality management services, support with ethical, legal and societal issues, and a number of online tools and software solutions for biobankers and researchers. Ultimately, our goal is to make new treatments possible.

 

What is biobanking?

Typically, a biobank is a place to store all types of human biological samples, such as blood, tissue, cells or DNA. It also stores data related to the samples as well as other biomolecular resources that can be used in health research.

Find out more about us below or take a look at our FAQ

 

Who we are

BBMRI-ERIC currently includes 23 countries and one international organisation, making it one of the largest European research infrastructures.

Find out more about our Members and Observers

Members and Observers

All our Member and Observer States have a National Node, i.e. a national contact point coordinating the biobanking activities in that country.

Stakeholder Forum

The BBMRI-ERIC Stakeholder Forum is the main interface for European patients’ organisations, civil society, industry and academia to interact with the biobanking universe.

Vacancies

Looking for a job? In addition to our own open positions, we also advertise vacancies from other research infrastructures and similar organisations.

Governance

Who takes important decisions at BBMRI-ERIC and how are they executed? You can find out more about our governance structure here.

Staff

Located in Graz, Austria, the BBMRI-ERIC Central Executive Management Office is where the work done by the National Nodes is coordinated. It is also where the Director General, the administrative staff, the project managers, the communications team, and the people managing our Quality, IT and ELSI Services are based.

Intranet

We use our Intranet to provide access to important documents. It is for internal use only.

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BBMRI.QM Academy E-Learning

Live educational webinars and webinars on demand (recordings) on Pre-Analytical Phases of Biobanking.

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With BY-COVID and ISIDORe, BBMRI-ERIC will contribute to European preparedness for current and future pandemics ... read more


The website was 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.
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