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Groningen, NL 11 Oct 2023 13 Oct

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


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Barcelona, Spain 28 Jun 2023 29 Jun

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


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Brussels, Belgium 27 Jun 2023 28 Jun

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


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online 23 Jun 2023 23 Jun

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


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Brussels, Belgium 19 Jun 2023 20 Jun

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


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27 Sep 2022 27 Sep

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


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09 Dec 2021 11 Dec

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


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Maastricht 08 Dec 2021 11 Dec

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


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Virtual 08 Nov 2021 10 Nov

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


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Online 05 Oct 2021 07 Oct

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


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Graz 26 Jul 2021

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


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Heidelberg 06 Jul 2021 06 Jul

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


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Athens 05 Jul 2021 07 Jul

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


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16 Jun 2021

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


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15 Jun 2021 17 Jun

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


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14 Jun 2021

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


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Online 14 Jun 2021 18 Jun

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


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21 May 2021

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


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22 Mar 2021 23 Mar

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


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17 Mar 2021 17 May

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


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Online 08 Mar 2021 10 Mar

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


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Online 01 Mar 2021 05 May

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


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25 Feb 2021 26 Feb

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


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Webinar 04 Feb 2021

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


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21 Jan 2021 25 Jan

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


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Webinar 19 Jan 2021

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


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Webinar 03 Dec 2020

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


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25 Nov 2020

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


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23 Nov 2020

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


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23 Nov 2020 23 Nov

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


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Webinar 03 Nov 2020

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


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Webinar 29 Oct 2020

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


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Webinar 27 Oct 2020

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


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Vienna 20 Oct 2020

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


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Online 15 Oct 2020 16 Oct

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


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05 Oct 2020 07 Oct

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


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Online 01 Oct 2020

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


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Rome (online) 28 Sep 2020 02 Oct

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


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Online 24 Aug 2020 26 Aug

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


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Online 03 Aug 2020

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


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23 Jun 2020

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


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Webinar 04 Jun 2020

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


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Webinar 26 May 2020

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


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Graz, Austria 11 May 2020 15 May

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


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Webinar 04 May 2020

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


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Webinar 24 Apr 2020

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


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Webinar 23 Apr 2020

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


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Webinar 21 Apr 2020

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


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Webinar 01 Apr 2020

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


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Webinar 19 Mar 2020

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


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Brussels 03 Mar 2020 04 Mar

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


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Florence 02 Mar 2020

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


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Amsterdam 10 Feb 2020 11 Feb

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


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Dresden 06 Feb 2020

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


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Brussels 23 Jan 2020

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


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Webinar 14 Jan 2020

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


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Graz 09 Dec 2019 11 Dec

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


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28 Nov 2019

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


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Nottingham 19 Nov 2019

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


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La Palma (Canary Islands) 06 Nov 2019 08 Nov

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


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Webinar 22 Oct 2019

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


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Webinar 15 Oct 2019

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


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Lübeck 08 Oct 2019 11 Oct

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


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Webinar 30 Sep 2019

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


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Spetses, Greece 23 Sep 2019 27 Sep

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


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Webinar 26 Aug 2019

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


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Webinar 26 Jun 2019

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


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Tallinn 20 Jun 2019

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


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Webinar 19 Jun 2019

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


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Gothenburg 15 Jun 2019 18 Jun

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


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06 Jun 2019

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


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Webinar 03 Jun 2019

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


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Alcalá de Henares / Spain 22 May 2019 24 May

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


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Paris 20 May 2019

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


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Madrid / Spain 03 Apr 2019 05 Apr

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


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Webinar 03 Apr 2019

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


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Basel / Switzerland 28 Mar 2019

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


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Brussels / Belgium 05 Mar 2019

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


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Berlin / Germany 05 Feb 2019 06 Feb

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


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Utrecht / Netherlands 17 Jan 2019

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


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Webinar 17 Jan 2019

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


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Webinar 17 Jan 2019

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


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Rio de Janeiro / Brazil 15 Jan 2019 17 Jan

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


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Milano / Italy 14 Jan 2019 15 Jan

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


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06 Dec 2018

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


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Bengaluru / India 05 Dec 2018 07 Dec

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


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Webinar 04 Dec 2018

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


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Graz / Austria 28 Nov 2018 30 Nov

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


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Paris / France 15 Nov 2018

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


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Cape Town / South Africa 13 Nov 2018 14 Nov

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


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Webinar 13 Nov 2018

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


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Utrecht / Netherlands 01 Nov 2018

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


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Hinxton / UK 29 Oct 2018 30 Oct

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


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Webinar 23 Oct 2018

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


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Webinar 23 Oct 2018

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


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Paris / France 15 Oct 2018 16 Oct

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


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Graz / Austria 11 Oct 2018 12 Oct

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


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Copenhagen / Denmark 26 Sep 2018 28 Sep

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


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Webinar 11 Sep 2018

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


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Webinar 11 Sep 2018

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


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Antwerp / Belgium 04 Sep 2018 07 Sep

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


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Webinar 10 Jul 2018

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


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Amsterdam / Netherlands 04 Jul 2018 06 Jul

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


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Ghent / Belgium 01 Jul 2018 04 Jul

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


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21 Jun 2018

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


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Webinar 20 Jun 2018

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


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Webinar 05 Jun 2018

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


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28 May 2018

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


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Webinar 22 May 2018

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


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Graz / Austria 16 May 2018

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


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Bologna / Italy 16 May 2018 17 May

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


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Berlin / Germany 03 May 2018

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


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Izmir / Turkey 02 May 2018 04 May

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


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Webinar 25 Apr 2018

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


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Munich / Germany 23 Apr 2018 24 Apr

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


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Lublin / Poland 19 Apr 2018 20 Apr

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


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17 Apr 2018

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


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05 Apr 2018

05 BBMRI.QM webinar

“Intraindividual Temporal miRNA Variability in Serum, Plasma, and White Blood Cell Subpopulations” Agenda:  Welcome Presentation “Intraindivid ...read more


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27 Mar 2018

BBMRI.QM webinar

EDIReX Project: “EurOPDX Distributed Infrastructure for Research on patient-derived cancer Xenografts“   Agenda: Presentation of the EDIReX Project: ...read more


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Ghent / Belgium 23 Mar 2018

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


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22 Mar 2018

04 BBMRI.QM webinar

“In vitro diagnostic medical devices – Clinical performance studies using specimens from human subjects – Good study practice”   Agenda: 1.      ...read more


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20 Mar 2018

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


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Innsbruck / Austria 17 Mar 2018

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


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Oslo / Norway 12 Mar 2018 13 Mar

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


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Brussels / Belgium 01 Mar 2018 02 Mar

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


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Luxembourg / Luxembourg 27 Feb 2018 28 Feb

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


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27 Feb 2018

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


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Paris / France 20 Feb 2018

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


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06 Feb 2018

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


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Rome / Italy 06 Feb 2018

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


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06 Feb 2018

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


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Lausanne / Switzerland 01 Feb 2018

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


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Brussels / Belgium 26 Jan 2018

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


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22 Jan 2018

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


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16 Jan 2018

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


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Heidelberg / Germany 05 Dec 2017 07 Dec

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


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Graz / Austria 22 Nov 2017 24 Nov

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


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Lund / Sweden 16 Nov 2017 17 Nov

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


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Kigali / Rwanda 07 Nov 2017 10 Nov

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


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Brussels / Belgium 06 Nov 2017

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


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Vienna / Austria 19 Oct 2017 20 Oct

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


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London / UK 18 Oct 2017

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


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Rotterdam / Netherlands 16 Oct 2017 18 Oct

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


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Prague / Czech Republic 24 Sep 2017 26 Sep

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


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Barcelona / Spain 20 Sep 2017 22 Sep

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


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Stockholm / Sweden 13 Sep 2017 15 Sep

Global Biobank Week “Towards Harmony in Biobanking”

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Egham, Surrey / UK 12 Sep 2017 14 Sep

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


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Leuven / Belgium 31 Aug 2017 01 Sep

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


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Athens / Greece 29 Aug 2017 01 Sep

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


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Leuven / Belgium 28 Aug 2017 30 Aug

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


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01 Aug 2017

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


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Budapest / Hungary 02 Jul 2017 04 Jul

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


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online 27 Jun 2017 27 Jun

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


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Erlangen / Germany 22 Jun 2017 24 Jun

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


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Brussels / Belgium 20 Jun 2017 20 Jun

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


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Brussels / Belgium 19 Jun 2017

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


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Halle (Saale) / Germany 18 Jun 2017 22 Jun

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


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Tartu / Estonia 17 Jun 2017 17 Jun

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


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Tartu / Estonia 15 Jun 2017 16 Jun

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


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London / UK 13 Jun 2017 15 Jun

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


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Brussels / Belgium 07 Jun 2017 07 Jun

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


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Tartu / Estonia 01 Jun 2017 06 Jun

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


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Luxembourg / Luxembourg 31 May 2017 31 May

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


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29 May 2017 29 May

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


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Bordeaux / France 15 May 2017 17 May

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


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Brussels / Belgium 10 May 2017 10 May

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


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Berlin / Germany 03 May 2017

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


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Vienna / Austria 05 Apr 2017

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


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Brussels / Belgium 05 Apr 2017

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


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Lyon / France 04 Apr 2017 06 Apr

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


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Aviano / Italy 03 Apr 2017 05 Apr

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


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Alpbach / Austria 13 Mar 2017 15 Mar

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


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Vienna / Austria 01 Mar 2017 05 Mar

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


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Brussels / Belgium 01 Feb 2017 01 Feb

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


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Graz / Austria 09 Jan 2017 13 Jan

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


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Cape Town / South Africa 12 Dec 2016 14 Dec

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


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Berlin / Germany 06 Dec 2016

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


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Riga / Latvia 28 Nov 2016 02 Dec

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


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Graz / Austria 23 Nov 2016 25 Nov

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


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Vienna / Austria 17 Nov 2016 18 Nov

8TH BBMRI-ERIC ASSEMBLY OF MEMBERS

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London / UK 16 Nov 2016

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


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Lund / Sweden 15 Nov 2016 16 Nov

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


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Lund / Sweden 14 Nov 2016 18 Nov

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


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Uppsala /
Sweden
07 Nov 2016 08 Nov

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


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Webinar 27 Oct 2016

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


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Graz / Austria 18 Oct 2016 19 Oct

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


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Santorini / Greece 03 Oct 2016 05 Oct

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


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Webinar 29 Sep 2016

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


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Vienna / Austria 13 Sep 2016 16 Sep

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


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London / UK 16 Jul 2016

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


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Heidelberg / Germany 05 Jul 2016 07 Jul

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


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London / UK 04 Jul 2016 08 Jul

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


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Warsaw / Poland 21 Jun 2016 22 Jun

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


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Tartu / Estonia 17 Jun 2016 22 Jun

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


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Edinburgh / Scotland 14 Jun 2016

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


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London / UK 13 Jun 2016

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


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Tartu / Estonia 09 Jun 2016 10 Jun

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


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Brussels / Belgium 01 Jun 2016 02 Jun

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


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Brussels / Belgium 31 May 2016

“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


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Vienna / Austria 28 Apr 2016

6TH BBMRI-ERIC ASSEMBLY OF MEMBERS

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Bolzano / Italy 27 Apr 2016 28 Apr

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


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Graz / Austria 22 Apr 2016

LONG NIGHT OF RESEARCH

Click HERE to find information about BBMRI-ERIC´s participation! ...read more


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Stockholm / Sweden 18 Apr 2016 22 Apr

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


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Uppsala / Sweden 04 Apr 2016

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


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Paris / France 03 Mar 2016 04 Mar

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


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Graz / Austria 08 Feb 2016 10 Feb

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


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Leiden / The Netherlands 26 Jan 2016 27 Jan

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


December 20th, 2017

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 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


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


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


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 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 12th, 2019

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


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


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 15th, 2018

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


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


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


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


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


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 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


December 21st, 2017

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


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


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


December 21st, 2017

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


April 4th, 2019

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 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


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


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


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


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


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


December 21st, 2017

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 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


March 22nd, 2018

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


August 24th, 2018

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


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


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


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


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


September 22nd, 2017

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


May 28th, 2018

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


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


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


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


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


September 22nd, 2017

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


October 6th, 2020

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


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


April 3rd, 2018

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


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


November 13th, 2019

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


“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


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


April 4th, 2018

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


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


August 25th, 2018

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


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


January 4th, 2021

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


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 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


September 18th, 2018

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


October 16th, 2019

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


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


August 4th, 2020

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


January 3rd, 2018

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


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


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


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


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


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


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 more


BBMRI-ERIC’s IT and Data Protection Manager Petr Holub is spearheading BBMRI’s involvement in the H2020 project.   ...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


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


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


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


November 20th, 2018

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


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 29th, 2016

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


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


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


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


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 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


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


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


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


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


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


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 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


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 19th, 2016

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

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


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


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 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


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


October 3rd, 2018

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


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


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


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


April 13th, 2018

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


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


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


March 30th, 2017

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


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


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


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


October 5th, 2016

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


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


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


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


April 18th, 2018

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


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


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


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


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