BBMRI-ERIC

BBMRI Expert Centre: 5th International CBmed Biomarker Conference
2022-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online
“Towards applied precision medicine”

BBMRI Expert Centre, CBmed, will hold the 5th International CBmed Biomarker Conference on Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 as a Webmeeting.
The Conference will focus on the latest developments towards precision medicine.
Within the sessions, results and data from drug screening, novel clinical trials, microbiome research and micro plastics in human health will be presented and discussed.
Full agenda available here.
Join the Team meeting at 9am here.

Europe Biobank Week Roadshow - On the Road to High Quality - With Biobanks in the Fast Lane - University of Regensburg, Germany
2022-09-19 09:00 - 2022-09-20 18:00 | University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, Regensburg, 93053, Germany
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 Week Roadshow Meeting & Exhibit held at the University of Regensburg, Germany, 19 -20 September 2022. This #EBW22 Roadshow meeting is organized by ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC in partnership with the University of Regensburg, the “1. Bavarian Biobank Day” and the BRoTHER Summer School. The Meeting kicks off with a keynote by Carolyn Compton (US) followed by these sessions:

The Bumpy Road to Accreditation
Roadmap to Quality – A Guide to Reach the Aim of Accreditation
Data Quality – More Than a Trailer
Quality as a Driver for Biobank Innovations.

The event is framed by the first meeting of the Bavarian Biobank Network on the morning of the first day and hands-on training by the BRoTHER Summer School in the afternoon of the second day. Enjoy the programme, meet and discuss with your peers at poster sessions and the networking event and exchange with companies at the exhibition. As a member of ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC you benefit from a reduced registration fee!
All oral presentations are given by selected speakers only. However, submission of poster abstracts is very welcome. During the registration process you will be asked if you would like to submit a poster abstract. If you are interested, please have the author information and the poster abstract (250 words) ready for submission when registering!
Booking and further information
See the programme and register via the ESBB website today, seats are limited!
You will find the information notice specific to the data processing for the organization of the EBW Roadshow here.
Please also find our privacy statements here: ESBB, BBMRI-ERIC. For more information on the Eventbrite Privacy Statement click here.

Biobanking in Microbiome Research
2022-09-15 10:00 - 17:30 | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, CRC Core Facility, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 15, Hanover, 30625, Germany
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear colleagues,
Billions of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses colonise the body and influence human health. The so-called microbiome is not only found in the intestine, microorganisms are also found in the mouth, in the lungs or on the skin. Comparing the number of human body cells with the number of microbes, the small organisms are clearly in the majority.
In recent years, the microbiome has increasingly become the focus of research, sometimes even referred to as “microbiomania”. With the help of metagenomics, scientists today record exactly how many of the different species are found in biosamples.
During the workshop “Biobanking in Microbiome Research” held by the German Biobank Node (GBN), medical researchers and biobank representatives will talk about current findings and trends from science as well as biobanking challenges in this context.
The aim of the workshop is to strengthen the exchange between research and biobanking and thus create optimal conditions for meaningful research results.
We look forward to welcoming you in Hanover.
Sincerely yours,
the Programme Committee
Dr. Gabriele Anton, Prof. Dr. Thomas Illig,
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lieb and Dr. Cornelia Specht

Note: Participation is free of charge (number of participants limited to 80 persons). Please register for the workshop by 1 September 2022 at the latest: https://bit.ly/2I2R9tM

Integromed Conference and ICG-17 Event
2022-09-07 - 2022-09-09 | Park Inn by Radisson, Riga, Park Inn by Radisson, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre invites you to virtually attend the INTEGROMED project conference that is happening together with the ICG-17 event from 7th to 9th September! The conference includes sessions about the microbiome, multi-omics, precision medicine, biobanking, and more! The full agenda and application form can be found here: https://integromed.net/events/integromed-conference-8-9-september-riga/

Nordic Biobank Conference – “Current trends and challenges in the Nordic countries”
2022-09-06 - 2022-09-08 | Svenska Mässan, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in Gothenburg, Mässans Gata/Korsvägen, Gothenburg, Sweden
The 1st Nordic Biobank Conference is a unique opportunity to meet representatives in the area of human biobanking as well as other scientific experts from healthcare, academia, and industry! Come and listen to the latest news and current trends in human biobanking, while networking with professional colleagues.
The conference is jointly organized by the Nordic countries, comprised of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

GeneForum 2022
2022-09-02 - 2022-09-03 | Tartu, Estonia
About

The Institute of Genomics of the University of Tartu and Gene Center cordially invites you to The 21st International Gene Forum 2022 on September 2-3, 2022. After two years not being able to organize a traditional conference, we are glad to announce that this year we organizing a hybrid meeting at the Estonian National Museum.

An annual international high-level scientific conference on genetics and genomics, the major event in Baltics, provides an excellent opportunity to establish and renew contacts in the region.
Read more…

ERIC Forum ESOF2022: Virtual Session on 'Research Infrastructures’
2022-07-15 15:45 - 17:00
BBMRI-ERIC Director General Jens Habermann and our partners at ESBB are looking forward to describing how ERICs are contributing to the SDGs and how biobanks are supporting sustainability at this virtual session on
?Friday 15th, 15:45 CEST
You can still register and join us online:
https://events.elevent.ly/esof/enterevent
?See you in Virtual Room 1.
More info about the session here >>http://bit.ly/3HAgsl7

ISIDORe Information Webinar
2022-07-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The ISIDORe coordination team is launching the first in a series of webinars to provide information about ISIDORe initiative, its open calls for proposals dedicated to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and Monkeypox virus, and how to apply to services.
The first webinar will be held on 12th July 2022, 10:00-11:30 AM CEST.
Please register here for the event if relevant, and disseminate the information through your communication channels. You can find more information on the webinar on the ISIDORe website.

Webinar: Advancing Research on Epidemic-Prone Diseases
2022-07-12 10:00
The ISIDORe consortium has recently launched its first call to support research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. It provides free of charge access to more than 300 services from ISIDORe’s integrated portfolio of cutting-edge research services dedicated to epidemic-prone disease research.
It will follow in coming weeks with a new access call dedicated to the Monkeypox virus.
Read more…

Radboud Summer School: Towards Individualized Care: Sex & Gender Perspectives in Health
2022-07-11 - 2022-07-15 | Radboud Summer School, Houtlaan 4, Nijmegen, 6525 XZ, Netherlands
Research is increasingly showing the impact of sex and gender on health and care. Ignoring sex and gender can lead to reduced access to healthcare, delayed and overall suboptimal treatment and worse population health. Sex and gender impact basic research, clinical practice and public health.
This course is a full immersion interdisciplinary experience in sex- and gender-sensitive health.
Date: 11 – 15 July 2022
Early bird fee: €450 or €375 (deadline 1 April 2022)
Regular fee: €500
Application deadline: 1 June 2022
Course Leader
Sabine Oertelt-PrigioneProfessor (Strategic Chair) of Gender in Primary and Transmural CareDepartment of Primary and Community CareRadboudumc
Learning Outcomes
After this course you are able to:

Understand the concepts of sex and gender and their impact on health.
Identify how sex and gender affect your own research/health care practice.
Apply concepts of sex and gender analysis to health (care) problems.>
Critically reflect on your role as a professional towards sex and gender sensitive healthcare.

Level of participant

Master
PhD
Post-doc
Professional

Read more and apply here: https://www.ru.nl/radboudsummerschool/courses/2022/towards-individualized-care-sex-gender/

AI 4 IMAGING: Radiomics, Deep Learning and Synthetic Data - A Hands-on Course
2022-06-29 - 2022-07-02 | Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht, 6229 EP, Netherlands

ConcePTION European Breast Milk Collection: Supporting research on medicine safety in breastfeeding
2022-05-24 14:00 - 15:00
Join our webinar presenting the ConcePTION European Breast Milk Collection. The Collection is supported by both public and private partners, including the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure, BBMRI-ERIC.

Launch of EU-AMRI
2022-04-05 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
The medical research infrastructures BBMRI, EATRIS and ECRIN have formed an alliance to facilitate the effective and efficient use of scientific services, expertise and tools by academia and industry for the seamless translation of their scientific discoveries into new treatments and solutions for patients. The end goal of EU-AMRI, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, is to make it easier for the broader research community to achieve their goals by delivering scientific services with the highest standards of quality and reproducibility.
On the morning of 5 April 2022 (10:00 – 12:30 CET), EU-AMRI will be formally launched in Brussels. The official launch is a hybrid event, hosted by Vivienne Parry, and can be attended online for free.
The EU-AMRI Launch programme includes a key note from Prof. Walter Ricciardi, former Chair of the Cancer Mission Board, followed by a presentation of EU-AMRI, and is closed by a round-table discussion with important stakeholders for the future of the EU-AMRI Alliance.
Link to the EU-AMRI Launch agenda.

BBMRI.QM Newsroom Continues in 2022
2022-03-29 10:00 - 11:15 | Online
The 1st BBMRI QM Newsroom will take place 29 March from 10:00 to 11:15 am. We will welcome four speakers and guests and take time to discuss quality-related issues in biobanking, biomedical research and development that arise in the community.
The online meeting will follow the agenda below:
Q-UICK

BBMRI.QM team, BBMRI-ERIC

Q-UIZ

BBMRI.no – Anne Jorunn Vikdal, Project Coordinator (Hunt Biobank, Norway)
BBMRI.fi – Aulikki Santavuori, Quality Manager (Auria Biobank, Finland)
BBMRI.cz – Jana Gottwaldova, Quality Manager (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Czech Republic)

Q-UEST

Guest: Martin Golebiewski, ISO/TC 276 – WG5 Convener

Q-CHANGE
We look forward to your active participation in the discussion.

About BBMRI.QM Newsroom
“Get insights from the outside” – that is the motto for the consultation hours on quality-related topics in the field of biobanking and biomedical research and development. Sessions include an overview of current developments in quality management, information about National Nodes (3 Nodes, 3 minutes, 3 slides), a guest speaker, and exchange of ideas. Find more information here.

EOSC-Life 3rd Annual General Meeting
2022-03-22 - 2022-03-23
The EOSC-Life project will present the results and achievements from all the work packages at the three-year point of the project at the 3rd AGM.
The first day is intended as an internal meeting for the consortium only. The second day is open for participants from other clusters or stakeholders and will end with a panel discussion.
Draft Agenda: available here
Online platform: Zoom (dial in details see Draft Agenda and confirmation email)
Contacts:
Programme: Friederike Schmidt-Tremmel friederike.schmidt-tremmel@elixir-europe.org
Registration: Dana Cernoskova dana@scientifika.eu
Register via Eventscase here by 18 Feb 2022.
**Note: May we ask you to please confirm your attendance before the 18 of February 2022. We are not asking you to decide now if you are going to join the face-to face meeting or online but we would ask you to please indicate your preference. You will be able to change that until the 18 of February at which point we will need to inform the hotel about numbers.

For face-to face participants:

Venue: NHOW Brussels Bloom hotel. Rue Royale 250, 1210 Bruxelles
The Accommodation booking:
To reserve the accommodation in the NHOW hotel Brussels Bloom, please fill in the registration; more instructions will be provided in the confirmation email.
Price for a single room is 140 EUR per person, including buffet breakfast and VAT.
The price does not include city tax.

For Virtual participants a Zoom link will be available in the agenda closer to the meeting.

Webinar: EU support to gender equality in research and innovation
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Speaker: Jeanne Lenders, Policy Officer for Gender Equality (European Commission)
What is the EU doing to support gender equality in research and innovation, and why is it important? We invite you to the new installment of the “ELSI Dialogues on Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research” webinar series. This talk will provide an overview of the strengthened provisions for gender equality in Horizon Europe, explaining how gender equality plans can become a game changer for structural change at research organizations, and why integrating the gender dimension in research proposals matters.
The webinar will look into the European Commission’s policy background, results from the latest She Figures 2021 report, as well as some practical resources for strengthening gender equality at institutional and research level.
The webinar is organized by the ELSI Services & Research unit of BBMRI-ERIC and is open to the public, but is of particular interest to our National Nodes, fellow research infrastructures and project partners.

You can find the recording here.

Virtual Round Table #4: Quality – What’s missing when things don’t work as they should?
2022-02-16 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
“Get to know the European and Chinese landscape in Personalised Medicine-biobanking with special focus on the common intersections data/Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI)/quality” – that is the credo for the 4 upcoming Virtual Round Tables!

What should you expect? Our VRTs will present the European and Chinese perspective/challenges and future trends of four very important thematic for Personalised Medicine. These presentations will be linked to the activities of the IC2PerMed’s working groups, followed by an interactive question and answer session.
VRT#4: Quality – What’s missing when things don’t work as they should?
Wednesday 16. February 2022
From 9h to 10h30 CET

UK Biobank Showcase
2022-02-08 - 2022-02-10
Save the date for the UK’s biggest biobanking event of the year. More details to come.

Virtual Organizational Tour and Workshop for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers with ARQUS Alliance
2022-02-01 13:00 - 17:00 | Online
In order to give doctoral and postdoctoral researchers a glimpse of career opportunities outside academia, the University of Graz is offering a virtual organizational visit and a workshop for doctoral and postdoctoral students in biomedical research careers at BBMRI-ERIC. This activity is organized within the Arqus Alliance actions for PhD employment support.

**Note: We have extended this workshop to the general public – anyone interested is welcome to register! Pre-registration is requested at the email address below**

The call is open for early-stage researchers of all Arqus universities. The virtual visit could be relevant for researchers from the fields of bioethics, ethics, law, social sciences, IT, biobanking, pathology, genomics, bioinformatics and quality management and policy, among others.
Date: Tuesday, 1st February 2022, from 13:00 to 17:00 (CET).
Programme:
– Organization tour (13:00 – 15:15): Presentations from the following units: Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI); Quality Management; IT; Biobanking Development; Outreach, Education & Communications; Public Affairs.
– Break (15:15 – 15:30).
– Workshop Breakout rooms (15:30-16:30): We’ll present issues arising in the organization and discuss how to solve them using a multidisciplinary approach.
– Discussion (16:30 ): Plenary discussion of workshop issues, wrap-up and feedback.
*Attendees based in Graz are invited to our office for a coffee at a later date this spring, COVID-permitting!
Registration:
Register via email to doctoral-academy@uni-graz.at until 31 January 2022. A short CV (max. 1 page) needs to be submitted at the time of application for the sole purpose of tailoring our workshop to our participants. The link to the virtual platform will be sent upon registration.

Virtual Round Table #3: ELSI -- Four Letters - Do They Matter?
2022-01-19 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
“Get to know the European and Chinese landscape in Personalised Medicine-biobanking with special focus on the common intersections data/Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI)/quality” – that is the credo for the 4 upcoming Virtual Round Tables!

What should you expect? Our VRTs will present the European and Chinese perspective/challenges and future trends of four very important thematic for Personalised Medicine. These presentations will be linked to the activities of the IC2PerMed’s working groups, followed by an interactive question and answer session.

VRT#3: ELSI – Four letters – do they matter?
Wednesday 19. January 2022
From 9h to 10h30 CET

RI-VIS Final Meeting
2022-01-17 10:00 - 18:00 | Online
In this one-day online event you can find out about key outputs of the project and how you can benefit from them. Hear from our work package leaders who have managed the project, from International Symposia and Whitepapers to ARIS Sitebuilder and the Communications Toolkit. In addition, the meeting will cover a range of kickstarter projects, a panel discussion and social networking session!
Register here: https://ri-vis.eu/events/ri-vis-final-meeting/

4th BBMRI.QM Newsroom
2021-12-14 10:00 - 11:15 | Online
Join BBMRI.QM, our Quality Management team, for the 4th installation in our Newsroom series.

About BBMRI.QM Newsroom
“Get insights from the outside” – that is the motto for the consultation hours on quality-related topics in the field of biobanking and biomedical research and development. Sessions include an overview of current developments in quality management, information about National Nodes (3 Nodes, 3 minutes, 3 slides), a guest speaker, and exchange of ideas. Find more information here.

EBRAINS Workshop: The Future of Medical Data Sharing in Clinical Neurosciences
2021-12-09 14:00 - 2021-12-11 12:15 | Online
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 Clinical Neurosciences. This event aims at exposing and openly discussing all issues and challenges associated with data sharing in Europe, from ethics to data safety and privacy, including those specific to data federation, such as the development and validation of federated algorithms. We propose a platform to disclose the preliminary results of these use-cases, four brainstorming sessions involving EAN Scientific Panels, demonstrations and a hands-on session, which will highlight important aspects and issues of medical data sharing and offer participants the possibility to understand how to use the MIP for their own applications.
More information here.
Registration deadline: 25 November 2021
Registration is free but mandatory.

GDPR Summit on Health Data Protection
2021-12-09 09:30 - 17:00 | Online
BBMRI-ERIC’s Head of ELSI Services & Research Michaela Th. Mayrhofer will be speaking on a panel entitled “Healthcare Research and its Codes of Conduct: Where Do We Stand?” from 4-5 pm CET at this summit on health data protection.
See the full agenda here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rt78dhkc3hibqjh/GDPR%20SUMMIT%202021%20BX_Agenda.pdf?dl=0

The hybrid event will take place in person in Brussels and online.
Register here: https://www.clinical-gdpr-summit.com/events/gdpr-summit-2021-brussels

BBMRI.pl 4th National Biobanking Conference
2021-12-06 09:00 - 2021-12-07 15:15 | Online
The Polish National Node invites you to a 2-day program reflecting on 5 years of membership in BBMRI-ERIC and sharing achievements and challenges in the Polish biobanking scene. The theme of this year’s conference is “BBMRI.pl and BBMRI-ERIC: Partnership for Science”.
View the conference program here: https://dev2.bbmri-eric.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021_12_06_BBMRI.pl-conference-programme.pdf
Register here: https://port.org.pl/iv-konferencja-biobankow-polskich/ (link in Polish)

Virtual Round Table 2: Data – It’s all about data, isn’t it?
2021-12-01 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
“Get to know the European and Chinese landscape in Personalised Medicine-biobanking with special focus on the common intersections data/Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI)/quality” – that is the credo for the 4 upcoming Virtual Round Tables!

What should you expect? Our VRTs will present the European and Chinese perspective/challenges and future trends of four very important thematic for Personalised Medicine. These presentations will be linked to the activities of the IC2PerMed’s working groups, followed by an interactive question and answer session.
VRT#2: Data – It’s all about data, isn’t it?
Wednesday 1. December 2021
From 9h to 10h30 CET

“Gendered Innovations”: The Importance of Gender in Biomedical Research
2021-11-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join BBMRI-ERIC for an exciting 2-hour webinar on gender in biomedical research, featuring two outstanding speakers.
Part 1) Gendered Innovations in Biomedicine
Londa Schiebinger
John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science
Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment
Stanford University
How can we harness the creative power of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis for discovery and innovation? This talk will discuss this type of analysis in cells, animal, and human research. To match the global reach of science and technology, Gendered Innovations was developed through a collaboration of over 200 experts from across the United States, Europe, Canada, and Asia. Major funders include the European Commission, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and Stanford University.
For background, see the following publications:

AI can be Sexist and Racist—It’s Time to Make it Fair Nature, 559.7714 (2018), 324-326;
Sex and Gender Analysis Improves Science and Engineering Nature, 575.7781 (2019), 137-146;
Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation (Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020), and
Ensuring that Biomedical AI Benefits Diverse Populations eBioMedicine, 103358 (2021).

For late-breaking news on research in this area, join the Gendered Innovations listserv.

Part 2) Practical considerations for the operationalization of sex- and gender-sensitive research in biomedicine
Sabine Oertelt-Prigione
Chair of gender in primary and transmural care at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Professor of sex- and gender-sensitive medicine at the University of Bielefeld, Germany
Once researchers decide to focus on sex and gender in their work, the next question is: how do you do it? What do you have to consider and how do you start? In this talk we will explore more in depth how sex and gender are currently operationalized in biomedicine. What should be measured during the experiments and what should be reported in the following scientific publication. Using several examples from different biomedical fields, we will explore practices and formulate recommendations.
Watch the recording here.
For more about ethical, legal and societal issues in biomedical research, visit BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Services & Research.

Sino-European Health Collaboration Week
2021-11-29 - 2021-12-03 | Online
The Sino-European projects, SENET and IC2PerMed, are jointly organising the Sino-European Health Collaboration week comprising a set of webinars aiming at:

Raising awareness about the opportunities of Sino-European health collaboration,
Supporting the “matching” and direct collaboration of R&D&I experts,
Enhancing collaborations and finding synergies with other projects, initiatives and organisations dedicated to the collaboration with China in the area of Health and/or Personalised Medicine.

We therefore team up with projects and initiatives such as EURAXESS, ENRICH in China, IDIH and others to target R&D&I stakeholders, intermediaries and policy makers interested in EU-China collaboration in the week from November 29th to December 3rd.

International Conference on Biosamples and Biodata in Medical Research - ELSI Challenges
2021-11-24 11:00 - 2021-11-26 15:30 | Online
Biosamples and biodata are crucial for current medical research and the development of personalized medicine. Biological material and associated data are an integral part of the scientific process in population studies, research on specific diseases, development of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools. They have also become a key element in Covid-19 research. However, collection, storage, use and transfer of biosamples and biodata induce numerous ethical, legal and social challenges. This is especially true for human samples and data. Non-human (microbiological, animal) samples and data are also worth considering because they are playing an increasingly important role in medical research. The aim of the conference is an interdisciplinary reflection on regulatory, normative and axiological problems related to biosamples and biodata as well as searching for best practices that respect human dignity, fundamental rights, legal norms, social expectations and cultural beliefs in management of biosamples and biodata. The conference is planned to fill the gap between different perspectives on samples and data. Therefore, we invite specialists from medical, humanities and social areas, as well as representatives of research institutes, administrative entities, patient organizations and other stakeholders.
Read more and register here: BioData 2021

IC2PerMed : Launch of the Virtual Round Tables (VRTs) !
2021-11-17 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
“Get to know the European and Chinese landscape in Personalised Medicine-biobanking with special focus on the common intersections data/Ethical, Legal and Societal Issues (ELSI)/quality” – that is the credo for the 4 upcoming Virtual Round Tables!

What should you expect? Our VRTs will present the European and Chinese perspective/challenges and future trends of four very important thematic for Personalised Medicine. These presentations will be linked to the activities of the IC2PerMed’s working groups, followed by an interactive question and answer session.
Follow the links below to register to each of the sessions:
VRT#1: Biobanking – How does biobanking contribute to personalized medicine?
Wednesday 17. November 2021
From 9h to 10h30 CET
VRT#2: Data – It’s all about data, isn’t it?
Wednesday 1. December 2021
From 9h to 10h30 CET
VRT#3: ELSI – Four letters – do they matter?
Wednesday 19. January 2022
From 9h to 10h30 CET
VRT#4: Quality – What’s missing when things don’t work as they should?
Wednesday 16. February 2022
From 9h to 10h30 CET
