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4th BBMRI.QM Newsroom
2022-12-13 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/Paris) | Online
“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.
We invite you to our 4th BBMRI.QM Newsroom in 2022, which will be held on: 13 December, 10:00-11:15 a.m. CET via Zoom.
We will welcome two QM experts of our National Nodes and one guest from the Swiss Accreditation Service.
The agenda of each meeting will consist of these 4 items:
1. Q-uick
You get a quick overview of current developments in quality management matters.
2. Q-uiz
You learn about 2 NODES/3 MINUTES/3 SLIDES, packed with information about current Q-activities, presented by members of the BBMRI-ERIC community.
BBMRI.se – Karina Lövstedt (Sweden)
BBMRI.hu – Beáta Bessenyei (Hungary)
3. Q-uest
Join our quest for new information and get exciting insights from behind the quality scenes via our guest speaker – Swiss Accreditation Service: Simon Herren.
4. Q-change
Exchange ideas on quality as we take time for inspiring and innovative discussions about future needs of the biobanking and the biomedical research network.
Registration
PLEASE REGISTER here to receive the Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/dfHtv95c and MAKE USE of the possibility to add the event to your calendar.

Webinar: Visualizing the Complexity of Sex Determination
2022-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Visualizing the Complexity of Sex Determination, with Amanda Montañez
A new installment of the “Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research” webinar series, will take place on Wednesday, November 16th, at 15h (CEST). The title of this webinar is “Visualizing the Complexity of Sex Determination”.
The speaker, Amanda Montañez, describes her session as follows:
At Scientific American, we communicate the latest and most important information about science, health, technology, the environment, and society to the public. We often use information graphics to help illuminate complex ideas that are hard to explain fully through words alone. A few years ago, as part of a special issue on sex and gender, I led the development of a graphic on the spectrum of biological sex, a fascinating topic that I had not seen visualized before and turned out to be even more complex than I had imagined. In this talk I will explain the process of how the graphic was developed, what I learned, and how this project fits into my work as a graphics editor at Scientific American.
Register here: https://cesnet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6lcofwfYRGmDFhOh0LDgoA
You can check the graphic here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyond-xx-and-xy-the-extraordinary-complexity-of-sex-determination/
Pitch Interactive and Amanda Montañez; Source: Research by Amanda Hobbs; Expert review by Amy Wisniewski University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center​

Ethics of AI in Imaging: Ethical and Societal Implications
2022-11-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Speakers: Melanie Goisauf and Mónica Cano Abadía (BBMRI-ERIC)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in medicine are hoped to improve healthcare and to advance health equity. While the technology carries the potential to improve health services, the ethical and societal implications need to be carefully considered to avoid harmful consequences for individuals and groups, especially for the most vulnerable. It is therefore inevitable to identify what types of ethical issues are raised by AI, and to analyse how these issues are tackled in biomedical research. This webinar gives an overview of the results of a comprehensive and systematic review of academic literature as well as workshop outcomes. We will problematise approaches such as ‘trustworthy AI’ and ‘explainable AI’ that shape the ethics discourse on AI. The webinar concludes with a reflection on the topics identified that shape the understanding of ‘Ethics of AI’ and the gaps in the discourse.
Register here: https://cesnet.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u_wq99pSTfm7Ql3PfXdnFQ
This webinar is funded within BIG PICTURE, projects that have received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 945358.

BioTechX Congress 2022 , 8-10 November 2022 - Congress Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2022-11-08 - 2022-11-10 | Basel Congress Center, Messeplatz 21, Basel, 4058, Switzerland
BBMRI-ERIC will be represented at BioTechX – Europe’s largest congress covering diagnostics, precision medicine and digital transformation in pharmaceutical development and healthcare.
BioTechX successfully brings together an amalgamation of genomics, translational medicine, data scientists, IT, bioinformaticians, cheminformaticians, clinicians, healthcare and pharma companies. The event will showcase innovation, demonstrate success and break through the obstacles and barriers to ensure that the innovations in genomics and big data, enter the clinic with speed and efficiency.
2022’s congress will feature 400 speakers and 2,000+ expected attendees.

International Conference on Research Infrastructures - Brno, Czech Republic
2022-10-18 08:00 - 2022-10-21 17:00 | Brno, Czech Republic, Various, Brno, Czech Republic
A major worldwide event providing an opportunity for strategic discussions about international cooperation in research infrastructure. A variety of experts and stakeholders discuss challenges and emerging trends, highlighting the essential role of research infrastructures.
The upcoming ICRI will take place in Brno, Czech Republic from 19-21 October 2022.
BBMRI-ERIC and its National Nodes will be taking part in several events.

18 October, 13:00: Satellite event – Global and European Infrastructures IMPC and INFRAFRONTIER Towards the Deciphering of Gene Functions for Human Health.
European and world-wide research infrastructures provide comprehensive resources regarding gene function in physiology and disease. The infrastructures are used globally to model human biology and disease enabling therapeutic discovery and precision medicine. Jens K. Habermann, Director General of BBMRI-ERIC will be speaking at this event.
Venue: Brno Masaryk University campus. Hybrid event.
19 October, 19:00. Side event – Finding Opportunity among Health Challenges: Allowing the Space for Research Infrastructure Synergies.
This side event will explore case scenarios in the field of health where further synergies among existing distributed RI’s resources at European and national levels as well as outside Europe, can lead to more effective research and resilience. Roman Hrstka, Deputy Director of BBMRI.CZ – Czech Republic – and Marialuisa Lavitrano, Director of BBMRI.IT – Italy – will be speaking at this event.
Venue: Hotel Passage Brno. Hybrid event.
20 October, 09:00. Main programme – Grand Societal Challenges Parallel Sessions.
I. COVID-19 and pandemics of infectious diseases – Nahla Afifi, Director of the Qatar Biobank will be speaking at this event.
Venue: Hotel Passage, Lidická 23, 602 00 Brno

European Biobank Week Roadshow - Paediatric Biobanking and Minor Engagement - Rome, Italy
2022-10-13 09:00 - 2022-10-14 18:00 | Paediatric Bambino Gesù Hospital, Viale Ferdinando Baldelli 38, Rome, 00146, Italy
Paediatric Biobanking and Minor Engagement – an interactive workshop
The second stop of our EBW22 Roadshow will be in Rome (Italy), 13-14 October.
ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC organise this #EBW22 Roadshow stop in partnership with the BBMRI ERIC Stakeholder Forum Patient Pillar, BBMRI.it, the Research Translational (IRCCS) Paediatric Bambino Gesù Hospital, and the paediatric network IDEA.
Paediatric (research) biobanking is a European priority asking for a scientific and Ethical-Legal-Societal-ELS shift within a Responsible Research & Innovation – RRI framework. Accordingly, our critical starting point will be an overall view of European commitment to paediatric research and healthcare and an in-depth exchange on good practices and priorities of various actors to raise awareness, facilitate assent and consenting processes, and improve engagement. Promoting practical solutions, we will address challenges of biobanking with children (earlier, over time, and following up), such as:

How empowering new generations makes better research and a better research experience?
Which tools to use to inform and increase the minor’s understanding?
By whom is the child’s capacity (to understand, to assent) assessed?
How to engage minors and their parents (guardians) over time and recognize them as active research participants?

Booking and further information
See the programme and register via the ESBB website today, seats are limited!
As a practical recommendation: October is the high tourist season in Rome; book in advance – the sooner the better.
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.

You will find the information notice specific to the data processing for the organization of the EBW Roadshow here.

EATRIS-Plus workshop: Building strong partnerships between industry and academia
2022-09-29 08:00 - 2022-09-30 17:00 | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Askerceva 7, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Join us at the EATRIS-Plus workshop on “Building strong partnerships between industry and academia” ! The two-day workshop will take place on 29-30 September 2022 in beautiful Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This EATRIS-Plus workshop on best practices in public-private collaboration has been developed within the framework of EATRIS-Plus H2020 Project, a 4-year flagship initiative in personalised medicine, coordinated by EATRIS ERIC. The workshop is organised by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy (Slovenia), Biocat, Barcelona (Spain) and EATRIS.
The workshop programme will offer wide variety of interesting activities including

Academia-industry collaboration lectures:

11 things you need to know about industry-academia collaboration,
Turning deal breakers into deal makers – the legal perspective,
Commercial stuff you should know: IP, licensing, start-ups, royalties, negotiation and a few other things we can think of
Science and business DO mix! Resolving issues on the way to more and better deals…

Best practices from SMEs, TTOs, and SME and academic consortia;
Group work addressing the challenges in public-private collaboration;
Workshop activity on skills in negotiating a deal;
Social activities such as welcome dinner, Ljubljana tour and post-workshop tour.

Target audience:

Biotech SME-based professionals,
Postdoctoral biomedical researchers,
Young PIs,
Professionals from TTO / Incubators / Industry Liaison,
Other professionals from pharmaceutical industry.

Cost: Participation is free of charge, however participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. EATRIS members may benefit from a travel grant, please get in touch with your national node.
Registration is open, but places are limited to 30 – apply now !

PORT for Health: Oncology 2022 Conference
2022-09-28 - 2022-09-30 | Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, 147 Stabłowicka Street, Wroclaw, 54-066, Poland
PORT Polish Center for Technology Development in Wrocław, Poland, the headquarters of the BBMRI.pl National Node and BBMRI.pl Consortium Leader, invites you to attend the international conference PORT for Health: Oncology.

3rd BBMRI.QM Newsroom 2022
2022-09-27 10:00 - 11:15 | Online
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.
We will welcome three representatives of ISO 20387 accredited biobanks, two QM experts of our National Nodes and two guests from IARC.
Register here to receive the Zoom link and make use of the possibility to add the event to your calendar.
The online meeting will follow the agenda below:
27 September 2022

Q-UICK

BBMRI.QM team, BBMRI-ERIC
Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz (Wroclaw Medical University)
José Antonio López-Guerrero (University of Valencia)
Simone Lapi (Biobank Unit of the University Pisa Hospital)

Q-UIZ

BBMRI.se – Karina Lövstedt (Sweden)
BBMRI.hu – Beáta Bessenyei (Hungary)

Q-UEST

Guests from IARC: Carolina Espina, Florence Le Calvez-Kelm

Q-CHANGE

We look forward to your active participation in the discussion.

BBMRI Expert Centre: 5th International CBmed Biomarker Conference
2022-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 | 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/
