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 more than 50 biobank IT experts from 19 different countries, the event was all about implementing, using and maintaining open-source software tools for biobankers.

The online platform BiBBoX, short for Basic Infrastructure Building Box, currently provides more than 40 different open-source software tools for biobanks free of charge, which is particularly useful for small and new biobanks. Several African biobanks are using the tools, while biobanks in European biobanks continue to evaluate them. Read more…

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