Themed 'Strengthening biobanks and biorepositories: Collaborative approaches for a sustainable future', this year's Europe Biobank Week will take place from 14 to 17 May in Vienna. It is jointly organised by BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium) and ESBB (European, Middle Eastern and African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking).
The full conference programme is available here. Representatives of the German Biobank Node (GBN) and the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) are participating in the EBW programme with numerous presentations, poster contributions and as session chairs.
Presentations:
- D. Brucker (Interdisciplinary Biobank and Database Frankfurt): Educational program for biobank personnel and interested persons
- H. Altmann (BioBank Dresden): Starter kit: a practice-oriented guideline for the establishment and operation of professional biobanks
- V. Huth (GBN): A Decade of Outreach: Communication Strategies tailored to Different Stakeholders - Best Practices of the German Biobank Node
- S. Heiling (Integrated Biobank Jena): Evaluating biobank processes – a proficiency test concept to enhance sample quality
- R. Baber (Leipzig Medical Biobank): From population-based towards healthcare integrated biobanking - the journey of the Leipzig Medical Biobank
- J. Geiger (Interdisciplinary Biobank and Database Würzburg): Advancing Reliability and Trustworthiness of Research Results with the Common Provenance Model for Biological Material and Data
- M. Neumann (Interdisciplinary Biobank and Database Würzburg): A Generic Concept for Biobank Services Reimbursement
- B. Lorenz-Depiereux (Helmholtz Zentrum München): Systematic molecular analyses of the NAPKON cohorts – an overview
Poster:
- N. Nguyen (GBN): GBN Quality Programme: audit findings and their impact
- T. Pfeffer (DZIF Biobank, Heidelberg University Hospital): German Biobank Alliance tissue proficiency test – a sustainable way to assure high quality standards in biobanking
- C. Kaufhold-Weidel (NCT Tissue Bank, Heidelberg): The successful accreditation of the Tissue Bank of the NCT Heidelberg according to DIN EN ISO 20387
- R. Kretschmer: Ensuring sample quality with certified sample containers
- C. Engels (GBN): Aligning Biobanks and Data Integration Centres Efficiently in Germany (ABIDE_MI)
- C. Engels (GBN): The Minimum Information About Biobank Data Sharing (MIABIS) standard
- N. Eklund (BBMRI-ERIC): Development of the new component “Dataset types” for the Minimum Information About Biobank Data Sharing (MIABIS) standard
- J. Geiger (Interdisciplinary Biobank and Database Würzburg): Managing incidental findings at research biobanks
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