Courses & Educational Events

BBMRI.at, its partners and BBMRI-ERIC offer various courses, workshops and other educational events (live or recorded).

Since sample quality is a major prerquisite for reproducible research and in vitro diagnostics, BBMRI offers education on pre-analytical sample handling according to the state-of-the-art and ISO standards and on sample/data quality.

Another focus is education on biobanking with courses on how to build and how to operate biobanks and a Master of Biobanking at Med Uni Graz.

(1) Upcoming educational activities -> read our "News" to the right

(2) e-education / training

View videos and webinars with BBMRI.at contribution on pre-analytical sample handling, ISO and CEN standard, and the relevance for in vitro diagnostics and research:

VIDEOS to get an overview:

• Dr. Uwe Oelmüller, "Neue Standards für die Präanalytik" >>

• Personalized Medicine: SPIDIA4P Talk with Dr. Uwe Oelmueller "Enhance the reliability of diagnostics with the support of standards" >> (from Med Uni Graz/BBMRI.at course "CEN and ISO Standards for Pre-analytical Processes")

• Prof. Kurt Zatloukal, "Relevanz von Standards in der Diagnostik" >> from ("LISAvienna Regulatory Konferenz für Medizinprodukte und In-vitro Diagnostik" co-organized by BBMRI.at)

• Dr. Uwe Oelmüller, "Präanalytische ISO und CEN Standards" >> (from "LISAvienna Regulatory Konferenz für Medizinprodukte und In-vitro Diagnostik" co-organized by BBMRI.at)

WEBINARS providing practical details:

• Training series about molecular in vitro diagnostic examinations – specifications for pre-examination processes Recordings of training series >>

Uwe Oelmueller,
Frozen tissue, FFPE tissue venous whole blood for RNA & Proteins & DNA & ccfDNA
Chapter 1-4: Scope, normative references, terms and definitions, general considerations

Peter Riegman
Standards: Frozen tissue - Isolated RNA, ISO 20184-1; Isolated proteins, ISO 20184-2
Chapter: 5.1 – 5.2 Specimen collection and transport

Kurt Zatloukal, Peter Riegman
Standards: Frozen tissue,- Isolated RNA, ISO 20184-1; Isolated proteins, ISO 20184-2
Chapter: 6.1 – 6.3.2 Specimen reception, evaluation of pathology, sample selection, freezing

Cornelia Stumptner, Andrea Wutte
Standards: Frozen tissue - solated RNA, ISO 20184-1; Isolated proteins, ISO 20184-2
Chapter: 6.3.3 – 6.4 Specimen freezing and storage

Peter Riegman
Standards: Frozen tissue - Isolated RNA, ISO 20184-1;
Chapter: 6.5 – 6.7 RNA isolation, quantitiy/quality, storage

Peter Riegman
Standards:  Frozen tissue - Isolated proteins, ISO 20184-2
Chapter: 6.5 – 6.7 Protein isolation, quantity/quality, storage

Karl-Friedrich Becker
Standards: FFPE tissue - Isolated RNA, ISO 20166-1;
Isolated proteins, ISO 20166-2; Isolated DNA, ISO 20166-3
Chapter: 5.1 – 5.2 Specimen collection and transport

Cornelia Stumptner, Daniel Grölz
Standards: FFPE tissue - Isolated DNA, ISO 20166-3
Chapter: 6.6 – 6.10 Tissue processing, paraffin embedding, DNA isolation, quantitiy/quality, storage

Stefania Gelmini
Standards: Venous whole blood - Isolated cellular RNA, ISO 20186-1;  Isolated genomic DNA, ISO 20186-2; Isolated circulating cell free DNA from plasma, ISO 20186-3
Chapter: 5.1 – 5.2 Specimen collection and transport

Stefania Gelmini
Standards: Venous whole blood - Isolated genomic DNA
Chapter: 6.1 – 6.5 Specimen reception, storage, DNA isolation, quantitiy/quality, storage

Kalle Guenther
Standards: Venous whole blood - Isolated cellular RNA, ISO 20186-1;
Chapter: 6.1 – 6.5 Specimen reception, storage, RNA isolation, quantitiy/quality, storage

Pamela Pinzani
Standards: Venous whole blood - Isolated circulating cell free DNA from plasma, ISO 20186-3
Chapter: 6.1 – 6.7 Specimen reception, plasma preparation, storage, ccf DNA isolation, quantitiy/quality, storage

• Training series about the biobanking standard ISO 20387:2018 Recordings of training serie>>