BBMRI.at brings Austrian biobanking expertise to the Europe Biobank Week 2026 (EBW26) in Prague
The Europe Biobank Week 2026 successfully took place from May 19 to 22 in Prague, Czech Republic. BBMRI.at contributed actively and highlighted the strength and active role of the Austrian biobanking community.
Europe’s leading biobank conference
More than 760 participants from 49 European and non-European countries took part in this year’s EBW. Europe’s largest biobanking conference is jointly organized by the European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB) and BBMRI-ERIC.
Strong Austrian participation and international exchange
All BBMRI.at partner institutions were represented at EBW26. The conference provided an important platform for exchange, networking, and showcasing the expertise of the Austrian biobanking community and the BBMRI.at National Node in areas such as human and non-human microbiome biobanking and research in One Health, data infrastructure, biobanking on demand, green biobanking and sustainability, sample management, biobanking of patient-derived tumour cell models, cybersecurity, and veterinary biobanking for comparative medicine.
BBMRI.at contributions:
Preconference Workshop: Microbiome Biobanking in a One Health Framework
- Stumptner C; Portier P; Kostic C: Workshop Title: Microbiome Biobanking in a One Health Framework: Bridging Silos Across Domains
- Workshop Presentation Stumptner C: How to tackle standardization issues in the microbiome field
- View presentation and workshop editorial
Oral presentations:
- Gorkiewicz G: The “FMT in UC” microbe and host biorepository
- View presentation and abstract
- Shekhovtsov V; Göbel G: The architecture of the BBMRI.at National Node Biobank Data Communication Platform
- View presentation and abstract
- Rinner B; Vejzovic D; Karner C; El-Mahrouk M; Kniepeiss D; Skok K; Tóth M; Sarocchi F; Leoni M; Viertler C; Godschachner T; Aigelsreiter A; Liegl-Atzwanger B: From Pathology to Precision Oncology: Patient-Derived Tumour and Normal Tissue Models as a Translational Interface
- View presentation and abstract
- Perz V; Blohs M; Kral S; Papic L; Regitnig P; Berghold A; Schlemmer A; Meindl C; Valjan M: Flexibility in Biobanking: Balancing Collections on Demand and Retrospective Use
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- Mucher P; Bayer M; Flieder I; Humer G; Hou L; Koll A; Radakovics A; Ristic N; Hofer P; Perkmann T; Wagner O; Haslacher H: Time to First Use of Biobank Samples: A Retrospective Analysis of Collection Types and Sample Materials in a Hospital-Based Biobank
- View presentation and abstract
- Ortner P; Zatloukal K; Langthaler S; Platzer D; Holub P; Fürbass A; Lavitrano M; Fragnito D; Malatras A: A Cryptographic Framework for Secure Biobank Data Collaboration
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- Kral S; Perz V; Haslacher H; Mucher P; Hofer P; Hsu J; Walter I; Wieser M; Gruber F; Ivek E; Neff P; Stumptner C; Abdulghani S; Valjan M: Learnings from the Green Biobanking Survey of BBMRI.at Biobanks
- View presentation and abstract
Posters:
- Stumptner C; Kostic T: Lessons from the human microbiome field: Pre-analytical variables for reliable non-human biobanking and research
- Stargardt M; Kummer S; Burger S; Wieser M; Walter I: Comparative medicine: Bridging species
- Almeida C; Forgó N; Henne T; Marquez R: Cybersecurity in Biobanking: the legal framework protecting and securing data
- Tauscher P; Plattner K; Strahlhofer-Augsten M, Valjan M: BLACKOUT – Preparing for the Unexpected
