Meet BBMRI.at at the Europe Biobank Week 2021 virtually
Since 2016, BBMRI.at has organized the Europe Biobank Week (EBW), which is the biggest biobanking conference in Europe. It is jointly organised by ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC. This year’s theme is “Biobanking for our Future – Opportunities Unlocked”.
Follow the talks and posters presented by BBMRI.at members at the EBW online from 8 – 11 November 2021. If you missed them, abstracts, posters and presentations are available for download below.
Monday, 8 November 2021
13:00-14:00 A TALE OF TWO BIOBANKS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING DATA IN THE ERA OF REAL-WORLD STUDIES
Christian Gülly, Head of the Center for Medical Research and Biobank Leader, Medical University of Graz and Biobank Graz
16:00-17:00 POSTER SESSION
Pablo Zardoya-Laguardia, Project Manager, Biobank Graz – Medical University of Graz – PO-66 “Biobanking on demand – COVID-19-associated cohorts”
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
16:00-17:00 POSTER SESSION
Chair: Karine Sargsyan, Managing Director for International Biobanking and Education at the Medical University of Graz, Medical University of Graz
Johann Eder, Professor, University of Klagenfurt – PO-54 “Requirements for a Biobank Portal to Communicate with Donors”
10:00-11:15 PATIENT ENGAGEMENT
Ulrike Felt, Professor (University of Vienna) – “If public engagement is the solution, then what is the problem with biobanking?”
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
08:30-09:30 MULTI-NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAMPLE SEARCH PLATFORMS
Kurt Zatloukal, Professor, Medical University of Graz – “Trusted Research Environments, how they support data and sample sharing”
08:30-09:30 WORKSHOP – MEET THE PATIENT ADVOCATES
Johannes Haybäck, Professor, Medical University of Innsbruck
10:00-11:15 SOLUTIONS, EFFECTIVE DATA STORAGE, PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS 1
Johann Eder, Professor, University of Klagenfurt – “Selection of Collections Based on Available Data and Their Quality”
14:15-15:30 BIOBANKING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. ANIMAL BIOBANKING AND SPECIES PRESERVATION
Chair: Ingrid Walter, Professor, Biobank Manager, University of Veterinary Medicine (CV)
“A Workable Regulatory Framework for Multicentre and Multinational Biobank-based Research: Where are we in 2021”
By BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Task Force REC
“Patients and their active role in COVID-19 research”
By Veronika Perz, Sabrina Kral, Christian Gülly
“Trusted data environment for biobanks and other shareholders including patients”
By Werner Strasser, C. Pacher, Kurt Zatloukal and T. Lorünser