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BBMRI-ERIC is a pan-European infrastructure of national biobank networks.The abbreviation BBMRI-ERIC stands for “Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium”. Here, GBN represents the interests of German biobanks.

     

    BBMRI-ERIC is building a pan-European biobank research infrastructure to facilitate access to biospecimens and associated data as research ressources and to support high-quality biomedical research. BBMRI-ERIC is funded by the participating member states and their national biobank nodes. The German Biobank Node (GBN) represents the interests of the German biobanks in this pan-European network.

    BBMRI-ERIC currently comprises 20 member states and five observers and is hence one of the largest research infrastructures in Europe.

    Members: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia and Switzerland.

    Observers: Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Qatar, Turkey, IARC/WHO

    ISBER 2025 Annual Meeting

    ISBER 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibits
    Northern Lights: Impact of the Global Biobanking Spectrum
    12.-16. Mai 2025
    Hotel Bonaventure Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    ISBER is pleased to welcome the global community of biobankers to Montreal, Canada on May 12-16, 2025. This year, ISBER celebrated its 25th anniversary as the leading global forum for biobanking leadership. As we look to 2025 and beyond, we are ready to explore the profound impact biobanking has had across research, academia, industry, and society. Just as the Northern Lights illuminate the sky over Montreal, successful biobanking illuminates our understanding of the human and environmental condition through a spectrum of expertise and collaboration. Join with the international biobanking community as we reveal how successful global biobanking continues to shape the scientific and research landscape.

    More information can be found here.

    ISBER 2025 Annual Meeting

    ISBER 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibits
    Northern Lights: Impact of the Global Biobanking Spectrum
    12.-16. Mai 2025
    Hotel Bonaventure Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    ISBER is pleased to welcome the global community of biobankers to Montreal, Canada on May 12-16, 2025. This year, ISBER celebrated its 25th anniversary as the leading global forum for biobanking leadership. As we look to 2025 and beyond, we are ready to explore the profound impact biobanking has had across research, academia, industry, and society. Just as the Northern Lights illuminate the sky over Montreal, successful biobanking illuminates our understanding of the human and environmental condition through a spectrum of expertise and collaboration. Join with the international biobanking community as we reveal how successful global biobanking continues to shape the scientific and research landscape.

    More information can be found here.

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