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Networked IT infrastructure for multicentre sample collections.

GBN’s IT network links biobanks and facilitates the search for human biosamples and associated data across multiple locations.

A biosample collection’s value to science increases with the availability of comprehensive, quality-assured and comparable data. Hence GBN and the German Biobank Alliance (GBA) have established an IT network that connects biobanks both within the consortium as well as with international biobank infrastructures such as BBMRI-ERIC.

The IT infrastructure forms the technical basis for the Sample Locator search tool that allows researchers to search for biosamples and associated data across all biobanks. Together with the Directory (a central registry of biobanks), the Sample Locator helps biobanks to boost their visibility and provides decisive support during biomedical research.

IT activities and offers:

  • Sample Locator search tool to locate biosamples and associated data across multiple biobanks
  • Directory: central registry of biobanks in Europe
  • Close cooperation within other national research initiatives as well as with BBMRI-ERIC on the European level

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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