Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 09:00 - 10:30
6A: Biobanks as local hubs: Interfaces and facilitators
- Biobanking without borders: Connecting biodiversity, medicine and innovation
This session explores the evolving role of biobanks as dynamic local hubs in biomedical research. Learn how biobanks serve as interfaces between researchers, healthcare providers and communities, facilitating data sharing, sample access and collaboration. Discover strategies to enhance their impact on translational research and innovation ecosystems.
Speakers included in this session:
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Eero Punkka – Biobank as a platform for preventive healthcare and innovation
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Cecilia Engels – Empowering biobanks as local hubs in a national cancer research infrastructure
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Konrad Lang – The BBMRI-ERIC Negotiator: A generic platform for federated data, sample and service access management
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Volodymyr Shekhovtsov – The architecture of the BBMRI.at National Node Biobank Data Communication Platform
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Juditat Kinkorova – Biobanks as local hubs: Interfaces and facilitators – The role of BBMRI.CZ in the Czech Republic
This session will be chaired by Dr. Rocío Aguilar-Quesada and Dr. Giedrė Kvedaravičienė