Europe biobank week 2026

Europe Biobank Week 2026

19 – 22 May 2026 | Prague, Czech Republic

Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 09:00 - 10:30

6C: Ensuring excellence: Elevating data quality in biobanking

Location:Chamber HallTrack:Parallel session III
  • Fit-for-purpose biobanking: Enhancing sample quality from collection to analysis

This session explores advanced methods for assessing and improving the quality of biobank data. Participants will learn about frameworks for data capture, quality metrics and metadata that ensure scientific reliability. Through examples and new tools, attendees will gain practical insights to prevent errors, enhance reproducibility and drive impactful data-driven medical research.

Speakers included in this session:

  • Highlight Speaker: Carmen Ortega-SabaterBuilding an interoperable brain metastasis data infrastructure: The RENACER Network Experience

  • Aisha Al-KhinjiA reproducible framework for creating validated health indicators from Middle Eastern biobank data

  • Julian DörenbergFrom samples to data: A proficiency test concept for data quality in biobanking networks

This session will be chaired by Dr. Teresa Escámez Martinez and Prof. Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz.