Europe biobank week 2026

Europe Biobank Week 2026

19 – 22 May 2026 | Prague, Czech Republic

Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 13:45 - 15:15

8A: Unlocking health insights from donated human tissues

Location:Forum Hall Track:Parallel session IV
  • Biobanking without borders: Connecting biodiversity, medicine and innovation

This session examines the ethical, technical and logistical challenges of collecting and managing human tissue donations, both post-mortem and from living donors. Experts will discuss consent, data integration and governance frameworks ensuring responsible use, sharing methodologies and case studies that demonstrate how tissue biobanks advance research and deepen understanding of health and disease.

Speakers included in this session:

  • Michaela Th. MayrhoferBuilding Humangenom Austria: The Interplay of Ethical, Data, and Governance Dimensions

  • Jörg HamannThe Netherlands Brain Bank: An open-access platform for brain tissue and integrated health data

  • Gregor GorkiewiczThe “FMT in UC” microbe and host biorepository

  • Cecilia EngelsTissue biobanking: Interface requirements for high-quality support for biomedical research

  • Beate RinnerFrom pathology to precision oncology: Patient-derived tumour and normal tissue models as a translational interface

This session will be chaired by Assoc.-Prof. Gregor Gorkiewicz, M.D and Dr. Ayat Salman.