Europe biobank week 2026

Europe Biobank Week 2026

19 – 22 May 2026 | Prague, Czech Republic

Friday, 22 May 2026 | 12:00 - 13:30

11B: Paediatric biobanking

Location:Terrace 2ATrack:Parallel session VI
  • Ethics, regulation and digital innovation: Navigating the future of biobanking

This session explores the unique challenges of paediatric biobanking, including ethical considerations, consent complexities and age-specific biological factors. Experts will share best practices for safeguarding young donors while ensuring sample quality. Attendees will learn how paediatric biobanks drive research in childhood diseases, developmental biology and personalised medicine to improve future health outcomes.

Speakers included in this session:

  • Roland JahnsNovel strategy in broad consent-based paediatric biobanking: Re-information instead of re-consent when minors attain majority

  • Johanna SandgrenThe Swedish Childhood Tumor Biobank – A national omics and tissue research resource for pediatric cancers

  • Fuji NagamiCommunication and ethical challenges in pediatric cohort-based biobanking: Lessons from the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort in Japan

  • Eszter TubolyVIVO Biobank – Supporting translational research in paediatric cancers linked to innovative clinical trials

  • Gesine RichterBroad consent in paediatric biobanking – A review of current practise in 10 European countries

This session will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Roland Jahns and Dr. Vita Rovite.

6 speakers

  • Head of Biobank

    Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

  • Director centralised Biobank of the Medical Faculty Biobank

    Interdisciplinary Bank for Biological Materials and Data

  • Karolinska Institute

  • Tohoku University

  • VIVO Biobank UK / Hungarian Pediatric Oncology Network

  • University Of Kiel