#EBW26 Previews: 11A: Inside the biobank – Organisational structures, strategies and success stories
Dive into the inner workings of biobanks and discover how organisational models and strategic planning shape their success. This session showcases diverse approaches to governance, sustainability and stakeholder engagement, illustrated through real-world examples that highlight innovation, resilience and impact in biomedical research and healthcare innovation.
Speakers included in this session:
- Lina Winter – Biobanking as a catalyst for precision oncology and health equity in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Karoline I. Gaede – Biobanking to complement the HANSE study for holistic lung cancer screening in northern Germany
- Monika Valjan – Flexibility in biobanking: Balancing collections on demand and retrospective use
- Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz – Accredited, but resilient? Leading an ISO 20387 biobank through ISO 22301 integration in uncertain times
- Helmuth Haslacher – Time to first use of biobank samples: A retrospective analysis of collection types and sample materials in a hospital-based biobank
This session will be chaired by:
Dr. Linda Fröderberg Roth
Dr. Linda Fröderberg Roth is Head of Biobank Väst at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the biobank custodian for Region Västra Götaland in Sweden. Biobank Väst is a joint healthcare–academia infrastructure supporting medical research and providing regional biobank services. She is also a member of the leadership team of Biobank Sweden, the national infrastructure for biobanking.
Marie Karlikova, RNDr., PhD
Marie received her Ph.D. on trace element analysis in clinical samples and she extended her professional skills in the field of protein biomarker research; her H-index is 11. Since 2019, she has been involved in the operation, development and knowledge dissemination of the Biobank Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Session details
- Date: Friday 22 May
- Time: 12:00 – 13:30