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15/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Chair for panel session ‘One health: Bioinformatics and -omics and big data’

We are delighted to confirm the chair for the panel session ‘One health: Bioinformatics and -omics and big data’: Professor Andres Metspalu from the University of Tartu. The session takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Professor Andres Metspalu Prof. Andres Metspalu, (MD 1976, PhD 1979) Head of the human disease genomics lab, Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu. His main scientific […]

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14/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Chairs for panel session ‘Rare diseases’

We are pleased to confirm the chairs for the panel session ‘Rare diseases’: Professor Constantinos Deltas from the Medical School of the University of Cyprus and Professor Neşe Atabey from the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG). The session takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Professor Constantinos Deltas Professor Constantinos Deltas studied Pharmacy at […]

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13/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: State-of-the-art speaker for ‘Stakeholders in the spotlight: Information security and data privacy’

We are delighted to confirm the State-of-the-art speaker for the panel session: ‘Stakeholders in the spotlight: Information security and data privacy’. Nathalie Poupaert from Fieldfisher (Belgium) will be leading this session and we profile her abstract and biography here. The session takes place on Wednesday 15 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Abstract: Challenges for the Biobanking Community in Light […]

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12/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Chairs for panel session “One health: Epidemiological biobanking”

We are pleased to confirm the chairs for the panel session ‘One health: Epidemiological biobanking – cohorts as a show window for populations’: Fatima Qafoud from Qatar Biobank and Professor Kristian Hveem from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The session takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Fatima Qafoud Fatima Qafoud attained her Bachelor’s […]

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11/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: State-of-the-art speaker for ‘Quality Management and pre-analytics: Pre-analytic impact on sample quality’

We are pleased to confirm the State-of-the-art speaker for the panel session: ‘Quality Management and pre-analytics: Pre-analytic impact on sample quality – means & measures’. Dr. Veronica Ghini from University of Florence will be leading this session and we profile her abstract and biography here. The session takes place on Wednesday 15 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Abstract: NMR fingerprinting […]

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11/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Keynote with Dr. Gillian Bartlett

We are delighted that the second day keynote of #EBW24 will be delivered by Dr. Gillian Bartlett, from the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri. The subject of the keynote will be ‘Biobanking with Underrepresented Populations: The Critical Role of Participant Engagement’. Dr. Gillian Bartlett Dr. Gillian Bartlett is the Associate Dean for Graduate Research Education at the School […]

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11/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: State-of-the-art speakers for “One health: Epidemiological biobanking”

We are pleased to confirm the state-of-the-art speakers for the panel session: ‘One health: Epidemiological biobanking – cohorts as a show window for populations’. Dr. Seow Shih Wee from Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE) and Assoc. Prof. Therese Nøst from University of Tromsø (UiT) will be leading this session and we profile their biographies here. The session takes place on […]

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11/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Chair for panel session “Ethical, social and legal topics in biobanking – friend or foe”

We are pleased to confirm the chair for the panel session “Stakeholders in the spotlight: Ethical, social and legal topics in biobanking – friend or foe”: Senior Researcher Valentina Colcelli (PhD) from the Italian National Research Council (CNR), we profile her biography here. The session takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Valentina Colcelli (PhD) Valentina […]

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08/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: Chairs for Quality Management and pre-analytics: Pre-analytic impact on sample quality

We are pleased to confirm the chairs for the panel session ‘Quality Management and pre-analytics: Pre-analytic impact on sample quality – means & measures’: Prof. Radka Kaneva from Medical University of Sofia and Dr. Rocío Aguilar Quesada from the Andalusian Public Health System Biobank. The session takes place on Wednesday 15 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Prof. Radka Kaneva Radka Kaneva, […]

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08/03/2024

#EBW24 previews: State-of-the-art speaker for Stakeholders in the spotlight: Ethical, social and legal topics in biobanking

We are pleased to confirm the state-of-the-art speaker for the panel session: ‘Stakeholders in the spotlight: Ethical, social and legal topics in biobanking – friend or foe’. Assoc. Prof. Signe Mežinska from University of Latvia will be leading this session and we profile her biography here. The session takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024 as part of the EBW24 programme. Assoc. […]

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