Biobanking as a quickly growing branch of personalised medicine has undergone
enormous progress during last two decades. Nowadays it is a well developed and structured …

The growing complexity of biobanking requires dedicated professional staff who are trained
in multiple aspects of the biobanking process, including technical, managerial, regulatory …

The biobank community is facing great times but also huge changes in the near future. We
are entering a new phase in modern biobanking characterized by professionalism in all …

Biobanks have during last two decades gained an important role in the whole process of
biomedical research and health care not only in Europe but also worldwide. Biobanks are …

Biobanks are an extraordinary tool for research and scientific progress. Since their origin,
the debate on the main technical, regulatory and ethical aspects has not stopped. The future …

Biobanks are an important compound of personalized medicine and strongly support the
scientific progress in stratification of population and biomarker discovery and validation due …

The term “biobanking” is often misapplied to any collection of human biological materials
(biospecimens) regardless of requirements related to ethical and legal issues or the …

Background: The emergence of “multi-omics” and “multi-parametric” types of analysis based
on a high number of biospecimens enforces the use of a great number of high-quality …

The collection and use of tissue samples is by no means a new phenomenon (1, 2). As an
object of political interest and action, the international preoccupation and focus on …

Biobanking is becoming more and more professional, which is why we have a specific need
for further education and training. This need is not only for the staff working within and …