Invited Papers

ESF-UB Conference on Biobanks

Invited Papers

Name
Affiliation
Lecture
Thomas Arzberger 
Ludwig-Maximilians University, DEBrain Net Europe – a Network of European Brain Tissue Biobanks (short talk) 
Roger Bjugn
Ulleval University Hospital, NO
Turning hospitals into biobanks
Paul Burton 
University of Leicester, UKDesign and specifications of biobanks 
Anne Cambon-Thomsen    INSERM, FR Promoting the use of biobank resources: the challenges of exchanges and openness policies
Alejandra Contreras   
National Institute of Genomic Medicine, MXA DNA bank to track back population genomics: the INMEGEN biobank
Julie Corfield   
AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood, UKRelevance of biobanking to sustain R&D activities of the Pharmaceutical Industry (in Europe)
Collet Dandara
University of Witwatersrand, ZA Genetic diversity in African populations with respect to pharmacogenetically relevant genes (short talk)
Isabel Fortier 
Université de Sherbrooke, CATowards harmonization of biobanking initiatives, a comparative analysis of population-based biobanks
Andres Garcia-Montero
University of Salamanca, ES The Spanish National DNA bank infrastructure: promoting disease-oriented genetic/genome research 
Herbert Gottweis 
Universität Wien, ATPublics and images of biobanks  
David Gurwitz
National Laboratory for the Genetics of Israeli Population, IL Public biobanks: involvement of children  
Pierre Hainaut
International Agency for Research on Cancer, FR Biobanks for epidemiologic studies: the EPIC/IARC experience  
Robert Hewitt 
NUH-NUS Tissue Repository, SGBiobank networks in Asia  
Jaakko Kaprio
University of Helsinki, FI The Genome EU Twin Project: a tool for genetic/lifestyle environmental research  
Jane Kaye  University of Oxford, UK Intellectual property and commercial issues around biobanking 
Bartha Maria Knoppers   Université de Montréal, CA Laws and regulations on biobanks: present status and future directions
Juha Kononen    
University of Tampere, FI Creation of integrated data mining environment linking individual data to clinical cellular and molecular information
Sandra Lee   
Stanford University Medical Center, USCommunity-based genetic studies: experiences from donor recruitment to social impact
Jan-Eric Litton    Karolinska Institutet, SE Harmonization of IT infrastructure across countries
Rikke Lund 
Copenhagen University, DKLife course influences on Biomarkers in Midlife? The Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (short talk) 
Catherine McCarty
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, US Community engagement for a population-based biobank: the Marshfield Clinic Personalized Medicine Research Project experience
Joe McPartlin   Trinity College Dublin, IEPublic Response to Request for a DNA Sample For Research (short talk) 
Andres Metspalu 
University of Tartu, EEThe Estonian population-based genome biobank project
Joseph Mintzer 
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, USGlobal centers for biological resources: the Coriell/BioRep experience 
J.J. Nietfeld 
University Medical Center Utrecht and INTRESCO, NLSoftware codes versus biocodes for sample and data traceability 
Carla Nisii 
National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, ITThe biobank of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘L. Spallanzani’: a facility at the service of research on infectious diseases (short talk) 
Bill Ollier  
University of Manchester, UKFrom the sample to the researcher: types of samples, sample preparation, manipulation and archiving
Alison Parry-Jones    Cardiff University, UKPatient Involvement (short talk)
Rivka Ravid
Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences
Biobanking for diagnostic markers in neurological disorders
(short talk)
Ramon Risko
University of Sevilla, ES Innovative technologies for cryopreservation of cancer-relevant samples for biobanking (short talk) 
Kharlampi Tiras 
Russian Academy of Sciences, RUGeneral biology in 21 century: from museums of "mortified" samples to electron images of living biological objects (short talk) 
GertJan van Ommen 
Leiden University Medical Centre, NL Advances in sample analysis: complex molecular phenotyping and whole genome sequencing 
Jim Vaught
National Cancer Institute, US Development and implementation of a quality control/quality assurance for biological resources: the NCI experience 
Susan Wallace
Université de Montréal, CA CARTaGENE Governance Mechanism: Past, Present and Future (short talk)  
Erich Wichmann
Helmholtz Center, DE Phenotypic and genetic information associated to a biobank  
Kurt Zatloukal 
Medical University of Graz, ATThe BBMRI European project