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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2h

🗣️ Prof Jens K. Habermann, BBMRI-ERIC Director General, is delighted to attend the Copenhagen Life Science Summit, part of Denmark's EU Presidency 2025.

💡 He chaired a roundtable session proposing innovative solutions, which were then presented to the EC, to implement the new EU LS strategy.

Jens Habermann speaking in front of a stage with chairs

BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

That’s a wrap!

👋 See you here next week 🧡💙
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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #EOSC4Cancer

In the article “Facing the future - AI-driven research projects overcoming real-life challenges”, #EOSC4Cancer has been featured by the Research Executive Agency as a success story in the field of health.

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/p59Du3t

🧵 10/11

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #PROPHET.eu

This year, the #PROPHET consortium met in Amsterdam for their annual meeting.

It was preceded by a Stakeholder Workshop and an #EHDS workshop. 💪

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/iihYjhT

🧵 9/11

Stakeholder Session during the PROPHET workshop: Join us ! - PROPHET

Don't miss the upcoming Stakeholder Session organised in the framework of PROPHET, taking place on 6 October 2025, from 15.30 to 18.00, in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). It is also possible to follow…

prophetproject.eu

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #INTERVENE

🔬 New research from #INTERVENE project explores the responsible integration of AI-driven polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in healthcare.

PRSs estimate a person’s likelihood of developing certain diseases.

🔗 read more: buff.ly/9I0OcvL

🧵 8/11

News and events | INTERVENE

INTERVENE

www.interveneproject.eu

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #INTEGRATE-#LMedC

📢 More updates from the #INTEGRATE-LMedC project

WP 15 is developing guiding principles to make #LargeMedicalCohort resources widely usable, while addressing ethical, legal and social issues (#ELSI).

🔗 Read the project news here: buff.ly/L7A3RWo

🧵 7/11

Latest developments in Work Package 15: Cohort Access and Secondary Data Use Policy – INTEGRATE-LMedC

Work Package 15 activities started in month 13. The main objective is to develop guiding principles for how to make cohort resources as widely useful as possible to the research community, whilst…

www.integratelmc.eu

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #ERDERA

🎂 Don’t forget to bring cake:
#ERDERA turns one! 🥳

#ERDERA celebrates its 1st anniversary with a stimulating online event open to the entire #RareDisease community.

📆 30 Oct
⏰ 09:00–11:20 CET

🗓️ Free to attend, but registration needed.
🔗 More info and reg: buff.ly/y3vgWYx

🧵 6/11

Join ERDERA’s Open Session on 30 October and get inspired by leading voices in rare disease research - ERDERA

ERDERA Open Session 2025

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #ERDERA

🚀 From discussion to action — join #ERDERA in shaping the future of rare disease research!

📅 9–10 December 2025
📍 Heidelberg & Online
🎯 Hands-on sessions | Actionable outcomes | Global collaboration

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/z8lBvGi

🧵 5/11

From discussion to action: a hands‑on conference to help shape the rare disease clinical research roadmap - ERDERA

9–10 December 2025, Heidelberg and online — practical sessions with an agreed delivery to accelerate research

erdera.org

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #EPPerMed

📢 The #ICPerMed & #EPPerMed Joint Conference is coming closer! 🥳

👋 Get to know the speakers on the #EPPerMed socials: buff.ly/mVzS59G

📍Prague
📆 26-27 Nov 2025
🔗 Registration still open! Conference info: buff.ly/o2lZdMd

🧵 4/11

ICPerMed & EP PerMed Joint Conference - European Partnership for Personalised Medicine - EP PerMed

ICPerMed and EP PerMed are organising their first joint conference, which will take place from 26 to 27 November 2025 in Prague (Czech Republic). The conference will celebrate the 10th anniversary of…

www.eppermed.eu

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #EPND

📢 New #EPND webinar recording now live!

“Advancing Biomarker Science with #EPND,” highlighting the value of sharing datasets and biosamples for collaborative research 🤝

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/xWaAR3X
🎥 Watch the webinar: buff.ly/RKbKrOg

🧵 3/11

Public webinar - Advancing biomarker science with EPND

Discover how the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND) is accelerating biomarker research by enabling data and biosample sharing across Europe.…

vimeo.com

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

💡 #biobank.cy Centre of Excellence

💪 biobank.cy is honoured to serve as the official implementer of the “Genome of Europe” initiative in Cyprus.

🤝 27 European countries with a shared mission to build a European reference genome.

🔗 Read more: buff.ly/8WnWJh1

🧵 2/11

Genome of Europe

Our goal is to build a collective reference genome cohort of European citizens to mirror the composition of the European population.

genomeofeurope.eu

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 6h

👋 Welcome back to our #ProjectThursday 💡
We collect the latest news from the biobanking world for you here every Thursday.
Enjoy! 🤝

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

🌍 BBMRI-ERIC's Johanna Kostenzer, Public Affairs, is attending #PHAM2025: 'Planetary Health for All and In All: Boosting Urgency and Agency for Systems Change'

🤝 The presentations & discussions provided valuable input for our vision towards #One Health

#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #GreenBiobanking

Walter Ricciardi at a podium with images of waves behind him, each wave representing a planetary crisis

Man speaking at a podium with a panel of guests behind him and image of the planet on a the screen

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

💡 A special thanks to Dr. Elne Conradie & Dr. Ciara Staunton for the invitation to this wonderful event. We are looking forward to future collaboration!

📸 Group photo: Jens K. Habermann & Johanna Kostenzer with members of the MBirSA steering committee

🔗 buff.ly/giViXYe

BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

Hosted by Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) & International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER), with support from South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa (BBSA) and Medical Biorepositories of South Africa (MBirSA).

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 It was a great experience to learn from South Africa’s leading experts, researchers and industry representatives in biodiversity, with highly interesting presentations and unique networking opportunities at the gorgeous Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, in Cape Town.

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Jens K. Habermann introduced BBMRI-ERIC in the context of One Health during the session “Environmental Contaminant Studies and One Health: Biobanking for a Sustainable Future”.

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 1d

🌍 BBMRI-ERIC’s Jens K. Habermann, Director General and Johanna Kostenzer, PhD, Deputy Head of Public Affairs, have attended the 2025 Joint Biodiversity and Human Biobanking Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

#biobanking #biodiversity #OneHealth

A picture of 7 women and a man all smiling at the camera.

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

🤝 Manuela Pausan, Scientific Stakeholder Manager, represents #BBMRI-#ERIC at the Annual meeting of the #PROPHET project in Amsterdam.

💪 The meeting was preceded yesterday by a Stakeholder Workshop and an #EHDS workshop.

🔗 More info on the #PROPHET project: buff.ly/KXpnKq3

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

🗣️ SBP’s Executive Director, Christine Joye, is presenting “The Power of the Swiss Biobanking Network” today at BioTechX 2025: buff.ly/sBaX1jV

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

Spain is now a full member of the European Biobank Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC). Read more in #NoticiasISCIII: buff.ly/p1CSREl

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

💡 BBMRI.nl showcases Chiel de Theye’s work in translating international standards into practical biobanking practices, connecting Dutch and European networks and promoting quality management through knowledge sharing and collaboration: buff.ly/mSNbTz0

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

🔬 Using samples from the Latvian Biobank and supported by #NextGenerationEU, a genome reference for the population of Latvia was created to study genetic disease causes and improve healthcare: buff.ly/tQgrxpq

🧵 5/8

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

🧬 The German Biobank Network (GBN), with Netzwerk Universitätsmedizin (NUM) and partners, has released the English version of the nationwide Biobank Platform for Germany to advance prevention, diagnostics, personalised medicine, and biomedical research: buff.ly/8779dlF

🧵 4/8

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BBMRI-ERIC @bbmrieric.bsky.social · 2d

📖 A new publication in Biopreservation and Biobanking explores the perspectives of the German Biobank Alliance on collaboration, quality, training, networking and sustainable financing in biobanking: buff.ly/O0sWNXH

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