On 15 October 2024, the BBMRI-ERIC consortium presented its ten-year plan, which uses a “One Health” approach and prioritises the link between human, animal and environmental health. At this event, the unique plan was presented to key stakeholders and its role in developing biobanks to improve European and global health was highlighted. The launch event…

BBMRI.cz (Czech Biobank Network) has received funding of EUR 184 million in 2024. The project entitled “Development and Modernization of the National Network of Biobanks (BBMRInv)” under the Operational Programme Jana A. 02_23_015 Research Infrastructures I). Executive Director of BBMRI.cz, doc. Roman Hrstka, adds: “I believe that the expansion of storage capacities and the introduction…

At the turn of May and June, two important visits took place as part of building cooperation with foreign and domestic partners. The first of these was to the Comprehensive Cancer Center* in Oslo (Oslo University Hospital – Comprehensive Cancer Centre/The Radium Hospital) at the end of May, when a delegation from the Masaryk Cancer…

Aim of Velvet Innovation Meet up is to inform about the current developments in the #brnoregion innovation ecosystem and to stimulate further cooperation in it. “Biobanking and the availability of biological material are topics that we tried to attract an audience consisting of students, scientists, entrepreneurs, representatives of South Moravian universities, representatives of commercial companies…

Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute was successful in the national accreditation (CSN ISO 20387:2021 Biotechnology-Biobanks) as the first biobank in the Czech Republic and 5th in Europe. At the end of 2022, BBM MMCI (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute) participated in a pilot project of the Czech Institution for Accrediation (CIA, www.cai.cz) to assess the implementation of the…

CanSERV has extended the deadline for its first call for services on “Advancing Personalised Medecine” until May 25th. Cancer Researchers in, and outside the EU are invited to apply for free access to cutting-edge transnational services with an indicative overall budget of EUR 500,000. The aim of this call is to accelerate knowledge gain in…

Success story published in Nature Communication: New diagnostic method for detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer Bank of Biological Materials at Masaryk Memorial Cancer institute (BBM MMCI) significantly contributed to the research focused on the development of a new sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of early-stage pancreatic cancer. BBM MMCI, as a coordinator of a National Biobanking Network…