EuroBioBank 2012 meeting

The tenth EuroBioBank (EBB) annual meeting took place in Milan, Italy on 12-13 November 2012, organised by Fondazione Telethon and hosted by Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore di Milano.

The conference brought together 23 EBB delegates from 17 European Biobanks, discussing and approving Biobank specific topics such as quality control, ethical conducts and unitary management procedures as well as the connection/involvement of the EBB in existing multinational scientific cooperations like RD-Connect, TREAT-NMD, IRDiRC, etc.

As of January 2012, the EuroBioBank is under the administrative coordination of Telethon to forward the future development of the EBB in a proven and synergistic partnership. This event was the first joint meeting of the EuroBioBank with the Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks (TNGB). During the meeting Dr Marina Mora, Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano was elected as new EBB scientific coordinator.