Bsi systems is a collection of biospecimen inventory and resource management products that provide a variety of helpful workflow, specimen, inventory, and location tracking services to your facility. Our goal is to enhance the quality and reproducibility of biospecimen research by promoting biobank certification, education, and adoption of best practice standards. Use our biobanking solutions to collaborate, share, and request data across biobank networks. A closer look at biobank graza hub for cooperative medical research the biobank graz in austria has had a significant impact on modern biobanking. She joined the medical university graz, austria mug in 2005 within the scope of an international cooperation project. Karine sargsyan, md managing director international biobanking. This years event will be held in the historic city of hamburg. Karine sargsyan, md, pediatrician and psychologist, is a native armenian. Quality management at the national biobanking level bbmrieric. Sustainability in the field of biobanking is a globally important matter of necessity, starting from policy making and ending with security and documentation on each operational level.
Manage information on specimens, and easily track samples within your inventory. Clinical biobank robert primschitz1, karine sargsyan1, berthold huppertz1,2 1 biobank graz, medical university of graz, austria 2 institute of cell biology, histology and embryology, medical university of graz, austria an interdisciplinary clinical biobank is a highly dynamic and this is also true for its software solutions. Managing director international biobanking and education at medical university of graz, tedx organizer. Karine sargsyan received her medical education at yerevan state medical university after. Astridbios focus is biobanking software development, data management and analysis for genomics research. The solutions also provide the capability to quickly store, search, report, and manage biobank. Nietfeld, associate professor, university medical centre utrecht, netherlands. Poster presentations ebw congress europe biobank week. Biobanking solutions maintain highquality biorepositories. This will be pursued by making use of our highly interdisciplinary esbb network including all membership types to address any scope of biobank related projects from basic science via. Cord blood banking at core23 biobank cord blood banking. Biobanking automation yesterday, today and tomorrow karine sargsyan, managing director, biobank of medical university graz, austria.
Valuation of collections prior to transfer into an existing biobank facilitated by lise matzke, ubc office of biobank education and research, biobanking biospecimen research services. The objective of the work was to prepare a comprehensive guideline, model requirements for the management of biological repositories bioreq covering ethical, technical, management, and ict requirements applicable to the development of biobank software systems. Global biobanks market size, share industry trends. Subsequently, we invite companies to demonstrate the different product philosophies and functionalities of their software in the field of linking research and sample data using a. The estonian biobank was founded in 2000 as a volunteerbased biobank, and now, 19 years later, it contains a collection of health and genetics data of close to 200 000 individuals. Implementation of a software framework for data validation according to. Attracting more than 50 biobank it experts from 19 different countries, the event was all about implementing, using and maintaining opensource software tools for biobankers.
Therefore, this study aimed to compare three frequently used wild type mouse strains in their susceptibility to develop dietinduced. To drive innovation, we need to manage and share big data. The biobank resource centre brc develops and delivers educational, operational, and research tools for researchers and biobankers who collect, store, or study human biospecimens. In 2007 only 2 employees were responsible for the running of biobank graz, now. Please find public holiday closing times 2019, please go to the. View karine sargsyans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Conducted a survey amongst biobankers which showed that the large majority of respondants would be willing to follow isber standards and a standardsbased accreditation program for specimen collection, processing, storing and distribution and will help shape future isber policy regarding an accreditation program.
Medical researchers are constantly discovering new wonders about these naturally given stem cells from your childs umbilical cord. Dr karine sargsyan, chief operating officer, biobank graz, medical university of graz karine sargsyan, md, phd, pediatrician and psychologist, is a native armenian. Five questions answered about the first brain biobank to study tbi in american soldiers more than 270,000 american soldiers have been affected by a traumatic brain injury, or tbi, since 2000. Graz and iswas responsible for acquisition and completion of many effective software programs. A bbmrinl series on sustainable biobanking back to index 2 2. Scientific programme ebw congress europe biobank week. Preparation, storage and analysis track of the european lab automation congress and exhibition. Sargsyan is further responsible for the organisational management of biobank graz. Additionally, we provide solutions to securely publish selected information from your biobank e. She joined the medical university graz, austria mug in 2005 within the scope of an international cooperation project after several years in childrens republican hospital in yerevan, armenia where she led the metabolism, nutrition and medical dietetics department. Fh project officer international biobanking and education. The university of lubeck invites all ebw2019 attendees to a welcome reception at the st.
She joined the medical university graz, austria mug in 2005 within the scope of an international cooperation project after several years in. A welldesigned biobank software system also provides the possibility of finding associations between stored elements. Using uk biobank is an investment in it, since all results and analyses will be put back into uk biobank for others to benefit from. Uk biobank encourages the formation of consortia or. Tdbiobank is a lims software solution for biobanking, biobanks and biorepositories. All content in this area was uploaded by karine sargsyan on sep 21, 2017. Karine sargsyan philip lawrence biobank management training for masters students. Improve medical research through efficiencies in biological sample management. She joined the medical university graz, austria mug in 2005 within the scope of an international cooperation project after several years in childrens republican hospital in yerevan, armenia were she led the nutrition and medical dietetics department. Collection strategy of biobank is a combination of aa crosssectional biobank, that represents samples and data form entire syrian population with possibly lowest selection grade of all detected diseases in their natural appearance and b a disease focused clinical biobank, that provides different types of human. Michaela bayer, katharina plattner and karine sargsyan.
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Managing director international biobanking and education at medical. Core23 biobank is the countries leading private cord blood banking system family banking providing hope for families who want to take part of this powerful, and proven, modern medicine. Biobanks as basis infrastructure for ai in medicine. Karine sargsyan currently works as managing director at the biobank graz. The overall collection includes, among others, formalinfixed paraffinembedded ffpe tissues, cryopreserved tissues and biological fluids.
Karine sargsyan, coo, represent biobank graz in national and international networks and the research landscape, especially in central eastern european countries. Below are downloads corresponding to phenomewide burden of copy number variation in uk biobank aguirre ma, rivas ma, priest jr. The focus of this esbb working group is i to address the particular challenges and opportunities of biobanking in africa, ii to bring together a network of african esbb members, and iii to share experiences. Karine sargsyan, chief operating officer at biobank graz. Abstract biobank graz was established in 2007 as publicly funded, nonprofit central research facility of medical university of graz, austria. Karine sargsyan, md managing director international. Biobank is a collection of environmental and animalhuman biological materials and. Collection strategy of biobank is a combination of aa crosssectional biobank, that represents samples and data form entire syrian population with possibly lowest selection grade of all. Karine sargsyan currently works as managing director at the biobank graz, medical university of graz. This may be due to the use of different animal models and resulting modelassociated variation. This makes the need for biobanking software essential for these facilities so that they accurately and effectively track all information related to their samples. Biobanks now play a crucial role in biomedical research by allowing for large sample volume processing and storage.
She joined the medical university graz, austria mug in 2005 within the scope of an international cooperation. Biobanks as basis infrastructure for artificial intelligence in medicine. The estonian biobank was founded in 2000 as a volunteerbased biobank, and now, 19 years later, it contains a collection of health and genetics data of close to 200 000 individuals, approximately 20% of the adult population of the country. We have aggregated summary statistics from over 750,000 individuals across three population cohorts. It enables biobanks to manage and monitor their biological resources with efficiency. The china kadoorie biobank ckb, known previously as the kadoorie study of chronic disease in china kscdc, is set up to investigate the main genetic and environmental causes of common. Susceptibility of different mouse wild type strains to. The global biobanks market size was estimated at usd 52. A bbmrinl series on sustainable biobanking back to index 1 1. Ysmu alumna karine sargsyan serving as visiting professor in the.
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