Joint human & microbial domain GBRCN pilot phase meeting

 

29th - 30th November 2010

Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Vienna

In the frame of the pilot project "Establishment of a Biological Resource Centre Network for human samples following the OECD guidelines" meeting hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research has been organised in Vienna. A joint programme was brought together with the Global Biological Resource Centre Network Demonstration Project. The scope of the meeting was bringing together leading representatives from the biobanking and culture collection communities especially from OECD member states, accession candidate countries and enhanced engagement countries. This meeting provided an overview on the current status of resource management in various countries and helped defining opportunities and obstacles for international collaborations in human medical research. The design of a feasibility study on how the Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres can be implemented has been discussed.

 

MEETING SUMMARY

Meeting Summary

 


PHOTO GALLERY

Group picture

 

  Speaker: H Bauer, D Fritze, M Pasterk, G Dagher, V Canhos, P Desmeth,
K Zatloukal, N Li, R Mwirichia, S Fendrihan, Y Lee, J Vaught, MH Bosschaerts

 Networking: Networking 1, Networking 2, Networking 3,
Networking 4, Networking 5

 

 

PRESENTATIONS


INTRODUCTION

GBRCN overview on microbial domain / D Smith, Germany

OECD human GBRCN / K Zatloukal, Germany



SESSION I Governance models: GBRCN microbial - GBRCN human domain

Expectations from the member state's perspective / H Bauer, Austria

Expectations from the funder's perspective / D Böcking, Germany

Experiences from GBRCN / D Fritze, Germany

Experiences from BBMRI / M Pasterk, France

  

SESSION II Benefits from the GBRCN

The GBRCN Why it matters and what it needs to do (Iain Gillespie, OECD) / D Smith, UK/Germany

Microbial domain benefits to Governments, users and BRCs / D Fritze, Germany

Human domain benefits to Governments, users and BRCs / G Dagher, France

  

SESSION III Strategies for engaging the stakeholders - Governments, users and BRCs

The Brazilian Cluster Model and the engagement of partners and funders / V Canhos, Brazil

Developments in access & benefit sharing under the CBD / P Desmeth, Belgium

BBMRI Expert Centres: A new model to facilitate international research collaborations / K Zatloukal, Austria

The combination of high throughput sequencing technologie and bioinformatics / N Li, China

  

SESSION IV Building blocks for the GBRCN and capacity building for BRCs

Cluster model for effectiveness and efficiency / D Martin, Germany

Capacity building in Africa – a Kenyan experience / R Mwirichia, Kenya

Romanian Bioresource Centre establishment, development, achievements, future and international cooperation / S Fendrihan, Romania

Korea National Research Resource Centre: Exit to the Future / Y Lee, Korea

CaHUB: The US National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Human Biobank / J Vaught, USA

  

SESSION V Implementation of best practice GBRCN Demonstration project activities

Key aspects of quality management in BRCs / D Martin, Germany

Implementing best practice in the French network of biobanks / G Dagher, France

Self-assessment exercise and analysis / D Martin, Germany

Mechanisms for third party assessment / MH Bosschaerts, Belgium

 

TEST 3