Here is your monthly curated pick of biobanking news, jobs, and events from across the globe. We hope you will find this enriching and valuable. Please do let us know your feedback on how we can improve this newsletter.
Upcoming Workshop
Join us for the upcoming one-day free workshop in Australia on October 17th (a day before ABNA conference) at Gold Coast (Queensland). Register now to attend demos & workshops on new features, product training, technical sessions and product roadmap.
OpenSpecimen Highlights
- New Case Study: How the University of Cyprus Transformed its Biobank into a World-class Operation
- New Tutorial Video📽️: Specimen Processing Workflows
Fresh of the Biobanking Press
- Veterans Affairs develops its central biorepository
- IU Simon’s healthy breast tissue biobank to study breast cancer in men
- VUMC to expand biorepository core with $52 million grant from NIH
- Australian National University scientists establish Canberra’s first brain cancer biobank
- Criobanca Marche Biobank launched to develop personalized medicine against rare diseases
Recent Research Papers
- The ORIGINS Project Biobank: A Collaborative Bio Resource for Investigating the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Development of a Plasmodium vivax biobank for functional ex vivo assays
- The Kids Heart BioBank—Supporting patient care and research into congenital heart disease
- Revolutionizing Cancer Research: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Biobanking
Biobank Job Alerts
- Processing Lab Technician: Univ of California (San Francisco)
- Technician A: Columbia Univ (New York)
- Shipping and Receiving Coordinator: Azenta Life Sciences (USA)
- FMH Biobank Project Officer: Univ of Sydney
- Biobank Officer: Macquarie University (Australia)
- Biospecimen Laboratory Manager: Univ of Newcastle (Australia)
- Research Assistant (Biobanking): National Univ of Singapore
Upcoming Events
- OpenSpecimen Aus Workshop: Oct 17, Gold Coast, Queensland
- 2023 ABNA Conference: Oct 18-20, Gold Coast, Queensland
- ISBER 2023 Regional Meeting (Granada, Spain): Oct 24-25
- BioBANC Symposium II: University of Galway, Ireland – Sept 1
- Europe Biobank Week Roadshow23: Austria, Sept 27-28
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