BBMRI-NL second annual conference
‘Connecting Biobanks’
November 21 2011, Engels Rotterdam
Since its launch in 2010, BBMRI-NL has made great progress in achieving its purpose of connecting biobanks. Over forty small scale Complementation Projects received funding, as well as several large scale collaborative Rainbow Projects. Dutch biobanks were enriched and harmonized, a necessity for European collaboration and essential for the future of biomedical science. The Dutch biobank initiative BBMRI-NL wants to commemorate these steps forward and gladly invites you to its second international conference ‘Connecting Biobanks’ on November 21, 2011 in Rotterdam. Please mark this date on your calendar!
The conference program includes:
- International keynote speakers in the field of pharmacogenomics and biobanks, as yet confirmed:
- Prof. Bartha Knoppers (Mc Gill University)
- Prof. Bruce Psaty (University of Washington)
- Masterclasses for selected researchers
- Results from BBMRI Rainbow Projects
- Poster presentations presenting BBMRI-NL Complementation Projects
- Workshops
- Award ceremony
- Ample opportunity to interact with colleagues
Admission is free for non commercial parties, but registration is required. For commercial parties the admission fee is € 100,-.
For registration click here
Conference venue: Engels Grandcafé Restaurant Zalen, Groothandelsgebouw, Stationsplein 45, 3013 AK Rotterdam
Date: 21 November 2011 (from 9.00 till 17.00, followed by drinks)
Organizing Committee
Prof. GertJan van Ommen, Leiden University Medical Centre
Dr. Paul de Bakker, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Margreet Brandsma, BBMRI-NL
Prof. Cornelia van Duijn, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr. Anke Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Utrecht University
Prof. Eline Slagboom, Leiden University Medical Centre
BBMRI-NL is the Dutch project for biobank collaboration, linking over 140 existing Dutch biobanks. Within the 'hub and spoke' structure of the European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure, BBMRI-NL is the Dutch national 'hub'.
BBMRI-NL
T +31 71 526 8499
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