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Raising awareness of EU-US Biological and Medical Sciences Cooperation |
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woensdag, 16 mei 2012 13:36 |
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Brussels, May 15 – On the initiative of Seán Kelly, Member of the European Parliament, a series of biomedical sciences cooperation seminars will be held in Washington DC. These meetings aim to encourage further dialogue on international Science Interaction between members of the US Congress, officials from EU Institutions, and leading international scientists as well as their industry partners. A staff briefing in the US Congress on US-EU IT and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructures will round off the sequence of seminars and presentations. European Research Infrastructures, including BBMRI, and scientific initiatives will be presented on the 4th – 6th of June 2012.
Read the press release |
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BBMRI-NL in Norsk Epidemiologi |
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woensdag, 25 april 2012 09:12 |
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An article on BBMRI-NL has appeared in the latest issue of Norsk Epidemiologi magazine, a biobanking special called Biobanking: from vision to reality. The article is entitled "How to kickstart a national biobanking infrastructure – experiences and prospects of BBMRI-NL", and it is written by Dr Margreet Brandsma et al. Read the article here or visit http:/www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/norepid/index">the Norsk Epidemiologi website. |
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WUR joins BBMRI-NL |
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woensdag, 25 april 2012 08:37 |
Wageningen University & Research centre (WUR) has joined the BBMRI-NL consortium, bringing the number of members to fourteen. Professor Edith Feskens will represent WUR in the steering committe, with Professor Daan Kromhout as her replacement.
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BBMRI-NL on National Roadmap Large-scale Research Facilities |
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woensdag, 14 maart 2012 12:27 |
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The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded BBMRI-NL a place on the National Roadmap for Large-scale Research Facilities. The award comes with a grant of 1 Million Euro's. BBMRI-NL will spend this grant in the same way it has used the earlier grant: to help strengthen and consolidate the biobanking infrastructure in the Netherlands in line with the European Roadmap, a topic given high priority by the previous government. |
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Complementation projects 2011 |
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vrijdag, 17 februari 2012 11:24 |
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The 2011 Complementation Projects can now be found on this website.
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First Rainbow projects meeting |
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vrijdag, 10 februari 2012 10:45 |
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First Rainbow projects meeting, co-organised by NBIC and BBMRI-NL
On January 24th 2012, NBIC Biobanking Taskforce and BBMRI-NL organised a meeting for BBMRI-NL Rainbow project participants who are involved in catalogues. Several of the Rainbow projects have workpackages planned to deal with this subject.
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Booklet: Complementation projects 2010-2011 |
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vrijdag, 20 januari 2012 11:57 |
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BBMRI-NL has published a booklet with short summaries of the first round of Complementation Projects, most of which are rounding off just about now. You can view the booklet online, or you can order a copy by sending an email to m.heesakker@bbmri.nl. |
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And the winner is... |
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zondag, 20 november 2011 18:31 |
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21 November - Winner of the Complementation projects poster contest 2011 is Maarten Leusink and the team of CP 34, "Enrichment, sample storage and management of UU-pharmacogenetic biobanks", University of Utrecht, Faculty of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The poster was picked from over fifteen entries. The prizes, an iPad2 and a certificate, were handed out during the BBMRI-NL conference Connecting Biobanks, 21 November.
You can find all entries here later this week. |
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GoNL ready for the next level |
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donderdag, 10 november 2011 10:45 |
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The BBMRI-NL Rainbow Project Genome of the Netherlands project (GoNL) is ready for the next level. It has completed the alignment of all the DNA reads of the 750 individuals, producing a total of 350 billion reads. Based on these data, further analyses can be performed, enabling the development of new treatments and diagnostic techniques.
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Five Rainbow Projects receive funding |
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woensdag, 26 oktober 2011 12:33 |
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BBMRI-NL has awarded five more Rainbow Projects. This brings the number of Rainbow Projects starting this year to seven (see also the news item on RP’s 3 and 4).
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