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04 June 2018

KNAW advisory report on big data in research involving personal data

The BBMRI-NL network can help researchers in the health domain to conduct their research successfully and at full speed. In its advisory report on Big Data in...
09 May 2018

BBMRI voucher results in practical research tool for high school students and teachers

With the online program ‘Smart steps in your Own Research’, high school seniors will be better prepared for their profile assignments and final exams.
01 May 2018

Researchers should not fear the upcoming general data protection regulation

In an interview with Onderzoek Nederland, Lex Bouter (Professor of Methodology and Integrity, VU and VUmc, and chair of COREON, the commission on Research...
12 April 2018

Major investments in Netherlands X-Omics initiative

Integrating quantitative data from different pools of biological molecules (omics) is key to developing novel personalized health solutions.
08 March 2018

Lifestyle linked epigenetic differences found between higher and lower educated Dutch people

There are differences in DNA-methylation patterns on genes between higher and lower educated Dutch people that may be linked to lifestyle.
22 January 2018

Health-RI, Coreon, BBMRI-NL, PSI and NFU have recently submitted their comments on the article 29

Health-RI, Coreon, BBMRI-NL, PSI and NFU have recently submitted their comments on the article 29 working party guidelines on consent under regulation 2016/679...
17 November 2017

Workshop on translational research infrastructure hosted on HPC cloud

At the BioMedBridges symposium ‘Open bridges for life science data’, which was held on 17 and 18 November in Hinxton, UK, a workshop was organised on...
01 November 2017

Improving the legal framework for Dutch Human Tissue research

Research using human tissue specimens greatly contributes to a healthy and innovative research environment and optimal care for Dutch citizens.
01 November 2017

Cisca Wijmenga krijgt eervolle leerstoel

Het College van Bestuur van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen heeft Cisca Wijmenga benoemd als hoogleraar op de Lodewijk Sandkuijl Leerstoel. De universiteit...
19 April 2017

Biobank quality

Ensuring reproducibility and reliability of scientific work should be at the heart of medi­cal science. It is thus an issue of great concern for BBMRI.
15 March 2017

Biobanks, collections of human samples and associated health data – how to apply EU GDPR?

How is the EU General Data Protection Regulation expected to apply to biobanks, collections of human samples and associated health data?
24 February 2017

Fast, easy and reliable analysis pipeline for NGS data – also available for you

UMCG’s Genetics department has developed a routine in-house NGS DNA analysis pipeline, which is currently available for everybody.

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