Biobanking: Preparation, Storage & Analysis

Training Courses

Keynote Speakers

Mary-Beth Fisk
President & COO, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center

Ulf Landegren
Principal Investigator, University of Uppsala

Pamela Pinzani
Technical Coordinator, University of Florence

Kurt Zatloukal
Professor, Medical University of Graz

Overview

Welcome to the Biobanking track of the European Lab Automation congress and exhibition. This year's event will be held in the historic city of Hamburg.

Other conference tracks at this event include Drug Discovery Automation - Chemistry Automation & Compound Management, Drug Discovery Automation - HCS & Cell Based Assays, Informatics for Automation, Liquid Handling & Robotics, Nano & Microfluidics, Next-Gen Sequencing Automation and Separation & Detection. Registered delegates will have access to all eight meetings ensuring a very cost-effective trip.

In addition the event will also host several cutting edge training courses which can be viewed here.

Agenda Topics

Banking of Various Biological Samples

Ethical and Privacy Considerations
European Union Regulatory Trends: Country Specific
Sample Classes for Banking and Storage
What is the value of Biobanking and Biorepositories

Cord Blood Banking

Approaches for QA, QC and Storage
Emerging opportunities to Vendors
Logistic Challenges in the Space as the field expands

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Exhibition Team,
exhibitors@selectbio.com
+44 (0) 1206 501654

Distinguished Faculty

Andrew Brooks, Associate Professor/Chief Operating Officer/Director, Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository
Fiorella Guadagni, Chief, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Pisana
Tim Sheehy, Director, Promega Corporation
Chana Rabiner, Director of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute
Rolf Muller, Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Biomatrica
Peter Lansberg, Managing Director, DNA Biobank Facility, The Durrer Center, Amsterdam
Conor Douglas, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Vrije University of Amsterdam Medical Centre
Corrado Angelini, Principle Investigator, University of Padova
Timo Faltus, Research Associate, Martin-Luther-University
Niels Kruize, Sales Director, LGC Genomics
Elke Smits, Scientific Project Manager/Medical Director, Antwerp University Hospital
Stella Somiari, Senior Director, Windber Research Institute
Elena Salvaterra, Senior Researcher, Scientific Institute Eugenio Medea

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