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ISBER Self-Assessment Tool (SAT)
ISBER has created this
Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) to assist repository operators in
determining how well their repository follows the
ISBER Best Practices for Repositories.
The assessment is confidential and aimed at helping specimen
collection centers strengthen their practices through the
identification of areas in need of improvement.
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on an ISBER Committee or ISBER Working Group?
ISBER March 2009 Newsletter
Highlights:
• ISBER joins with other organizations to form the Forum for
International Biobanking Organizations (FIBO)
• Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)
to secure access to biological resources required for health-related
research.
• ISBER Council to establish regional chapters.
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• ISBER establishes the Publications Committee and the Long Range
Planning Committee.
• ISBER establishes Working Groups
• Focus on AirLiquide.
• Focus on GenVault Corporation.
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Newsletter
ISBER Asian Chapter and the Asian Network for
Research Resource Center (ANRRC) Meeting,
September 22-25, 2009 at the COEX Center, in Seoul,
Korea
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The ISBER Biospecimen Science Working Group
published the following paper in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers
& Prevention:
Human Biospecimen Research: Experimental Protocol and Quality
Control Tools
Fotini Betsou, Rebecca Barnes, Thomas Burke, Domenico Coppola,
Yvonne DeSouza, James Eliason, Barbara Glazer, David Horsfall,
Cynthia Kleeberger, Sylvain Lehmann, Anil Prasad, Amy Skubitz,
Stella Somiari, Elaine Gunter, and [International Society for
Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Working Group on
Biospecimen Science]
Betsou et al. Cancer Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev.2009; 18: 1017-1025
ISBER December 2008 Newsletter
Highlights:
• ISBER joins with other
organizations to form the Forum for International Biobanking
Organizations (FIBO)
• Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
(BBMRI) to secure access to biological resources required for
health-related research.
• ISBER Council to establish
regional chapters.
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• ISBER establishes the Publications Committee and the Long Range
Planning Committee.
• ISBER establishes Working Groups
• Focus on AirLiquide.
• Focus on GenVault Corporation.
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the December 2008 Newsletter
ISBER Publishes 2008 ISBER Best Practices For
Repositories,
Collection, Storage,
Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research
Available in English and Korean Translations
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ISBER Vision
ISBER’s vision is to be the leading international forum for promoting
consistent, high quality
standards, ethical principles and innovation in biospecimen banking by uniting
the global
biobanking community.
ISBER Mission
ISBER creates opportunities for sharing ideas internationally and harmonizing
approaches to
evolving challenges in biobanking and repository operation. ISBER fosters
collaborations,
creates education and training opportunities, and provides an international
showcase for state-of the art research findings and cutting edge technologies,
products and services. Together, these activities promote best practices that
cut across the broad range of repositories that ISBER
serves.
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ISBER Launches Global Expansion Fund
The ISBER Global
Expansion Fund supports efforts to increase ISBER’s membership and
presence world-wide.
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New Funding
Opportunity: Biospecimen Contributing Institutions for Research
Studies in Cancer Tissue Pre-Analytical Variables
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UK plans for the destruction of
800,000 DNA database profiles following a ruling by the European
court of human rights.
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Laboratory Corp. of America is preparing to move in to its new
biorepository in Kannapolis, one of the largest operations of
its type in the world.
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A Milwaukee-based health care
organization has launched a technology-driven biobank at one of
its hospitals that aims to link science, technology and patient
care.
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Information
Translational Research Demands Virtual Biobanks
Genome Technology
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Integrated
Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) selects ISBER President, Dr. Robert
Hewitt as CEO. IBBL is a tissue storage and distribution
initiative.
"IBBL will implement
uniform standards for collection, storage and distribution of a
full range of tissue samples, including blood, serum and tumor
tissues. This next-generation biobank will provide
molecular-based characterizations of biospecimens linked to
clinical studies. The project will leverage expertise in
biology, pathology, informatics and information technology
infrastructure, laboratory operations, transportation, legal
matters and ethics."
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IBM Building Analytics Clouds
IBM has created
a "biobanking cloud" for a client, where the client stores
blood, tissue and other biological material in a biobank and
the cloud houses data about the material. "So you can run
tests and relate back to the progression of diseases".
from eweek.com, 4/15/2009
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New UK twin biobank proposed for genetic research
PHG Foundation, 4/11/2009
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Information
Thailand: The future home of stem cell
research?
GlobalPost, 3/24/2009
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Lifesaver's focus: Sex and death
thestar.com, 4/14/2009
Toronto doctor's pioneering work fought AIDS,
studied smoking in India. Now he plans a
bio-bank.
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An Electronic Future for Biology?
This article in Labnews highlights increased challenges
and complexities of scientific research and a growing focus on
"electronic specimens."
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Forum for International Biobanking
Organizations (FIBO)
ISBER has joined with a number of other organizations to form a
small working group called the Forum for International
Biobanking Organizations (FIBO).
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In the Annual Special Issue of Time Magazine
10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now - #8 "Biobanks"
Scientists at the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) wish to establish the USA's first national
biobank that would store tissue samples, DNA, blood and
tumor/cancer cells that would be used in research.
>>Read the Article
International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC)
IARC, the World
Health Organization's (WHO) leading source for information about
cancer,
monitors the causes and occurrence of cancer globally, and
develops strategies for cancer control.
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