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ISBER 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibits
May 10-14, 2010, Rotterdam, Netherlands, De Doelen Concert Hall and Congress Centre

ISBER Newsletter: March 2010

ISBER Self-Assessment Tool (SAT)
ISBER E&T Committee 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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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 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’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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The ISBER Global Expansion Fund supports efforts to increase ISBER’s membership and presence world-wide.
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