Visit day three of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast. 

Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates. If you missed day one, find it at the Europe Biobank Week website.

EBW is the most important event of the year for the global biobanking community. A yearly congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB, it unites over 800 biobankers, researchers, industry specialists and decision makers from across the life sciences to discuss the latest innovative research and industry changes. It features keynotes, parallel sessions and workshops and is held over four days.

This episode, recorded on 15 May, is when congress is in full swing.

Contributors to the episode, as they appear, are:

• Istahil Mohammed Ibrahim, Statens Serum Institut
• Adrie Kromhout, Amsterdam University Medical Center
• Prof. Professor Mait Metspalu, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu
• Donal Melanaphy, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Tania Porqueddu, Università Di Sassari
• Dr. Gianni D’Errico, Toscana Life Sciences 
• Dr. Piotr Mrówka, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine
• Dr. Mignon van Gent, Amsterdam University Medical Centre

Links:

• Estonian Biobank: https://genomics.ut.ee/en/content/estonian-biobank
• EP PerMed: https://www.eppermed.eu/
• Europe Biobank Week: https://www.europebiobankweek.eu
• BBMRI-ERIC: https://www.bbmri-eric.eu
• ESBB: https://esbb.org