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Antrag zur Etablierung eines Nationalen Knotens der Europäischen Forschungsinfrastruktur für Biobanken und Biomolekulare Ressourcen
- Abstract
- Since centuries the systematic investigation of biological samples and medical data provides the
foundation for our knowledge on diseases and the development of new diagnostic procedures,
medications, and therapies. Therefore, biological samples are considered as the key resource for the
advancement of medicine and biotechnology (OECD 2001). The sustainable exploration of this key
resource should be assured by the pan‐European research infrastructure BBMRI‐ERIC with its
statutory seat and executive management office in Graz/Austria. The scientific participation of
Austria in BBMRI‐ERIC is exerted by a national node (BBMRI.AT) which should closely collaborate
with the central executive management office, and involves the Austrian public medical universities,
the Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, and the Life
Science Governance Institute.
The work programme will focus on the following topics:
Establishment of the Austrian national node and representation of the national node in the
BBMRI‐ERIC management committee according to the statutes and business plan of BBMRI‐ERIC;
Optimal harmonization of procedures within BBMRI.AT to integrate existing biobanks into a
national research infrastructure;
Optimal harmonization of BBMRI.AT procedures with BBMRI‐ERIC to increase international
visibility and the role of Austrian biobanks and related research;
Further development of the Austrian strengths in health care integrated biobanking to become a
leading partner for academic and industrial research.
Embedding BBMRI.AT into the societal framework by relating BBMRI.AT to societal expectations
and ethical/legal requirements
- Project Leader:
- Zatloukal Kurt
- Duration:
- 01.12.2013-31.12.2018
- Programme:
- Bund
- Type of Research
- other
- MUG Research Units
- Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology