title: Biobanking for Europe.
abstract: Biobanks are well-organized resources comprising biological samples and associated information that are accessible to scientific investigation. Across Europe, millions of samples with related data are held in different types of collections. While individual collections can be well organized and accessible, the resources are subject to fragmentation, insecurity of funding and incompleteness. To address these issues, a Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Infrastructure (BBMRI) is to be developed across Europe, thereby implementing a European 'roadmap' for research infrastructures that was developed by a forum of EU member states and that has been received by the European Commission. In this review, we describe the work involved in preparing for the construction of BBMRI in a European and global context.
authors.affiliation: The University of Manchester, School of Translational Medicine, CIGMR Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Martin.Yuille@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuille
authors.forename: Gert-Jan
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: van Ommen
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bréchot
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cambon-Thomsen
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dagher
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Landegren
authors.forename: Jan-Eric
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Litton
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasterk
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peltonen
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taussig
authors.forename: H-Erich
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Wichmann
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zatloukal
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*