title: PP081. Study group obstetrics - A platform for efficient collaboration and networking in obstetrical science.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Modern medical science has to meet a series of challenges including the integration of new technologies and strategies to daily scientific routine. Biobanking is defined as 'a collection of biological material and the associated data and information stored in an organized system for a population or a large subset of a population' and plays a key role in these efforts.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study group obstetrics aims to establish a platform for efficient collaboration and networking in obstetrical science.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on existing resources, technologies and expertise, autonomous data and sample collection in local biobanks shall be processed with uniformed SOPs to guarantee quality and compatibility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group obstetrics has created harmonized standards for sample and data management in biobanks as well as ethical and legal frameworks. Internet - based data management with uniform documentation sheets guarantee high data quality. Material and data are administrated autonomously and can be combined in the context of specific co-operations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to the outstanding dynamics over a limited period, the human pregnancy is an attractive field for biobanking and clinical case/control cohorts including disease focused cohorts. Harmonized standards and linkage in a network allow efficient scientific co-operations. Everyone interested is invited to join the study group obstetrics as an equitable member.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics & fetal medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kuessel
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics & fetal medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics & fetal medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeisler