We are happy to present you the E-book  “Biobanks as Essential Tools for Translational Research: The Belgian Landscape”, published in Frontiers in Medicine as a special Research Topic.  This Research Topic gives an impression of the numerous research opportunities with human biospecimen samples and data from the Belgian biobanks and illustrates how biobanks are an essential tool for translational research.

Have a look here to open the full E-Book and find out more about our Belgian biobank!

 

Table of Content: 

  1. Editorial: Biobanks as Essential Tools for Translational Research: The  Belgian Landscape
    Annelies Debucquoy, Loes Linsen, Veronique T’Joen, Laurent Dollé and Sofie Bekaert on behalf of BBMRI.be
  2. The Belgian Virtual Tumorbank: A Tool for Translational Cancer Research
    Kim Vande Loock, Eva Van der Stock, Annelies Debucquoy, Katia Emmerechts, Nancy Van Damme and Etienne Marbaix on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Belgian Virtual Tumorbank
  3. Rationalized Development of a Campus-Wide Cell Line Dataset for Implementation in the Biobank LIMS System at Bioresource Center Ghent
    Veronique T’Joen, Lieven Vaneeckhaute, Sara Priem, Steven Van Woensel, Sofie Bekaert, Elke Berneel and Catherine Van Der Straeten
  4. Biobank Quality Management in the BBMRI.be Network
    Loes Linsen, Veronique T’Joen, Catherine Van Der Straeten, Kristel Van Landuyt, Etienne Marbaix, Sofie Bekaert and Nadine Ectors on behalf of the BBMRI.be Quality Working Group
  5. Biobanking for Viral Hepatitis Research
    Erwin Ho, Stijn Van Hees, Sofie Goethals, Elke Smits, Manon Huizing, Sven Francque, Benedicte De Winter, Peter Michielsen and Thomas Vanwolleghem
  6. Cardiogeneticsbank@UZA: A Collection of DNA, Tissues, and Cell Lines as a Translational Tool 
    Maaike Alaerts, Gerarda van de Beek, Ilse Luyckx, Josephina Meester, Dorien Schepers, Aline Verstraeten, Johan Saenen, Emeline Van Craenenbroeck, Inge Goovaerts, Inez Rodrigus, Steven Laga, Jeroen Hendriks, Sofie Goethals, Annemieke De Wilde, Elke Smits, Philippe Jorens, Manon Huizing, Lut Van Laer and Bart Loeys
  7. Tumor Banks: A Quality Control Scheme Proposal
    Ligia Craciun, Selim Alex Spinette, Marc Rassy, Roberto Salgado, Alexandre de Wind, Pieter Demetter, Laurine Verset, Maria Gomez-Galdon, Marie Chintinne, Nicolas Sirtaine, Nicolas de St Aubain,  Joanna Laios,Francoise Roy and Denis Larsimont
  8. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)—A Textbook Case for Multi-Centric Banking of Human Biological Materials
    Isabelle Cleynen, Loes Linsen, Sare Verstockt, Bram Verstockt, Vera Ballet, Eline Vandeput, Gert Van Assche, Marc Ferrante, Kristel Van Landuyt, Séverine Vermeire and Nadine Ectors
  9. Raising to the Challenge: Building a Federated Biobank to AccelerateTranslational Research—The University Biobank Limburg
    Loes Linsen, Kimberly Vanhees, Evi Vanoppen, Kim Ulenaers, Suzanne Driessens, Joris Penders, Veerle Somers, Piet Stinissen and Jean-Luc Rummens
  10. Automated Sample Storage in Biobanking to Enhance Translational Research: The Bumpy Road to Implementation
    Loes Linsen, Kristel Van Landuyt and Nadine Ectors
  11. Sharing of Clinical Trial Data and Samples: The Cancer Patient Perspective
    Stefanie Broes, Ciska Verbaanderd, Minne Casteels, Denis Lacombe and Isabelle Huys
  12. Biobank@VITO: Biobanking the General Population in Flanders
    Rosette Van Den Heuvel, Elly Den Hond, Ann Colles, Vera Nelen, Karen Van Campenhout and Greet Schoeters