In the last weeks we have seen in Flanders numerous initiatives to respond to the COVID‐19  crisis, many of them arising bottom‐up, often in collaboration with European partnerships that  received  funding  from  the  European  Union’s  Horizon  2020  research  and  innovation  programme. Everywhere  in  the  region,  research  groups,  as  well  as  companies,  have  reallocated budgets to address different issues related to the COVID‐19 pandemic. The Flemish universities and their experts play a crucial role in the guidance and decisionmaking of this unseen crisis. This is particularly challenging, as the virus is new and its  pathophysiology, the epidemiology and social impact need to be better understood to develop  better diagnostics, vaccines, treatments and interventions.   [...]

From 2019 onwards, BBMRI.be invites all Belgian biobanks with translational research potential as well as biobank users that are seeking structural research collaborations with the BBMRI.be network to join the [...]

BBMRI.be has several biobanks with valuable COVID19 resources to share! Find them now in the  COVID19 enabled Directory or in the list of resources collected by BBMRI-ERIC  

On November 4th, the Belgian Biobanking Day was organized by BBMRI.be and Greiner. We would like to thank all speakers and attendants of the meeting, to make this day a [...]

We are happy to share with you our 4th newsletter. Have a look to learn more about our recent and planned activities! 4th Newsletter BBMRI.be

We are happy to share with you our 3rd newsletter. Have a look to learn more about our recent and planned activities! BBMRI.be - Newsletter 3 - April 2019