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 [...]

In order to harmonize the process related to the initial submission of the biannual evaluation of biobanks as required in the Royal Decree on the biobanks dd. Jan. 09, 2018., [...]

The new BBMRI.be newsletter is now available! Have a look at to find up more about our recent and upcoming activities! BBMRI.be Newsletter 5 - September 2020

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