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CIBER Annual report 2019
Platforms
CIBERER Biobank
Coordinator: Federico Pallardó
The number of biological samples in the Biobank system continues to increase with a total this year of 1075 samples of 71 different pathologies (http://www.ciberer-biobank.es). During this year, the number of biological samples as- signed has been a total of 107 (3 assignments). This clearly indicates that we have increasing visibility, partly because we are included in the European catalogue coordinated by Eurobiobank and also thanks to the Biobank website which was renewed in June, complying with the 7 recommendations of the National Biobank Network. We also focus on developing and offering new services for CIBERER researchers and this has meant that the number of services provided continues to increase annually. In 2019, 18 services were provided, 35% more than the previous year. A part of the assignments and services has been made to external groups and biotech companies, which brought in some revenue (€ 700).
We continue to maintain collaborations with Biobank networks. We are a member of the Valencian Network of Bio- banks (since 2010) actively participating in different working groups. We were the Local Organizing Committee of the X National Congress of Biobanks held in October in Valencia and also of the Eurobiobank (since 2017), with a joint catalogue prepared in 2019. Collaboration agreements signed with Biobank IBSP-CV / FISABIO and Banco Nacional de ADN (DNA National Bank) have continued to be in force this year. Furthermore, we are part of a working group of the ISCIII National Biobank Network Platform, in the “PRoCuRe” program”.
Regarding agreements with the industry, two collaboration agreements are maintained with EpiDisease SL: the first within the framework of a “TEST ScoliPro®” project where the Biobank processes and stores the study samples and the second to determine the telomerase activity of lines of immortalized fibroblasts in the CBK. In addition, another collaboration with EpiDisease SL has also been initiated within the framework of a European project.
We have taken part in different media to disseminate our activity:
• European Researchers’ Night organised at the CIPF.
• Participation in the World Day of Rare Diseases of the Autonomous Community of Valencia organised by la Alianza de Investigació Traslacional de Malalties Rares (Alliance for Translational Research of Rare Diseases) of the Autonomous Community of Valencia.
• XII Annual CIBERER Meeting.
• Workshop organised within the CIBERER Coordination Actions.
• X Congress of the National Network of Biobanks.
• Participation in an internal conference organised by FEDER-Valencia.