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COOPERATION WITH SIMILAR INITIATIVES AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD THAT ALLOW IMPROVING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE PBP TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY FOR MORE EFFECTIVE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH.
The Pulmonary Biobank ConsortiumCIBERES (PBC) is currently a member of the following cooperative structures:
NATIONALLY: • Member of the National Biobank Network Platform of the ISCIII of AES 2013-2016 .
– Actively participating in the Quality Management Systems work group since 2014 .
– Member of the National Biobank Network Platform Steering Committee of the ISCIII since 2014 .
– Coordinating together with Fundación Cien since the end of 2014 the line of work called “Quality and development of new methods for processing and storing tissues” of Programme 3: Research, Development and Innovation .
INTERNATIONALLY:
• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER). – Participation in the Marketing and Promotion Committee . – Participation in the BioSpecimen Science work group .
• European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation & Biobanking (ESBB). – Participation in the rare pathologies work group .
ACTIONS FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES
• Organisation by CIBERES of the 5th National Biobank Conference in the coordination headquarters on 12-14 November 2014 under the slogan: MEDICINA PERSONALIZADA Y BIOBANCOS . This is an annual event that brings together all national biobanks (www .uibcongres .org/biobancos2014)
• The first draft agreement was signed with the National Biobank Network Platform-ISCIII to organise the 5th National Biobank Conference, which will serve as a draft agreement for future events of the network .
• Member of the organising committee of the 6th National Biobank Conference, Lleida, 18-20 November 2015 .
EXPOSURE
Internal and external exposure of the PBC is one of the most important actions for the purpose of the scientific community learning about its services and favouring the interrelation with other entities and companies . In addition to the specific web page describing PBP activity (www .biobancopulmonar .ciberes . org), the presence of triptychs and posters at scientific and technological events, as well as the inclusion in national and international networks or catalogues (www .redbiobancos .es; www .bbmri-lpc-biobanks .eu; www .trans-hit .com; Catálogo de Servicios Tecnológicos de I+D+i en Ciencias de la Salud de las Illes Balears; www .biobancos .isciii .es), in 2014 we have participated in:
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