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Anna Bosch Comas , named Councilor of ESBB, the European Society more important in the Biobank’s field

Anna Bosch Comas Coordinator of the IDIBAPS’s core-facilities , has been elected to be part of the Councilors of the major international society about biobanks, the ESBB .

Anna Bosch Comas , Head of Core- Facilities IDIBAPS , has been elected Councilor of the ESBB, by all of its members. ESBB (the European , Middle Eastern and African Society for biopreservation and Biobanking) is the major international society in the field of Biobanks .

ESBB is a society for people involved in the collection and storage of biological materials from all species (animals and plants). The society is focused on Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ESBB has its origins in another society, the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER).

The mission of ESBB is to advance the field of biobanking in support of research relating to healthcare, agriculture and the environment.

The goals of ESBB are as follows:

Goal 1. Identify problems in the biobanking field and provide solutions.

Goal 2. Encourage high professional standards in biobanking.

Goal 3. Provide high value membership services for key actors in the biobanking field.

Goal 4. Encourage participation from a wide range of repositories across the EMEA region.

Goal 5. Provide a strong united voice for biobankers in the region, to influence development of their field.

Goal 6. Partner with other organizations involved with, or related to biobanking.

Goal 7. Encourage and support public-private biobank-related partnerships because of their scientific, medical and commercial importance.

Goal 8. Promote stakeholder support for biobanking.

Strategies to achieve these goals have been defined in the ESBB Business Plan.



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