BBMRI-ERIC Podcast

“Being selected for something like this, it’s like being told that what you are doing matters and you belong to this conversation.” Introducing Dr. Carina Vieira, a researcher at the Pharmaceutical Sciences department at the University of Porto. Carina will join hundreds of promising early-career scientists at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting taking place from 28 June to 3 July in Germany. S...

These episodes aim to give you insights from the congress that took place in Prague from 19-22 May 2026. This episode, recorded on 21st May, delves into the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM) who organised a session called ‘oncology insights. It highlighted the possibilities of cross-disciplinary collaboration across oncology biobanks, pathology, radiology and molecular medic...

These episodes aim to give you insights from the congress that took place in Prague from 19-22 May 2026. This episode, recorded on 21 May, introduces you to Aneta Tyszkiewicz who is Director, Science and Regulatory at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). They represent the R&D-based pharmaceutical industry in Europe. Aneta leads EFPIA’s policy and advo...

This episode, recorded on 21st May, is handled by two speakers from the EP PerMed session. The European Partnership for Personalised Medicine panel was a discussion between stakeholders on the process of returning to people data coming from genetic/genomic studies. This is important for good research practice, people engagement, willingness to share health data and enhancing public trust in scienc...

This Europe Biobank Week Congress mini-series is part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast . These episodes aim to give you glimpses into the congress taking place in Prague from 19-22 May 2026.   EBW is jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB and unites over 750 biobankers, researchers, industry specialists and decision makers from across the life sciences.  This episode, recorded on 20th May, introdu...

This Europe Biobank Week Congress mini-series is part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast . These episodes aim to give you glimpses into the congress taking place in Prague from 19-22 May 2026.   EBW is jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC and ESBB and unites over 750 biobankers, researchers, industry specialists and decision makers from across the life sciences. This year there are 104 oral and 155 poster...

“One Health is fundamentally about cooperation.” (Prof. Jabob Zinsstag) On 24 March 2026, three expert speakers joined us for a new ELSI Dialogues webinar to discuss the role biobanks can play in realising the One Health strategy. Josephine Uldry, Jakob Zinsstag and Adam Strobeyko discussed One Health from philosophical, societal, legal and practical perspectives, highlighting the complexity of th...

Engagement and involvement are not possible if you don't have trust. (Sara Rebbling) Constant dialogue with patients, caregivers and the public is a key guiding principle in biobanking and research. Yet, public and patient involvement, often referred to also as research participant involvement, has not yet become the usual practice in many biobanks. This episode lets you revisit the first webi...

The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cancer diagnostics, treatment plans and patient outcomes is immense, particularly when it comes to medical imaging. But what does it mean for AI to be truly trustworthy in practice? What do experts and patients need to develop trust in such potentially revolutionary new tools and how can we incorporate human needs early-on to ensure AI is tr...

Meet Dr. Ángel Álvarez-Prado,   principal investigator at the Translational Cancer Immunogenomics Lab at the Luxembourg Institute of Health. His journey took him from a curious child and self-described “computer nerd” to the head of his own laboratory, dedicated to advancing cancer treatment. Ángel first crossed paths with BBMRI-ERIC in 2023 while working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Ludwig Ins...

“No one has to reinvent the wheel in their work, but we need more visibility for the often invisible work, working with patients and the benefits this has for research.” (Melanie Goisauf) In episode 33 of the BBMRI-ERIC podcast we listen in on a recent BBMRI-ERIC ELSI Dialogues session recorded in June 2025, a vivid experts’ discussion covered concepts and practical means to effectively utilise th...

Visit day four of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast .  During these episodes, you’ll experience the congress as it happens in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll get a flavour of the event from interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates. If you missed day three, find it at Europe-biobank-week-dot-eu. EBW is a yea...

Visit day three of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast .  Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates. If you missed day one, find it at the Europe Biobank Week website. EBW is the most important even...

Visit day two of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast .  Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates. If you missed day one, find it at the Europe Biobank Week website. EBW is the most important event...

Visit day one of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast.  Europe Biobank Week Congress is happening in Bologna, Italy from 13-16 May 2025. You’ll hear a flavour of the event through interviews with organisers, speakers and delegates.  EBW is the most important event of the year for the global biobanking community. A yearly congress,...

“The technology is there. What is not there immediately, is how to use the technology properly.” (Prof. Marco Montali) In episode 28 of the BBMRI-ERIC podcast, Ilaria Colussi, Data Protection Officer at BBMRI-ERIC, and two guest experts discuss legal and technical aspects of using AI tools for biobanking. How can AI help modern biobanking? How can biobanks with their vast data and sample collectio...

“It’s not a secret to anybody that the biodiversity is decreasing on all continents, and this implies a lot of important issues for the day-to-day life of human beings. For a sustainable use of the biodiversity and benefit sharing, the Nagoya protocol was adopted.” (Melania Muñoz Garcia) Sharing is caring. This also holds true for biological samples and data as resources for research. Episode 27 o...

“AI systems need to be human centric, they should serve humanity and the common good”   Episode 26 takes you to a webinar on developing strategies for a trustworthy AI explored at the example of South-eastern Asia. After a quick introduction on how the European Union approaches this challenge, Thilma Komaling, one of the authors of Indonesia’s strategy on Artificial, takes you her home country whe...

“Without the patient citizen’s data, there is no future for research.” Episode 25 takes you to a workshop on information points for citizens under the European Health Data space. The workshop is jointly organised under the EHDS2Pilot project by BBMRI-ERIC’s ethical, legal and societal implications team and the Spanish Research Council in Brussels – CSIC where the workshop is being held. The projec...

Episode 24 introduces you to the canSERV project that focuses on providing over 400 cutting-edge and customised cancer research services. BBMRI-ERIC acts as coordinator for canSERV. The services and tools are made available to the cancer research community EU wide, enable innovative R&D projects and foster precision medicine for patients’ benefit across Europe. Experts from the project walk li...

“You cannot be a proper researcher without curiosity and curiosity is not only just for science, it’s for living.” Meet Eva Ortega-Paino who, until recently was National Node Director for Spain. This episode profiles her career which has taken her to Secretary General for Research, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain. Spain joined BBMRI-ERIC as an observer three years ago and E...

Welcome to this Europe Biobank Week Congress Radio special. It recorded live from the Europe Biobank Week Congress that happened in Vienna, Austria from 14-17 May 2024. The EBW Congress highlights cutting-edge biobanking innovations and research. Held over four days, it featured expert workshops, keynotes, over 85 oral and 140 poster presentations from across the biobanking community. This episode...

Welcome to this Europe Biobank Week Congress Radio special. It was recorded live at the Europe Biobank Week Congress that happened in Vienna, Austria from 14-17 May 2024. The EBW Congress highlights cutting-edge biobanking innovations and research. Held over four days, it featured expert workshops, keynotes, over 85 oral and 140 poster presentations from across the biobanking community. Keynotes a...

Welcome to this Europe Biobank Week Congress Radio special. It recorded live from the Europe Biobank Week Congress that happened in Vienna, Austria from 14-17 May 2024. The EBW Congress highlights cutting-edge biobanking innovations and research. Held over four days, it featured expert workshops, keynotes, over 85 oral and 140 poster presentations from across the biobanking community. Keynotes are...

“Healthcare biobanking and healthcare biobanks are playing an increasingly important role, not only in the biomedical research, but also in transferring knowledge to the health system”. Marialuisa Lavitrano, National Node Director, BBMRI.it. This is part two of a two part podcast which shares impact stories from across BBMRI-ERIC’s Member States and communities that were presented at the  BBMRI-ER...