Spain and Italy National Biobanks Obtained International Biobank Standard ISO 20387 Accreditation
Two national biobanks, the Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología (IVO Biobank) in Spain and the Biobanca Multispecialista (BMS) in Italy, have just received biobank standard ISO 20387 accreditation. This is exciting news, because this serves as official recognition that these facilities have skilled personnel, the...
UK Biocentre Granted ISO 15189:2012 Accreditation for Sample Processing and Storage Services
UK Biocentre has been granted ISO 15189:2012 Accreditation by UKAS for sample processing and storage services. This landmark accreditation further extends UK Biocentre’s capabilities, increasing the scope of services it can provide to support clinical trials and studies, including...
UiT’s Treasury Received Millions to Solve Health Challenges Namely Biobanking Storage Capacity
Through the Norwegian biobank consortium, to ensure the research core facility and solve major challenges in the biobanking domain, UiT has received an award of almost 20 million NOK from the Research Council. The biobank stores human biological material...
