EP PerMed hosted session 7E ‘Unlocking Biobanks for Personalised Medicine’ at the Europe Biobank Week 2025 on 15 May 2025 in Bologna.
EP PerMed’s special parallel session attracted around 120 participants and put the spotlight on the critical role of biobanking in advancing personalised medicine.
Key insights explored:
- How biobanks are advancing personalised medicine, transforming research, and reshaping patient care for the future
- How AI and new technologies are driving healthcare innovation
Session Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Introduction to EP PerMed | Christine Hasenauer (DLR) |
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Introduction to PM | Gianni D’Errico (TLS) |
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Biobanks as drivers of personalised medicine | Mait Metspalu (University of Tartu) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | From population biobanks to clinical application – a personalised medicine perspective | Kristian Hveem (National Node Director of “Biobank Norway”) |
| 14:50 – 14:55 | Poster Flash Presentation canSERV – providing cutting edge cancer research services across Europe and establishing a European Molecular Tumour Board Network | Manuela Pausan (BBMRI-ERIC) |
| 14:55 – 15:00 | Poster Flash Presentation Enriching the biobanks collections by refined data returned from previous projects – case study of T-cell receptor sequence data | Johanna Mäkelä (FINBB) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Round table discussion | Moderator: Andrea Frosini (TLS); Panelists: Kristian Hveem, Mait Metspalu, Luisa Minghetti (ISS), Juan Riese Jorda (IACS) |
The Europe Biobank Week 2025 is the biggest biobanking networking opportunity, to meet industry representatives at the exhibition, discuss the newest findings and hot topics with experts from healthcare, academia, and industry, and attend high-quality scientific programmes. The congress highlights state-of-the-art biobanking innovations and research and is organised by ESBB and EP PerMed partner BBMRI-ERIC.
