Shaping, improving and advancing together - in the working groups and task forces of the German Biobank Network (GBN), experts are committed to further developing key topics in the biobank landscape. Find out more about their activities and how you can get involved.
The working groups (WGs) and task forces (TFs) of the GBN are central platforms for cooperation and innovation. In the WGs, long-term areas of work such as quality management or training are continuously monitored. The TFs, on the other hand, have a clearly defined remit: they disband as soon as their goal or product has been achieved.
What particularly characterises these groups is their collaborative spirit: GBN representatives contribute their expertise, share knowledge and jointly develop solutions that benefit the entire community. The range of topics is broad - from stakeholder engagement and financing concepts to data quality. The intensive exchange creates synergies that strengthen biobanks in Germany in the long term.
Call for collaboration
New members welcome: Additional representatives of GBN biobanks, both partners and observers, can join the working groups and task forces at any time. Please contact the GBN office (e-mail: germanbiobanknetwork@charite.de, phone +49 30 450 - 536 347).
Overview:
- Data quality working group
(headed by Julian Dörenberg, Tübingen, and Daniel Brucker, Frankfurt) - Funding working group
(Chair: Romy Kirsten, Mannheim) - Further education and training working group
(Chair: Sara Nußbeck, Göttingen) - Tissue working group
(chaired by Katja Steiger, Munich, and Alexander Brobeil, Heidelberg) - AG Liquid
(Head: Michael Kiehntopf, Jena) - Non-human biobanking working group
(Head: tbd) - WG PBMC
(Head: Philipp Schöppner, Marburg) - WG Quality Programme
(Head: Nhutuyen Nguyen, GBN) - Collection Evaluation WG
(Chair: Sara Nußbeck, Göttingen, and Daniel Brucker, Frankfurt) - WG Stakeholder Management
(Chair: Ronny Baber, Leipzig, and Verena Huth, GBN) - TF Local Hubs
(Head: Heidi Altmann, Dresden, and Alexandra Nieters, Freiburg)