Today, 43 biobanks and the German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg (DKFZ) are active in the GBN as an IT development centre. Together, they work according to uniform quality standards and utilise a networked IT infrastructure that makes biosamples and data available throughout Europe.

With its integration into the NUM, the GBN directly supports cross-site research:

• Researchers can search for and request biosamples and associated data centrally.
• Standardised quality standards create comparability.
• As part of the BBMRI-ERIC, the GBN is integrated into the European research landscape and provides researchers with access to international resources.