1. Biobanking
Conference 2010
Analysing the trends and understanding the complexities of biobanking
4th - 5th February 2010, Earls Court Conference Centre, London, UK BOOK NOW!
Key Speakers
Julie Corfield, R&D Site Biobank Head, Astrazeneca
Anne Bahr, R&D Data Privacy Coordinator, Sanofi-Aventis
Dr. Maria Krestyaninova, Biomedical Informatics Coordinator, European Bioinformatics Institute
Dr. Kristian Unger, Research Associate Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College London
Kate Rolfvondenbaumen, Regulation Manager, Human Tissue Authority
Alastair Kent, Director, Genetic Interest Group
Dr. Alison Parry-Jones, Manager, Wales Cancer Bank
Marc Martens, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP
Morag McFarlane, Chief Scientific Officer, Tissue Solutions
Dr. John Cason, Senior (Non-Clinical) Lecturer in Virology, King’s College London School of Medicine
Dr. Michael D. Leek, Vice President, The Weinberg Group
Dr. Martin Frey, Senior Product Manager Storage Technologies, Hamilton Bonaduz
Dr. Ulla Krüppel, International Marketing, Chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie
Jonathan Horan, Product Manager, Vitro
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2. Conference Introduction
Biobanking Conference 2010
4th - 5th February 2010, London, UK
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ronald.magali@visiongainglobal.com
3. Day 1
Biobanking Conference 2010
Thursday 4th February 2010, London, UK
09:30 Registration and refreshments 14:50 Challenges for the governance of biobanks
• he mixed message of regulatory bodies: ‘dangers’ and ‘profits’
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10:00 Opening address from the chair • he challenge for biobankers: answering the message bottom-up with
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Jonathan Horan their governance strategy
Product Manager • ransparency to the public and patients, avoiding unwarranted expectations
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Product Manager • ow to deal with the feed-back issue? (of individual results to participants)
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• he traditional view and the good reasons for this view
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• hould GWAS change the traditional view of (non) individual feed-back?
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BIOBANKING - wHERE IS IT HEADING? • hould GWAS and international cooperation change the traditional view
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of the promise of privacy?
10:10 Biobanking in 2010 • he continuous dialogue with stakeholders
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• Analysing the current biobanking landscape • overnance as self-regulation and an investment in trust
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• Recent advancements in sample collection and processing Evert-Ben van Veen
• Perspective on future initiatives in biobanking Director
Medlawconsult
10:50 Biobanking to sustain R&D in pharma
• General aspects-purpose and scope
15:30 Afternoon Refreshments
• A-Z perspective of establishing a biobank 15:50 Security, Traceability and Interchange: information
• Challenges and needs challenges for biobanks
Julie Corfield • Legal and ethical issues in data security
R&D Site Biobank Head • aintaining traceability and process integrity throughout the sample life cycle
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Astrazeneca • sing IT to facilitating sample interchange and harmonise associated information
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Jonathan Horan
11:30 Morning refreshments Product Manager
Vitro
11:50 Biobanks - A Patient and Citizen Perspective
• Broad versus narrow consent 16:10 Legislation & Biobanks- can they co-exist?
• Feedback of results • mpact of legislation and HTA regulation on research (including the benefits)
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• Public and private sector biobanks (and crossover issues between them) • hen is an HTA licence required
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• Disease specific and population biobanks and public engagement • he different requirements for use of tissue from the living and tissue
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from the deceased
• Collaboration - harmonisation or standardisation?
• on-consensual use of DNA
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• Return on investment from a societal perspective
Kate Rolfvondenbaumen
Alastair Kent Regulation Manager
Director Human Tissue Authority
Genetic Interest Group
16:50 QA in biobanking and its importance for the
12:30 Utilising retrospective versus prospective samples generation of experimental data
for research- the hurdles and challenges • A of issued tissue/ biobanking material has a high impact on the
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• Legal, ethical and consent requirements potential of cancer biomarker research
• Harmonisation of sample handling/processing and QA systems • A checkpoints in the process of tissue collection and extractions are
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• Clinical information/matched samples - requirements vs reality controlled by using SOPs (standard operation protocols)
• Cost and time implications • ontrolled specimen quality maximises the usability of clinical specimens
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in terms of the number of potential users and applications and the
Morag McFarlane quality of the resulting data
Chief Scientific Officer • he maximum average quality of biobanking material is tissue-specific
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Tissue Solutions • xamples for techniques well applicable on low-quality RNA: MicroRNA
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and qRT-PCR
12:50 Networking lunch • ultiplex PCR – an approach to control the influence of DNA quality on
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the quality of array copy number data
wHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? • emonstration of the influence of DNA quality on data quality and how
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bioinformatics deals with the problem
Dr. Kristian Unger
14:10 Biobanking: an attempt at a global regulatory approach
Research Associate Division of Investigative Science
• Typology of biobanks and their respective regulatory framework
Imperial College London
• urrent legal issues in biobanking (privacy issues, ownership rights,
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informed consent, etc.) 17:30 Closing remarks from the chair17:
• Import and export of biobanking materials: a need for harmonisation?
Marc Martens 17:40 Networking drinks
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4. Day 2
Biobanking Conference 2010
Friday 5th February 2010, London, UK
09:30 Registration and refreshments 12:30 wales Cancer Bank- Experiences of formulating an access
policy and issuing samples to the research community
• hat will be made available? Sample availability and processing
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10:00 Opening address from the chair
• eciding on an appropriate access policy
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• echanisms to ensure transparency
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10:10 Learn about data protection in biobanking
• harging for samples
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• ersonal Data Protection: The main principles
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• ow can samples from clinical studies be re-used for research?
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• nformed consent in practice: Specificities imposed by French, Italian and
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Spanish authorities Manager
Wales Cancer Bank
• tandardising practices: What level is possible in a multinational
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pharmaceutical company?
13:10 Networking lunch
Anne Bahr
R&D Data Privacy Coordinator
14:30 High performance DNA isolation in european
Sanofi Aventis
biobanking projects
• loser insight in european biobanks
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10:50 SIMBioMS_ - IT solutions for data collection, • he chemagic separation technology
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harmonisation and analysis in large-scale biomedical
• Automated DNA isolation from Blood, Saliva, Swabs
genomics projects
• Large sample volumes up to 10 ml
• andling and combining sample data (SIMS), assays and measurement
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data from a wide range of technologies (AIMS), and for browsing,
summarizing and annotating its complex data content (SAIL) Dr. Ulla Krüppel
Senior Product Manager Storage Technologies
• rovides support for multi-partner biomedical data management from the
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Hamilton Bonaduz
moment of study design to the data analysis
• ample annotation and tracking, sample size estimation in cross-
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collection meta-studies, genetic and molecular data consistency,
and practical aspects of data standardisation and harmonisation in Dr. Martin Frey
collaborative discovery projects International Marketing
Chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie
Dr. Maria Krestyaninova
Biomedical Informatics Coordinator
15:10 Afternoon refreshments
European Bioinformatics Institute
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
11:30 Morning refreshments
15:30 Commercialisation challenges
RECENT CASE STUDIES • nalysing quality and logistic issues
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• iscussing regulatory issues related to commercialisation of stem cells
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from biobanks
11:50 The infectious diseases biobank at King’s Dr. Michael D. Leek
College London: Facilitating translational Vice President
research of pathogens The Weinberg Group
• ocal need for the resource
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16:10 Public attitudes to tissue and organ donation
• ioBank organisation and operation
B • ethods of engaging the public on complex and sensitive issues
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• utcomes
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organ donation
• uture challenges
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Becky Seale
Dr. John Cason
Consultant
Senior (Non-Clinical) Lecturer in Virology
Opinion Leader
King’s College London School of Medicine
16:50 Chair’s closing remarks and end of conference
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