🌍 🧬 From May 13–16, over 800 participants from 47 countries gathered at Palazzo dei Congressi in Bologna, making #EBW25 the most successful Europe Biobank Week to date.
👉 Missed it or want to revisit the energy? Dive into our #EBW25 multimedia story: buff.ly/3qcgIAd
📰 SAVE THE DATE - #EBW26
After a hugely successful #EBW25, we are delighted to share details of next year's Europe Biobank Week Congress. You are warmly invited to join us!
🗓️ 19-22 May 2026
📍 Prague Congress Centre, Praha, Czech Republic
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🎧 Day four of #EBW25 Congress Radio is out.
📻 Tune in to the final day of a mini-series covering Europe Biobank Week 2025. This episode, recorded on 16 May, features a vibrant Ethics Café, a winning pitch and closing ceremony.
🎙️ Listen: buff.ly/1atGLu4
🎉 #EBW25 has officially ended
🧬🌍 Over 800 attendees from 47 countries—including biobankers, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders—came together to explore the cutting edge of biobanking and biomedical innovation.
👋 See you next year
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💡 Great discussion at the #EBW25 Ethics Café
🧬 Led by Prof. Dr. Roland Jahns (ibdw) and Dr. Peggy Manders (Radboud Biobank), the session focused on Consent in Paediatric Biobanking.
☕ It's a relaxed space for open talks about key ethical issues in biomedical research.
🎧 📣 EBW Congress Radio
📻 Tune in to day three of the Europe Biobank Week Congress in this mini-series covering the event - part of the BBMRI-ERIC Podcast. This episode, recorded on 15 May, captures the congress in full swing.
🎙️ Listen now: buff.ly/xXrJRZV
📸 How to get the biobank community in one picture
🌍 Over 800 participants of our amazing community decided to join #EBW25. It was hard to fit all participants in one shot, so we decided to send our photographer on a "special location".
🔬 EP PerMed – Unlocking Biobanks for Personalised Medicine: Today’s special parallel session, hosted by the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine, put the spotlight on the critical role of #biobanking in advancing #PersonalisedMedicine.
💡 Stay tuned for more updates
💡 'Bringing the benefits of biobanking closer to the people' was the central theme of today's keynote from Prof. Mait Metspalu, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, highlighting the transformative progress of the Estonian Biobank.
✨ Stay tuned for more #EBW25 highlights

















