Provided by EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM (BBMRI-ERIC)
BBMRI-ERIC IT Services for biobanks and sample/data collections include:
– Directory (collecting information about biobanks and their sample/data collections
– Negotiator (facilitating communication between researchers requesting samples/data from biobanks)
– Bibbox (toolbox for biobanks, open-source software)
– MIABIS 2.0 (Community standard for sharing information about biobanks)
Quality Management Services
– Knowledge Hub (Consulting on international standards relevant for biobanking and biomedical research; Quality management tasks in EU projects)
– Training & Support (In-house and online training, university courses, summer schools, short courses, workshops and consulting services covering various quality management systems relevant for biobanking and biomedical research )
– Auditing (The BBMRI-ERIC Self-Assessment Surveys (SAS) help to determine relevant requirements for work processes defined in international standards for biobanking and biomedical research). Audit programmes (Remote/on-site) (Quality check mark in Directory (assessment processes, including a remote or on-site audit, can lead to a Q-mark in the BBMRI-ERIC Directory))
– Quality assurance (define and provide biomarkers (intrinsic/ extrinsic) that allow standardized assessment of sample quality through engagement in biospecimen research.
Key ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications) Services
– ELSI Helpdesk
– ELSI Knowledge Base
– Ethics Check
BBMRI-ERIC delivers services to their member states in 3 different areas: IT, Quality Management and ELSI
Visit websiteProvided by CCRI (Children's Cancer Research Institute)
The CCRI flow cytometry core unit provides state-of-the-art instrumentation and services for diagnostic and research applications to intra -and -extramural users. The unique strength of flow cytometry lies in the rapid multi-parameter assessment of cells or particles in suspension. Heterogenous samples can be analysed in detail at single cell level. The core unit currently runs four flow cytometers for 18 to 30 parameter measurements. We offer flow cytometric analysis of multicolour samples and sorting of up to 4 target populations simultaneously from a single sample.
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* Bioinformatics: The bioinformatics team provides advice and support for CCRI researchers with regard to analysis, integration and interpretation of large scale genomics datasets. We maintain and run computational pipelines for processing raw next-generation sequencing (NGS) data and data quality checks for all genomics data held within the CCRI/St.Anna Children´s Hospital. We are also performing high quality data analyses in close collaboration with CCRI/St.Anna Children´s Hospital researchers.
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* Quality Management (support)
The QM always works in close cooperation with all staff members to provide cellular therapeutic agents, tissues, diagnostic services and study results of the highest quality and in compliance with legal requirements, guidelines and standards. This includes – but is not restricted to – support in the following respects:
Document management (writing, approval, distribution, version control, archiving, …)
Process management (recording of process flow diagrams, assignment of responsibilities, monitoring of process indicators, process enhancement, …)
Training and further education (conduct, management and refreshment of training)
Risk assessment and performance of risk analyses
Fault and deviation management (classification, allocation, processing and closing of errors, performance of root cause analyses and implementation of improvements)
Complaint handling
Supplier qualification (obtaining certificates or quality questionnaires, approval or blocking of suppliers, …)
Approval of maintenance, calibration and qualification reports for critical equipment
Method and process validation (defining and writing validation plans, calculating and representing results, writing validation reports, …)
Recording and reporting of side effects (pharmacovigilance, tissue vigilance, medical device vigilance)
Implementation of new standards
Auditing and monitoring including their reporting
Annual reporting (product quality reports, vigilance reports, management reports, and others)
Provided by CCRI (Children's Cancer Research Institute)
* Zebrafish platform Austria for Preclinical drug Screening (ZANDR) is a unique platform to phenotypically screen small compounds on zebrafish models of human diseases.
Zebrafish and in particular zebrafish larvae is a well suited vertebrate model system to investigate various human diseases and to perform cost-effective screens for small molecules with therapeutic potential (1). Funded by FFG, we have established a zebrafish-optimized and automated screening platform, which is open to the scientific community. Please contact us, if you are interested in collaboration: www.zandr-ccri.at
