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Editorial by the Project Coordinator
Over the course of the first 2 years of the B3Africa project, the consortium members have dealt with two major areas that concern biobanks: ethics and technology. Read more
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Editorial by the WP 6 Leader: A Pivotal Year Ahead for the Dissemination Work Package
The B3Africa sustainability plan will aim to provide strategies for the continuity of the integrated platform (the eB3Kit) and the training resources. Read more
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B3Africa AGM, Training Plan, BiBBoX and First Use Case Analysis
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News from the Second B3Africa Annual General Meeting
The prevailing mood following the meeting was one of strong optimism and firm dedication to making the third year of the B3Africa project a great one. Read more
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The B3Africa Training Plan in Action
The B3Africa learning plan, initiated in July 2016, has now reached its cruising speed.
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Configuring and Installing the BiBBoX Environment: A Developer’s Perspective
The first practical integration of the BiBBoX system into the existing infrastructures of our use case partners has been an interesting experience and an excellent test for the system itself. Read more
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The Successful Testing of the Baobab LIMS Open-Source Software in a Use Case Analysis at a Medical School in South Africa
The first use case testing of the Baobab LIMS software at the NSB was successfully completed in 2017, and the potential extension of its functionality to cater to different research group requirements is a promising avenue for future studies. Read more
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Testing the eB3Kit in Real-Life Settings: Institutions participating in the Use Cases Work Package (WP 7)
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National Health Laboratory Service Stellenbosch University Biobank
SOUTH AFRICA
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International Livestock Research Institute
KENYA
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Makerere University College of Health Sciences
UGANDA
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Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
NIGERIA
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Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+Biobank
POLAND
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National Cancer Institute
LITHUANIA
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Medical Research Council Unit
THE GAMBIA
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Breast Care International
GHANA
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Baobab LIMS, STATegra EMS, Galaksio and PathReD Congress
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 Baobab LIMS: An Open-Source LIMS for Biobanking
Baobab LIMS gives researchers affordable access to human biobanking activities. Commercial LIMS alternatives are available but do not cater to resource-limited settings where researchers cannot afford licensing fees. Read more |
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STATegra EMS: Bridging Biobank Data with Experimental Data and Bioinformatics
Big data has become the standard in biomedical research; it is therefore necessary to encapsulate experimental provenance along with sample metadata and storage parameters from the laboratory information management system (LIMS).
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The STATegra Experiment Management System (EMS) in the eB3Kit
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Introducing the Galaksio Web Interface
When used within the eB3Kit, Galaksio allows researchers to conduct their analyses in an environment closely integrated with the biobank through STATegra EMS, providing analysts with direct access to relevant metadata and potential confounding factors related to the study.
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The B3Africa Project Showcased at the Second Pathology Research and Development Congress (PathReD), in Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Carmen Swanepoel gave a lecture focusing on initiatives such as B3Africa that have made great strides with regards to work on biobanking, data sharing and protection, and information management systems in Africa and Europe. Read more |
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eConsent App: Don't Miss the Next NIASC Webinar!
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The eConsent App that will be integrated in the eB3Kit will be presented at the next session of the Nordic Center of Excellence in Health-related eScience (NIASC) webinar series:
Date: September 18th, 2017
Time: 2:00 pm CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Speakers:
- How consumer purchase data can be used to improve public health. Frederik Trier Møller, MD, Ph.D, State Serum Institute, Copenhagen Denmark, is experienced in registry-based research and is now training as a public health specialist. He will describe the Danish initiative to establish an identifiable database of consumer purchases and the planned uses of this database in public health.
- The eConsent app: An open source, readily adaptable system for efficient collection of informed consent. Joakim Dillner, Director of NIASC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Questions from the participants.
Please register by sending an email to ulla.rudsander@ki.se to receive additional information and login details.
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The B3Africa project will be showcase at the Global Biobank Week in Stockholm, from 12-15 September 2017. To get fresh news about the project, don't miss:
 The B3Africa booth, where you can meet and discuss with B3Africa partners (on the mezzanine of the exhibition hall).
Oral and poster presentations by B3Africa partners:
- Heimo Müller (Medical University of Graz), Practical Interactive Session on Minimum Operational Needs for Start-Up, Workshop: How to set up a Modern Biobank, Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 8:45-12:30, Room Magasinet;
- Kihara Wangoru (International Livestock Research Institute), Mobile Data Acquisition and Freezer Management: The Great ILRI Solution, Workshop: IT for Biobanks, Tuesday 12 September 2017, 13:30-17:00, Room Magasinet;
- Dominique Anderson (University of the Western Cape), Bioresources Management: Open-Source LIMS including BAOBAB LIMS, Workshop: IT for Biobanks, Tuesday 12 September 2017, 13:30-17:00, Room Magasinet;
- Roxana Merino-Martinez (Karolinska Institutet), Data Harmonization & Data Interoperability, including MIABIS: Implementation in LIMS, and F2Share: Federation Framework in the Context of B3Africa, Workshop: IT for Biobanks, Tuesday 12 September 2017, 13:30-17:00, Room Magasinet;
- Heimo Müller (Medical University of Graz), Biobank in a Box: BiBBox, including a demo, data integration, and how BIBBOX helps system managers, Workshop: IT for Biobanks, Tuesday 12 September 2017, 13:30-17:00, Room Magasinet;
- Jan-Eric Litton (BBMRI-ERIC), Future Biobanks? Session 2A Keynote Plenary 2, Wednesday 13 September 2017, 11:00-11:35, Room Mälarsalen;
- Carmen Swanepoel (Stellenbosch University), Lessons learned: Challenges Experienced by the NHLS/Stellenbosch University Biobank (NSB), a South African Perspective, Session 3A:The Measure of Success: Metrics Used to Describe the Utilisation of Biobanked Samples, Wednesday 13 September 2017, 14:00-15:15, Room Mälarsalen;
- Dominique Meunier (International Agency for Research on Cancer), B3Africa Education and Training: using a competency-based approach for the design of a tailored training programme, Poster Presentations 2, 14 September 2017, 14:00-15:15, Room Fogelström;
- Kurt Zatloukal (Medical University of Graz), Innovative Technology and its Contribution to Biobanking, Innovative Technology and Its Contribution to Biobanking, 14 September 2017, 17:45-19:00, Room Nobelterrassen;
- Ny Haingo Andrianarisoa (International Agency for Research on Cancer), Lessons Learned from the BCNet Catalogue Pilot Phase, Session 9A:Biobank Catalogues – Technical Operations, Friday 15 September, 14:00-15:30, Room Mälarsalen.
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 Project Coordinator
Dr Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
Erik.bongcam@slu.se
+46-18672121
Website: www.b3africa.org
 B3Africa website & newsletter
Dominique Meunier
Project Assistant
MeunierD@iarc.fr
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