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What is the Biobank?
Organizational structure

What is the Biobank?

The IDIBGI Biobank is the research core facility responsible for managing human biological samples and associated data for research purposes.

Its goal is to contribute to the development of excellence in research by providing the scientific community with samples and data under optimal conditions that ensure quality and compliance with current legislation.

The Biobank is authorized by the Generalitat de Catalunya according to RD 1716/2011, registered in the National Register of Biobanks of the Carlos III Health Institute (B.0000872), and certified under ISO 9001 standard. It is part of several biobank networks, such as the Catalan Tumor Bank Network (Xarxa de Bancs de Tumors de Catalunya - XBTC) and the ISCIII Biomodels and Biobanks Platform (PISCIIIBB), which is also an observer member of the European Biobank Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC)

Organizational structure

The IDIBGI Biobank is mainly linked to the University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta and the Hospital Santa Caterina. It is organized into two areas: the central node and the tumor bank node, where biological samples and patient data from various diseases are managed and stored, including endocrine-metabolic, oncological, hematological, neurological, infectious, digestive, renal, maternal-fetal, and aging-associated diseases, as well as control samples.

The Biobank is composed of a team of professionals with scientific training, technical specialists, clinical collaborators, and data managers:

  • Scientific Director: Dr. José Manuel Fernández-Real
  • Coordinator: Laia Alsina
  • Technical Staff: Gerard Pardo, Mar Rubio, Mònica Sabater
  • Technical Advisor for the Tumor Bank: Glòria Oliveras

Additionally, it is affiliated with two external committees that, among other functions, evaluate requests for sample and data transfers for research projects:

  • Ethics Committee. The Clinical Research Ethics Committee with Medicines of the University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta (CEIm Girona) assumes the functions of the Biobank's ethics committee, in accordance with its own regulations.
  • External Scientific Committee. It is composed of the following members:
    • Dr. Xavier Matías-Guiu Guia. University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova. Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida).
    • Dr. Aina Rodríguez Vilarrupla. August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS).
    • Dr. Albert Lecube Torelló. University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova. Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida).
    • Dr. Mª Ángeles Muñoz Fernández. General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón. Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute (IiSGM).
    • Prof. Fredrik Karpe. Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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