NL-Biobank Research Facility (BBMRI-NL2.0) | NWO programme National Roadmap - 2014

BBMRI-NL, the collaborative hub between biobanks in the Netherlands, has received 9.8 million euros in funding for the project BBMRI-NL2.0. This facility will give a boost to existing research by linking data from the different types of research material: blood, tissue, research data but also images from MRI scans, for example.

Linking these data will make it possible to do multifaceted research into the development of diseases. One condition for the successful linking of the data is an unambiguous approach to data storage; BBMRI-NL2.0 will develop standards for this. The facility will enable important steps to be made in the prediction, prevention and treatment of diseases.

With the funding, BBMRI-NL will strengthen the pioneering role of the Netherlands in biomedical research and the international biobank community. Organisations involved ( applicants): BBMRI-NL, EPI2, CTMM-TraIT

The National Roadmap Large-Scale Research Facilities aims to strengthen the scientific position of the Netherlands by encouraging the development and construction of large-scale research facilities. This may involve telescopes, particle accelerators, magnetic fields or databases, for example. With this program the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science invest in excellent research.

On July 1, 2014, six teams of scientists received a total of 81 million euros for the establishment or improvement of research facilities. This videos gives a brief introduction to one of these research projects.
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