Prof. Jens K. Habermann
Director General BBMRI-ERIC

Advancing biobanking in Europe for a healthier world

Professor Jens K. Habermann, M.D., PH.D., is Director General of BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium) since September 2020 and Professor at the University of Lübeck. He obtained his M.D. training at the Medical University of Lübeck (Lübeck, Germany), received his Ph.D. at the Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, NIH (Bethesda, USA). As board certified specialist in human genetics, Prof. Habermann combines clinics, biobanking, and translational (cancer) research to optimize personalised medicine.

Other speakers

Prof. Adrian Egli

Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich

Dr. Barbara Flückiger Schwarzenbach

Deputy head of the National Research unit at the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

Prof. Antoine Geissbühler

Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Geneva; Director of teaching and research, Geneva University Hospitals; Head of the division of eHealth and telemedicine, Geneva University Hospitals

Dr. Christine Joye

Executive Director of Swiss Biobanking

Prof. Carlo Largiadèr

President of SBP and Head of Liquid Biobank Bern

Prof. Marialuisa Lavitrano

Full professor at the University Milano – Bicocca; Director BBMRI.it, Italian Node of BBMRI-ERIC; Director, vice-president EOSC

Dr. Liis Leitsalu

EBMG registered genetic counsellor, The myGenome initiative

Dr. Katrin Männik

Chief Operating Officer at the Health2030 Genome Center

Dr. Sara Nussbeck

Head of Central Biobank UMG

Prof. Jivko Stoyanov

Group Leader at Swiss Paraplegic Research. Head of the SwiSCI Biobank

Prof. André Uitterlinden

Professor of Complex Genetics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam; Coordinator Genome of Europe

Dr. med. Michael Weisskopf

Head Research Biobanking Service Center at Universitätsspital Zürich
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