Our employees in the Biobank Regulation Team

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A gloved hand, wearing a lab coat, gently places a vial containing a sample into a rack in a bright, clean laboratory. Laboratory equipment and vial trays are visible in the foreground and background.
The team was appointed by Marcin Kulasek, the Minister of Science and Higher Education. From WUM, the following were included: dr hab. Artur Kamiński from the Department of Transplantology and Central Tissue Bank, Ilona Szabłowska-Gadomska, MD, PhD, Eng., from the Laboratory for Cell Research and Application and Iwona Góras from the Scientific Project Department.

The tasks of the team include the analysis of the current legal status in the field of biobanking in order to assess whether and to what extent biobank functioning requires legislative intervention, taking account of the provisions of European Union law, indication of specific shortcomings or errors in the current system, as well as – if necessary – the preparation of a draft act specifying biobank activity.

The team also included members of the BBMRI.pl consortium associating eight Polish scientific units dealing with the subject of biobanking, including our university.

Here is a reminder of the interview "Biobank: a scientific investment in the future" with dr hab. Radosław Zagożdżon, head of the Laboratory of Cell and Gene Therapies at the Medical University of Warsaw and the national coordinator for biobanking.