Biorepositories 2008 Sessions
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8:30 AM
Ends: 12:00 PM
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Build a Biorepository from the Ground Up: Practical Measures for Incorporating a Biorepository in Your Organization
How do you build a biorepository that is very usable in terms of storage, retention, access, and tracking? Building a biorepository from scratch is laborious. Where to start can... » Add your review |
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1:00 PM
Ends: 4:30 PM
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Industry Working Group: Creating and Adhering to Standards for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Biorepository Operations to Achieve High Quality Results and Data
Be a part of this interactive working group to be a part of the solution. During this workshop, industry leaders will explore the guidelines that are already implemented at bior... » Add your review |
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8:15 AM
Ends: 9:30 AM
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KEYNOTE ADRESS: Leverage Your Biorepository as a Strategic Asset to Uncover New Biomarkers and Advance Translational Medicine
We are on the brink of monumental scientific developments with the discovery and utilization of biomarkers in modern medicine. But, how can we best utilize the wealth of informa... » Add your review |
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10:00 AM
Ends: 10:45 AM
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Anticipating The Future: Why Your Biorepository is So Critical Today
The transformation of healthcare, as we know it today, is dependent on our ability to better predict, diagnose and treat human disease. Biorepositories will play a key role in o... » Add your review |
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10:45 AM
Ends: 11:30 AM
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Standardization in Biorepositories to Guarantee Accurate Information for Future Sample Usage and Compliance with Current Guidelines
Compliant operating procedures for collecting, storing, and testing samples are essential to new drug development. Hear from the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Biorepos... » Add your review |
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11:30 AM
Ends: 12:15 PM
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Standardization Across Human Specimen Resources: Alignment for Optimal Sample Use
Standardization Across Human Specimen Resources: Alignment for Optimal Sample Use Gulrez Singh, MS , Director, Biospecimen Management, ROCHE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS » Add your review |
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1:30 PM
Ends: 2:15 PM
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Establishment of Standard Collection Practices for Sample Viability
Global biobanking is essential in providing answers that matter to patients and translational medicine. One of the challenges with global biobanking is maintaining a high level ... » Add your review |
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1:30 PM
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Obtain Appropriate Informed Consent for Optimal Usage of Biorepository Samples
Industry Perspective: Obtaining appropriate informed consent for stored biosamples begins with creation of an appropriate template with adequate disclosure of processes and p... » Add your review |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:00 PM
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Biorepository Storage and Handling Practices to Optimize the Long-Term Value of Samples in Biomarkers Research
Differences in current bio-sample and storage practices across the pharmaceutical industry are attributable to different assumptions being applied about their value and lon... » Add your review |
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2:15 PM
Ends: 3:00 PM
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Perspectives for Ethical Establishment of Biorepositories and Sample Handling to Ensure Patient Rights and Further Research
Research for the sake of research no longer holds the mystique it once did for patients/subjects; the bioethics controversy over ownership of biomaterials is in the mainstream m... » Add your review |
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3:30 PM
Ends: 4:15 PM
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Transfer of Samples from one Biorepository to Another: How do you do it? Where do you start?
The decision has been made to transfer all biological samples from one biorepository to another. Now you must create and implement a plan to pack and transfer all biological sam... » Add your review |
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3:30 PM
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Establish a Chain of Custody for Your Samples to Guarantee Quality
Regulatory agencies are requesting more and more data and information as part of the approval process for new pharmaceuticals. New testing methodologies are developed daily an... » Add your review |
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9:00 AM
Ends: 9:45 AM
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CASE STUDY: Pfizer’s Kings Heights Technology Center
This presentation will discuss the Kings Heights Technology Center scientific business objectives in conjunction with the facility support infrastructure and operational service... 1 note » Add your review |
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9:45 AM
Ends: 9:15 AM
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Development of Novel Storage Technologies to Enhance Sample Collection, Manipulation and Quality
Conventionally, storage of biological samples has been dominated by freezing and fixation techniques. These techniques have major limitations such as lengthy preparation of samp... » Add your review |
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10:45 AM
Ends: 11:30 AM
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Maximize Sample Integrity and Utility While Keeping Pace with Emerging Technology and Industry Trends
Sample integrity and traceability are an integral aspect a Bio-Repository structure and a quality sample tracking system is important to ensure samples are of high quality a... » Add your review |
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11:30 AM
Ends: 12:00 PM
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Successful Automation of Specimen Storage at -80ºC
The UK Biobank project requires the storage of ten million individual sample vessels at -80°C over a projected period of up to 25 years. These levels of inventory and duration ... » Add your review |
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1:15 PM
Ends: 2:00 PM
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Partnering in Biorepositories: Working with Academics to Gain More Information About Patient Populations
Gaining access to non-industry biorepositories can be very beneficial to drug development and clinical testing. Scientists are able to gain more information about patient po... » Add your review |
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2:00 PM
Ends: 2:45 PM
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International Biorepositories: Collecting and Exporting Samples from Other Countries
The European Huntington Disease Network collects biosamples (mainly blood and urines) from 16 European Countries and in more than 130 Collection Sites. These specimens are s... » Add your review |
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3:00 PM
Ends: 3:45 PM
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Safety Issues in Biorepositories: Emergency Preparedness Measures to Plan for the Unexpected
Is your biorepository prepared for the unexpected? Are you samples protected from unforeseen events such as natural disasters? This session explores how you can safeguard your b... » Add your review |
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