Biobanking-2015 Past Conference Report

Sensing the raising importance of Biobanks, OMICS International hosted the “International Conference & Exhibition on Tissue Preservation and Bio-banking” (Biobanking-2015), during July 20-22, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain with a theme “Emerging tissue preservation trends for sustainable development”. Benevolent response and active participations were received from the Editorial Board Members of OMICS International Journals as well as from the Biobank project managers, Embryologists, Hematologists, Stem Cell researchers, Scientists, Doctors, Students and Leaders from the fields of Cell and Stem Cell Research, who made this event inspiringly successful.

The Biobanking-2015 Conference was carried out through various sessions with discussions on the following thought provoking and cerebrating scientific tracks:

·         Human Cancer Biobank

·         Bio-repository and Biospecimen

·         Fertility Preservation

·         Cryopreservation

·         Vitrification

·         Tissue Screening, Preparation and Antibiotic Sterilization

·         Role of Biobank in Genomics and Personalized Medicine

·         Biobanking in Microbiology

·         Overcoming the Challenges – Next Generation Biobanking

·         Neuro Biobank

·         Social, Political and Ethical Aspects in Biobanking

·         Issues to Future and many more…

The conference was initiated and embarked with an opening ceremony followed by workshop and a series of lectures delivered by both Honorable Guests and members of the Keynote forum. The peerless people who promulgated the theme with their exquisite talks were;

Dr. Temple F Smith, Boston University, USA

Dr. William Ritchie, Monash Biomed, UK

Dr. Youhe Gao, Beijing Normal University, China

Dr. Maui Hudson, University of Waikato, New Zealand

OMICS International on behalf of Organizing Committee Members and Editorial Board Members congratulates the Best Poster Awardees and Young Research Awardees for their outstanding contribution in the field of Biobanking and simultaneously encourage all the participants who tried to put their efforts in poster presentations and wish them success in their future research.

Best Poster Awardees:

·         Aline Azevedo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil       
Title: A retrospective study comparing vitrification versus slow freezing for cryopreservation of human cleavage stage embryos.

·         Estefania Paredes Rosendo, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA.

Title: Vitrification and ultra-rapid laser warming;

Young Research Awardees:

·         Arne Hoffman, VU Medisch Centrum, Netherlands

Title: Towards a Dutch national tissue bank portal: One portal to access all pathology archives for research

·         Bram Vekeman, Ghent University, Belgium

Title: Preservation of microbial pure cultures and mixed communities

·         Ahmed Lotfy, Mansoura University, Egypt       
Title: Does the cryopreservation affect stem cells potential?

OMICS International offers its heartfelt appreciation to Societies and Organizations such as BBMRI-IT, Italy, also obliged to the Organizing Committee Members, adepts of field, various outside experts, company representatives and other eminent personalities who interlaced with OMICS International in supporting and making the conference as never before one.

Your rejoinder is our inspiration; keeping this motto in mind and being witnessed the triumph of Biobanking-2015, OMICS International is delighted to announce the next event. Mark your calendars for the upcoming extravaganza, "2^nd International Conference & Exhibition on Tissue Preservation & Bio-banking"(Biobanking-2015) to be held during August 18-19, 2016 in Portland, USA.

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