Activities

Network Management (WP1)

Ensure coordination, governance, and communication across participating countries and work packages.
Norway, NTNU (Therese Nøst and Vegard Marschhäuser)

Nordic Fingenious® Service Pilot (WP2)

Map and compare current biobank and biodata access procedures across Nordic countries. Explore expanding the Fingenious gateway platform to Finnish biobanks and biomedical research into a Nordic-wide access service.
Finland, FINBB (Johanna Mäkeläand and Tom Southerington)

WP3 – Operational Biobanking

Strengthen operational biobanking across the Nordics by fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and enhancing infrastructure quality in network for new and experienced biobankers.
Norway, OUS (Liv Paltiel)

Outreach and dissemination – Nordic Biobank Conference 2026 and 2028 (WP4)

Organize the second Nordic Conference on Biobanks and Precision Health 2026 and ensure continuity to conference scheduled in 2028.
Denmark, SSI (Anne-Marie Vangsted)

Ethical, legal and societal implications – ELSI (WP5)

Organize annual ELSI workshops to explore, share knowledge and provide training in key pressing topics as well as make training resources and coordinate effort with wider European biobank infrastructures.
Norway, NIPH (Isabelle Budin Ljøsne)

WP6 – Research and translation

Promote and stimulate already ongoing biobank-based and registry-linked research, and identify and stimulate new collaborations where research can be expanded.
Norway, NTNU (Kristian Hveem)