Meeting with the Platform of Patient Associations of Granada
Date: March 13, 2024
Location: Assembly hall of the San Cecilio University Hospital of Granada
The Platform of Patient Associations of Granada and the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia have organized a meeting with the Granada associative movement that will take place next Wednesday, March 13 in the assembly hall of the San Cecilio University Hospital in Granada. The purpose of this event is to inform the associative movement of Granada about the various public tools available to participate in biomedical research.
During this meeting, a comprehensive perspective on research biobanks will be provided, with special emphasis on the SSPA Biobank, highlighting the importance of sample donation for biomedical research. Likewise, the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research will be presented as an innovative project for citizen participation in biomedical research, through the donation of biological samples and/or associated data.
Informative talk at the Andalusian Cystic Fibrosis Association
Date: March 6, 2024
Location: Online
Next Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia will give an informative talk on the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research to the Andalusian Cystic Fibrosis Association. During the talk, attendees will be informed about research biobanks, the SSPA Biobank and the importance of donating samples for research.
The session will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast online on a streaming platform yet to be determined. If you are interested in attending, send an email to biobanco.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es requesting access to it.
Informative talk at the Down Syndrome Association of Granada
Date: February 26, 2024
Place: Assembly hall of the headquarters of the Granada Down Syndrome Association. Granada. It will be broadcast simultaneously in streaming.
On Monday, February 26, 2024, professionals from the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia will go to the headquarters of the Down Syndrome Association of Granada. In this event, the topic of the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research will be addressed, where a detailed vision of research biobanks will be offered, with special emphasis on the SSPA Biobank, as well as the importance of donating samples for investigation.
The session is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in the assembly hall that the association has at its headquarters located on Luis Amador Street, number 0, Beiro, Granada. Simultaneously, the session will be broadcast online through a streaming platform that will be announced soon. If you are interested in attending, send an email to biobanco.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es requesting access.
Coffee with the UCAIBs
Date: February 21, 2024
Location: IMIBIC multipurpose room
'Coffee with the UCAIBs' is an initiative promoted by the Central Microscopy Biomedical Research Support Unit of the Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC) with the aim of promoting the development of research lines at said institute. This activity provides a complete and personalized vision of the various Technical Units.
In its second edition, which will take place on February 21 in the IMIBIC multipurpose room, professionals from the Córdoba Provincial Node of the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia (SSPA) will share their work and services with the staff of IMIBIC management. In addition, a tour will be carried out through the facilities that the SSPA Biobank has at the IMIBIC, where the available equipment will be shown and the opportunity to become familiar with the conservation processes of biological samples and their application in biomedical research projects will be provided. .
Informative talk at the Alcer Association of Granada
Date: January 29, 2024
Place: Headquarters of the Alcer Association (Granada).
Within its mutual aid group program, the Association for the Fight Against Kidney Diseases (Alcer, Granada) has extended a cordial invitation to the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia to give a talk on the relevance of donating biological samples and/or data for biomedical research During the talk, a complete overview of research biobanks will be offered, with special emphasis on the SSPA Biobank, highlighting the importance of donating samples for biomedical research. In addition, the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research will be presented as an innovative project that promotes citizen participation in biomedical research through the donation of biological samples and/or associated data.
Café-ConCiencia 2023
Date: November 6 to 17, 2023
Location: Nodes of the SSPA Biobank in the different Andalusian provinces
Café con Ciencia is an initiative organized by the Discover Foundation, in collaboration with the main research and dissemination entities in the region, which is part of the activities of Science Week.
It consists of a coffee-talk between a scientist and a small group of guests where the expert describes his scientific activity, what his daily life is like or his hobbies, talking with the participants in a relaxed and close atmosphere, far from the traditional speaker scheme. assistant. Attendees are Secondary Education and Baccalaureate students in the morning and the general public in the afternoon.
The SSPA Biobank participates in this initiative by organizing in-person and virtual coffees in the different Andalusian provinces with students from different centers for groups of between 12 to 14 ESO and Baccalaureate students and members of Patient Associations.
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ISBER Regional Congress 2023
Date : October 24 and 25, 2023
Location : San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital (Granada)
The International Society of Biological and Environmental Sample Repositories (ISBER) will hold its next Regional Symposium in Granada on October 24 and 25. This symposium is the third European regional meeting organized by ISBER in Europe. On this occasion the symposium will be organized with the collaboration of the Biobank of the Public Health System of Andalusia and the San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital where the event will take place.
ISBER is the main society for the promotion of social activity of biobanks and is a global biobanking organization for networking, training and innovation. One of its main objectives is to share successful strategies, guides and procedures in order to provide optimal samples and associated data for biomedical research with all guarantees of quality and safety.
More information: https://www.isber.org/page/2023RegionalMeeting
Meeting of patients with Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia (CLL)
Date : June 29, 2023
Location : Assembly hall of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada
The Hematology and Hemotherapy Service of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital in Granada has organized a meeting between healthcare workers and patients with Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia (CLL).
During the day, aspects related to nutrition, pharmaceutical care and emotional aspects in hematological patients will be discussed. In addition, the SSPA Biobank will present the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research. The day will end with patient testimonies.
Macro blood donation collection
Date : June 20, 2023
Venue : Granada Congress and Exhibition Palace
Next June 20, the Transfusion, Tissue and Cell Center of Granada organizes a massive blood collection at the Granada Conference and Exhibition Palace. The objective of this collection is to respond to the increase in the number of donations needed daily in the province in addition to reinforcing the reserves of blood components for the holiday period. This macro-collection will be held in the morning, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and in the afternoon, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Furthermore, on this solidarity day, Biobank professionals will explain to all those interested what the Andalusian Registry of Sample Donors for Biomedical Research consists of and how to become a donor.
II Informative day on research in neurodegenerative diseases and brain bank
Date : June 20, 2023
Location : Torrecárdenas University Hospital, Almería
The II Dissemination Conference on Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Brain Bank is an event dedicated to the dissemination and dissemination of research related to neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the importance and functioning of brain banks. This day is organized by the Tissue Bank of the Cien Foundation, the Spanish Confederation of associations of relatives of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias and the Alzheimer's Friends association of Almería.
The event, in person and free, will be held on June 20 in the assembly hall of the Torrecárdenas University Hospital in Almería.
You can check the program here and register at the following link .