Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Relevance, Setup and Management

Introduction to Biobanking.- Scientific Relevance, Problems and the Destitution for Principles of Biobanks and Biobanking Activities.- Types of Biobanks.- Ethical and Legal Principles in the Field of Biobanking.- Business Planning for Biobanks.- Biobanking Concepts Specific for Developing Countries.- Methods of Implementation and Set-up of National Biobanking Networks.- Implementation of Ethical and Legal Considerations in a Biobanking Network.- Collection and Management of Samples.- Quality Control and Risk Management in Biobanks.- Governance and Stakeholder Analysis.- Biobanking IT Systems, Database Structure and Web Applications.- Management Model and Sustainability Plan of Biobanks.- Sustainability Plan and Project Management of a Biobanking Network.- Establishing a Biobank Using Standardisation.- Science and Innovation of Biobanks.- Running a Biobank Network.- Infrastructure: Delivering on the Promise of Biobanking.- Design Considerations and Equipment of Biobanks.- Software Toolsfor Biobanking in LMICs.- The Importance of Cancer Biobanks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.- Biobanking in Paediatrics: A Look from Armenia as a Middle-Income Country.- Biobanking of the Central Nervous System.- The Importance of Biobanking COVID-19 Samples.- Oncobiobanking in a Middle-Income Country: The Example of Russia.- Sustainability of Biobanks and  Biobanking in LMICs.- Biobanks for Enabling Research and Development by Trusted Patient Data Environment.- Future Perspective of the Biobanking Field.

Prof. h. c. Karine Sargsyan, MD was born in Armenia and lives in Graz. She is Managing Director for International Biobanking and Education at the Medical University of Graz and Vice Scientific Leader and Lecturer of the course M.Sc. Biobanking and of Human Centred Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Medical University of Graz. Due to her professional experience, she is a leading member of many scientific organisations such as the ISBER (International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories), the ESBB (European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking), etc. She provides scientific expertise and experience as a consultant/advisory board member to several institutional organisations (BBMRI.pl, Oncology Research Vietnam, Qatar Biobank, DLR, Ministry of Health of Armenia, NMRRC Russia, etc.).  She is a Visiting Professor of Medical Genetics at Yerevan State Medical University, where she also completed her MD in paediatrics. In her free time, she enjoys painting (three exhibitions), playing the piano and happily commits herself to various voluntary activities. 






Prof. Dr. Berthold Huppertz is a German biologist with more than 25 years experience in the medical field. Berthold is chair of a preclinical division as well as Head of the Master course in Biobanking at Medical University of Graz, Austria. For seven years he was Director of Biobank Graz, the largest clinical biobank in Europe. Berthold has published more than 230 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as more than 40 book chapters in scientific and teaching books. With his biological, medical and biobanking background, he loved to work on this book.




Dr. Gramatiuk Svetlana, MD, PhD, is a graduate of the National Medical University of Kharkiv. She studied Biobanking at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, and Infectious Diseases Medicine and Virology, Microbiology and Allergology at