Webinar: The Biobank of Cyprus and opportunities for next generation research projects
Biobanks are sine qua non-medical research infrastructures that are changing the world through the high-quality biological material…
CHILDREN_FIRST Network Webinar Series 2024
In this webinar, it is our honor to host Prof. Constantinos Deltas, Director, Center of Excellence in Biobanking and Biomedical Research, University of Cyprus.
Abstract: Biobanks are sine qua non-medical research infrastructures that are changing the world through the high-quality biological material they archive and provide for research, associated with detailed demographic and health data. We started the first Cyprus Biobank in 2011 and it was substantially upgraded in 2019 with European and national funding. I will present you the advantages of having access to biobanked medical data and material and give you examples of useful projects you can develop in collaboration with such infrastructures and the personnel at our Center of Excellence. I will also present general data concerning inherited kidney diseases and inherited cardiomyopathies that we are engaged for many years, canvasing the Cypriot genetic architecture. Finally, I will comment on how we can collaborate to advance biomonitoring projects of common interest, starting with the children first cohort.
