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Biobank Research Club: Enhancing Scientific Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Research Club on Biobanks Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a meeting space for researchers, healthcare professionals and students from institutions in Peru and Brazil, including the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), the Scientific University of the South and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). Its purpose is to promote knowledge exchange about human biological material storage. The Club's mission is to promote and strengthen biobank practice and understanding in the LAC region, contributing to developing participants' scientific capabilities in this field.
Format: remote.
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Inaugural meeting date: 03/19/2025
Schedule for periodic meetings: Monthly (2-hour duration) on Zoom.
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Twinning
A colaboração no Clube de Pesquisa de Biobancos levou à formalização do twinning entre a Universidade Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) e da Universidade Científica del Sur (UCS), do Peru, e a Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), do Brasil. Por meio do Programa Twinning Brasil - Peru: equidade na pesquisa para biobancos, Fiocruz e UPCH pretendem, no âmbito da The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean (TGHN LAC), apoiar-se mutuamente para enfrentar os desafios regionais em biobancos. Para isso, esta colaboração baseia-se no fortalecimento das capacidades científicas em biobancos em ambas as instituições, para oferecer suporte técnico a novos biobancos que atendam tanto às necessidades locais quanto aos padrões internacionais de qualidade e biossegurança. Eventualmente, a produção científica resultante pode contribuir para o avanço do impacto dos biobancos na saúde das populações latino-americanas.
Schedule of 2025
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February
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April
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Club events
Webinar Twinning The Global Health Network LAC Brazil–Peru
The Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia invites you to participate in the Webinar of the Twinning The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean (TGHN LAC) Brazil – Peru, a key space for the academic and scientific community interested in biosafety and responsible management of biological material.
The webinar aims to promote good practices in biosafety, responsible implementation and management of biobanks, the use of the REDCap platform, as well as strengthening scientific cooperation between Peru and Brazil, within the framework of the TGHN LAC twinning initiative.
Hybrid event (in-person and virtual) in Spanish with translation into English and Portuguese.
Webinar Management and organization of biobanks: Fiocruz's experience
On March 19, 2025, The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean (TGHN LAC), in collaboration with the Biosafety Office of the University Directorate of Regulatory Affairs for Research (DUARI) of UPCH, Fiocruz, and the Fiocruz Biobank Network (RFBB), organized the webinar “Management and Organization of Biobanks: Fiocruz's Experience”. This event aimed to create a space for knowledge exchange on biobank management, a key topic in scientific research.
Cinthia Hurtado (UPCH) introduced Daiane Sertorio, Cristiane Bresani, Sarah Benevenuto, and Rodrigues Pereira (Fiocruz) to share their experiences in the webinar "Management and organization of biobanks: Fiocruz's experience", with a discussion moderated by Henry Anchante (UPCH).
Date: March 19, 2025, 11 AM - 1 PM (Peru) | 1 PM - 3 PM (Brasília).
Language: Simultaneous translation in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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