STEPUPIORS at TRANSLACORE Biobanking Training School
Aleksandra Stanojevic MSc attended a training school on biobanking in Izmir, Turkey on June 10-12, 2024, organized by the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, as a part of the collaboration with the TRANSLACORE COST Action. During the training, she exchanged experiences on sample management and discussed the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of biobank systems. Establishment of the first IORS biobank is one of the main project goals, and this training enabled an insight into various possible settings and biobank management systems.
STEPUPIORS at InSiGHT Meeting 2024
The 10th Biennial Meeting of InSiGHT was organized by the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors in Barcelona from June 19 to 22, 2024. The meeting focused on topics relevant to professionals involved in treating patients with gastrointestinal hereditary tumors. Dr. Marija Đorđić Crnogorac and Dr. Ana Damjanović Veličković represented STEPUPIORS at the meeting. Dr Đorđić Crnogorac presented the results on patient testing at the Genetic Counseling Center of the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia in an abstract titled “Hereditary colorectal cancer – first report on mutational profile in Serbia.”
STEPUPIORS at BelBi2024 Congress
Dr Miljana Tanic attended the 5th Belgrade Bioinformatics Conference – BelBi2024 held in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 17-20, 2024. She presented a Flash Talk with latest STEPUPIORS project results as a poster presentation:
Navigating ELSI for FAIR multiomics data management within STEPUPIORS international rectal cancer project
Dr Tanic highlighted the roadmap and examples for navigating the complex ELSI landscape required for FAIR biomedical and multi-omics data management in accordance with the applicable regulatory provisions relating to the protection of personal data and to medical confidentiality.
