STEPUPIORS participants Ana Djuric and Milena Cavic from the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia and Remond Fijneman from the Netherlands Cancer Institute visited the partner institution FRCB-IDIBAPS and met with hosts Sergi Castellvi-Bel and Teresa Botta-Orfila on Nov 25, 2024 in Barcelona.

Experiences in biobank database management were exchanged, discussing key aspects related to annotating data for multiple samples from donors with oncological diseases under clinical follow-up. This allowed us to delve into highly relevant details and continue improving the biobanking processes in both institutions, which is a great step forward in strengthening data management and fostering collaboration in the biomedical field. Potential new collaborations and grant applications in the field of colorectal cancer biomarkers research were explored with FRCB-IDIBAPS and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona scientists Jordi Camps and Meritxell Gironella.

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