The official opening ceremony of the newly established Biobank in Teaching Hospital Pilsen – Bory was held on April 20, 2017 in the Department of Immunochemistry, Teaching Hospital Pilsen. Biobank is located in the reconstructed building with the aim to collect high quality samples of patients and related information for the better health care and for research both at national and international levels. All processes connected to biobanking will be optimize and improved to reach the international quality.
The official ceremony opened the Director of the Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Mr. Václav Šimánek, MD, PhD, then the vision and next future steps were presented by the Head of the Department of Immunochemistry prof. Ondrej Topolcan, MD, and the international cooperation and participation in international societies and associations was presented by Dr. Judita Kinkorová, PhD.
Biobank in Pilsen is the first biobank in the region of West Bohemia and the fifth biobank in the Czech Republic.
More details about biobank is in about us.