Overview

The National Cancer Institute Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR) presented the

5th Annual Biospecimen Research Network (BRN) Symposium:
Advancing Cancer Research Through Biospecimen Science

February 22-23, 2012
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, Maryland

The meeting featured expert presentations, interactive discussions, and poster presentations from a broad range of stakeholders whose work involves biospecimens, including researchers, clinicians, industry representatives, and patient advocates.

This year’s sessions included:

• Evidence for preanalytical variability during the acquisition and processing of tissue biospecimens
• Informatics solutions for biospecimen science
• Development of alternative fixation and stabilization processes
• Solutions for reducing biospecimen preanalytical variability
• Strategies and tools for accessing and publishing data in biospecimen science
• Evidence for markers of biospecimen molecular integrity
• The patient's perspective on research in the biospecimen sciences
• And more!

If you missed the event, or want to hear a presentation again, we invite you to view the video webcast.

Please continue to check the BRN Symposium website for updates on the upcoming 2013 symposium.