Network membership

Italiano/Italian

Network Organisation

Network Board

Decision-making body composed of the Coordinator and the Biobank Directors (cfr. The Charter, point 2.1)

Network Board members:

• Coordinator and Biobank Director: Luca Sangiorgi
• Biobank Directors: Domenico Coviello, Anna Lena Zecchinelli, Alessandra Renieri, Elena Pegoraro, Monica Sciacco, Francesca Andreetta, Giuseppe Merla, Vincenzo Nigro, Barbara Garavaglia

Access Committee

Sample request evaluation body. The Committee coincides with the Network Board (cfr. The Charter, point 2.1)

Access Committee members:

• Domenico Coviello, Anna Lena Zecchinelli, Alessandra Renieri, Elena Pegoraro, Monica Sciacco, Francesca Andreetta, Giuseppe Merla, Vincenzo Nigro, Barbara Garavaglia and Luca Sangiorgi

Advisory Board

Consultative body composed of experts in legal, ethical and technical matters (cfr. The Charter, point 2.7)

Advisory Board members:

• Simona Borroni, Gruppo Famiglie Dravet Associazione Onlus
• Georges Dagher, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
• Deborah Mascalzoni, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano - EURAC
• Maurizio Scarpa, Centro di Coordinamento Regionale Malattie Rare, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine
• Erik Steinfelder,Thermo Fisher Scientific

Coordination office

• Lorena Casareto, Operations Manager

Current members

• Cell line and DNA Biobank from patients affected by Genetic Diseases

  Director: Domenico Coviello, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Genova

• Biobank of the Laboratory of Human Genetics

  Director: Domenico Coviello, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Genova

• Parkinson Institute Biobank

  Director: Anna Lena Zecchinelli, ASST Centro specialistico ortopedico traumatologico Gaetano Pini - CTO - Milano

• Cell lines and DNA bank of Rett syndrome, X-linked mental retardation and other genetic diseases

  Director: Alessandra Renieri, Università di Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese - Siena

• Neuromuscular Bank of Tissues and DNA samples

  Director: Elena Pegoraro, Università di Padova, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Padova

• Bank of muscle tissue, peripheral nerve, DNA and cell culture

  Director: Monica Sciacco, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Grande Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Milano

• Cells, tissues and DNA from patients with Neuromuscular Diseases

  Director: Francesca Andreetta, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta - Milano

• Genomic and Genetic Disorders Biobank

  Director: Giuseppe Merla, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza - San Giovanni Rotondo (FG)

• Naples Human Mutation Gene Biobank

  Director: Vincenzo Nigro, Università degli Studi della Campania e Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Luigi Vanvitelli” - Napoli

• Cell line and DNA Bank of Genetic Movement Disorders and Mitochondrial Diseases

  Director: Barbara Garavaglia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta - Milano

• BIOGEN - Biobank of Genetic Samples

  Director: Luca Sangiorgi, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli - Bologna (this Biobank was also supported by Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna - Bologna)