Network membership
To join the Network, Applicants are requested to send a letter of interest to the TNGB Coordinating Centre.
Network Organisation
Network Board
- Coordinator and Biobank Director: Luca Sangiorgi
- Biobank Directors: Marina Stroppiano, Domenico Coviello, Anna Lena Zecchinelli, Alessandra Renieri, Elena Pegoraro, Monica Sciacco, Francesca Andreetta, Giuseppe Merla, Luisa Politano, Barbara Garavaglia
Advisory Board
- 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, BBMRI-ERIC
Coordination office
- Lorena Casareto, Operations Manager
- Pascal Campanelli, IT&Data Manager
Current members
- Cell line and DNA Biobank from patients affected by Genetic Diseases
Director: Marina Stroppiano, 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: Luisa Politano, 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
- 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)