Network membership

Italiano/Italian

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)