Network membership
To join the Network, Applicants are requested to send a letter of interest to the TNGB Coordinating Centre.
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: Chiara Baldo, Luca Magistrelli, Alessandra Renieri, Elena Pegoraro, Stefania Corti, Sara Gibertini, Eleonora Lamantea
Access Committee
Sample request evaluation body. The Committee coincides with the Network Board (cfr. The Charter, point 2.1)
Access Committee members:
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Chiara Baldo, Luca Magistrelli, Alessandra Renieri, Elena Pegoraro, Stefania Corti, Sara Gibertini, Eleonora Lamantea 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
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Biobank of the Laboratory of Human Genetics
Director: Chiara Baldo
U.O.C. Laboratorio di Genetica Umana, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova -
Parkinson Institute Biobank
Director: Luca Magistrelli
Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico G.Pini -CTO, Milano -
Cell lines and DNA bank of Rett syndrome, X-linked mental retardation and other genetic diseases
Director: Alessandra Renieri
Medical Genetics, University of Siena; Genetica Medica, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena -
Neuromuscular Bank of Tissues and DNA samples
Director: Elena Pegoraro
Azienda Ospedale Università Padova -
Bank of muscle tissue, peripheral nerve, DNA and cell culture
Director: Stefania Corti
U.O.D. Malattie Neuromuscolari e Rare, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, Università Studi Milano, Milano -
Neuromuscular Disease Biobank
Director: Sara Gibertini
SC Neurologia 4 - Neuroimmunologia e Malattie Neuromuscolari, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano -
Cell line and DNA Bank of Genetic Movement Disorders and Mitochondrial Disesases
Director: Eleonora Lamantea
SC Genetica Medica e Neurogenetica Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano -
BIOGEN -Biobank of Genetic Samples-
Director: Luca Sangiorgi
S.C. Malattie rare Scheletriche, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna