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

• Biobank of the Laboratory of Human Genetics
• Director: Domenico Coviello
  U.O.C Laboratorio di Genetica Umana, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova
• Parkinson Institute Biobank
  Director: Anna Lena Zecchinelli
  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
  Università di Padova Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Padova
• Bank of muscle tissue, peripheral nerve, DNA and cell culture
  Director: Monica Sciacco
  U.O.D. Malattie Neuromuscolari e Rare, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro Dino Ferrari, Università Studi Milano, Milano
• Cell, tissues and DNA from patients with Neuromuscular Diseases
  Director: Francesca Andreetta
  Laboratorio di Biologia Cellulare, U.O. Malattie Neuromuscolari e Neuroimmunologia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano
• Genomic and Genetic Disorders Biobank
  Director: Giuseppe Merla
  Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni Rotondo (FG)
• Naples Human Mutation Gene Biobank
  Director: Vincenzo Nigro
  Cardiomiologia e Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", e Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli
• Cell line and DNA Bank of Genetic Movement Disorders and Mitochondrial Disesases
  Director: Barbara Garavaglia
  U.O. Neurogenetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano
• BIOGEN -Biobank of Genetic Samples-
  Director: Luca Sangiorgi
  S.C. Malattie rare Scheletriche, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna