MICROBE workshop at Eurpean Biobank Week 2026

MICROBE Workshop at European Biobank Week 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic

Tuesday, 19th May 2026, 13:00 - 15:00 (CET)

Thanks to our MICROBE Team comprised by Tanja Kostic, Cornelia Stumptner, Perrine Portier and Sara Pipponzi and 40 participants who made our workshop on "Microbiome Biobanking in a One Health Framework: Bridging Silos Across Domains" a great success with interesting presentations and intense discussions.

This workshop explored how microbiome biobanks and data repositories across human, animal, and environmental domains can collaborate to support a One Health approach to microbiome research. While microbiomes are inherently interconnected across these domains, research efforts, biobanks, and data repositories are often fragmented and poorly aligned. Participants will discuss practical issues such as interoperability, standards, governance, data sharing, and sustainability, including how samples and data can be maintained and reused after individual research projects end.

In addition, the workshop presented lessons learned and best practices emerging from our work in MICROBE, highlighting concrete challenges and gaps between the research community and research infrastructures. The discussion focused on what currently works, what does not, and where better coordination between biobanks, data repositories, and researchers is needed to support long-term, integrated microbiome research in a One Health context.