FINAL AND INTERIM REPORT - POSITIVE EVALUATION

Mr. Jean-Emmanuel Faure congratulates all BBMRI partners to the work achieved. Overall, it is considered that the project has fully delivered what was expected. Small follow up questions, especially in relation to the financial statements will be forwarded to the participants concerned by Dr. Michaela Mayrhofer. Only when all open questions have been solved, the EC will issue the final rate.

INFRA-2012-1.1.9 Large-scale prospective cohort studies

Under the leadership of Gertjan van Ommen and Markus Perola, a consortium is put together to reply to the INFRA-2012-1.1.9. Large-scale prospective cohort studies call. Please do not hesitate to contacting them directly in case of your interest in joining the application.

Biorepository Proficiency Testing

ISBER has made us aware of an activity as regards to biorepository proficiency testing, which might be of interest to you. Further information.

Final Report and 2nd Interim Report submitted

Final Report - details to be provided by February 12th, 2011

The Second Project Periodic Report and the Final Report to the European Commission for BBMRI (GA 212111) are soon due. It covers the reporting period from February 1st, 2009 to January 31, 2011. Please provide information until February 12th, 2011. Further information (what needs to be provided to whom), see here.

Amendment 4 approved

The Fourth Amendment to the Grant Agreement has been approved by March 10th, 2011. In a nutshell, the amendment includes the following modifications: * IPRI is official partner of BBMRI (starting date 01/09/2009) * Special clause 10 has been added for INSERM in relation to UPS * Several modifications of legal entity details. Further details see Amendment Letter. Annex I of 19/01/2011 replaces all former versions.