I gave a presentation on the legal aspects of the interdisciplinary CIIR project “Global Genes, Local Concerns Project” at the “Global Biobanking” summit in London. The conference will run from May 7th -8th including a workshop in Cambridge on May 6th. Further information is available at: http://www.globalbiobanking.com/

Topic of the speech:

Sourcing Samples from Global Tissue Economies: Legal aspects of the “Global Genes, Local Concerns Project”

•Public biobanks in a university setting and legal challenges posed by translational research and personalized medicine.
•Special focus on intellectual property rights in biobanking and international collaboration.
This is an interdisciplinary cross-faculty project run by University of Copenhagenwhich concentrates on the legal and ethical aspects of biobanking and also looks at how biobanks can cooperate to form a common goal.