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. 2016 Dec;14(6):559-562.
doi: 10.1089/bio.2016.0088.

BBMRI-ERIC Directory: 515 Biobanks with Over 60 Million Biological Samples

Petr Holub  1 , Morris Swertz  1   2 , Robert Reihs  1   3 , David van Enckevort  1   2 , Heimo Müller  1   3 , Jan-Eric Litton  1
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BBMRI-ERIC Directory: 515 Biobanks with Over 60 Million Biological Samples

Petr Holub et al. Biopreserv Biobank. 2016 Dec.
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FIG. 1.
Distributed and modular BBMRI-ERIC Directory architecture. It typically comprises online or offline data flow from biobanks and other bioresources (not shown for sake of simplicity) → aggregating nodes (e.g., BBMRI-ERIC national nodes) → central BBMRI-ERIC Directory → user interfaces. Color images available online at www.liebertpub.com/bio
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