Association members visit NAKO’s biobank at Helmholtz Munich
Left photo (from left to right): Andreas Hörlein (Head of NAKO Biorepository), Thomas Hendel (Head of Research Management), Ralf Huss (BioM), Christina Böhm (Oxford Nanopore Technologies), Oliver Uecke (Lipotype), Andreas Berghammer (BioM).
Right photo (from left to right): Andreas Hörlein (Head of NAKO Biorepository), Oliver Uecke (Lipotype), Andreas Berghammer (BioM), Andreas Franke (Triga-S), Ralf Huss (BioM), Marco Schmidt (Biotx.ai), Thomas Hendel (Head of Research Management)
In mid-May, Thomas Hendel of Helmholtz Munich welcomed some BIO Deutschland members for an in-depth discussion of the German National Cohort (NAKO Gesundheitsstudie) – Germany’s largest long-term study of widespread diseases that tracks the health of around 200,000 adults. The group explored the possibilities for conducting a joint project that would make samples and data available for research purposes. The visit also included a tour of the on-site biobank.