#EBW25 Previews: State-of-the-art speaker for 7B ‘Dataflows in healthcare integrated biobanking’
Dr. Mindaugas Morkūnas from the Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank will be the state-of-the-art speaker leading the panel session: ‘Dataflows in healthcare integrated biobanking’. We have profiled his biography and abstract here.
Dr. Mindaugas Morkūnas
Dr. Mindaugas Morkūnas is a senior researcher and bioinformatician at Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank. With over 25 years experience in biotechnology and informatics engineering, his expertise spans real-world evidence data pipelines and biobank data management. He contributed to the Lithuanian biobanking information system, from design through testing and implementation support.
Abstract: Information System Architecture of the Lithuanian National Biobanking Infrastructure
In 2019, six Lithuanian institutions launched the Human Biological Resource Center (HBRC) project to establish a modern national biobanking infrastructure in Lithuania and join BBMRI–ERIC. Recognising the challenges of fragmented collections and inconsistent procedures, we developed a comprehensive biobanking information system that addresses operational obstacles by integrating hospital infrastructure (HIS), biobank laboratories (MBioLIMS), and national registries.
A feasibility study at Vilnius Santaros Klinikos Biobank highlights the system’s impact. By June 2024, 12,300 participants contributed to 35 collections, totaling nearly 200,000 samples across 24 unique types, predominantly blood, serum, PBMC, and RNA. The integrated clinical database represents patients with cancers, blood disorders, infections, and other conditions. It includes almost a million encounters (inpatient, outpatient, emergency), 120,000 DICOM images (US, CR, CT), and over 1,000 exome sequences. The system enables collection visibility to partners, fosters collaborative research, and the potential creation of shared collections involving even more diverse patient cohorts.
Session details
- Date: Thursday 15 May
- Time: 14:00-15:30