{"id":76772,"date":"2025-12-12T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/?page_id=76772"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:32:58","slug":"automating-biobanking-from-complexity-to-assembly-line-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/automating-biobanking-from-complexity-to-assembly-line-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Automating Biobanking: From Complexity to Assembly-Line Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"header\" class=\"header header--high header--branch\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"header__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header__first\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__navigation-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"header__navigation-button__arrow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/labautomation\/programma\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"56\" height=\"33\" viewbox=\"0 0 56 33\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><rect x=\"56\" y=\"33\" width=\"56\" height=\"33\" rx=\"16.5\" transform=\"rotate(180 56 33)\" fill=\"#ffda56\"\/><path d=\"M22.262 22.456 16.294 16.5l5.968-5.956M39.706 16.5H16.293\" stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg> Back to the program\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tAutomating Biobanking: From Complexity to Assembly-Line Efficiency\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__dots-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"431\" height=\"9\" viewbox=\"0 0 431 9\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M430.799 4.192a1.136 1.136 0 1 1-2.272-.001 1.136 1.136 0 0 1 2.272 0Zm-27.272 0a1.135 1.135 0 1 1-2.27 0 1.135 1.135 0 0 1 2.27 0Zm-27.27 0a1.136 1.136 0 1 1-2.272-.001 1.136 1.136 0 0 1 2.272 0Zm-27.272 0a1.39 1.39 0 1 1-2.78 0 1.39 1.39 0 0 1 2.78 0Zm-27.78 0a1.645 1.645 0 1 1-3.29 0 1.645 1.645 0 0 1 3.29 0Zm-28.29 0a1.9 1.9 0 1 1-3.799 0 1.9 1.9 0 0 1 3.799 0Zm-28.799 0a2.154 2.154 0 1 1-4.308 0 2.154 2.154 0 0 1 4.308 0Zm-29.308 0a2.41 2.41 0 1 1-4.819 0 2.41 2.41 0 0 1 4.819 0Zm-29.819 0a2.663 2.663 0 1 1-5.326.001 2.663 2.663 0 0 1 5.326-.001Zm-30.327 0a2.919 2.919 0 1 1-5.837 0 2.919 2.919 0 0 1 5.837 0Zm-30.837 0a3.173 3.173 0 1 1-6.345.001 3.173 3.173 0 0 1 6.345 0Zm-31.346 0a3.428 3.428 0 1 1-6.856 0 3.428 3.428 0 0 1 6.856 0Zm-31.856 0a3.683 3.683 0 1 1-7.365 0 3.683 3.683 0 0 1 7.365 0Zm-32.365 0a3.937 3.937 0 1 1-7.875 0 3.937 3.937 0 0 1 7.875 0Zm-32.874 0a4.192 4.192 0 1 1-8.384 0 4.192 4.192 0 0 1 8.384 0Z\" fill=\"#FFF960\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hilde Laeremans<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__second\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__branch-logos\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/app\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Laboratorium-technologie.svg\" class=\"header__branch-logo\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\t<div class=\"header__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"header__meta__category\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__meta__detail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>Branch<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/kennishub\/?_branches_kennishub=laboratorium-technologie\" class=\"header__meta__detail--branch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaboratory Technology\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header__meta__detail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>Subject<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fhi.nl\/en\/kennishub\/?_onderwerp_kennishub=laboratorium-automatisering\" class=\"header__meta__detail--categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaboratory automation\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text bg--offwhite\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='heading-wrapper'><svg width=\"13\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 13 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"6.394\" cy=\"6.5\" r=\"6.394\" fill=\"#000\"\/><\/svg><h2>2:20 PM \u2013 2:45 PM<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text__content text__content--1-col\">\n\t\t\t<p><em>Lifelines is a large, multi-generational, prospective cohort study that includes over 167,000 participants from the northern population of the Netherlands. Through the length, size and in-depth examination Lifelines provides excellent opportunities for studies worldwide unraveling the aetiology of multifactorial diseases focusing on multifactor risk factors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To open the biobank for large-scale research projects, Lifelines needed to examine the process of data and bio sample collection and release. To meet the turn-around-times and high-quality requirements of scientific research, Lifelines has focused on a far-reaching form of automation. The lab and storage were set up to realize large sample projects in a short time with high quality and a minimum of human resources.<\/p>\n<p>Lifelines started together with third parties&#039;, the development of biobank specific automation for sample reception through pipetting and DNA extraction, storage until the release for research. This flow exists out of different machines that are where possible connected physically but always on IT level, to arrive at a high-quality level sample preparation workflow.<\/p>\n<p>The installation, validation and optimization is however a continuous process. The through-put has increased immensely with a steep reduction of labor costs and turn-around-time. Further optimization will be focused on increasing the quality of the DNA extraction and decreasing process time. In the meantime, different projects are set-up to make Lifelines a green biobank by optimization of the storage space, switching colling systems and optimization of the automated store.<\/p>\n<p>This automation to the highest level improves quality, reduces turn-around-time, guarantees quality, and makes Lifelines ready for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Hilde Laeremans \u2013<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"branches":[14],"events":[374],"secretariat":[],"categories":[30],"themes_tax":[538],"class_list":["post-76772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Automating Biobanking: From Complexity to Assembly-Line Efficiency - 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