Sofie Bekaert

TL;DR: The RDA-SHARC IG is developing assessment grids using criteria to establish if data are compliant to the FAIR principles and help identifying needs to build FAIRness guidelines to improve the sharing capacity of researchers.

TL;DR: An essential cell line dataset with defined data fields, useable for multiple cell line users is created, enhancing the data quality of the stored cell lines.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide insight into the ways in which Member States leveraged the regulatory discretion afforded to them by the GDPR, and review the biobank regulatory environment; whether and how derogations under Article 89(2) GDPR are enabled; the legal basis for scientific research and the role of consent in biobanking post-GDPR; the balance between individual rights and public interest in national law; and finally, the impact and future possibilities for Biobanking.