ESBB Council Member

Blazej Marciniak

Blazej Marciniak Photo

ESBB Councilor and co-chair of ESBB Working Group Data Standardization & Harmonization. After graduating of the Lodz University of Technology, worked in the SME sector and the “Start Ups” environment. Since 2009 is associated with the University of Lodz and from 2014 with the Biobank Laboratory at the University of Lodz. Involved in creating a biobank from scratch. Currently responsible for data management and IT infrastructure. He also implements digitization and genetics projects – head of two projects: “Digital sharing of biomolecular and descriptive resources of Biobank and Department of Anthropology, University of Lodz – characteristics of populations living in present-day Poland through the ages. Information platform e-czlowiek.pl (e-human.pl) “- and “Polish Genomic Map in open access – digitization of biomolecular resources of the Biobank Lab University of Lodz”. One of the results of the project is the establishment of a Federated European Genome Archive (EGA) Node in Poland. Member of general assembly of BBMRI.pl on behalf of the University of Lodz. As part of this project, responsible for information security audits for members of the Polish Biobanks Network. Co-author of the Polish “Code of Conduct for processing personal data for scientific purpose in biobanking” – submitted for approval at the Polish Office for Personal Data Protection, co-author of chapter 15 “Safety & Security” in “Quality Standards for Polish Biobanks”. Involved in coordination of BBMRI-ERIC Interoperability Forum. Engaged in organization of Bioinformatics Hackathons and Data Science Meetups.