QuestionIf we can create standards that are small enough for everybody to agree on (e.g.

example bodyweight or a QOL questionnaire)

a) can they be used as building blocks for studies, catalogs and biobank harmonization?

b) if yes, how should we organize this and what essential choices have to be made?

Lego Images of art by Nathan Sawaya http://brickartist.com used with permission

Slides idea lab from BBMRI’s HandsOn Biobanks November 20-21 2013, The Hague

MOLGENIS showing meta-data from different biobanks and studies

Lego Images of art by Nathan Sawaya http://brickartist.com used with permission

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