The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation is looking for a highly motivated research scientist to work on a project aimed at regenerating the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration
The board is pleased to announce that the South African Tissue Bank Association (SATiBA) is now a sister Association of the EATCB.
The President of the EATCB, Jacinto Sanchez-Ibanez, attended a meeting of the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO) in May.
The June 2019 issue of Cell and Tissue Banking has been published. EATCB members can access the journal free of charge via the Member's Lounge
The EATCB has published a position paper on the regulatory classification of non-cultured, autologous keratinocytes and melanocytes.The Association feels these should be regulated under the Tissue and Cell legal framework, rather than as advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).
Read more: Position Statement on Non-Cultured Epidermal Cells
An e-learning course, based on the outputs of the Euro GTP II Project, has been developed and is now open to registration. Enrolment is free of charge, and will be open from 1st June 2019. Read on for further details on the content of the course, and how to enrol.