Over the last five years, the Biobank of the Andalusian Public Health System has provided diverse training, establishing itself as a key resource for healthcare professionals and Life Sciences students. A total of 1,597 individuals have participated in its courses and training sessions.
The platform has organized over 360 training activities, including professional exchanges for staff from other centers and curricular internships. The latter have seen growing interest from vocational training and university students seeking practical experience at the Andalusian Biobank.
In the past five years, the Biobank has hosted 71 vocational training students across its nodes in Almería, Córdoba, Málaga, and Sevilla, in addition to the coordinating node in Granada. Six university students from the University of Granada and the University Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla) have also completed curricular internships. Furthermore, 11 master's final projects and one doctoral thesis have been supervised.
These practical experiences allow students to apply theoretical knowledge in a real professional setting, becoming familiar with the management, processing, and custody of biological samples for biomedical research.
The Biobank of Andalusia serves as a specialized service platform providing biological samples and associated data for biomedical research projects. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Presidency, Health, and Emergencies, operating as a network to support the collection, processing, and storage of human samples.
In the most recent recorded year, 668 requests were managed, 119,265 samples and data from patients were registered, and 36,312 samples and data were provided for research and educational projects.
