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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Writing a Successful, High-Quality Biobanking Manuscript for Journal Publication
Time: 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 9 PM CEST / your local time here

Presenter: Marianna Bledsoe, Editor-in-Chief for Biopreservation and Biobanking Journal, Marianne Henderson Social Media Editor and Editorial Board Member of Biopreservation and Biobanking Journal, Amanda Rush, Editorial Board Member of Biopreservation and Biobanking Journal

Description:
Biobanking manuscripts can be rejected for a variety of reasons. These include the inappropriate selection of a target journal, lack of innovation, a poorly-written manuscript, missing or unclear hypothesis, statistical and data issues, and statements or conclusions not supported by the data. Often, a manuscript may require several rounds of review to address peer reviewer comments. This webinar is intended to help attendees identify potential challenges to publication ahead of time. It will also describe the editorial and peer review process and provide advice on writing a successful, high-quality manuscript for timely publication in BIO or other relevant journals. 

At the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

1. Understand the various steps in the manuscript submission, review and publication process.
2. Explain the elements of a high-quality publication.
3. Describe some of the common problems reviewers cite during the review of a manuscript and how to avoid them

Presenter's Bio:
Marianna Bledsoe is Editor-in-Chief for Biopreservation and Biobanking and independent consultant on biobanking and research policy issues. Involved in biobanking for over 25 years, Marianna provided scientific oversight for numerous biobanks at the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Veterans Affairs. In the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Policy, she developed federal policies, and national and international guidance related to the ethical, legal and social issues related to biobanking. Marianna was ISBER President from 2007 - 2008. She received the 2012 ISBER Distinguished Leadership and Service Award and the 2019 ISBER Outstanding Achievement in Biobanking Award.

Marianne Henderson MS PMP is Senior Advisor for Division Resources and Biobanking, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH. She manages large programs and contracts, and infrastructures for molecular epidemiology. She is active in the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (President 2011-12; OAC 2012-19; Science Policy and Education & Training CoPs; co-leading AI, Bio101/201, Mentoring TFs). She received the ISBER Founders and the ISBER Distinguish Leadership and Service Awards. She is Social Medial Editor and board member for Biopreservation and Biobanking. Ms. Henderson is actively involved in large-scale biobanking process improvements in operations, sustainability, and automation.

Amanda Rush is a health policy and practice expert with a special interest in the value, efficiency and sustainability of biobanking. Her research combines desktop and stakeholder data collection with thematic and statistical analyses to provide insights into systems level biobanking strategies. Her publications focus on value and sustainability, capacity building, certification and accreditation, and research governance. Amanda presents widely on her biobanking research at local, national and international conferences. She is an Editorial Board member and reviewer for Biopreservation and Biobanking and was an Associate Editor for the 4th edition of the ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories.