Professor Jennifer Byrne is Director of Biobanking with NSW Health Pathology, and conjoint Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Sydney. Jennifer trained in laboratory research at the University of Queensland and was a postdoctoral fellow in Strasbourg, France, before returning to Sydney.

Gillian is the Deputy Sector Manager for Legal and Clinical services at NATA. The role involves liaising with stakeholders including government regulators an accredited facilities on issues related to compliance and Quality Management Systems.

Prior to joining NATA Gillian had over 30 years’ experience in research and pathology and experienced significant changes in the regulatory and accreditation environments.

Samantha is currently the Quality Manager of the Victorian Cancer Biobank (VCB), a network of five Tissue Banks together with a Central Operations node located across Metropolitan Melbourne.

Samantha uses her 14+ years of experience working as a Scientist in ISO-accredited forensic laboratories and donor tissue banks in Australia and USA to oversee the Quality and Improvement program across the VCB Network.