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Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure The Netherlands (BBMRI-NL) makes biomaterials, images and data from (longitudinal) research retrievable, accessible and exchangeable for research on the prevention and treatment of diseases (personalized medicine & personalized health). The more data you have, and the better it’s organized and interconnected, the greater the chances of success. Worldwide, personalized medicine and health is recognized as the next big dot on the horizon for health care. In the Netherlands, BBMRI-NL, ELIXIR-NL, and EATRIS-NL (all strongly anchored in European ESFRIs), UMCs/NFU, DTL, Lygature, and Health~Holland are closely working together towards a single National Infrastructure for Personalized Medicine & Health Research (Health-RI). The Netherlands has more than 200 biobanks and cohorts that store the data of thousands of people. It concerns biomaterials, such as blood samples and tissues, images such as CT, MRI and PET scans, and data from hundreds of cohort studies. The degree to which these data are accessible and exchangeable is extremely important if we are to gain insight into the factors that contribute to the cause and development of diseases and afflictions and the effect of interventions.