Lifelines Director Bert-Jan Souman (IMAGE) University of Groningen Caption This is Bert-Jan Souman, director of the Lifelines biobank which will set out to identify both hereditary and environmental factors that partially determine whether someone may fall seriously ill due to the coronavirus or simply develop mild symptoms. This is done by sending questionnaires to 135,000 residents of the Northern Netherlands, who are already participating in the biobank's long-term research program. Credit University Medical Center Groningen Usage Restrictions With credit License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.