Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online
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Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
#Genetics
#Biobank
People working in wildlife conservation, biobanking, cryobiology, genomics, zoological and museum collections, and related fields are invited to participate in a global survey on wildlife biobanking practices, capacity, gaps, and priorities.
Survey: form.typeform.com/to/xmo3OoLa
#biobank #science
@jik I declined to join the UK Biobank project, which I'd otherwise have been keen to do, because at the time the UK government was having a round of UNCONDITIONALLY GIVE US ALL YOUR DATA MWHAHAHAHA authoritarian wobbles. I wonder if anyone bothers to think about the long-lasting (medical [โฆ]
It'll probably be elective participation. I was part of original #BioBank set up 2006/7 and I still get occasional pings of updates on where the research is reaching. I can halt it anytime I like.
This will surely be of interest to โfun-guysโ and โfun-galsโ!! #fungus #fungi #mushrooms ๐โ๐ซ #biobank #science #MedicalResearch #biodiversity
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MeMed Secures $2 Million Grant for Innovative Acute Care Biobank Initiative #Israel #Haifa #MeMed #AIVD #Biobank
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Can we measure how countless #EnvironmentalExposures shape our health? After 20 years, #exposomics is poised to untangle how #pesticides, #pollution, #wildfires, and more interact to drive #disease. A PNAS News Feature: https://ow.ly/IbwG50XU6Jz
#biobank #genomics #PublicHealth
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Twenty years on, #exposomics is revealing how #pesticides, #pollution, and #wildfires interact to drive #disease. Read the PNAS News Feature: https://ow.ly/JRJL50XR9xq
#biobank #genomics #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHealthScience
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#Exposome research comes of age: After 20 years, the field of #exposomics is poised to reveal the complex, interacting drivers of #disease. A PNAS News Feature: https://ow.ly/9QOg50XPn5J
#exposure #pesticides #pollution #wildfires #biobank #genomics #PublicHealth
๐ช๐ธ๐งซ Spain Biobanking Market outlook ๐ www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/spai... #Biobank #SpainHealthcare #Research
#Nociplastic #pain is associated with worse #executivefunction in a cross-sectional study using the UK #Biobank
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(25)00...
A patient is having their blood pressure checked
Chronic pain in adults may increase their risk of high blood pressure, and this is partly explained by inflammation and depression.
New study led by Prof Jill Pell.
More โก๏ธ www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
@fredho42.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
#Biobank #Hypertension #ChronicPain
CoLab is funding $770,000 for two biobanks - Monash Childrenโs Cancer Biobank & the Hudson Institute Living Biobank, helping researchers access high-quality samples and develop safer treatments.
Read story here - tinyurl.com/banking-on-a...
@hudsonresearch.bsky.social
#ChildrensCancer #Biobank
Gregory lab #PhD student, Lauren Whaley's work on post-mortem samples from patient-donors, in partnership with the #MarkHughesFoundation
Thank you #MHF for your generosity! ๐ง ๐งฌ
markhughesfoundation.com.au/latest-resea...
#BrainTumors #GBM #Biobank #Glioblastoma #SpatialOmics
Role of Genetics in the Age-Related Testosterone Decline in Men: A UK Biobank Study by Lynn Ogoniak et al
EJE Volume 193, Issue 2, August 2025
๐ doi.org/10.1093/ejen...
ESE Members free via ๐ my.ese-hormones.org
#endocrinology #biobank #testosterone
๐๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ค.๐ซ๐จ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐, a ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง #๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ #๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Romania's first private #biobank, built on a #federated #data #network and a #privacy-by-design architecture, empowering fast, collaborative #research with a primary focus on #rare and #autoimmune #diseases.
Graphic has a blue-tone photograph of the Paterson Building on the right-hand side, with a dark blue background and white text on the left Text says: We Are Recruiting New Group Leaders Join us in Manchester / Develop bold, innovative, & high-impact research programmes Salary ยฃ58,000 โ ยฃ65,000 (dependent upon experience/clinical work) Job ID MI/25/54 Apply by 2nd November 2025
Interested in establishing your own research group?
Our support package for new Group Leaders includes:
๐ฅผ2 #Postdocs, a technician & 2 PhD students + lab costs
๐ฌFull access to core facilities
๐งชAccess to the MCRC #Biobank
โ๏ธMentorship, #grant advice & more
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
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Trained on data from 400,000 people in the #UK #Biobank, the results were remarkable.
For most of the 1,258 diseases, Delphi-2Mโs predictions matched or even exceeded the accuracy of existing specialized models.
"It worked astonishingly well," says #Gerstung.
#AIinHealthcare
Are biobank costs properly recognised? ๐งฌ๐ฐ
GBNโs new catalogue & cost tool makes planning easier, costs transparent & biobanks more sustainable. ๐ช
๐ Available via the Biobank โStarter Kitโ: tinyurl.com/yc3jhmn9
#Biobank #Biobanking #ResearchFunding
UK Biobank hits 100,000 scan milestone, as data reveals early disease signatures and new biological #aging insights across organ systems.
#agingresearch #diseaseprevention #prevention #earlydetection #patientsafety #biobank
longevity.technology/news/largest...
Interior of Hannover Unified Biobank - liquid nitrogen tanks visible.
๐บ HUB Hanover, part of the German Biobank Network, was featured on TV!
๐งฌSupporting the "MoReHealth" project, HUB provides key biosamples for multi-omics research in personalised medicine.
Watch in German: tinyurl.com/45xvvv5f
#Biobank #Biobanking #PersonalisedMedicine #InfectionResearch
๐๏ธ The 13th National #Biobank Symposium will take place on 22โ23 September 2025 in Berlin, featuring a GBN session on quality assurance, education, sustainable financing and tissue biobanking in #PersonalisedMedicine: buff.ly/3p84r8z
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This is huge!
Whole-genome sequencing of 490,640 UK Biobank participants
#genomics #genome #biobank ๐งช
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Excited to share my commentary on integrating #transancestry #polygenic risk scores and family history for predicting #psychiatric disorders in #Taiwan #Biobank - now online in Biological Psychiatry
๐ authors.elsevier.com/a/1lduY1S07x...
Ever wondered what happens after you donate a sample to research?
Our new patient info sheet explains how your contribution helps build a better future for people with asbestos-related diseases.
๐ drive.google.com/file/d/10_tr...
#NCARDresearch #AsbestosRelatedDiseases #Biobank
30 years. 3,000+ donors. 50+ research projects. Countless lives impacted.
The NCARD Biobank transforms generous donations into real medical breakthroughs.
Every sample tells a story of hope. ๐
Learn more: ncard.org.au/your-gift-th...
#NCARDresearch #Biobank #MedicalResearch
A square image with a blue-green gradient background reading: "4 Reasons to join the Biobank Brasil Summit in Sao Paolo on 9 September 2025.
๐ข Big event coming up:
๐ค Join the #Biobank #Brasil #Summit 2025 #BBS "From storage to strategy" in Sรฃo Paulo.
๐ 9 Sept, 2025
๐ Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil
๐ biobankbrasil.com.br
โ๏ธHere are the top 4 reasons to join the event ๐
๐ Congratulations to Dr Sarah Yeo, lead author of TRACKER Biobank's first peer-reviewed publication, which explores the challenges and future directions for lung cancer biobanking in Australia.
Read the review here: ow.ly/jlvA50Wze5Y
#LungCancerResearch #CancerResearch #Biobank #ONJCRI
We're delighted that GBN as part of the Network of University Medicine (NUM) has been recognised in the 'High-Tech Agenda' of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space. It is also exciting to see the long-term continuation of the NUM mentioned tinyurl.com/mrxnadt3 ๐
#Biobanking #Biobank