UK Biobank
@ukbiobank.bsky.social
A large-scale biomedical database and research resource, that can be accessed globally by approved researchers, to enable scientific discoveries.
🔗 https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/
🔗 https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/
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Major UK research resources get long-awaited access to GP data
Naomi Allen, chief scientist at @ukbiobank.bsky.social tells me it is a “watershed moment” for the resource and for global health research in @resprofnews.bsky.social
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Naomi Allen, chief scientist at @ukbiobank.bsky.social tells me it is a “watershed moment” for the resource and for global health research in @resprofnews.bsky.social
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Major UK research resources get long-awaited access to GP data - Research Professional News
Government directive for sharing health records hailed as “watershed moment” for projects like UK Biobank
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February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Major UK research resources get long-awaited access to GP data
Naomi Allen, chief scientist at @ukbiobank.bsky.social tells me it is a “watershed moment” for the resource and for global health research in @resprofnews.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
Naomi Allen, chief scientist at @ukbiobank.bsky.social tells me it is a “watershed moment” for the resource and for global health research in @resprofnews.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
✅ The UK Government has today granted access to half a million UK Biobank participants' coded GP data for health research.
This change will dramatically increase the power of UK Biobank's dataset to advance the diagnosis, treatment and management of conditions handled by GPs.
This change will dramatically increase the power of UK Biobank's dataset to advance the diagnosis, treatment and management of conditions handled by GPs.
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
✅ The UK Government has today granted access to half a million UK Biobank participants' coded GP data for health research.
This change will dramatically increase the power of UK Biobank's dataset to advance the diagnosis, treatment and management of conditions handled by GPs.
This change will dramatically increase the power of UK Biobank's dataset to advance the diagnosis, treatment and management of conditions handled by GPs.
Why one of the world's most common viruses may have lifelong consequences for you 🔽
Researchers have discovered 22 genes that make people prone to persistent Epstein-Barr virus infections which are linked to long-term conditions inc rheumatoid arthritis, cancer & obstructive pulmonary disease.
Researchers have discovered 22 genes that make people prone to persistent Epstein-Barr virus infections which are linked to long-term conditions inc rheumatoid arthritis, cancer & obstructive pulmonary disease.
February 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Why one of the world's most common viruses may have lifelong consequences for you 🔽
Researchers have discovered 22 genes that make people prone to persistent Epstein-Barr virus infections which are linked to long-term conditions inc rheumatoid arthritis, cancer & obstructive pulmonary disease.
Researchers have discovered 22 genes that make people prone to persistent Epstein-Barr virus infections which are linked to long-term conditions inc rheumatoid arthritis, cancer & obstructive pulmonary disease.
We're thrilled to be heading to SCMR 2026 in Brazil on Saturday 7th February! ✅
Adam Lewandowski, UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist, will be there throughout the event, sharing expertise, connecting with the cardiovascular MR community and diving into how UK Biobank data can help shape the field.
Adam Lewandowski, UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist, will be there throughout the event, sharing expertise, connecting with the cardiovascular MR community and diving into how UK Biobank data can help shape the field.
February 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
We're thrilled to be heading to SCMR 2026 in Brazil on Saturday 7th February! ✅
Adam Lewandowski, UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist, will be there throughout the event, sharing expertise, connecting with the cardiovascular MR community and diving into how UK Biobank data can help shape the field.
Adam Lewandowski, UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist, will be there throughout the event, sharing expertise, connecting with the cardiovascular MR community and diving into how UK Biobank data can help shape the field.
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Join us and our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social at Festival of Genomics! They’ll be at our booth #94 on Wednesday, January 28 answering your questions about the dataset and working on UKB-RAP. Don’t miss it!
#FOG2026 #UKBiobank #genomics #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
#FOG2026 #UKBiobank #genomics #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Join us and our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social at Festival of Genomics! They’ll be at our booth #94 on Wednesday, January 28 answering your questions about the dataset and working on UKB-RAP. Don’t miss it!
#FOG2026 #UKBiobank #genomics #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
#FOG2026 #UKBiobank #genomics #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
Just one week to go until the Festival Genomics and Biodata, where you can hear from us across three sessions!
Find out more 🔽
Find out more 🔽
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Just one week to go until the Festival Genomics and Biodata, where you can hear from us across three sessions!
Find out more 🔽
Find out more 🔽
Free and online tomorrow, our latest webinar on metabolomic biomarker data 🔽✅
Join us for our upcoming webinar - Inside the world's largest metabolomics study! ✅
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Free and online tomorrow, our latest webinar on metabolomic biomarker data 🔽✅
Join us for our upcoming webinar - Inside the world's largest metabolomics study! ✅
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Join us for our upcoming webinar - Inside the world's largest metabolomics study! ✅
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release. 🔽
🏃 Five extra minutes of walking per day could avert up to 10% of early deaths, exercise-tracking data from over 135,000 UK Biobank participants suggest.
The results infer that even very small increases in activity could make a difference, particularly for less-active people.
The results infer that even very small increases in activity could make a difference, particularly for less-active people.
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🏃 Five extra minutes of walking per day could avert up to 10% of early deaths, exercise-tracking data from over 135,000 UK Biobank participants suggest.
The results infer that even very small increases in activity could make a difference, particularly for less-active people.
The results infer that even very small increases in activity could make a difference, particularly for less-active people.
📰 Single gene behind almost all Alzheimer's cases ✅
New research suggests that eliminating the effect of one gene could prevent a large number of Alzheimer's and dementia cases.
New research suggests that eliminating the effect of one gene could prevent a large number of Alzheimer's and dementia cases.
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
📰 Single gene behind almost all Alzheimer's cases ✅
New research suggests that eliminating the effect of one gene could prevent a large number of Alzheimer's and dementia cases.
New research suggests that eliminating the effect of one gene could prevent a large number of Alzheimer's and dementia cases.
🧠 A 15-minute brain-imaging process, developed by UK Biobank is now being used in 11 NHS memory clinics to offer patients with neurodegenerative conditions more tailored treatments ✅
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🧠 A 15-minute brain-imaging process, developed by UK Biobank is now being used in 11 NHS memory clinics to offer patients with neurodegenerative conditions more tailored treatments ✅
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New blog post: 500,000 metabolomes now available for research
Researchers can now explore comprehensive biomarker data across the full @ukbiobank.bsky.social dataset, enabling rare disease studies, cross-modal analyses, and new insights into systemic physiology. Learn more, link in the comments.
Researchers can now explore comprehensive biomarker data across the full @ukbiobank.bsky.social dataset, enabling rare disease studies, cross-modal analyses, and new insights into systemic physiology. Learn more, link in the comments.
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
New blog post: 500,000 metabolomes now available for research
Researchers can now explore comprehensive biomarker data across the full @ukbiobank.bsky.social dataset, enabling rare disease studies, cross-modal analyses, and new insights into systemic physiology. Learn more, link in the comments.
Researchers can now explore comprehensive biomarker data across the full @ukbiobank.bsky.social dataset, enabling rare disease studies, cross-modal analyses, and new insights into systemic physiology. Learn more, link in the comments.
UK Biobank already includes imaging, genetics, biomarkers, NHS outcomes data, questionnaires, physical measures, lifestyle & environment.
What else would accelerate your research? Tell us in 10 minutes: eu.research.net/r/88...
What else would accelerate your research? Tell us in 10 minutes: eu.research.net/r/88...
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
UK Biobank already includes imaging, genetics, biomarkers, NHS outcomes data, questionnaires, physical measures, lifestyle & environment.
What else would accelerate your research? Tell us in 10 minutes: eu.research.net/r/88...
What else would accelerate your research? Tell us in 10 minutes: eu.research.net/r/88...
Whether you couldn't make it or couldn't stream live, you can now catch up on all of the sessions from our Scientific Conference online!
View here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Thank you to all of our contributors & attendees for making it the biggest conference yet!
View here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Thank you to all of our contributors & attendees for making it the biggest conference yet!
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Whether you couldn't make it or couldn't stream live, you can now catch up on all of the sessions from our Scientific Conference online!
View here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Thank you to all of our contributors & attendees for making it the biggest conference yet!
View here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Thank you to all of our contributors & attendees for making it the biggest conference yet!
Congratulations to Ludovica Griffanti, the inaugural winner of our Impact Awards! 🎉
These awards celebrate individuals and teams whose research is driving meaningful change in health through the innovative use of UK Biobank data.
Hear from the winner here 🔽
These awards celebrate individuals and teams whose research is driving meaningful change in health through the innovative use of UK Biobank data.
Hear from the winner here 🔽
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Congratulations to Ludovica Griffanti, the inaugural winner of our Impact Awards! 🎉
These awards celebrate individuals and teams whose research is driving meaningful change in health through the innovative use of UK Biobank data.
Hear from the winner here 🔽
These awards celebrate individuals and teams whose research is driving meaningful change in health through the innovative use of UK Biobank data.
Hear from the winner here 🔽
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Professor Rachel McKendry of @wellcometrust.bsky.social opening the @ukbiobank.bsky.social Scientific Conference.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Professor Rachel McKendry of @wellcometrust.bsky.social opening the @ukbiobank.bsky.social Scientific Conference.
Good morning from London! We're here at the QEII Centre for our annual Scientific Conference!
We can't wait to welcome lots of attendees through the doors for a day of innovation and discovery. You can also watch along online here from 10:30am (GMT): video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
We can't wait to welcome lots of attendees through the doors for a day of innovation and discovery. You can also watch along online here from 10:30am (GMT): video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Good morning from London! We're here at the QEII Centre for our annual Scientific Conference!
We can't wait to welcome lots of attendees through the doors for a day of innovation and discovery. You can also watch along online here from 10:30am (GMT): video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
We can't wait to welcome lots of attendees through the doors for a day of innovation and discovery. You can also watch along online here from 10:30am (GMT): video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Our annual scientific conference takes place tomorrow, and is available to stream online here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Join us for a day of innovation and discovery!
Join us for a day of innovation and discovery!
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Our annual scientific conference takes place tomorrow, and is available to stream online here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS...
Join us for a day of innovation and discovery!
Join us for a day of innovation and discovery!
Great to see @ukbiobank.bsky.social featured in '9 medical breakthroughs that gave us hope in 2025' from National Geographic
✍️ Meryl Davids Landau 🔽
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✍️ Meryl Davids Landau 🔽
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9 medical breakthroughs that gave us hope in 2025
From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a glimpse at the future of human health.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Great to see @ukbiobank.bsky.social featured in '9 medical breakthroughs that gave us hope in 2025' from National Geographic
✍️ Meryl Davids Landau 🔽
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
✍️ Meryl Davids Landau 🔽
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
Earlier this year we announced the completion of the world's largest whole body imaging project, capturing scans from 100,000 of our participants.
Now the latest images from this project have been made available to our approved researchers. 🔽✅
Now the latest images from this project have been made available to our approved researchers. 🔽✅
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Earlier this year we announced the completion of the world's largest whole body imaging project, capturing scans from 100,000 of our participants.
Now the latest images from this project have been made available to our approved researchers. 🔽✅
Now the latest images from this project have been made available to our approved researchers. 🔽✅
There's just 1 week to go until we open the doors to our 2025 Scientific Conference! ✅
Hear from leading researchers, industry experts, and the UK Biobank team for a full day of insights and innovation.
You can still book to watch online: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
Hear from leading researchers, industry experts, and the UK Biobank team for a full day of insights and innovation.
You can still book to watch online: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There's just 1 week to go until we open the doors to our 2025 Scientific Conference! ✅
Hear from leading researchers, industry experts, and the UK Biobank team for a full day of insights and innovation.
You can still book to watch online: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
Hear from leading researchers, industry experts, and the UK Biobank team for a full day of insights and innovation.
You can still book to watch online: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
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We’re excited to join our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social at their upcoming conference in December! Jeff Keller, DNAnexus Executive VP and General Manager of Health Systems and Biobanks, will be participating in a panel discussion on the UKB-RAP to close the event www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re excited to join our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social at their upcoming conference in December! Jeff Keller, DNAnexus Executive VP and General Manager of Health Systems and Biobanks, will be participating in a panel discussion on the UKB-RAP to close the event www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...
The fit-out has begun at our new UK Biobank HQ! ✅
Movement towards the completion of our new home in Manchester Science Park continues as the fit-out works begin and new CGI images reveal a first look at our future-ready, net zero lab and office space.
Movement towards the completion of our new home in Manchester Science Park continues as the fit-out works begin and new CGI images reveal a first look at our future-ready, net zero lab and office space.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The fit-out has begun at our new UK Biobank HQ! ✅
Movement towards the completion of our new home in Manchester Science Park continues as the fit-out works begin and new CGI images reveal a first look at our future-ready, net zero lab and office space.
Movement towards the completion of our new home in Manchester Science Park continues as the fit-out works begin and new CGI images reveal a first look at our future-ready, net zero lab and office space.
In case you missed it, last week we announced our latest release of new and updated UK Biobank data.
Here's Professor Sir Rory Collins on the new data available. 🔽✅
Here's Professor Sir Rory Collins on the new data available. 🔽✅
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In case you missed it, last week we announced our latest release of new and updated UK Biobank data.
Here's Professor Sir Rory Collins on the new data available. 🔽✅
Here's Professor Sir Rory Collins on the new data available. 🔽✅
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Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds
Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds
Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology and predict diseases from diabetes to cancer and dementia
The world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of disease more than a decade before symptoms appear, researchers say.
Work on the tests follows the completion of a project by the UK Biobank to measure the levels of nearly 250 different proteins, sugars, fats and other compounds in blood collected from half a million volunteers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds