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/
To mark #WorldDiabetesDay, we're highlighting research using UK Biobank data to uncover the causes and explore the impacts of diabetes. 🔽
1/2: 'Childhood sweet tooth linked to diabetes in middle age'
www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...
1/2: 'Childhood sweet tooth linked to diabetes in middle age'
www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
To mark #WorldDiabetesDay, we're highlighting research using UK Biobank data to uncover the causes and explore the impacts of diabetes. 🔽
1/2: 'Childhood sweet tooth linked to diabetes in middle age'
www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...
1/2: 'Childhood sweet tooth linked to diabetes in middle age'
www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...
📅 There's just 1️⃣ month to go until our annual Scientific Conference in London!
Discover how to join us in person or online, & find out much more including the full agenda here: https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data/researcher-collaboration/researcher-events/uk-biobank-scientific-conference-2025/
Discover how to join us in person or online, & find out much more including the full agenda here: https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data/researcher-collaboration/researcher-events/uk-biobank-scientific-conference-2025/
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📅 There's just 1️⃣ month to go until our annual Scientific Conference in London!
Discover how to join us in person or online, & find out much more including the full agenda here: https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data/researcher-collaboration/researcher-events/uk-biobank-scientific-conference-2025/
Discover how to join us in person or online, & find out much more including the full agenda here: https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data/researcher-collaboration/researcher-events/uk-biobank-scientific-conference-2025/
💬 “The data is already there, we just need to bring it together.”
The @newstatesman1913.bsky.social reports on the incredible potential of bringing hospital and primary care data together for preventative medicine - and how it could transform healthcare. 🔽
The @newstatesman1913.bsky.social reports on the incredible potential of bringing hospital and primary care data together for preventative medicine - and how it could transform healthcare. 🔽
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
💬 “The data is already there, we just need to bring it together.”
The @newstatesman1913.bsky.social reports on the incredible potential of bringing hospital and primary care data together for preventative medicine - and how it could transform healthcare. 🔽
The @newstatesman1913.bsky.social reports on the incredible potential of bringing hospital and primary care data together for preventative medicine - and how it could transform healthcare. 🔽
Have you registered for our annual Scientific Conference on 8th December?
Join @jeffbarrett.eu from @nightingalehealth.com and many more researchers, industry experts and the UK Biobank team for a day of innovation and discovery.
Join @jeffbarrett.eu from @nightingalehealth.com and many more researchers, industry experts and the UK Biobank team for a day of innovation and discovery.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Have you registered for our annual Scientific Conference on 8th December?
Join @jeffbarrett.eu from @nightingalehealth.com and many more researchers, industry experts and the UK Biobank team for a day of innovation and discovery.
Join @jeffbarrett.eu from @nightingalehealth.com and many more researchers, industry experts and the UK Biobank team for a day of innovation and discovery.
A new paper using @ukbiobank.bsky.social data has been featured in the news today including BBC Radio 4's Today programme and here in the @theguardian.com 🔽
@iansample.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@iansample.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Men need twice as much exercise as women to lower heart disease risk, study finds
Researchers suggest ‘sex-specific strategies’ after analysis of cardiovascular health improvements
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A new paper using @ukbiobank.bsky.social data has been featured in the news today including BBC Radio 4's Today programme and here in the @theguardian.com 🔽
@iansample.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@iansample.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The deadline for the 2025 @ukbiobank.bsky.social Scientific Impact Awards is Thursday 30th October. submit your work today 🔽
📣 Calling all researchers! There's little over a week to go to submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards!
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The deadline for the 2025 @ukbiobank.bsky.social Scientific Impact Awards is Thursday 30th October. submit your work today 🔽
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📣 Calling all researchers! There's little over a week to go to submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards!
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 Calling all researchers! There's little over a week to go to submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards!
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
💨 Data from over 300,000 UK Biobank participants show that air pollution can raise older people’s risk of a condition causing unbearably itchy skin.
Almost 16% of late-life eczema cases could be prevented by cutting air pollution in the worst-affected areas researchers estimate.
Almost 16% of late-life eczema cases could be prevented by cutting air pollution in the worst-affected areas researchers estimate.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
💨 Data from over 300,000 UK Biobank participants show that air pollution can raise older people’s risk of a condition causing unbearably itchy skin.
Almost 16% of late-life eczema cases could be prevented by cutting air pollution in the worst-affected areas researchers estimate.
Almost 16% of late-life eczema cases could be prevented by cutting air pollution in the worst-affected areas researchers estimate.
📣 Calling all researchers! There's little over a week to go to submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards!
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 Calling all researchers! There's little over a week to go to submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards!
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
If you've used @ukbiobank.bsky.social data to drive meaningful health impacts, this could be the perfect place to have your work recognised. Learn more 🔽
🤔 Did you know that over 22,000 researchers from more than 60 countries now work with UK Biobank data?
Learn more about the researchers across the globe who are harnessing the data of our participants to make scientific discoveries that improve public health: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-our-da...
Learn more about the researchers across the globe who are harnessing the data of our participants to make scientific discoveries that improve public health: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-our-da...
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🤔 Did you know that over 22,000 researchers from more than 60 countries now work with UK Biobank data?
Learn more about the researchers across the globe who are harnessing the data of our participants to make scientific discoveries that improve public health: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-our-da...
Learn more about the researchers across the globe who are harnessing the data of our participants to make scientific discoveries that improve public health: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-our-da...
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That’s it for #ASHG25! We had a fantastic time discussing how we’re enabling AI-powered multiomics analysis at scale. Thank you to our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social for the great workshop & answering questions at our booth!
#genomics #AI #UKBiobank #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
#genomics #AI #UKBiobank #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
That’s it for #ASHG25! We had a fantastic time discussing how we’re enabling AI-powered multiomics analysis at scale. Thank you to our partners @ukbiobank.bsky.social for the great workshop & answering questions at our booth!
#genomics #AI #UKBiobank #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
#genomics #AI #UKBiobank #populationhealth #precisionmedicine
What to expect from Session 2 at our Scientific Conference 2025 🔍
'Towards precision medicine: Omics-driven discovery' will focus on experts harnessing genomic and proteomic data, presenting their achievements and highlighting the possible future impacts.
'Towards precision medicine: Omics-driven discovery' will focus on experts harnessing genomic and proteomic data, presenting their achievements and highlighting the possible future impacts.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What to expect from Session 2 at our Scientific Conference 2025 🔍
'Towards precision medicine: Omics-driven discovery' will focus on experts harnessing genomic and proteomic data, presenting their achievements and highlighting the possible future impacts.
'Towards precision medicine: Omics-driven discovery' will focus on experts harnessing genomic and proteomic data, presenting their achievements and highlighting the possible future impacts.
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Thank you to everyone who came to our #ASHG25 workshop with @ukbiobank.bsky.social! The session showed how to perform multiomic analysis on the DNAnexus-powered UKB-RAP by leveraging native #AI tools, like NVIDIA Monai, plus how to bring your own frameworks to the flexible data ecosystem.
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our #ASHG25 workshop with @ukbiobank.bsky.social! The session showed how to perform multiomic analysis on the DNAnexus-powered UKB-RAP by leveraging native #AI tools, like NVIDIA Monai, plus how to bring your own frameworks to the flexible data ecosystem.
Thanks to everyone who joined our #ASHG25 workshop yesterday in partnership with @dnanexus.bsky.social.
If you didn't manage to catch us, or just want another chance to ask questions, we'll be at the @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733 today, 10-11am (EDT) ✅
If you didn't manage to catch us, or just want another chance to ask questions, we'll be at the @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733 today, 10-11am (EDT) ✅
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined our #ASHG25 workshop yesterday in partnership with @dnanexus.bsky.social.
If you didn't manage to catch us, or just want another chance to ask questions, we'll be at the @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733 today, 10-11am (EDT) ✅
If you didn't manage to catch us, or just want another chance to ask questions, we'll be at the @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733 today, 10-11am (EDT) ✅
We’re excited to be in a (very rainy) Boston 🌧️ for the start of #ASHG25! 🧬 @geneticssociety.bsky.social
Catch us at one of our events this week 🔽✅
Catch us at one of our events this week 🔽✅
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We’re excited to be in a (very rainy) Boston 🌧️ for the start of #ASHG25! 🧬 @geneticssociety.bsky.social
Catch us at one of our events this week 🔽✅
Catch us at one of our events this week 🔽✅
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A Nature Genetics study using our metabolic data from half a million @ukbiobank.bsky.social samples revealed how our genes shape metabolism.
Here’s how the study’s lead author summed up the collaboration:
Here’s how the study’s lead author summed up the collaboration:
October 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A Nature Genetics study using our metabolic data from half a million @ukbiobank.bsky.social samples revealed how our genes shape metabolism.
Here’s how the study’s lead author summed up the collaboration:
Here’s how the study’s lead author summed up the collaboration:
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Meet @ukbiobank.bsky.social at #ASHG25! Members from the team will be available to answer your questions at our booth #733 from 10-11am on October 16. Come by the booth to learn more about accessing & analyzing their rich dataset!
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Meet @ukbiobank.bsky.social at #ASHG25! Members from the team will be available to answer your questions at our booth #733 from 10-11am on October 16. Come by the booth to learn more about accessing & analyzing their rich dataset!
Are you attending @geneticssociety.bsky.social #ashg25 next week? So are we!
A few of our team will be visiting @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733, 10-11am on Thursday. Come say hi and ask us your questions! 👋
A few of our team will be visiting @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733, 10-11am on Thursday. Come say hi and ask us your questions! 👋
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are you attending @geneticssociety.bsky.social #ashg25 next week? So are we!
A few of our team will be visiting @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733, 10-11am on Thursday. Come say hi and ask us your questions! 👋
A few of our team will be visiting @dnanexus.bsky.social stand #733, 10-11am on Thursday. Come say hi and ask us your questions! 👋
Some exciting metabolomic work from @nightingalehealth.com using UK Biobank data 🔽
Metabolomic data for the full UK Biobank cohort will be made available to researchers as part of our upcoming data release next month ✅
Metabolomic data for the full UK Biobank cohort will be made available to researchers as part of our upcoming data release next month ✅
450,000 people. 249 metabolic traits. The most detailed map of human metabolism yet.
A new study in Nature Genetics combined genetics and deep metabolic profiling to reveal how our bodies process fats and energy.
💡 Here’s what they found:
A new study in Nature Genetics combined genetics and deep metabolic profiling to reveal how our bodies process fats and energy.
💡 Here’s what they found:
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Some exciting metabolomic work from @nightingalehealth.com using UK Biobank data 🔽
Metabolomic data for the full UK Biobank cohort will be made available to researchers as part of our upcoming data release next month ✅
Metabolomic data for the full UK Biobank cohort will be made available to researchers as part of our upcoming data release next month ✅
New research from @mrc-lms.bsky.social has uncovered previously unknown links between genes and heart shape, using data from over 40,000 @ukbiobank.bsky.social participants.
Discover more 🔽
Discover more 🔽
New work from @drdeclanoregan.bsky.social and his lab has uncovered previously unknown links between our genes and heart shape
This was achieved by comparing the genetics and heart structures of over 40,000 people!
To read more follow the link!
This was achieved by comparing the genetics and heart structures of over 40,000 people!
To read more follow the link!
First 3D genetic mapping of the heart uncovers genes implicated in sudden death
New research has identified previously unknown links between genes and heart shape. By analysing genetic data from over 40,000 UK Biobank participants, researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sci...
lms.mrc.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
New research from @mrc-lms.bsky.social has uncovered previously unknown links between genes and heart shape, using data from over 40,000 @ukbiobank.bsky.social participants.
Discover more 🔽
Discover more 🔽
A closer look at our Scientific Conference Agenda 🔍
Session 1 explores deep data insights into ageing — from biological markers and body composition to immunity and proteomics.
Session 1 explores deep data insights into ageing — from biological markers and body composition to immunity and proteomics.
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A closer look at our Scientific Conference Agenda 🔍
Session 1 explores deep data insights into ageing — from biological markers and body composition to immunity and proteomics.
Session 1 explores deep data insights into ageing — from biological markers and body composition to immunity and proteomics.
Join us and @dnanexus.bsky.social at #ASHG2025 in Boston, USA for our workshop event!
Discover how our Research Analysis Platform helps:
🧬 Tackle complex, multimodal data
🤖 Apply cutting-edge AI tools
📊 Unlock insights from one of the world’s richest datasets
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
Discover how our Research Analysis Platform helps:
🧬 Tackle complex, multimodal data
🤖 Apply cutting-edge AI tools
📊 Unlock insights from one of the world’s richest datasets
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
AI-Powered Multiomics
AI-Powered Multiomics on UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP): A Practical Guide to Integrating Genomics and Imaging at Scale
www.dnanexus.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join us and @dnanexus.bsky.social at #ASHG2025 in Boston, USA for our workshop event!
Discover how our Research Analysis Platform helps:
🧬 Tackle complex, multimodal data
🤖 Apply cutting-edge AI tools
📊 Unlock insights from one of the world’s richest datasets
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
Discover how our Research Analysis Platform helps:
🧬 Tackle complex, multimodal data
🤖 Apply cutting-edge AI tools
📊 Unlock insights from one of the world’s richest datasets
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
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Learn more about leveraging AI tools to derive faster and more meaningful insights at our #ASHG25 workshop with @ukbiobank.bsky.social. Register now:
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
AI-Powered Multiomics
AI-Powered Multiomics on UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP): A Practical Guide to Integrating Genomics and Imaging at Scale
www.dnanexus.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Learn more about leveraging AI tools to derive faster and more meaningful insights at our #ASHG25 workshop with @ukbiobank.bsky.social. Register now:
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
www.dnanexus.com/ai-powered-m...
📢 Our 2025 Scientific Conference agenda is now available!
Expect a range of experts across five key sessions covering healthy ageing, the impact of UK Biobank, omics driven discoveries, characterising health outcomes at scale and the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform.
Expect a range of experts across five key sessions covering healthy ageing, the impact of UK Biobank, omics driven discoveries, characterising health outcomes at scale and the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform.
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 Our 2025 Scientific Conference agenda is now available!
Expect a range of experts across five key sessions covering healthy ageing, the impact of UK Biobank, omics driven discoveries, characterising health outcomes at scale and the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform.
Expect a range of experts across five key sessions covering healthy ageing, the impact of UK Biobank, omics driven discoveries, characterising health outcomes at scale and the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform.
🎙️ On the latest episode of The Respiratory Catalyst Podcast from Health Data Research UK, hear from @ukbiobank.bsky.social Deputy Chief Scientist Dr Adam Lewandowski.
✅ Listen here: youtu.be/F4RjH_X7YCU
✅ Listen here: youtu.be/F4RjH_X7YCU
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎙️ On the latest episode of The Respiratory Catalyst Podcast from Health Data Research UK, hear from @ukbiobank.bsky.social Deputy Chief Scientist Dr Adam Lewandowski.
✅ Listen here: youtu.be/F4RjH_X7YCU
✅ Listen here: youtu.be/F4RjH_X7YCU