💬 “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. 🔽

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.

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...

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 🔽

💨 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.

📣 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 🔽

🤔 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...

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

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.

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) ✅

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 🔽✅

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:

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! 👋

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 ✅

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 🔽

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.

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...

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...

📢 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.

🎙️ 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

What if you could get a glimpse of the future of your health, today? Our scientists have developed a new generative AI model, trained using large-scale health records, that can estimate how human health may change over time. Watch to find out more. 🖥️🧬

AI forecasts chances of disease more than 20 years ahead ✅ An algorithm built with ChatGPT-like technology predicts over 1,000 diseases from information provided by more than 400,000 UK Biobank participants.

ICYMI, my feature for @resprofnews.bsky.social on @ukbiobank.bsky.social: Changing the game for health researchers www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Join us this December for the UK Biobank Scientific Conference 2025 - available both in-person in London and online! Discover the latest research breakthroughs, innovative developments and take the opportunity to network with researchers, industry experts, and the UK Biobank team.

📢👩‍🔬Researchers, are you wondering how resources like UK Biobank can support your project? This helpful guide from @natureportfolio.nature.com explains what biobanks are, how they work, and compares some of the global options available 🔽

📣 Calling all researchers! Have you used UK Biobank data to drive meaningful health impacts? Submit your work for our Scientific Impact Awards and get recognised at our conference this December in London.

🧠 An AI algorithm trained on data from 20,000 UK Biobank participants can spot early signs of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

We're delighted to announce that our Principal Investigator and CEO Professor Sir Rory Collins, has been awarded the @royalsociety.org's Buchanan Medal for leading practice altering cardiovascular clinical trials and leading UK Biobank 🏅

Attending the Personalized Health and Related Technologies conference in Zurich this Thursday? Catch UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist Dr Adam Lewandowski ✅

Attending the European Society of Cardiology Congress on 29th Aug? Join our morning session from 8:15-9:45am - 'From genes to outcomes: how the UK Biobank is shaping the future of cardiology' ✅

All speaker presentations from last month's 100K Imaging Project celebration at the Royal Society are now available to view ✅

🗞️ How ancient herders brought multiple sclerosis to Europe 🌍 DNA from 1,600 ancient people and 400,000 UK Biobank participants reveals why MS is more common among norther Europeans. One of the study leaders, Professor Astrid Iversen, from the @ox.ac.uk on the findings 🔽

✅ Published in @natureportfolio.nature.com today, the paper describing the initial whole-genome sequencing analysis of 500,000 UK Biobank participants. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Recently we held two very special events to celebrate the completion of our landmark imaging project. First we held a scientific showcase at the Royal Society, followed by a reception at the House of Commons. Here's some of the highlights from the Royal Society event 🔽

🤔 New to our Research Analysis Platform? Why not take a look at our RStudio guide! This guide walks you through launching RStudio, accessing data, and running your first analyses. Perfect for R users diving into UK Biobank data! 📘 Read the full guide: community.ukbiobank....

💬 "It's just a super, super valuable resource." Evan Mills from Thermo Fisher Scientific on the value of attending the UK Biobank Scientific Conference. 📅 8th December 📍 London Book your place before 31st August to secure our early bird ticket price for £10: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/use-our-data...

📣 We're now inviting submissions for the new UK Biobank Scientific Impact Awards 📝 Judges will be looking for entries that showcase: Data-driven science through advanced methods, Insightful analysis and the application of findings to clinical or policy settings.

Earlier this month we celebrated reaching our goal of capturing full body scans of 100,000 UK Biobank participants. Explore some of the interesting research stories that have been published using our Imaging Project data ✅ www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...

Meet fellow researchers, industry partners, and UK Biobank teams at our Scientific Conference in London on 8th December! ✅ A day of connection, collaboration, and celebration awaits! Don’t miss out on our early bird ticket for £10, available until 31st August.

Incredible milestone from #UKBiobank! Congratulations on scanning 100,000 participants. This unprecedented imaging resource is already transforming dementia diagnosis and research. Proud that #DPUK contributed to this journey that will benefit patients for generations to come. #DementiaResearch

As our record-breaking Imaging Project crosses the 100K finish line, researchers are working hard to reveal what the data can tell us about why we get ill as we age - and what to do about it. 🔍 🗞️ Find out more here: www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/research-sto...

Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated

💬 Professor Sir Rory Collins, Principal Investigator and CEO, UK Biobank on reaching the 100K Imaging Project milestone 🔽

100,000 Participants scanned ✅ We are delighted to have completed the world's largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of 100,000 volunteers.

Explore these findings using data from the pilot Pharma Proteomics Project 🔽

🔬 Every day researchers around the world are using UK Biobank data in new and creative ways. UK Biobank Deputy Chief Scientist Dr Adam Lewandowski, selected a recent study into the sugar intake of children and its relation to diabetes later in life.

🎉 Congratulations to our Principal Investigator and CEO, Professor Sir Rory Collins, on graduating as an honorary Doctor of Science from the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social 👏