Wales Cancer Bank wins Biobank of the Year 2020
Wales Cancer Bank wins Biobank of the Year 2020 at the UK Biobanking Showcase. Read about their entry and access teh posters of all applicants for the award.
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Biobank Manager receives OBE for services to the NHS during Covid-19
Dr Sarah McDonald, Biobank Manager for the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) receives OBE for services to the NHS during this years COVID-19 pandemic
Biobanks working with industry: overcoming challenges part 3 of 3
The final webinar in the Scientist.com and TDCC series – Overcoming Challenges in UK Biobanking – features a look at biobanks working with industry
UK Biobanking Showcase highlights
The 2020 UK Biobanking Showcase featured a week of online webinars, workshops and meet-ups. Read more about the Biobanking Showcase highlights and catch up on the recordings of the main sessions.
Capturing value through Researchfish
The Researchfish reporting system offers an opportunity to understand when human sample resources contribute in health research. The UKCRC TDCC spoke to stakeholders to explore potential.
UK Biobanking Showcase 2020
UK Biobanking Showcase 2020 12th – 16th October 2020, online. UK Biobanking Showcase 2020 Organised by the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre, the UK Biobanking Showcase is the UK’s leading event for those who work in biobanking and human tissue research. Agenda Sessions will run for 90 minutes from 13.30 each day: Mon 12th: COVID-19: a lesson in biobanking Tues 13th: Sustainability and transparency Weds 14th: Developing common biobanking… Read More »UK Biobanking Showcase 2020
What does sample access in the UK look like today?
Fourteen years since the Human Tissue Act was bought into law in the UK what does sample access look like and what can be done to improve it? Read more about research by the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre.
Biobanking under COVID-19: business, but not as usual
Catch up on the webinar from 22nd June with Lee Murphy, Genetics Manager at Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility.
Data sharing: Insight from Generation Scotland
Catch up on the webinar from 15th June with Archie Campbell, Chief Technical Officer at Generation Scotland.
Advancing our understanding of Breast Cancer
Find out how the UKCRC Tissue Directory helped a researcher access the samples he needed for his research.