Jessica Sims

August 2018: First API changes

What the Development Team worked on in August During August, the team have been really busy working on testing the API to ensure that all the ‘test’ and ‘development’ environments work in exactly the same way through full and automated regression testing. There has also been a lot of work to change over environments following an update to tenancies. A number of development changes have still been made alongside the provision of new support… Read More »August 2018: First API changes

Public support for transparency in Biobanking

by Jessica Sims
News, Public Engagement
1st August 2018

Public support for transparency in biobanking The HTA and HRA have released a report, Consent to use human tissue and linked health data in research. This report details results from a series of workshops where the public shared their views on the topic. Although intended for the HTA and HRA, it provides examples of how to strengthen public support for biobanking and research participation. Consistent message about consent Five years ago,… Read More »Public support for transparency in Biobanking

Yarning to Consent: engaging in biobanking stories via knitting

Yarning to Consent: engaging in biobanking stories via knitting An introduction to biobanking What does knitting have to do with Biobanking? I wouldn’t be offended if someone didn’t see a connection between knitting and biobanking. But, sometimes we need unlikely pairings to entice people to think about a new subject. I met a woman in the summer who told me when she had some tissue removed during a procedure. We… Read More »Yarning to Consent: engaging in biobanking stories via knitting

UK Biobanking Showcase 2017

by Jessica Sims
Events, News
25th October 201728th April 2020

UK Biobanking Showcase 2017 The annual UK Biobanking Showcase was held on 18th October, 2017 at the Kia Oval cricket ground in London. Over 140 people attended the event, covering human sample resources across the country, universities, medical funders and different medical companies and organisations. This year’s showcase sought to highlight some of the recent discussions and developments in biobanking including recognition, standards, collaborations and changes impacting public interactions. As… Read More »UK Biobanking Showcase 2017

Representing UK-based biobanking at Global Biobank Week

by Jessica Sims
Events
5th October 201718th September 2019

Representing UK-based biobanking at Global Biobank Week Presentation slide from the ‘DNA, Your Say’ project This week, our Engagement Manager Jessica Mai Sims reports her experience at Global Biobank Week. Global Biobank Week was held in Stockholm this in September 2017. This year the conference was hosted as a collaboration between BBMRI-ERIC, ESBB and ISBER. Phil and I represented UK-based biobanking activities on behalf of the Centre, joining over 850… Read More »Representing UK-based biobanking at Global Biobank Week

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Centre staff receives Public engagement award

by Jessica Sims
News, Public Engagement
11th February 2016

Jessica Sims, Project and Engagement Manager for the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre, has received University College London’s Provost’s Award for Public Engager of the Year (Professional Services Staff) for her work in public engagement in biobanking. The award recognised Jessica’s recent project developing a biobanking board game to simulate the process of real-life biobanking. The project involved members of the public in helping to devise a game as… Read More »Centre staff receives Public engagement award

BBMRI-LPC Third Scientific Call for Access

by Jessica Sims
News
16th December 2015

A third BBMRI-LPC Scientific Call for Access is now being launched, building on the success of the first call in 2014 and the second call in spring 2015. BBMRI-LPC supports innovative research projects conducted in large prospective cohorts (LPC) across Europe. This Call for Access is an outstanding opportunity for European scientists to gain access to the unique collections of data and biosamples from the BBMRI-LPC network of high quality… Read More »BBMRI-LPC Third Scientific Call for Access

Poster prize award for biobanking board game project

by Jessica Sims
News, Public Engagement
19th October 2015

The Centre recently presented a poster at the ESBB 2015 Annual Conference on our latest public engagement activity and were awarded the poster prize for the Education & Standards category. Our ‘Biobanking: the board game: Public engagement through table top game development’ outlined our UCL Beacon Bursary funded project that engaged people, who enjoy playing games, with the key messages of biobanking to create a prototype game. We demonstrated the… Read More »Poster prize award for biobanking board game project

Coordination of Biobanking in the UK

by Jessica Sims
News
19th October 201511th November 2020

Coordination of Biobanking in the UK On 29 September 2015, the Centre held its first annual biobanking event. Coordination of Biobanking in the UK, marked the UK becoming the 17th Member State to join BBMRI-ERIC, and was organised alongside ESBB’s 2015 Annual Conference to further connect to global developments in biobanking. Below you can find the presentations for view and download: Day’s Agenda (PDF, 210kB) Introduction to coordination of biobanks… Read More »Coordination of Biobanking in the UK

Introduction to biobanking

by Jessica Sims
Biobanking Basics
4th August 201523rd July 2021

What are samples? A sample can take many forms. It can be a piece of human tissue taken from a healthy or a diseased part of the body, but it can also be a sample of bodily fluid such as blood, urine or saliva. The reason samples are taken is to allow researchers to perform tests on ‘real’ material to gain greater understanding of what is happening in the patient.… Read More »Introduction to biobanking