UK Biobanking Showcase Agenda 2018

09.30 – 10.00

Registration

Session 1

Latest Developments in Biobanking

10.00 – 10.05

UKCRC TDCC Introduction

10.05 – 10.20

UKCRC Tissue Directory development update

Phil Quinlan and Matt Styles, University of Nottingham

10.20 – 10.35

UKCRC Tissue Platforms for Engagement

Emma Lawrence and Jessica Sims, UCL

10.35 – 10.55

Consent to use human samples and linked health data in research – results

Amanda Hunn, Health Research Authority

10.55 – 11.20

Break

Session 2

Research in focus

11.20 – 11.40

Bloodwise CLCB – impact on research

Allison Blair, NHSBT

11.40 – 12.00

What does quality mean in practice?

Researcher panel discussion

12.00 – 12.20

Biobank Quality Assurance solutions

Speed presentations by:

  • Andrea Wutte, BBMRI-ERIC.
  • Valerie Speirs, CM-Path.
  • Gareth Bicknell, The University of Birmingham.

12.20 – 13.20

Lunch

Session 3

Breakout workshops

13.20 – 14.50

Sign up for two topics:

  1. Financial Sustainability
  2. Quality Management
  3. Data
  1. Financial Sustainability – Curated UCL
  2. Quality Management – Curated by Andrea Wutte, Gareth Bicknell and CM-Path
  3. Data – Curated by the Advanced Data Analysis Centre, The University of Nottingham

14.50 – 15.15

Break

Session 4

UK and international infrastructures and integration

15.15 – 15.30

UKRI Infrastructure Roadmapping exercise

Jane Luff, The Medical Research Council

15.30 – 15.45

BBMRI-ERIC

Anna-Liisa Bader, BBMRI-ERIC.

15.45 – 16.00

RI Train: A masters in infrastructure management

Vera Matser, EMBL-EBI.

16.00 – 16.15

Health Data Research UK

Andrew Morris, Health Data Research UK

16.15 – 16.25

The Scottish biorepository network

Sharon King, Tayside Biorepository, University of Dundee

16.25 – 16.35

UK Biobank of the Year 2018

Anne Thomson, Bloodwise CLCB

16.35 – 17.20

Closing Drinks