Tag: UK Biobank

Privacy-Preserving Analysis: MetaSTAARlite enables rare variant studies using genomic summary statistics instead of individual-level genetic data. Biobank-Scale Validation: Tool successfully analyzed sequencing data...

Large-Scale Epigenetic Dataset: Study will measure DNA methylation across more than one million genomic sites. UK Biobank Research Expansion: Project adds epigenetic data...

Metabolomics Milestone: Complete metabolomic data for all 500,000 participants is now available, creating the world’s largest dataset of its kind. Advanced Imaging: New...

Highlights Unprecedented Scale: Over 1 billion de-identified images from 100,000 volunteers, now available to approved researchers worldwide. Impactful Outcomes: Enabled AI tools that enhance...

Highlights Funding boost: The £20 million government investment will expand UK Biobank’s study to analyze blood proteins across 500,000 participants, plus 100,000 follow-up samples over...

Highlights The study will measure 5,400 proteins in 600,000 samples, offering an unprecedented understanding of protein-level changes over mid-to-late life and their impact on...

Highlights UK Biobank and Oxford Nanopore partner to create a comprehensive epigenetic dataset for health research. New epigenetic data will help uncover disease causes...

Highlights AWS provides £8 million worth of cloud computing storage to UK Biobank, enhancing data management and AI capabilities. The UK government matches this...

The Europe Biobank Week (EBW) Congress, jointly organised between BBMRI-ERIC (the European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources in Health and Life Science)...

In a groundbreaking development, UK Biobank has released a vast dataset from whole genome sequencing of half a million participants, a move poised to...