Precure Selects Helix for Multi-Omics Analysis of One Million Biospecimens
Population-scale profiling: Helix will support the generation of molecular data from approximately one million biospecimens as part of Precure’s large-scale multi-omics initiative.
Integrated...
$50M Initiative Aims to Build AI-Ready Datasets Across Academic Biobanks
$50M financing: Network Bio launched with $50 million to expand a platform combining biobank-derived biological data with artificial intelligence.
Academic biobank network: Collaborations...
Cross-Biobank Study Shows How Phenotype Capture Can Shape Genetic Findings
Key Takeaways
Heritability estimates differed across biobanks: SNP-based heritability for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease varied significantly between UK Biobank, Geisinger MyCode and the NIH All...
New Tool Enables Secure Analysis of Rare Genetic Variants Across Global Biobanks
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...
UK Biobank Unlocks New Epigenetic Layer for Disease Discovery
Large-Scale Epigenetic Dataset: Study will measure DNA methylation across more than one million genomic sites.
UK Biobank Research Expansion: Project adds epigenetic data...
NIH Prize Highlights Tool for Assessing Biobank Data Quality
Biobank Data Quality Assessment: PGRM measures how reliably DNA biobank data reproduces established genetic associations.
Curated Genomic Reference Resource: Tool includes 5,879 phenotype-genotype...
Sapio Sciences Brings Claude Cowork to the Lab
Sapio Sciences, the AI lab informatics company, today announced that Claude Cowork, Anthropic's agentic AI assistant, is now integrated with the Sapio Platform via Sapio Elain,...
MBioLIMS Learning Series: Intake to Insight, Optimizing Data in your ADRC (Webinar)
Optimized, standardized, and scalable data and sample workflows are critical to supporting the growing demands of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). We’re hosting an upcoming...
UK Biobank Releases World’s Largest Metabolomic and Imaging Dataset
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...
Digitalization in Biobanking: From Traditional to Modern Practices
Introduction
Technological progress has shifted biobanking from traditional to modern practices, with an increasing widespread digital adoption. Digital biobanking manages, stores, and analyzes biological samples...



















