ELSI challenges and strategies of national biobank infrastructures by Budin-Ljøne, I, Harris, JR, Kaye, J, Knoppers, B, Tassé, A, Bravo, E, Cambon-Thomsen, A, Eriksson, M, Kyvik, K, Litton, J, Perola, M, Rial-Sebbag, E

“…National biobank infrastructures are now being implemented in several European countries. …”

Confound modelling in UK Biobank brain imaging by Alfaro-Almagro, F, McCarthy, P, Afyouni, S, Andersson, JLR, Bastiani, M, Miller, KL, Nichols, TE, Smith, SM

“…Dealing with confounds is an essential step in large cohort studies to address problems such as unexplained variance and spurious correlations. UK Biobank is a powerful resource for studying associations between imaging and non-imaging measures such as lifestyle factors and health outcomes, in part because of the large subject numbers. …”

UK Biobank's cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol by Petersen, SE, Neubauer, S, Matthews, P, Francis, J, Robson, MD, Zemrak, F, Boubertakh, R, Young, A, Hudson, S, Weale, P, Garratt, S, Collins, R, Piechnik, S, Neubauer, S

“…UK Biobank's ambitious aim is to perform cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in 100,000 people previously recruited into this prospective cohort study of half a million 40-69 year-olds.We describe the CMR protocol applied in UK Biobank's pilot phase, which will be extended into the main phase with three centres using the same equipment and protocols. …”

Education is power: preserving cognition in the UK Biobank by Tari, B, Künzi, M, Pflanz, CP, Raymont, V, Bauermeister, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We investigated data from 502,357 individuals (Mage = 56.53, SDage = 8.09, 54.40% female) from the UK Biobank cohort via Structural Equation Modelling to illustrate links between predictor variables (i.e., Townsend Deprivation Index, coastal distance, greenspace, years of education), covariates (i.e., participant age) and cognitive function as outcome variables (i.e., pairs-matching, trail-making task B, fluid intelligence).…”

OECI TuBaFrost tumor biobanking. by Riegman, P, Bosch, A

“…In addition, new infrastructure plans have been developed and the first preparatory steps have been set. For biobanks the BBMRI project has started aiming for Pan-European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure.…”

Toward a roadmap in global biobanking for health by Harris, JR, Burton, P, Knoppers, B, Lindpaintner, K, Bledsoe, M, Brookes, A, Budin-Ljosne, I, Chisholm, R, Cox, D, Deschênes, M, Fortier, I, Hainaut, P, Hewitt, R, Kaye, J, Litton, J, Metspalu, A, Ollier, B, Palmer, L, Palotie, A, Pasterk, M, Perola, M, Riegman, P, Van Ommen, G, Yuille, M, Zatloukal, K

“…Biobanks can have a pivotal role in elucidating disease etiology, translation, and advancing public health. …”

Toward a roadmap in global biobanking for health. by Harris, JR, Burton, P, Knoppers, B, Lindpaintner, K, Bledsoe, M, Brookes, A, Budin-Ljøsne, I, Chisholm, R, Cox, D, Deschênes, M, Fortier, I, Hainaut, P, Hewitt, R, Kaye, J, Litton, J, Metspalu, A, Ollier, B, Palmer, L, Palotie, A, Pasterk, M, Perola, M, Riegman, P, van Ommen, G, Yuille, M, Zatloukal, K

“…Biobanks can have a pivotal role in elucidating disease etiology, translation, and advancing public health. …”

Ovarian physiology and GWAS: biobanks, biology, and beyond by Laisk-Podar, T, Lindgren, C, Peters, M, Tapanainen, J, Lambalk, C, Salumets, A, Mägi, R

Genotyping and population characteristics of the China Kadoorie Biobank by Walters, R, Millwood, I, Lin, K, Schmidt, D, Hacker, A, Avery, D, Fry, H, Collins, R, Hill, M, Peto, R, Clarke, R, Chen, Z

“…The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a population-based prospective cohort of >512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across China. …”

The UK ME/CFS Biobank: A Disease-Specific Biobank for Advancing Clinical Research Into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Eliana M. Lacerda, Kathleen Mudie, Caroline C. Kingdon, Jack D. Butterworth, Shennae O'Boyle, Luis Nacul

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Correction to: Harnessing Qatar Biobank to understand type 2 diabetes and obesity in adult Qataris from the First Qatar Biobank Project by Ehsan Ullah, Raghvendra Mall, Reda Rawi, Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Adeel A. Butt, Halima Bensmail

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Modification effect of ideal cardiovascular health metrics on genetic association with incident heart failure in the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank by Ruotong Yang, Jun Lv, Canqing Yu, Yu Guo, Pei Pei, Ninghao Huang, Ling Yang, Iona Y. Millwood, Robin G. Walters, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Ran Tao, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Robert Clarke, Tao Huang, Liming Li, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group

“…Methods An ICVHMs based on smoking, drinking, physical activity, diets, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood lipids, and a polygenic risk score (PRS) for HF were constructed in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) of 96,014 participants and UK Biobank (UKB) of 335,782 participants which were free from HF and severe chronic diseases at baseline. …”
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Modification effect of ideal cardiovascular health metrics on genetic association with incident heart failure in the China Kadoorie Biobank and the UK Biobank by Yang, R, Lv, J, Yu, C, Guo, Y, Pei, P, Huang, N, Yang, L, Du, H, Millwood, IY, Walters, RG, Chen, Y, Tao, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Clarke, R, Huang, T, Li, L

“…<br><br> <strong>Methods</strong> An ICVHMs based on smoking, drinking, physical activity, diets, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood lipids, and a polygenic risk score (PRS) for HF were constructed in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) of 96,014 participants and UK Biobank (UKB) of 335,782 participants which were free from HF and severe chronic diseases at baseline.…”

Intakes of major food groups in China and UK: results from 100,000 adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank by Papier, K, Kakkoura, M, Guo, Y, Tong, T, Perez Cornago, A, Chang, WC, Chen, Z, Du, H, Key, T

“…We compared intakes of major food groups overall, by sex, and by socio-economic status (SES) (defined as both education and income), between participants in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) and the UK Biobank (UKB). <br><strong> Methods<br></strong> Data were from ~ 25,000 CKB participants who completed a validated interviewer-administered computer-based questionnaire (2013–2014) and ~ 74,000 UKB participants who completed ≥ 3 web-based 24-h dietary assessments (2009–2012). …”

Harmonizing the COVID-19 sample biobanks: Barriers and opportunities for standards, best practices and networks by Balwir Matharoo-Ball, Mbayame Diop, Zisis Kozlakidis

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The Information Technology Infrastructure for the Translational Genomics Core and the Partners Biobank at Partners Personalized Medicine by Natalie Boutin, Ana Holzbach, Lisa Mahanta, Jackie Aldama, Xander Cerretani, Kevin Embree, Irene Leon, Neeta Rathi, Matilde Vickers

Subjects: “…biobank IT…”
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Cancer bio-repository by Shima Fakher, Seyed Vahid Hosseini, Mozhdeh Zamani, Leila Ghahramani, Pooneh mokaram Mokaram

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Editorial: Biobanks as Essential Tools for Translational Research: The Belgian Landscape by Annelies Debucquoy, Loes Linsen, Veronique T'Joen, Laurent Dollé, Sofie Bekaert, Sofie Bekaert

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Body fat distribution and systolic blood pressure in 10,000 adults with whole‐body imaging: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank by Malden, M, Lacey, B, Emberson, J, Karbe, F, Allen, N, Bennett, D, Lewington, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> This analysis combined individual participant data from two large‐scale imaging studies: UK Biobank and Oxford BioBank. In both studies, participants were interviewed and measured, and they underwent dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry imaging. …”

Biobanking in LMIC settings for infectious diseases: Challenges and enablers by Sameera Ezzat, Ruzica Biga, Zisis Kozlakidis

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