The Oxford BioBank
The Oxford BioBank is a resource for medical research to translate early discoveries into benefit for patients.
what's in the oxford biobank?
The Oxford BioBank is a cross-sectional population-based research tissue bank and volunteer registry first started in 1999. It contains detailed genetic and phenotype data for more than 8,000 healthy men and women, aged between 25-55 at the time of recruitment, and resident in Oxfordshire.
More recently it has started recruiting participants in a type 2 diabetes cohort, currently at ~1000.
- The remit of the Oxford Biobank is to specifically support bespoke experimental studies designed to require a recall-by-genotype or recall-by-phenotype approach
- All participants have consented to be recalled for research studies
how can researchers access the oxford biobank?
Both University of Oxford researchers and external investigators can submit requests to the Oxford BioBank Steering Committee. These requests should outline how the researcher would like to use the Oxford BioBank data and participants for their translational research study.
When a request is accepted, a costing model will be calculated based on level of access and the nature of the work.
Our Team
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John Jasper Miller
IT Biobank Manager
