Wales Cancer Bank wins Biobank of the Year 2020
Wales Cancer Bank wins Biobank of the Year 2020 at the UK Biobanking Showcase. Read about their entry and access teh posters of all applicants for the award.
Jessica Sims
Biobanks working with industry: overcoming challenges part 3 of 3
The final webinar in the Scientist.com and TDCC series – Overcoming Challenges in UK Biobanking – features a look at biobanks working with industry
MRC Regulatory Support Centre Human Tissue Forum
In this post, we hear from Jessica to find out more about the MRC Regulatory Support Centre’s recent Human Tissue Forum meeting.
Understanding Animal Research with human samples
In this post we hear from John Meredith, Head of Education and Outreach at Understanding Animal Research to find out more about human samples and animal research.
Spotlight on: Jessica Mai Sims
In our latest blog post we meet our Engagement Manager, Collaborations Jessica Sims, to find out more about her role and future work at the UKCRC Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (TDCC).
Nov and Dec 2018: aggregating the anonymised sample data
The development team report on their end of 2018 API updates.
Biobanking at the University of Cardiff
UKCRC TDCC staff visited the University of Cardiff to learn about biobanking in Wales through talking to researchers and visiting the new Cardiff University Biobank (CUB) and Wales Cancer Bank.
October 2018: load performance improvements
October’s API development team update include improving the load performance of the API and learning about what the research community want in terms of the Directory.
September 2018: First testing of bulk upload
What the Development Team worked on in September During September, following preparing the bulk upload API for the first phase of testing, the team have been working on a number of improvements around handling errors. A lot of work has also been done this month with Researchers and Clinicians in order to understand how the Directory can best support their needs. We have run two sessions – a focus group on understanding the barriers… Read More »September 2018: First testing of bulk upload
August 2018: First API changes
What the Development Team worked on in August During August, the team have been really busy working on testing the API to ensure that all the ‘test’ and ‘development’ environments work in exactly the same way through full and automated regression testing. There has also been a lot of work to change over environments following an update to tenancies. A number of development changes have still been made alongside the provision of new support… Read More »August 2018: First API changes