BioResource Centres
Our network of Centres spans England, recruiting participants for the national BioResource. Some Centres also specialise in areas of local expertise.
Our Centres are staffed by teams who are highly skilled in recruitment, sample preparation and medical science.
BioResource Programmes
Coordinated by our Centres, our BioResource Programmes build on our strengths to make a difference in a specific disease area.
All our Programmes welcome participants from across the UK.
IBD BioResource: a national platform designed to expedite research into Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
IMID BioResource: helping research into Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases and the factors that determine severity
Mental Health BioResource: research that aims to improve our understanding of different mental illnesses and identify new and better treatments
NAFLD BioResource: a partnership that aims to identify new disease mechanisms and potential targets for treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Rare Diseases BioResource: we identify genetic causes of rare diseases, to improve diagnosis and to support work to develop and validate treatments. Our work will improve care for those with rare diseases and support their families.
Our cohorts
Our cohorts cover three main areas: common diseases, rare diseases, and healthy population. Due to the specialist work needed to support COVID research we have a special section for that too.
How we help
150,000
participants have joined us to help uncover the causes of disease
170
research publications since 2009 supported by the BioResource and our participants
624,000
samples that help researchers in their work to tackle disease
