Learn about events past and present, specifically for the UK Biobank researcher community, as well as opportunities to engage in UK Biobank’s work.

Upcoming events

If you’re a registered UK Biobank researcher, make sure you’re opted in to hear about our latest events. Just log in to your AMS profile and check your communication preferences.

February

UK Biobank will be speaking at and attending Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance’s (SCMR) 29th Annual Scientific Session from 4-7 February 2026.

UK Biobank will be speaking at this year’s 2nd Australian research symposium on 11-13 February 2026.

UK Biobank’s Chief Executive Professor Sir Rory Collins will be speaking at a Crick Lecture on 5 February 2026.

UK Biobank will be speaking at and attending the Royal Society’s conference – Transforming our future: prediction, prevention and early diagnosis in healthcare on 17-18 February 2026.

March

UK Biobank will be speaking at the Global Government Forum’s Innovation 2026 on 25 March 2026.

April

UK Biobank will be speaking at and attending the 92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cardiology on 10 April 2026.

UK Biobank will be speaking at and attending the Keystone Symposia: Closing the data gap in global genomics, medicine & population health on 27-30 April 2026.

Past events

Catch up on the highlights of the UK Biobank Scientific Conference 2025 which took place on 8 December in London.

Webinar: Inside the world’s largest metabolomics study

Learn more about UK Biobank’s NMR metabolic biomarker data, now available for half a million participants as part of our November 2025 data release.

Read a summary on the Researcher Community.

Recorded January 2026

Webinar: Exploring UK Biobank’s sleep data

Following data release v19, some of the team behind our extensive sleep survey share insights on the new data, practical tips on using them and ideas for how they can support your research.

Recorded May 2025

UK Biobank imaging data symposium

Our imaging data symposium explores the new data available, showcases research from the scientific community, and highlights tools and support available through UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP)

Read a summary on the Researcher Community.

Recorded November 2025

Webinar: Data Release v19 – Key insights & tips

An overview of newly released and updated UK Biobank data as part of data release v19, including the results from our extensive sleep survey, updated imaging data, and new genetic data formats.

Recorded April 2025

Join Researcher Voices

We’re piloting a new virtual user group for UK Biobank researchers. Sign up today!

Researcher Voices is a virtual user group representing the voice of the UK Biobank researcher community:

  • Provides a structured way for UK Biobank to gather insights directly from researchers.
  • Opportunities to test new concepts and materials before launch.
  • Co-develop improvements to tools, communications and processes

Researcher Voices is about making sure every decision reflects the real needs of our diverse research community. Your voice matters and we would love to hear it!

Miriam Kingsley, Head of Researcher Engagement, UK Biobank

How does it work?

  • Open to any registered UK Biobank researcher.
  • Flexible participation so that you can respond to as many or as few requests as you wish.
  • Activities include surveys, focus groups, or testing new tools.

Expert working groups

Strategic oversight committee

The Strategic Oversight Committee guides the development of UK Biobank to ensure that we are enabling scientists internationally to conduct a wide range of health-related research in the public interest.

Drawing on their varied expertise, each working group supports UK Biobank in identifying, developing, and supervising the execution of new data collection that provides the most scientific value to the global health research community.

These working groups have been pivotal to the design and delivery of large-scale projects, such as whole-genome sequencing on the full cohort of half a million participants, and detailed imaging visits for 100,000 participants.  

UK Biobank’s working groups comprise a diverse range of international experts. Each group plays a key advisory role in supporting the Scientific and Executive Team to develop and implement important enhancements to UK Biobank to support world-leading health research.  

UK Biobank’s expert working groups are as follows:

Genetics

Imaging

Informatics

Biological samples

Cognition

Dementia

Eye and vision

UK Biobank Eye Consortium – Eye and Vision Repeat Assessment Working Group

Frailty and ageing

Hearing

Remote monitoring