QUOD - Quality in Organ Donation

This #WorldKidneyDay, we reflect on the ground-breaking research the QUOD Biobank has supported over the last decade, advancing the field of kidney transplantation. quod.org.uk/quod-publicati…

So, what is living donation? Learn more here! #livingdonationweek #livedonors #transplant #kidney #liver

🎉🎉🎉AND THE WINNERS OF THE TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY INNOVATION COMPETITION 2026 ARE... 🎉🎉🎉 🏆 QUOD Impact Award Michael Corr (Queen's University Belfast) 🔬 Open Discovery Award Isaac Chung (City St George’s, University of London) #BTSCongress

Congratulations to @mohelzawahry, who presented his research on "Metabolomic profiling of pancreas grafts preserved by oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion" in the prestigious Medawar Medal session today at #BTSCongress. We are proud to have supported this project.

#BTSCongress 2026 has officially begun, and the QUOD Biobank team is excited to be here. We’re looking forward to engaging with the latest research, strengthening existing collaborations, and building new connections across the transplant community.

The #BTSCongress is just around the corner. We look forward to the @BTStransplant Innovation Competition 2026 in partnership with @LLTGL and QUOD, as well as hearing from QUOD researchers. Come and say hello at stand 15 in the Exhibition Hall!

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Meet Grace Bell and baby Hugo! Grace is the second woman in the UK to give birth after a womb transplant and the first from a deceased donor, thanks to a pioneering research programme. 📰 ouh.nhs.uk/news/articles/…

🎉 Announcing the finalists of the LLGL–BTS–QUOD Innovation Competition 2026! 🎉 Details here: quod.org.uk/bts-innovation… @LLTGL @BTStransplant

A huge thank you to everyone who visited our stand at the #BrookesBazaar26 this weekend. The QUOD team thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone and were incredibly impressed by the children’s biopsy skills (on apples!) and their fantastic knowledge of the organs in the human body.

If you’re looking for some family-friendly fun in Oxford this weekend, come and say hello to the QUOD team at the Oxford Brookes University Research, Innovation and Enterprise #BrookesBazaar26. 👉 Full details and how to book: brookes.ac.uk/science-bazaar

Mohamed A ElZawahry @UniofOxford presented two talks at the #EPITAsymposium in Innsbruck-Igls, Austria. Both research projects used QUOD samples, and we are incredibly proud to have supported this important work.

Congratulations to @SarahFawaz and colleagues! 🎉 This study used plasma and tissue samples from deceased donors supplied by QUOD Biobank. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

QUOD Biobank’s Sarah Cross and Maria Kaisar will be joined by @davidbaird86 (@EdinburghUni) today at the Kidney Research UK NURTuRE meeting in London, contributing to discussions on The Future of NURTuRE. ⏰ 1:45pm NURTuRE and Transplantation

📢 Applications for the BTS Innovation Competition 2026 are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. We’re excited to review your submissions!

⏰ Deadline approaching – BTS Innovation Competition 2026 🌟 2 × £3,500 awards available 🌟 Open to organ donation and transplantation researchers 🌟 Shortlisted applicants present at BTS Congress 2026 (5 March, Llandudno) 👉 Apply now: quod.org.uk/bts-innovation…

The ADMIRE study, led by Profs Maria Kaisar at @UniofOxford and Susan Francis at @UniofNottingham, is exploring MRI imaging of kidneys before and after transplantation as an accurate assessment tool during the transplant pathway. Read more: nds.ox.ac.uk/news/testing-f…

Thank you to all who made the @NHSBT Clinical R&D Conference such a huge success. It was such an excellent opportunity to network and hear about the latest innovations and research aiming to improve patient outcomes within blood and organ donation.

📢 There is still time to apply for the @LLTGL / British Transplantation Society / QUOD Innovation Awards 2026. "A pump-priming grant is the perfect way to kick off a research project...The whole experience I have found very positive." Details: quod.org.uk/bts-innovation…

📢 The QUOD team will be attending the @NHSBT Research and Development Conference 2026 this week. 👋 Come and visit us at our stand to say hello, reconnect, or find out more about how we can support your research. 21 and 22 January at the ICC in Birmingham.