QUOD Biobank

This #IND2026, QUOD Biobank thanks all the Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation (SNODs) who work with us across the UK. Our SNODs take the first step towards sample collection for our biobank to support vital research into organ donation and chronic disease.

A huge well done to QUOD Biobank researcher, Rebecca Vaughan, who joined Kidney Research UK's #TeamKidney for their March March event to raise funds for kidney research. Read her story here: kidneyresearchuk.org/2026/04/30/res…

Can you help researchers better understand the impact of waiting for a transplant? If you are over 18, in the UK, and currently on the solid organ transplant waiting list, Kings would be very grateful if you could take part in our 10-15 minute survey. qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_bx…

Our quarterly stats are in! The QUOD Biobank is continuing to grow, thanks to the generosity of our donors and their families and the dedication of our extended teams across the UK. To find out how we can support your research, head over to our website: quod.org.uk

Sarah Fawaz presented her poster today on "Not all diabetic donors are the same: differential risk profiles for kidney transplant outcomes" at the Oxford Academic Kidney Network Symposium. She used QUOD samples and we are proud to support research into kidney transplantation.

Read our Spotlight Interview with Amanda Gibson-Mills, Perioperative Team Lead for the Leeds National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) team. quod.org.uk/2026/03/20/quo… #OrganDonation #TransplantResearch #NormothermicRegionalPerfusion

📢 The QUOD newsletter is out now! Read it here: medsci.msgfocus.com/q/119zQpWlNE5Y…

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!

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!! Apply here for your chance to run the Great Scottish Run, half marathon for us! Minimum fundraising target £350. #greatscottishrun #halfmarathontraining forms.cloud.microsoft/r/GKbcgbhVwE

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…