NIHR BioResource Centre Newcastle

Happy festive season from all of us at the BioResource! 🎄✨ We wish all our volunteers, colleagues, researchers and friends a wonderful New Year and all the best for 2026! 🎉 We’ll be closed over Christmas and reopen on Monday 5 January.

Your D CYPHR saliva kit is here. Inside you get step by step instructions, a saliva tube with stabilising solution, a detachable funnel, a safety bag, an absorbent sheet and a prepaid mailing box. Join the study here bit.ly/463GCdX #DCYPHR

Today we celebrate and thank every participant who volunteers with our BioResource. 🎉 This year’s theme, “Every contribution matters”, truly reflects your impact. Whether you’ve joined a study, spread the word, or engaged with us online, every action makes a difference. 🙏🏾

All children aged 0-15 in the UK, from every ethnicity, can join #DCYPHR. Researchers need volunteers with and without health conditions to better understand childhood health. Sign up online and spit in a tube for health research: bit.ly/463GCdX

Fantastic news! Our visit to Rainbow Home last Friday was a real success. We connected with their Black LGBT community and recruited 11 participants to the IBHO study in a single session! 🌈👏🏾 We’re thrilled to be invited back for their next sessions and can’t wait to return!

Coming together on a chilly morning in #Newcastle to look back on the first 5 years of our Newcastle Centre for Rare Disease. Building our brand has helped us seize key grants opportunities like @RDRUKHub and the @lifearc1 Centres for RD. Where should we be placing emphasis next?

Today we’re at the NCRF Development Day💡 Teams are sharing study set‑up, positive stories & ideas for the future CRF. It’s an inclusive space highlighting EDI, personal development & equal opportunities. We're proud to showcase our Centre's achievements in 2025 & next goals!

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay 💙 This year’s theme is Diabetes and the workplace -calling on everyone to “know more and do more for diabetes at work.” At NIHR BioResource, we support this campaign for access to care and well‑being so everyone with diabetes can live well.

We had a fantastic time at the @NEPGconference yesterday - the UK’s largest student-led conference. It was a pleasure sharing the @NIHRBioResource with passionate early-career researchers & scientists, and connecting over ideas that shape the future of health research. ✨

Great to welcome @itvtynetees to meet our research team in #Newcastle yesterday, and a big thanks to @ChiOnwurah for being our special guest speaker "Push for members of black communities to get involved in crucial health research" itv.com/watch/news/pus… via @ITVX

@NIHRBioResource @GreatNorthCH It went really well, thanks - lots of great connections, expressions of interest and sign-ups! 😃

@BioResourceNCL @GreatNorthCH We hope it went well!

We're thrilled to be part of the Pop-Up Hospital Family Fun Day at Newcastle Cathedral today! A great chance to connect with families and share our D-CYPHR programme. Pop by our stand and meet our team😃 📍Newcastle Cathedral 🕙 Today 28 Oct | 10am–3pm

To celebrate Black History Month, @NewcastleGPs are hosting an @IBHOstudy launch event at the Grainger Market next Monday. Come and say hi👋

D-CYPHR has hit a major milestone! Over half of its saliva sample target reached 6 months early! 11,000+ young people have joined, thanks to our Ambassadors, hospital staff, and community partners. Every sample brings us closer to breakthroughs. bit.ly/3Jmsfsr

Our BioResource Centre wishes a bright Diwali to all our research volunteers and colleagues celebrating the festival today. 🪔✨ #Diwali2025

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay - but mental health doesn’t follow a calendar. If you're struggling, speak to your GP. You deserve support and care every day. 💚 #WMHD2025 #MentalHealth

Listen up! @UCLHresearch Senior Clinical Research Nurse Olympia Amoo shared her story and role as a research nurse for the Improving Black Health Outcomes programme on the @BWiSNetwork Podcast - listen here! 🎧🎙️ ow.ly/JJ5450X0IQk #Science #Podcast

Great news! Prof. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi will be speaking at the BIPOSA event on Wednesday, about our Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) BioResource! 🗓️ Wed 1 Oct 🕘 9:09–9:18 AM (Online) ow.ly/xVpc50X3tbV

We are excited to have Dr. Anna Moore Winter from @Cambridge_Uni speaking at #BIPOSA! 🗓️ Wed 1 Oct 🕘 9:00–9:09 AM (Online) Don’t miss this insightful session on our D-CYPHR BioResource! ow.ly/xVpc50X3tbV #NIHRBioResource #NHS #DCYPHR

This #WorldHeartDay, we join the call to raise awareness about heart health. Up to 80% of early heart disease deaths are preventable with better care, early screening & healthier habits. We proudly support health research that helps make this a reality. Let’s not miss a beat. ❤️