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The Quality in Organ Donation (QUOD) biobank facilitates research by providing linked samples & clinical data for research projects worldwide. quod.org.uk

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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❤️ World Heart Day 2026 | Supporting research for healthier hearts QUOD Biobank is proud to help researchers investigate important questions about heart health, heart disease, and transplantation. Details on how to access our samples: quod.org.uk/for-research... #WorldHeartDay
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌟 UK Organ Donation Week | 21–27 September 2026 🌟 Meet the QUOD Biobank team, helping ensure the generosity of organ donors and their families continues to make a difference through research. Behind every precious sample is a dedicated team making transplant research possible. 💙 🔗 quod.org.uk
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🔬 Making research accessible to everyone QUOD Biobank has collaborated with @ukodtrn.bsky.social to deliver plain language summaries of some of the projects supported by our bioresource. 🔗 quod.org.uk/plain-langua... #PlainLanguageSummaries #OrganDonation #Transplantation
Promotional graphic for QUOD Biobank’s Plain Language Summaries. Large text reads “Making research accessible – Plain language summaries. Clear. Concise. For everyone.” The graphic explains that summaries make research easier to understand, highlighting benefits including jargon-free information for broad audiences, clearly explained findings and implications, and helping research achieve greater impact. A laptop displays the Plain Language Summaries webpage alongside QUOD Biobank branding. The footer directs users to quod.org.uk/plain-language-summaries.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📢Announcing the first NURTuRE-QUOD Biobank Industry Workshop, bringing together industry partners, researchers, clinicians, and innovators to explore how collaboration can help shape the future of kidney and transplantation research. 📅 22 September 2026 ⏲️ 3pm BST www.linkedin.com/posts/gaia-c...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This #WorldOrganDonationDay, we say thank you. Behind every sample is a donor, a family, and a team. 🙏 Thank you for making research possible.
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Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rohan Savjani reflects on his week of work experience at NDS, sharing how hands-on research, clinical observations and discussions with researchers and clinicians strengthened his ambition to pursue a career in medicine. Read more ➡️ f.mtr.cool/fvbboeelfe
Rohan in goggles and disposable lab coat peering into a microscope; banner promotes a transformative week at NDS.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It is always a pleasure to be part of the NDS Work Experience Programme and especially wonderful to read the blogs that are written by the students who take part. You can read Vani's blog, "Who smiles in a hospital" here: lnkd.in/eJaSpc6D
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It is always fantastic to see research published that used QUOD samples. This study by Laura Knijff et al. looked at how brain death duration impacts complement activation and used plasma and kidney samples from the QUOD biobank. Read our Research Highlight here: quod.org.uk/2026/07/03/r...
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Research Highlight: Early activation of the complement system after brain death in clinical kidney donation and transplantation - QUOD
Knijff et al. investigated how brain death (BD) duration impacts complement activation levels using plasma samples and kidney biopsies from the QUOD biobank. This group, led by Professor van Kooten (L...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our July stats are in! A heartfelt thank you to our donors and their families for their incredible generosity, enabling our bioresource continue to grow and support vital research that will make a difference for patients now and in the future.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Read our latest Spotlight Interview on a QUOD Colleague interview, featuring Sue Madden, one of QUOD Biobank's experienced statisticians. 📖 Read the full interview here: quod.org.uk/2026/07/03/s...
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Spotlight on a QUOD Colleague: Sue Madden - QUOD
For this issue of the QUOD newsletter, it is a pleasure to introduce Sue Madden, Principal Statistician for NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), based in Filton. Sue works with data relating to deceased ...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📢 Issue 2 of the QUOD Biobank newsletter is out now! 👉 Catch up with our latest news here: medsci.msgfocus.com/q/119zSoMf0f...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢 World’s first successful transplantation of a perfused human pancreas! 🎉 Congratulations to all involved at @ouhospitals.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk! 👉 Full details: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations to Prof Peter Friend and Prof Constantin Coussios, co-founders of @organ_ox, which was named the winner of the @UniofOxford’s Vice-Chancellor’s Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship Award. Read the @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social report here: www.nds.ox.ac.uk/news/double-...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢 Don't miss Ioannis Michelakis and Sarah Fawaz today at #ERA26. Head over to Focussed Oral Room 11 to hear some of the latest research supported by QUOD Biobank.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📢 New publication from a project that used QUOD Biobank samples: 👉 Read the article here: www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/tra...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If you're attending #ERA26 this week, don't miss some of the latest kidney transplantation research supported by QUOD Biobank. Ioannis Michelakis and Sarah Fawaz will present findings from their research, which used QUOD samples, on Thursday 4 June.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This International Nurses Day, QUOD Biobank would like to thank 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. #IND2026
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2026/04/30/r...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great to see Maria Kaisar's research, which used samples from QUOD Biobank, featured in the @kidneyresearchuk.org newsletter. Read all about it here: www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2026/04/01/r...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Sarah Fawaz presented her poster on "Not all diabetic donors are the same: differential risk profiles for kidney transplant outcomes" at the Oxford Academic Kidney Network Symposium. Her study used samples from the QUOD Biobank and we are proud to support research into kidney transplantation.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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/q... #OrganDonation #TransplantResearch #NormothermicRegionalPerfusion
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
📢 The QUOD newsletter is out now! Read it here: medsci.msgfocus.com/q/119zQpWlNE...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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-publica...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🎉🎉🎉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
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congratulations to Mohamed ElZawahry (@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social), who presented 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.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#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.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The #BTSCongress is just around the corner. We look forward to the @btstransplant.bsky.social Innovation Competition 2026 in partnership with Live Life Give Life and QUOD, as well as hearing from QUOD researchers. Come and say hello at stand 15 in the Exhibition Hall!
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🎉 Announcing the finalists of the LLGL–BTS–QUOD Innovation Competition 2026! 🎉 Details here: quod.org.uk/bts-innovati... @btstransplant.bsky.social
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A huge thank you to everyone who visited our stand at the #BrookesBazaar26 this weekend. The QUOD team thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone and we were incredibly impressed by the children’s biopsy skills (on apples!) and their fantastic knowledge of the organs in the human body.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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: www.brookes.ac.uk/science-bazaar
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The Science Bazaar encourages exploration of ‘science’ in the widest possible terms, engaging, for free, with over 3,200 visitors, of all ages and backgrounds.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@Mohamed A ElZawahry @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk 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.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Congratulations to Sarah Fawaz and colleagues! 🎉 This study used plasma and tissue samples from deceased donors supplied by QUOD Biobank. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
QUOD Biobank’s Sarah Cross and Maria Kaisar DPhil (Oxon) will be joined by David Baird (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), today at the Kidney Research UK NURTuRE meeting in London, contributing to discussions on The Future of NURTuRE. ⏰ 1:45pm NURTuRE and Transplantation
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
📢 Applications for the BTS Innovation Competition 2026 are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. We’re excited to review your submissions!
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
⏰ 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-innovati...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The ADMIRE study, led by Profs Maria Kaisar at @ox.ac.uk and Susan Francis at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, is exploring MRI imaging of kidneys before and after transplantation as an accurate assessment tool during the transplant pathway. Read more: www.nds.ox.ac.uk/news/testing...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Thank you to all who made the @nhsbt.bsky.social Clinical R&D Conference such a huge success. It was such an excellent opportunity to network as well as hear about the latest innovations and research aiming to improve patient outcomes within blood and organ donation.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📢 The QUOD team will be attending the @nhsbt.bsky.social 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. See you on 21 and 22 January at the ICC in Birmingham.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We are always excited to see the QUOD Biobank grow, with samples from over 9,000 donors. We are grateful, as always, for the generosity of our donor families and to the teams across the UK who make collection possible, helping us to support research into improving transplantation outcomes.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📢 Are you an early career researcher interested in winning one of two £3,500 awards, including one for QUOD samples? "If you have a proposal in mind, I would highly recommend applying!" @davidbaird86.bsky.social, Innovation Competition 2025 winner. Full details: quod.org.uk/bts-innovati...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Wishing you a happy 2026 from the QUOD team! We have an exciting start to the year, beginning with the Live Life Give Life / The British Transplantation Society / QUOD Innovation Awards 2026! 🎉 Full details and to apply: quod.org.uk/bts-innovati...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Wishing you a very happy Christmas from the QUOD team 🎄✨
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New QUOD publication "Early Activation of the Complement System After Brain Death in Clinical Kidney Donation and Transplantation" in @transplantation.bsky.social. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @unileiden.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Early Activation of the Complement System After Brain Death in Clinical Kidney Donation and Transplantation
Brain death (BD) results in an inflammatory response, including complement activation. The clinical impact of prolonged BD duration on the graft-to-be is still unclear. We investigated how BD duration impacts complement activation levels, both ...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Last week saw the launch of the Live Life Give Life / British Transplantation Society / QUOD Innovation Awards 2026! 🎉 For details and to apply: quod.org.uk/bts-innovati...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our most recent newsletter features a Spotlight Interview with Sarah Richardson, who took time out to talk to us about her research at University of Exeter and her role within QUOD. If you missed our newsletter, you can read the interview here: quod.org.uk/2025/11/07/s...
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Spotlight Interview with Prof Sarah Richardson  - QUOD
Our Spotlight Interview for this issue of the QUOD newsletter features Prof Sarah Richardson, who took time out to talk to us about her research and her role within QUOD.    Sarah Richardson is Profes...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Interested in hearing about the research supported by QUOD Biobank? QUOD blood samples from kidney donors are being used to investigate the importance of donor inflammation on outcomes in kidney recipients. More here: quod.org.uk/2025/11/07/r... @manmetuni.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social
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Research highlight: Inflammation in deceased kidney donors and the implications for transplant outcomes - QUOD
The process of death invokes a complex set of events leading to profound hyper-inflammation. Systemic hyper-inflammation is a well-established cause of organ dysfunction, evidenced by the multi-organ ...
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Maria Kaisar represented QUOD this week at the #ITS2025 meeting in San Diego, USA, where she moderated a session on The Role of Mitochondria in Transplantation. It was a privilege to hear about the cutting-edge science being presented and to take part in the insightful discussions that followed.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
On this #WorldDiabetesDay, we are proud to highlight how the QUOD Biobank is supporting vital research into diabetes through the QUOD Whole Organ Pancreas Atlas resource. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #WorldDiabetesDay #DiabetesResearch #QUODBiobank #MedicalResearch #PancreasAtlas
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Small things matter: Lack of extraislet β cells in type 1 diabetes
Early loss of small extraislet β cells in children with type 1 diabetes could explain age-related differences in disease.
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QUOD Biobank @quod-biobank.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The QUOD newsletter has just landed! Click on the link below to read our latest issue, featuring blogs from QUOD researchers, updates from the QUOD team, Transplant Games news, interviews, and an announcement about the upcoming QUOD Innovation Competition. medsci.msgfocus.com/q/17FAWtvln1...
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