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Subway-map style illustration of the Biobank Intro Series showing the journey through UK Biobank and All of Us topics.
Think of this as your subway map: each stop in this blog series builds the foundation you need before diving into biobank analysis.

Biobank Intro Series

9 parts

Iceberg diagram illustrating hidden complexities in biobank data: visible raw data above the waterline, and three categories of hidden challenges below: batch effects, population stratification, and inaccurate phenotype data.

Biobank Intro Series: Getting Started

How to do biobank analysis without losing your mind

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Two islands labeled "Your Workspace" and "Data Storage" are connected by a tiny, rickety wooden footbridge. Crossing the bridge is a terminal carrying a folder.

Biobank Intro Series: Hardware Settings

Hardware setup lessons for UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform and All of Us Workbench

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Papers tell you WHAT was used. Showcase tells you what's AVAILABLE NOW.

Biobank Intro Series: UK Biobank Observational Data (Part I)

An ode to the UK Biobank Showcase

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Cat following wafts of fresh kibble onto a table. The scent trails are labeled with UK Biobank Field IDs.

Biobank Intro Series: UK Biobank Observational Data (Part II)

Loading phenotype data in the UK Biobank RAP (Research Analysis Platform) environment

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Flowchart showing hospital data being extracted, transformed via OHDSI vocabularies, and loaded into OMOP relational tables.

Biobank Intro Series: All of Us Observational Data (Part I)

Finding concept IDs for the All of Us Researcher Workbench

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Diagram showing the four-step OMOP workflow: look up concept IDs, query a clinical table (e.g., measurement, observation), label values with concept names, and join with person_id to build a cohort table.

Biobank Intro Series: All of Us Observational Data (Part II)

Loading observational data in the All of Us Researcher Workbench

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A tree ring visualization where each ring is a relevant UKB release

Biobank Intro Series: UK Biobank Genetic Data

Traversing genetic data on the UK Biobank RAP (Research Analysis Platform) environment

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A labeled bucket filled with amorphous blobs, representing how Google Cloud Storage organizes data as flat objects rather than true folders.

Biobank Intro Series: All of Us Genetic Data

Navigating All of Us genotype data for variant extraction and analysis

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Subway-map style illustration of the Biobank Intro Series showing the journey through UK Biobank and All of Us topics.

Biobank Intro Series: You Have What You Need

A wrap-up of the series and a checklist before you start your analysis

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