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A message for researchers: UKB-RAP review findings and next steps

Thank you for your patience while UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP) remains closed. The report of the Board-led review of the recent incidents that led to UKB-RAP access being stopp...

• UKB Communications
• 04 June 2026 15:12
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Ongoing closure of the UKB-RAP

Dear Colleagues​All access to UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP) was stopped in April due to clear breaches of the UK Biobank Material Transfer Agreement, which have shaken trust in ...

• UKB Communications
• 14 May 2026 17:41
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What are the linked datasets you would like added to UK Biobank? Take our survey!

Thank you for taking 10–15 minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will inform and shape UK Biobank’s strategy for linking data from multiple sources safely and securely, enabling richer, mo...

• UKB Communications
• 23 January 2026 09:41
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The UKB-RAP is now fully operational again, and DNAnexus has confirmed that it is functioning normally since the recent AWS outage was resolved. If you experienced issues with jobs not launching, s...

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• 21 October 2025 12:40
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Hi Dr. Mc. Ninja  and Andres Lanzos  - thank you for posting, and sorry for the issues you're experiencing. We have escalated to DNAnexus and will post an update here once more information is avail...

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• 20 October 2025 17:00
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The earlier disruption to the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP) caused by the AWS outage has now been resolved. DNAnexus has confirmed that the platform is fully operational. DNAnexus...

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• 20 October 2025 13:05
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Service update: AWS outage affecting UKB-RAP

DNAnexus has reported some disruption to the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP) due to an ongoing AWS outage. Some services may be unavailable.Please visit status.dnanexus.com for the ...

• UKB Communications
• 20 October 2025 10:45
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Thank you for sharing Hang Yuan!  I really enjoyed the webinar you presented at a few months back on your research - so it's nice to see this now in pre-print (link here if you're interested: https...

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• Edited 30 September 2025 14:28
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Please note that a fix for the issue described in this article was deployed in July 2025, and data exported using the ‘replace’ coding option are now being correctly mapped to their associated mean...

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• 08 July 2025 09:35
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