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This blog gives a glimpse inside the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. A leader in the Human Genome Project, we are now focused on understanding the role of genetics in health and disease by using the latest genomic and genetic techniques. Our passion for discovery drives our quest to uncover the basis of genetic and infectious disease.
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Tech Talent Scheme winner, Ene Göktan, shares her experiences and offers some tips for aspiring informaticians
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1w ago
Sanger Excellence Fellow Dr Samantha Jumbe aims to understand the role of genetic mutations in autoimmune conditions like lupus, psoriasis and systemic liver disease.
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2w ago
Parasitic worms transmitted through the soil infect an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide and cause diseases that help drive poverty in tropical and subtropical countries. Wellcome Sanger Institute researchers, as part of the STOP2030 project, are using their unique genetics expertise to monitor the effects of promising new treatments to help combat these diseases.
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New research is focussing on understanding the genetic causes of acral melanoma - an understudied disease that is the most common type of melanoma in Mexico.
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Digital technologies are rapidly evolving. James McCafferty, Chief Information Officer at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, discusses the latest opportunities and challenges for research, including generative AI and enhanced data science.
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The fight against melioidosis - a neglected, often fatal, bacterial disease.
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To celebrate International Women's Day, colleagues at the Sanger Institute talk about their journey, what inspires them, and why inclusion is important.
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Meet Valentina Migliori, a researcher working to make lab science more relevant to clinical research.
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Four new platforms have been added to one of the world’s largest genome sequencing facilities at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. increasing the speed, capacity and precision of DNA and RNA sequencing.
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2M ago
As head of the largest genomics institute in Africa and the Genomic Surveillance Unit’s new deputy director, Professor Tulio de Oliveira hopes close collaboration can be “world changing.”
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