Revealing the genetics of the immune system and pregnancy
Emma Davenport explains how her career has evolved from genetics to computational biology and shares her experience as a female faculty member at the Sanger Institute.
Sanger’s startup school envigorates future entrepreneurs
The fourth edition of Sanger’s Startup School closed with 30 participants from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL-EBI having gained the confidence to look at science with a different, entrepreneurial perspective.
Congenica: CASE STUDY
Based on pioneering research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the UK NHS, Congenica has a global footprint supporting leading international laboratories, academic medical centres, and biopharmaceutical companies and is the exclusive Clinical Decision Support partner for the NHS Genomic Medicine Service.
COSMIC: CASE STUDY
COSMIC is an online catalogue of somatic mutations in cancer, a gold standard data resource of global impact in the field of cancer genomics. The database has utility for basic research into the mechanisms of cancer but is also relevant for pharmaceutical R&D activities in oncology as well as the development of products and services in cancer diagnosis and patient stratification.
Unlocking Lupus
Haerin Jang is analysing genetic data from lupus patients to understand why there are such big differences between people are affected by the disease.
Understand, predict, engineer
Ben Lehner joins the Sanger Institute as a new Senior Group Leader. He seeks to lay the foundations for programmable biology.
A lasting legacy
Meet the next generation of genomic scientists who are benefiting from our founder's generosity
DECIPHER: Fuelling Rare Disease Research
More than 15 years ago, a hospital doctor realised that bringing people’s genetic data together could provide answers for families affected by rare diseases. With the help of the Sanger Institute, the DECIPHER project has been helping families ever since
Day in the life: Software Developer – making research happen
Meet the people building software to enable high-throughput genomics at the Sanger Institute.
