Much of the Sanger Institute's research has the potential to positively impact people's lives around the world: from a monitoring tool to track parasitic infections in Bolivia to a novel drug to treat inflammatory bowel diseases. And who is best equipped to do this but the scientists themselves? In this blog we explore how it happens.

This Black History Month, we asked Ifeanyi Chukwu to reflect on his recent experiences as an intern within HDR UK’s Black Internship Programme at the University of Cambridge, and what it was like working with one of the world’s biggest health data sets.

Latest numbers for coronavirus genome sequencing at the Sanger Institute

Dr Roser Vento-Tormo tells us about her work to map the cells lining the uterus in space and time, how it epitomises her love of collaboration in science

“They’re not cute or charismatic. They have toxic mucus. But I like nemerteans because no one is rooting for them – and we know so little about them.”