Exonerating the exon: what happens when the genome loses its instructions?

Dr Britt Hanson, Postdoctoral Fellow, tells us about hitting the “delete all” button on the blueprint of life as she works at the forefront of generative and synthetic genomics.

Nature’s power couples: Cosying up to symbiotic partnerships

From sponges to the human gut, partnerships in nature are everywhere. In this blog, we caught up with Sanger scientists who use genomics to study species that love living together.

Chill out – there are more than ice packs in our lab freezers

As temperatures plummet this winter in the Northern Hemisphere, we found ourselves wondering what are the weirdest and quirkiest things currently stored in the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s freezers?

Ways Sanger is applying spatial transcriptomics to our science

Imagine being able to pinpoint exactly where in an aggressive brain tumour certain genes are turned on – like mapping a city’s most active neighbourhoods at rush hour. That is the promise of spatial transcriptomics, breakthrough technologies that are changing how scientists understand tissues, health and disease, and development.

Building a resource to trace early human development

From looking at the human body down the microscope to writing code; Manas Dave is using his range of skills to create a resource that will help inform our understanding of the origins of human development.

Sanger Science

Sanger Life

Innovation

  • 4 September 2025

    Building a community at the frontline of cholera genomics

    In this eighth part of our innovator blog series, we spoke to Dr Jolynne Mokaya, Public Health Lead at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. With an entrepreneurial and ingenious spirit, Jolynne is helping to build a community of practice of cholera experts that will facilitate and progress research by leveraging regional expertise across several continents.

Human Cell Atlas

Tree of Life