Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog. Stories from the cutting edge of genomic research.

Sanger Science

  • 4 October 2023

    We highlight some of our impacts - from sequencing the human genome, to enabling the diagnosis of rare disease patients around the world.

  • 2 October 2023

    Why do some animals catch cancer?

  • 28 September 2023

    Meet Professor Saheer Gharbia, the new Chief Scientific Officer at the Genomic Surveillance Unit

  • 25 September 2023

    One childhood cancer, one thousand children: landmark genomic study delivers first discoveries

  • 12 September 2023

    Mosaic’s becoming

  • 17 August 2023

    A beginner’s guide to mosquito identification

Sanger Life

  • 19 July 2023

    Laura Durrant shares her experience working at the Science Museum, running workshops to demystify life in the lab.

  • 6 June 2023

    New scheme launched to support researchers returning after extended leave

  • 14 April 2023

    Celebrations, community, and a common aim

  • 9 March 2023

    Building Confidence and Careers: Research Institute Technician Symposium 2023

  • 23 February 2023

    LGBTQ+ History Month

  • 21 December 2022

    From creation to celebration: Behind the scenes of the Science and Sport Fun day

Human Cell Atlas

  • 12 July 2023

    Histologists, cardiologists, immunologists, cell biologists, software developers, bioinformaticians and specialist technicians have worked together to see individual cells in unprecedented detail. Using spatial genomics, they located each cell to its precise location in the heart.

  • 26 June 2023

    Swapping stethoscopes for sequencing – a doctor’s journey

  • 2 December 2021

    Mapping the endometrium, cell by cell

  • 3 November 2021

    A Cellular Landscape

  • 30 April 2021

    Championing Team Science

  • 2 July 2020

    Sarah Teichmann, an international pioneer of single cell research

Tree of Life

  • 21 September 2023

    With adult Pine Hoverflies seen in Scotland for the first time in many years, top-quality genome sequences are now helping make a permanent success of saving arguably Britain’s most endangered insect.

  • 14 September 2023

    1,000 species get their genomes sequenced for the first time

  • 3 August 2023

    New Tree of Sex project collects all the wild ways nature reproduces

  • 21 June 2023

    A barcoding buzz

  • 8 December 2022

    Software to sort samples and sequence species at scale

  • 8 December 2022

    Brazil, bats and GoaT

COVID-19

  • 31 May 2022

    Current status of coronavirus genome sequencing at the Sanger Institute

  • 1 March 2022

    Sequencing COVID variants: latest stats

  • 22 November 2021

    A Space for Science

  • 15 November 2021

    Covid Connections – Big Data in a Pandemic World

  • 9 August 2021

    From Mild to Mortal

  • 29 June 2021

    Covid Connections – Variant or Villain