Eimeria: the chicken parasite costing farmers billions
By sequencing the genome of this single-celled coccidian parasite, scientists hope to develop better vaccines to protect poultry from a disease that causes severe diarrhoea and death.
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Author: Sanger Institute
Celebrating Sanger Postdocs
This week (20th-24th September) is Postdoc Appreciation Week – a time to celebrate the fantastic contribution postdoctoral scientists make.
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Defining Success
Five inspirational speakers share their journeys, definitions of success, and lessons learnt in the space of diversity and inclusion.
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The evolutionary history of humans
Mohamed Almarri has recently completed a PhD studying population history and global genetic diversity.
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OKRs: Strategic planning the Google way
We’re refreshing the way we do strategic planning, using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
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A forgotten disease
How genomics is helping to understand melioidosis – a neglected, often fatal, bacterial disease.
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Reflections on race and equity in research: One year on…
One year on from the murder of George Floyd, we take a step back to reflect on our reactions and actions to that event and its ongoing repercussions.
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Bacterial Biomes
“we are well aware that what we know about already is just a small percentage of the diversity that actually exists on Earth.”
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Getting to the heart of the matter
Exploring the genomics of inherited cardiomyopathies.
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Car manufacturing, cellular biology and COVID
Rachel Nelson, head of the Cellular Generation and Phenotyping (CGaP) facility, reflects on managing science at scale, including the lessons from industries as far apart as car manufacturing and Silicon Valley.
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