25 Genomes – Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

Fishing for answers in the brown trout genome

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 MarkThomson MarkThomson brown trout, conservation, reference genomes, tree of life min read

Brown trout are highly adaptable and its genetic make up may hold key answers to helping species survive climate change

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Hasta la VISA, genomes!

December 18, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, broad-bordered bee hawkmoth, darwin tree of life, ragwort, reference genomes, Sanger Life, Sanger Science, truffles min read

From ragworts that are too common and the tricky toughness of truffles to the trials of getting DNA samples a US Visa, Dan Mead gives his personal reflections on project managing the 25 Genomes Project

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Darwin Tree of Life: focusing on fungi and probing plants

November 12, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, darwin tree of life, fungarium, fungi, kew gardens, plants min read

We have much to thank fungi and plants for, and the Darwin Tree of Life project will help us to unlock even more of their secrets to improve modern life

The Darwin Tree of Life Project and the Earth BioGenome Project are aiming to sequence all animals, birds, fish, insects and plants in the UK and on earth, respectively

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Sequencing All Life On Earth – Facts and Figures

November 1, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, darwin tree of life, dna sequencing, earth biogenome project min read

Scientists have announced an ambitious goal to sequence all of life on earth. Here are 10 top facts that help to put the scale of the challenge into perspective…

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The quest to sequence all life

November 1, 2018September 5, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, darwin tree of life, dna sequencing, earth biogenome project min read

What will reading the genomes of all life on earth uncover? And how does the Sanger Institute intend to lead the sequencing of an estimated 66,000 species in the UK? Associate Director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute Julia Wilson talks about this ambitious project

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Long live bats

October 29, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, bats, DNA, genome min read

Bats have much to tell us about the genetics of living healthy long lives: not only can they tolerate deadly viruses (including Ebola, SARS and rabies), they are resistant to cancer too

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25 Genomes: The Common Starfish

October 4, 2018January 29, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, 25 years, data, DNA, Sanger Science, sequencing, starfish, tree of life min read

The Starfish genome could offer new approaches to wound healing and into surgical glue, if only we can get enough sperm.

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10 surprises from sequencing 25 new species

October 4, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, 25 years, data, DNA, Sanger Science, sequencing, tree of life min read

From exploding worms to cannibal crickets and adored arachnids to bewildering blackberries, Alison Cranage picks out the more bizarre discoveries we’ve made