The DNA sequence of a wood-munching marauder
Tapping out the DNA code of the Deathwatch Beetle gives hope to future conservation research into battling this wood-munching marauder.
The secret lives of nematodes
C. elegans, a workhorse of modern biology, was the first multicellular organism to have its DNA code sequenced in 1998. But it is just one of potentially millions of nematode species. We explore the latest work to sequence the genomes of hundreds of nematodes and put C. elegans in its evolutionary context.
Pine Hoverfly is back from the brink with the help of new genomes
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.
1,000 species get their genomes sequenced for the first time
A thousand reference genomes of the highest quality have now been produced for diverse eukaryotic species across the tree of life.
New Tree of Sex project collects all the wild ways nature reproduces
From sex-changing fish to asexual lizards, these and many more species will be captured in a new sex database made possible by the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s powerful genomic resources.
A barcoding buzz
Sanger researchers are involved in large-scale projects that aim to revolutionise how we monitor and understand global biodiversity – starting with insects. But some of their work is starting closer to home, working with schools and local communities to monitor insect biodiversity across Cambridgeshire and Essex.
Software to sort samples and sequence species at scale
Meet the software developers, informaticians and bioinformaticians who are helping to sequence the DNA of all life on earth.
Brazil, bats and GoaT
Find out about Genomes on a Tree (or GoaT) database, which will hold data for the hundreds of thousand of species that are currently having their genomes sequenced for the first time.
Sequencing anything, anytime, anywhere
We talk to Physilia Chua about her work to monitor biodiversity and make DNA sequencing more accessible.
