Glass: The Poetry of Science
Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas explores gender in the workplace through the poetry of the Glass Ceiling, Glass Escalator, Glass Cliff and Glass Closet
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Sanger Life
Living and working at the Sanger Institute
A Day in the Life: Bioinformatician – collaboration, cancer and all life on Earth
Understanding the nature of life on Earth has been revolutionised by DNA sequencing. In the past we could only observe what was happening, now we can read (and alter) the blueprints of life to understand health and disease at the most intimate level. Yet none of this would be possible without the unsung work of bioinformaticians
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Science on a bike
One man, one bike, and lots of genomics.
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I’ve never had chickenpox, what’s your superpower?
Gary Dillon, Business Development Manager at the Sanger Institute gives us his view on some of the powers and pitfalls of genomics.
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Genetic Disability, Experience and the Sorting Society
Our genetic information is more accessible to us than ever before. But what do we want to know? Dr Felicity Boardman discusses the issues around genetic disability, screening and society.
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The importance of public engagement on antibiotic resistance
Nicole Wheeler talks antibiotics, antibiotic resistance and public engagement – and letting people use real software on real data to track antibiotic resistance around the world
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Disability, Inclusion and Science
Distinguished disability rights campaigner, David Ruebain, joined us last month at the Wellcome Genome Campus. He spoke on disability and inclusion in science, as part of the campus Equality in Science event series.
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Chernobyl: chasing a ‘catching’ cancer
Sanger researcher Alex Cagan travelled to Chernobyl’s nuclear exclusion zone for samples of cancer. But he isn’t investigating the effects of the reactor disaster; his quarry has a more ancient source: the immortal cells of an 8,000 year-old animal that are still being passed from dog to dog
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Dr Cordelia Langford wins BioBeat award
The ‘50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness 2018’ report identifies outstanding women who are developing revolutionary bioscience. Dr Cordelia Langford, Director of Scientific Operations at the Wellcome Sanger Institute is celebrated in the collaboration category. Ahead of the BioBeat 2018 conference, we spoke to Cordelia about her career and her role as a leading woman in science
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Alzheimer’s Disease: The puzzle we’re so desperate to solve
13.11.17 Fiona Calvert is using stem cells to study Alzheimer’s Disease. Read her shortlisted article for the Max Perutz Science Writing Competition about this work.
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