Category: Sanger Life
Living and working at the Sanger Institute
The Beast from the East? Vespa velutina
Words and pictures by: Alex Cagan Date: 17.09.18 Prelude: Death from above Today, you are a honeybee and today you are going to die. You enjoyed a summer full of industry, dance and frenetic activity […]
A cautionary tale about blackberries…[1/2]
Finding a blackberry bush was as easy a pie, but then Dan discovered that there are 300 different species… and even experts struggle to tell the difference
Getting a hold of some samples…
Sequencing new species is hard enough, but finding out where you can get a sample to work with can be even harder, Dan Mead discovers
Giant Hogweed sampling, a retrospective
Armed with a mobile phone, 4G signal, orange protective gloves, a tyvek suit, face shield and Google Maps, Dan Mead went in search of an elusive species
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.
In search of the hidden reservoir of Malaria
20.12.16 Arthur Talman explains how his field work in Mali could help understand the behaviour of malaria parasites.
Great balls of cells: Using intestinal organoids to study Salmonella
10.09.15 It is difficult to study Salmonella infections in the body. Jessica Forbester explains how newly created balls of intestinal cells can help.
