Five questions on butterfly and moth genomics with Charlotte Wright

2025-12-12T16:02:08+00:0011 December 2025|

Drawn to genomics like a moth to a flame, Wellcome Sanger Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Charlotte Wright, shares with us how she uses genomics to shed light on the evolutionary history of butterflies and moths, and how they might change in the future.

Why bacterial carriage matters for antimicrobial resistance

2025-12-01T16:07:58+00:002 December 2025|

The CARRIAGE study reveals critical insights into the role of Staphylococcus aureus in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We caught up with Dr Ewan Harrison to discuss how the CARRIAGE study impacts our understanding of how to tackle AMR.

How can we avoid cancer?

2025-11-28T15:34:02+00:0028 November 2025|

Imagine if our bodies held secret playbooks for stopping cancer before it ever gains ground. A new international research team – led by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute – is setting out to uncover exactly those natural defence mechanisms. Their ambitious Cancer Avoidance project hopes to reveal insights that could one day help us halt cancer in its tracks.

What is spatial transcriptomics?

2025-10-22T00:08:42+01:0022 October 2025|

Ever wondered what your cells are up to in their own neighbourhoods? Spatial transcriptomics is opening a new frontier where space meets gene expression, revealing hidden insights into how tissues function, interact and change in health and disease.

“I’m not trying to do science just for scientists. I’m doing it to try to solve important problems that will make a difference”: Jussi Taipale on genomics at scale and predicting gene expression

2025-10-15T09:34:15+01:0016 October 2025|

Professor Jussi Taipale joined the Wellcome Sanger Institute in January this year as a Senior Group Leader in the Generative and Synthetic Genomics Programme. His ambition? To predict gene expression directly from DNA sequence. In this blog, he reflects on his international research journey, how biology is scaling up, and why his research group aims to solve one of the biggest puzzles in genomics.

Five questions on lupus with Catherine Sutherland

2025-10-02T13:45:09+01:007 October 2025|

In recognition of UK Lupus Awareness Month, we caught up with Catherine Sutherland, Computational Senior Staff Scientist in the Human Genetics programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, to discuss more about how their work is contributing to our understanding of lupus.

Ten ways the Sanger Institute is tackling the global fight against AMR

2025-10-29T10:02:28+00:001 October 2025|

Our scientists and collaborators are working together to tackle one of the biggest public health threats: antimicrobial resistance. We are using cutting-edge genomics to hunt down drug-resistant microbes, decode their secrets and stop them in their tracks.