Sanger Science

4 June 2026
Chasing the secrets of healthy stool
A climate change hotspot in Bangladesh acts as a natural laboratory for scientists aiming to study healthy human guts and gauge future disease risk.

12 May 202619.4 min read
Ways Sanger is helping to transform women’s health
Women’s health is underfunded and understudied. We explore how researchers across the Wellcome Sanger Institute are using advanced genomic tools to unpick the complexities of fundamental women’s health issues.

9 April 202610.2 min read
The history of spatial transcriptomics at Sanger
Discover how the Wellcome Sanger Institute has been at the forefront of spatial research, exploring how trillions of cells organise, communicate and work together to form a human being. For more than 15 years, Sanger scientists have pushed the boundaries of modern genomics, helping to map the human body in greater detail – cell by cell.
17 March 202612.8 min read
What the hel-minth?
We explore how genomics is helping researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute to unpick the tangled world of parasitic worms.
10 March 202610.5 min read
Decoding sepsis and the secrets of the immune system
Sepsis is a killer, responsible for 20 per cent of all deaths around the world. Yet the condition is notoriously difficult to study. Dr Emma Davenport and her team are using genomics to uncover the biological mechanisms at work.
13 February 20267.7 min read
Nature’s power couples: Cosying up to symbiotic partnerships
From sponges to the human gut, partnerships in nature are everywhere. In this blog, we caught up with Sanger scientists who use genomics to study species that love living together.
3 February 20268.4 min read
Chill out – there are more than ice packs in our lab freezers
As temperatures plummet this winter in the Northern Hemisphere, we found ourselves wondering what are the weirdest and quirkiest things currently stored in the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s freezers?
27 January 202622 min read
Ways Sanger is applying spatial transcriptomics to our science
Imagine being able to pinpoint exactly where in an aggressive brain tumour certain genes are turned on – like mapping a city’s most active neighbourhoods at rush hour. That is the promise of spatial transcriptomics, breakthrough technologies that are changing how scientists understand tissues, health and disease, and development.