Sanger Science
20 August 20258.6 min readKids often have the best questions, and mosquitoes — the world’s deadliest animal — hold so many secrets. Inspired by real questions from 7-year-olds, we dive into some fascinating facts and learn what genomics can reveal about one of nature’s tiniest troublemakers.
25 January 20235 min readHow did the pandemic impact the role of women in science? And what will its legacy be? These were just some of the questions discussed at the Snapshots of Women in COG: Scientific excellence during the COVID-19 pandemic book launch event
20 January 20236.1 min readCombining bold scientific leadership, deep operational expertise, and a knack for building community, Cristina Ariani is ready to take up her new role at the Sanger Institute and drive public health impact
10 January 20237.6 min readThe Sanger Institute’s new Respiratory Virus and Microbiome Initiative will lead the way in developing the genomic tools and methodology to study and track a range of viruses and understand how they interact with the respiratory microbiome and human hosts.
30 November 202213.2 min readDr Kamil Jaron is interested in strange reproduction (in a genomic sense). His work is exploring the changes in DNA variation and chromosome structure caused by the different ways species reproduce, to see how this drives evolution.
17 November 202211.3 min readHow genomic surveillance is helping to spot, track and predict drug resistance in malaria parasites across the globe.
3 November 202213 min readBen Lehner joins the Sanger Institute as a new Senior Group Leader. He seeks to lay the foundations for programmable biology.
