Sanger Science
13 October 2026Clinician scientist Dr Ayesha Noorani spends her weeks seeing patients, performing complex cancer surgery and connecting the dots through her research at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. She shares how working across both sides of medicine shapes the questions she asks, strengthens her curiosity and drives her research.
30 September 202612.2 min readDeep inside the body, a hidden world of trillions of microbes is constantly at work. Here, we highlight research led by Dr Trevor Lawley’s group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and explore surprising facts about the gut microbiome, revealing how this unseen ecosystem shapes our health.
21 July 202610.9 min readThere may be a series of products for it and even a musical named after it – but what do we actually know about hair? And how are researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute working to uncover what is really going on beneath the surface?
14 July 20269.8 min readWe are in the seventh global cholera pandemic, which has been going on since the early 1960s. But what is cholera, and why is it still a global issue? Lia Bote, PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, answers our questions about the past, present, and hopefully the future of cholera research.
1 July 202612.6 min readRed, itchy, unpredictable – eczema is more than just a skincare issue. It is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects people’s day-to-day lives. We explore what it is, what remains unclear and how researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute are getting beneath the surface to find out more.
16 June 202610.8 min readInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) looks different for everyone who has it. We spoke with medical student, Imogen about her personal experience of living with IBD, how it has influenced her career path and how new research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute brings her hope.
4 June 20269.5 min readA 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 readWomen’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.
