Sanger Science

26 June 2025
How our beginning is shaping our future: 25 years on from the Human Genome Project
It has been 25 years since the announcement of the Human Genome Project. We take a look back at the history of the project with some of our long servers at the Sanger Institute, including what it has allowed us to achieve and where it may lead to in the future.

19 June 20259.8 min read
Building a genomics career exploring the nasal microbiome
Curious about the nasal microbiome? Staff Scientist Katie Bellis shares her passion for infectious disease research and personal insights into life at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

21 December 202012.6 min read
20 Things We Learned in 2020
This has been a year that none of us will forget in a hurry. The Institute is immensely proud of the way our staff have pulled together, and the work we have managed to achieve
3 November 20206.8 min read
Sequencing COVID – what now?
Helping to track coronavirus outbreaks.
22 October 202013.8 min read
Sequencing COVID-19 at the Sanger Institute
This photo essay goes behind the scenes of the effort to sequence the genome of the COVID-19 virus at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
19 August 20208 min read
The race to sequence SARS-CoV-2
The Sanger Institute is built for high-throughput science – but the project to sequence coronavirus demanded more samples were handled more quickly than ever before.
3 August 20204.1 min read
Genomes within Genomes
Hiding in the genome of a newly-sequenced red colobus monkey, there was a second species - a parasite descended from malaria.
16 July 20204.4 min read
From bacterial behaviours to COVID-19
Sushmita Sridhar has paused her work on a gastroenteritis-causing bacterium to help diagnose the virus that causes COVID-19.