Sanger Science

27 May 2025
How can data help prevent the next pandemic?
With the World Health Organization (WHO) recently adopting an agreement on pandemic preparedness, we spoke with John Sillitoe, Director of the Sanger Institute’s Genomic Surveillance Unit, to find out more about the role data and genomics can play in preventing future outbreaks.

1 April 20256.5 min read
Top ten steps to get your genomics data AI-Ready
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape the field of genomics, but unprepared data can hamper scientific progress. Digital experts at the Wellcome Sanger Institute are optimising data workflows to fully leverage the power of AI in the Institute’s large-scale sequencing projects.

16 February 20206.5 min read
Sepsis and precision medicine: is it all in your genes?
Using gene expression data to stratify patients.
5 February 20206.9 min read
Genomics in the cloud
The huge, international Pan-Cancer project is the first large-scale use of distributed cloud computing in genomics. As genomics becomes a big data science, it is likely to be the first of many
5 January 20206 min read
“If you know, there is a Nobel prize for you!” – Searching for the causes of cancer in Czechia
In a study spanning five continents, researchers are hunting for tell-tale ‘signatures’ left in DNA by the unknown causes of cancer.
3 October 20198.8 min read
A dangerous new Salmonella strain is emerging in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers have discovered the first extensively drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
25 September 20195.2 min read
The biology of the brain
Studying mouse brain development can give insights into human neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, as well as help diagnose rare genetic conditions
18 September 20196.3 min read
Health implications of the baby biome?
The method of a baby’s birth affects its collection of gut microbes – its microbiome. But we still don’t know if that has any long-term effects on health