Sanger Science
23 December 2025For many, flu season has come earlier this year with hospitalisations rising by more than 50 per cent in one week in the UK. The so-called ‘super flu’ is causing a media frenzy – but what actually is it? Why are we seeing it earlier than usual? And how can we be better prepared in the future?
9 October 20249.9 min readOur photo essay features some of the people behind the cutting-edge cancer research at the Sanger Institute. With genomic techniques now able to uncover the DNA sequence and structure in millions individual cells, they are uncovering the genetic architecture of disease.
7 October 20247.6 min readSanger Excellence Fellow Onalenna Neo is combining wet laboratory work with bioinformatics to investigate how drug resistance spreads through bacteria.
26 September 20246.6 min readMo Lotfollahi joined the Wellcome Sanger Institute in April as a new Group Leader in the Cellular Genetics programme. Mo works with wet lab scientists and bioinformaticians to develop generative AI models for predicting cellular responses.
6 September 202412.9 min readDid you know that your gut bugs may affect your cancer risk? Dr Ashray Gunjur, Clinical Research Training Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, is exploring how clinicians can use the biology of the gut microbiome to personalise cancer treatment.
2 September 20249.9 min readScience and AI fans, get ready for October 2024 – the Wellcome Sanger Institute is hosting the first-ever Explainable AI in Biology Conference at the Wellcome Genome Campus. Here we review a snapshot of some of the planned talks from AI experts about integrating AI into biological research.
20 August 202415.1 min readEmbedding ethics into research enables scientists to maximise the societal benefit of their work. It is also an important tool for accountability, especially in genomics research. For instance, how are the data gathered going to serve the communities that have donated the data to research?
