Driving research through lab automation

2026-04-23T13:42:24+01:0023 April 2026|

What do robots, genomics and a lot of very precise pipetting have in common? At the Wellcome Sanger Institute, they are all part of a normal day’s work for Shelly-Ann Coutts, Advanced Laboratory Automation Specialist, who helps keep the science moving by automating tasks within the lab.

Sanger Prize: The power of persistence

2024-11-07T12:51:03+00:0022 October 2024|

Meet the next generation of genomic scientists who are benefiting from the Sanger Prize. Damilola Gbore won the Prize in 2023, after first applying in 2020. He joined the Parasites and Microbes Programme to work alongside Ewan Harrison’s research group. During his three-month placement, he analysed virus sequencing data, learning the techniques that researchers can use to diagnose and track viruses in humans.

Celebrating the contributions of women during the pandemic

2023-01-26T09:57:07+00:0025 January 2023|

How 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

To influenza and beyond

2023-01-12T12:11:55+00:0010 January 2023|

The 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.