Driven by curiosity: Filling in the gaps of the protist puzzle

2023-03-28T11:33:08+01:002 March 2023|

Dr Ore Francis is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. One of three inaugural Excellence Fellows, Ore is exploring the proteins that are at the root of all life on Earth, answering questions about adaptation and evolution along the way.

Brazil, bats and GoaT

2022-12-09T07:32:58+00:008 December 2022|

Find out about Genomes on a Tree (or GoaT) database, which will hold data for the hundreds of thousand of species that are currently having their genomes sequenced for the first time.

Marine medicines from the slimiest of worms

2021-11-22T09:58:38+00:0018 October 2021|

“They’re not cute or charismatic. They have toxic mucus. But I like nemerteans because no one is rooting for them – and we know so little about them.”

Hasta la VISA, genomes!

2021-11-14T00:34:27+00:0018 December 2018|

From ragworts that are too common and the tricky toughness of truffles to the trials of getting DNA samples a US Visa, Dan Mead gives his personal reflections on project managing the 25 Genomes Project