‘These lowly organised creatures’: Earthworm sample collecting at the Sanger Institute
Few organisms have, as Darwin himself wrote, played such an important role in the history of the world.
Sequencing All Life On Earth – Facts and Figures
Scientists have announced an ambitious goal to sequence all of life on earth. Here are 10 top facts that help to put the scale of the challenge into perspective…
The quest to sequence all life
What will reading the genomes of all life on earth uncover? And how does the Sanger Institute intend to lead the sequencing of an estimated 60,000 species in the UK? Associate Director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute Julia Wilson talks about this ambitious project
