Genomics – Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

A lasting legacy

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Sanger Institute andrea ong, cancer, cancer dependency map, cancer depmap, crispr, Genetics, Genomics, john sulston, malaria, Nobel Prize, sanger prize, sophia hernandez min read

Meet the next generation of genomic scientists who are benefiting from our founder’s generosity

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DECIPHER: Fuelling Rare Disease Research

July 3, 2019July 4, 2019 Communications Team DDD, decipher, deciphering developmental disorders, developmental disorders, families, Genetics, Genomics, learning disorders min read

More than 15 years ago, a hospital doctor realised that bringing people’s genetic data together could provide answers for families affected by rare diseases. With the help of the Sanger Institute, the DECIPHER project has been helping families ever since

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Connecting With Science

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Communications Team connecting science, Genomics, prize, public engagement, wellcome genome campus min read

Staff at the Wellcome Genome Campus are supported to connect people with their science – find out more

Software developers discussing ideas at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Day in the life: Software Developer – making research happen

June 3, 2019June 12, 2019 Communications Team analysis, coding, day in the life, Genetics, Genomics, LIMS, sanger institute, software developer, visualisation min read

Meet two people whose software skills enable the Sanger Institute’s scientists to make their ground-breaking genomic discoveries

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Sanger’s super-sized sequencing scales new heights

May 1, 2019June 22, 2020 Communications Team 10 PB, bioinformatics, data centre, dna sequencing, genomes, Genomics, illumina, novaseq, petabases, terabases, uk biobank min read

We’re celebrating: we’ve just read the same amount of DNA in one year as we achieved in the previous 25 years combined. This dizzying speed offers unprecedented possibilities to unlock new understanding in health and disease

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More than just malaria

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 Sanger Institute fundraising, Genomics, ghana, malaria, mosquitoes min read

Researchers can change children’s futures in many more ways than just helping to beat a killer disease…

DNA data has turned from a trickle to a flood of information that could transform medicine and biological understanding. Ali Cranage explores how Sanger scientists are using AI to extract new discoveries and knowledge

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Getting smart about artificial intelligence

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 cc13sangeracuk AI, algorithms, artificial intelligence, computing, data, Genomics, machine learning, outbreaks, Salmonella min read

Sanger researchers are harnessing the power of AI to extract new knowledge from the ever increasing flood of genomic data. The findings could transform medicine and biological understanding.

Science in a conflict zone: tracking cholera in Yemen

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Science in a conflict zone: Investigating cholera in Yemen

January 2, 2019July 18, 2019 Sanger Institute cholera, DNA, epidemic, Genetics, genomes, Genomics, medecins sans frontieres, msf, Sanger Life, Sanger Science, yemen min read

In addition to the civil war, Yemen is experiencing the worst epidemic of cholera ever recorded. We spoke to Ankur Rakesh, a volunteer doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders, who travelled to Yemen in July 2017 to study the genomics of this highly infectious and deadly disease

Influencing Policy

A new deal on data – articulating the contract between science and people

June 20, 2018October 4, 2018 Communications Team data protection, Featured, gdpr, Genetics, Genomics, Healthcare, medical records, NHS, personal data, personalised medicine, policy min read

Now is the time for scientists to strike a deal everyone that benefits society as well as research, argue Anna Middleton, Vivienne Parry and Julian Borra

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Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2016: Generation Genome highlights the potential for pathogen genomics in patient diagnosis and infection control

July 3, 2017November 9, 2018 Communications Team chief medical officer, cmo, Genetics, Genomics, Healthcare, infections, Infectious disease, Influencing Policy, NHS, policy, report min read

04.07.17 The UK Chief Medical Officer’s Report has highlighted the vital role genetics and genomics will play in UK NHS healthcare and medicine. Professor Sharon Peacock helped write the report’s chapter on Infectious disease.