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Sequencing COVID – what now?

November 3, 2020December 4, 2020 Sanger Institute coronavirus, COVID-19, disease surveillance, epidemiology, Sars-Cov-2, sequencing min read

Helping to track coronavirus outbreaks.

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‘These lowly organised creatures’: Earthworm sample collecting at the Sanger Institute

May 13, 2020October 14, 2020 Matthew Midgley darwin tree of life, earth biogenome project, life on earth, sequencing, tree of life min read

Few organisms have, as Darwin himself wrote, played such an important role in the history of the world.

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Solving the mysteries of developmental disorders: The DDD study

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Communications Team data, DDD, deciphering developmental disorders, DNA, health, human health, rare disease, Sanger Science, sequencing min read

Alison Cranage talks to one family who have been helped by the Deciphering Developmental Disorders study

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25 Genomes: The Common Starfish

October 4, 2018November 21, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, 25 years, data, DNA, Sanger Science, sequencing, starfish, tree of life min read

The Starfish genome could offer new approaches to wound healing and into surgical glue, if only we can get enough sperm.

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10 surprises from sequencing 25 new species

October 4, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, 25 years, data, DNA, Sanger Science, sequencing, tree of life min read

From exploding worms to cannibal crickets and adored arachnids to bewildering blackberries, Alison Cranage picks out the more bizarre discoveries we’ve made

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25 years of pushing the scientific boundaries

October 1, 2018June 4, 2020 Communications Team 25 years, data, DNA, gorilla, Human Cell Atlas, human genetics, human genome project, Infectious disease, Influencing Policy, Sanger Science, sequencing, tree of life min read

From one human genome to hundreds of thousands, to every single cell in the body, to the genome of every species on the planet – DNA sequencing is accelerating. On our 25th anniversary we look at the evolution, application and potential of this powerful science.

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25 Genomes at New Scientist Live

September 25, 2018January 15, 2019 Communications Team 25 Genomes, new scientist live, sequencing min read

Alongside robots, slime and VR machines, Sanger researchers were at New Scientist Live last week – talking genomes, Alison Cranage reports

The sequencing laboratory at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Credit: Genome Research Limited.

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SMRTer sequencing

March 2, 2015June 29, 2018 Communications Team bacteria, PacBio, sequencing, Streptococcus pneumoniae min read

02.03.15 We’re beginning to understand how bacterial DNA adapts and evolves. John Lees explains the long and short of the technology that’s made it possible

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Creating a gold-standard, not a rotten, tomato genome

June 19, 2012March 31, 2021 Communications Team chromosome 4, fingerprint contigs, FPC, sequencing, solanum lycopersicum, solonaceae research community, tomato genome min read

We shared our experiences and knowledge from producing animal reference genomes to enable plant genomes researchers to deliver high-quality, standardised data for the first gold standard tomato reference genome