Tree of Life

  • 8 December 2022

    Software to sort samples and sequence species at scale

    Meet the software developers, informaticians and bioinformaticians who are helping to sequence the DNA of all life on earth.

  • 8 December 202210.4 min read

    Brazil, bats and GoaT

    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.

  • 9 November 202231.2 min read

    Sequencing anything, anytime, anywhere

    We talk to Physilia Chua about her work to monitor biodiversity and make DNA sequencing more accessible.

  • 10 October 20229.4 min read

    Orcinus orca: How a tragic stranding helped us dive into the killer whale genome

    New genome sequence will boost research into the evolution and population genetics of killer whales

  • 3 October 20226.1 min read

    Biodiversity genomics event returns

    This free and open event brings together international researchers to share breakthroughs, challenges and advances in how we apply genomics to understanding, utilising and protecting life on Earth.

  • 7 September 20226.3 min read

    Butterflies, peacock spiders, and rapid speciation

    Dr Joana Meier, new group leader in the Tree of Life programme, describes her research into how and why groups of animals evolve and diversify into new species over millennia.

  • 31 May 20222.6 min read

    Completing the puzzle of life on earth

    Behind the scenes of Sanger's Tree of Life programme

  • 28 March 20225.3 min read

    Barcoding creatures and building confidence

    Meet Leia Zhao, a research assistant working in the Evolutionary Genomics group in the Tree of Life Programme.