Tree of Life

  • 9 November 2022

    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

  • Eimeria tenella oocysts
    23 September 20214.5 min read

    Eimeria: the chicken parasite costing farmers billions

    By sequencing the genome of this single-celled coccidian parasite, scientists hope to develop better vaccines to protect poultry from a disease that causes severe diarrhoea and death.

  • Patrick Adkins shore sampling on Devon coast
    18 December 202012.6 min read

    Darwin Tree of Life: Looking back on 2020

    Despite restrictions, 2020 has been a busy year for the Darwin Tree of Life Project. We take a look at some of this year’s achievements and highlights.

  • 13 May 20208.3 min read

    ‘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.

  • 4 May 20204.9 min read

    Prising open the scallop genome

    As part of the Sanger Institute’s 25 Genomes Project, the king scallop, Pecten maximus, had its genome sequenced.

  • 15 February 20208 min read

    Sequencing and the Tree of Life

    Progress and promise of the Earth Biogenome Project - a mission to sequence all known eukaryotic species.

  • 5 September 20195.3 min read

    Fishing for answers in the brown trout genome

    Brown trout are highly adaptable and its genetic make up may hold key answers to helping species survive climate change