Tree of Life
18 July 202515 min readFilled with colour-coding chromosomes and genome re-arrangements, learn more about some of our resident moths and butterflies that have been genome sequenced at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. With a bit of luck, you could identify these colourful creatures yourself next time you are out and about.
3 August 20236.9 min readFrom sex-changing fish to asexual lizards, these and many more species will be captured in a new sex database made possible by the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s powerful genomic resources.
21 June 20235.3 min readSanger researchers are involved in large-scale projects that aim to revolutionise how we monitor and understand global biodiversity – starting with insects. But some of their work is starting closer to home, working with schools and local communities to monitor insect biodiversity across Cambridgeshire and Essex.
8 December 202210.4 min readMeet the software developers, informaticians and bioinformaticians who are helping to sequence the DNA of all life on earth.
8 December 20227.4 min readFind 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 202217.1 min readWe talk to Physilia Chua about her work to monitor biodiversity and make DNA sequencing more accessible.
10 October 20227.8 min readNew genome sequence will boost research into the evolution and population genetics of killer whales
