Tree of Life
13 May 20208.2 min readFew organisms have, as Darwin himself wrote, played such an important role in the history of the world.
4 May 20205.1 min readAs part of the Sanger Institute’s 25 Genomes Project, the king scallop, Pecten maximus, had its genome sequenced.
15 February 20208.1 min readProgress and promise of the Earth Biogenome Project - a mission to sequence all known eukaryotic species.
5 September 20195.3 min readBrown trout are highly adaptable and its genetic make up may hold key answers to helping species survive climate change
18 December 20184.5 min readFrom ragworts that are too common and the tricky toughness of truffles to the trials of getting DNA samples a US Visa, Dan Mead gives his personal reflections on project managing the 25 Genomes Project
12 November 20185.9 min readWe have much to thank fungi and plants for, and the Darwin Tree of Life project will help us to unlock even more of their secrets to improve modern life
