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Watch Omer Bayraktar explain the High-Throughput Spatial Genomics initiative

Join our free online talk on Thursday 21 October at 16:00GMT to discover how combining high-throughput sequencing and microscopy at scale will build 3D cellular atlases of human tissues and allow researchers to analyse hundreds of patient tissue samples. ...more

Dan Ross

COVID-19 research at the Sanger Institute

We track, understand and combat COVID-19. Every day we read the genomes of thousands of viruses to track its spread, find new variants, and guide public health choices. We study how the virus enters our cells, and we develop new infection tests

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Join our 4-year PhD Programme

The Sanger Institute's 4-year PhD Programme trains the next generation of world-class genomicists. Successful applicants will receive full financial support, including University tuition fees, regardless of nationality. We have 12 funded studentships available across all our research areas. Application closing date: Thursday 2nd December 2021 (09:00 GMT). We are also offering a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions funded PhD studentship in the Teichmann group. Find out more using the link below ...more

 

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18 Oct 2021

Marine medicines from the slimiest of worms

"They’re not cute or charismatic. They have toxic mucus. But I like nemerteans because no one is rooting for them – ...
H.S.Vöhringer, et al.

14 Oct 2021

The inside story of England COVID pandemic described in new study

The most detailed analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomics surveillance to date shows COVID-19 as a series of overlapping epidemics rather than a ...
Dr Bartomeu Colom, Wellcome Sanger Institute

13 Oct 2021

Mutated cells drive out early tumours from the oesophagus

Normal human oesophagus carries a high number of mutations, but tumours are rare, due to mutant cells eliminating early tumours

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