Janet Thornton Fellowship

Have you had a career break from science, and would like to return? 

We have created a postdoctoral fellowship specifically for people who have been out of scientific research for 12 months or more.

Each fellowship lasts for three years and can be worked full time, part time or flexibly.

Applications are now open

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger Annual Highlights document out now

Our 2019/2020 Highlights document is out now

Over the past year we have provided new insights into human, parasite and microbe evolution, cellular development, and the mutational processes that lead to cancer. We also launched our latest research programme, the Tree of Life ...more

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8 Jul 2020

Launch of virtual Sanger Seminar series

Join us for a new series of virtual seminars, open to all, which will present the latest research from the Sanger ...
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7 Jul 2020

Drug screens and CRISPR combine to help make better cancer drugs

Improved understanding of the biological mechanisms underpinning drug response will enable faster, more efficient drug development

26 Jun 2020

The first draft human genome at 20

A revolution powering today’s advances in genomics, biology and medicine

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Read our stories from the cutting edge of genomic research… and of the people who are making it happen

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2 Jul 2020
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Sarah Teichmann, an international pioneer of single cell research

We spoke to the Head of Cellular Genetics at the Sanger Institute about her life, career and the Human Cell ...
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26 Jun 2020
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‘It had better be good’

The draft human genome sequence was published 20 years ago today. We reflect on what followed for the Sanger Institute, ...

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