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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

The Sanger Institute Prize 2022

The Sanger Prize is an outreach competition aimed at undergraduate students who live and study in low or middle income countries. The winner will have a three-month internship in a research group at the Sanger Institute with all travel, living and research expenses covered

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Available now: Early life microbiomes and longer-term health outcomes video seminar

Catch up with our free online Sanger Seminar Series and hear Dr Lawley explain how his team uses data-driven and hypothesis-driven approaches to investigate the human microbiome and translate their findings into medicines and diagnostics. His lab uses (meta)genomic analysis, genetics, mouse and cellular models, microbial culturing, transcriptomics, proteomics and machine learning to understand how healthy and disease resistant microbiomes develop, and discover the microbiome's effects on a range of developmental disorders, diseases and poorly understood syndromes ...more

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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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IBS biomarker identified that could help personalise diet and treatment

Half of people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome have a distinct microbiome compared to healthy people, and they respond better to a ...

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A Space for Science

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