Wellcome Sanger Institute
Download the Wellcome Sanger Institute Highlights 2020/21

Our 2021/2022 Highlights document

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 supported the UK's national COVID-19 genomic surveillance efforts and delivered reference genomes for a wide range of UK species as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project ...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

 

Latest News and Blogs

Adobe Stock

6 Apr 2022

Genes linked to disease affect function of rare immune cell type

Study set out to identify how genetic variants modulate function of regulatory T cells
M. Duque-Correa, D. Goulding, F. Rodgers, et al. (2022)

1 Apr 2022

Mini guts used to study early stages of whipworm infection

Researchers have developed a new organoid model of the mouse gut to understand how the gut lining responds to whipworm infection ...
Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI

1 Apr 2022

Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome

Complete genome sequence will significantly add to knowledge of chromosomes, including more accurate maps for five chromosome arms

Connect with us on Twitter

Follow us
Retweet on Twitter Wellcome Sanger Institute Retweeted
AACR avatar; AACR @AACR ·
6 Apr 1511730975994224643

Somatic mutations in normal tissues:
Peter J. Campbell @sangerinstitute will address this topic in the #AACR22 plenary session on Tumor Evolution and Therapeutic Resistance on Wednesday, April 13. Learn more:
https://bit.ly/3DKkfdz

Image for the Tweet beginning: Somatic mutations in normal tissues: Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 1511730975994224643 Retweet on Twitter 1511730975994224643 5 Like on Twitter 1511730975994224643 6 Twitter 1511730975994224643
Retweet on Twitter Wellcome Sanger Institute Retweeted
CancerGrand avatar; Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand ·
4 Apr 1510980560654643207

We're excited to have many @CancerGrand scientists speaking at this year's @AACR meeting. Professor Mike Stratton (@sangerinstitute) who leads the @CancerGrand team tackling our Cancer Causes challenge will speak at the opening plenary session. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3wW3Ktl

Image for the Tweet beginning: We're excited to have many Twitter feed image.
Reply on Twitter 1510980560654643207 Retweet on Twitter 1510980560654643207 2 Like on Twitter 1510980560654643207 19 Twitter 1510980560654643207