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

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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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Directorate General of Antiquities (Lebanon)

28 May 2020

4,000 years of contact, conflict and cultural change had little genetic impact on Near East

Only three periods had lasting effect on genetics of local people in Beirut

22 May 2020

Analysis of COVID-19 Genomes reveals large numbers of introductions to the UK in March

The data reports, published by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), show the value in mapping COVID-19 lineages across the UK ...
Spencer Phillips/EMBL-EBI

18 May 2020

An automated method for cell type discovery

Identifying cell types from single-cell RNA sequencing data is now more efficient than ever

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1 Jun 2020
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From cancer, stem cells and organoids to COVID-19

Sanger scientists speak about their new roles in sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes.
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18 May 2020
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Welcoming Athena SWAN Silver

"We are deeply committed to our values of equality, diversity and inclusion and these are fundamental to our work."...

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