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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

 

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17 May 2022

Six unbelievable things you probably didn’t know about DNA

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13 May 2022

Three Sanger scientists recieve prestigious fellowships for their work

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The UK has uploaded over 3 million genome sequences to @GISAID

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