Web, Core Bioinformatics and Software Action Team
Information Communications Technology
We write code in PERL, PHP, Python and JAVA on Linux. We make us of MySQL, Postgres and ORACLE® databases. For CMS requirements we support WordPress and Drupal.
The team administers many of the Sanger Institute’s core web infrastructure and software stacks. Among our main projects are
- www.sanger.ac.uk
- www.deciphergenomics.org
- ddduk.org
- genoverse.org
- intranet
- wellcomegenomecampus.org (campus websites)
Other resources we provide are
- Core Bioinformatics database provision and support
- Web search
- bespoke software stacks for Faculty teams.
Core team

Mr Stephen Robinson, BSc (Hons) MSc PGDip MSc
Senior Web Developer

Matthew J Waller, BSc
Principal Web Developer

Mr Mark P Wilson, BEng(Hons)
Principal Web Developer
Related groups
Partners
We partner with other academic institutes mainly at the consortium level. All our core activities are funded by the Wellcome Trust with some consortia projects funded by biomedical charities.
External
Wellcome Trust
Our vision is to improve health by supporting bright minds in science, the humanities and social sciences, and public engagement.