David Goulding, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Programme

Parasites and Microbes

Overview

We use genomics to study important problems in infectious disease, with a strong desire to develop and refine tools for disease control and elimination. We are also at the forefront of basic research into microbial ecology, evolutionary genetics and the biology of parasitism.

For further information on the work and people within the programme, download the Parasites and Microbes Programme at the Sanger Institute PDF document.

Related groups

 

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Bryant Group

Lung microbiome

We explore how the bacteria, viruses and fungi present in a person’s lungs affect health. We study how this changes ...
 

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Doyle Group

Helminth Genomics 

The Helminth Genomics team, led by Dr. Stephen Doyle, uses multidisciplinary approaches to understand genetic and phenotypic variation in parasitic worms ...
 

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Genomics of Pneumonia, Meningitis and Neonatal Sepsis

Parasites and Microbes

We study variation in the genomes of major bacterial pathogens to understand their evolution in the context of disease and asymptomatic ...
 

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Lawley Lab

Host-microbiota interactions

The Host-Microbiota Interactions Lab explores the relationship between humans and their microbiome- the community of microorganisms that live on and in ...
 

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Parasites and Microbes Administration

Parasites and Microbes

The activities of the team include anything from organising international travel itineraries, servicing multi-million pound collaborative grants and facilitating Faculty management ...
 

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Parasites and Microbes Informatics

Parasites and Microbes

The Parasites and Microbes Informatics team develops and maintains software applications and systems to support the research activities of the Parasites ...
 

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Respiratory Virus and Microbiome Initiative

Parasites and Microbes

We develop DNA sequencing and analysis platforms to track the transmission and evolution of respiratory viruses and understand their interactions with ...
 

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Thomson Group

Bacterial genomics and evolution

The bacterial genomics and evolution team focuses primarily on using whole-genome sequencing approaches to study the patterns and drivers for historical ...
 

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Aanensen Group

Genomic Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Our mission is to inform control strategies and interventions on a local, national and international scale. Our group consists of a ...
 

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Berriman Group

Parasite Genomics

The Parasite Genomics group uses comparative and functional genomics approaches to investigate the biology of helminths and protozoan parasites.
 

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Billker Group

Rodent models of malaria

At the Sanger Institute Oliver Billker's group used experimental genetics in rodent models to study the basic biology of malaria ...
 

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COVID-19 Genomics Initiative at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

Genomic Surveillance

We provide real-time genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK to aid public health response. We monitor for genetic mutations which ...
 

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Dougan Group

Microbial Pathogenesis

The Microbial Pathogenesis team, under the leadership of Professor Gordon Dougan, focused on the genetic analysis of the interactions between ...
 

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Kwiatkowski Group

Natural genetic variation

The Kwiatkowski group investigates Plasmodium, Anopheles and human genome variation in large clinical and epidemiological studies carried out with partners in ...
 

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Lee Group

Malaria Parasite Drug Resistance

The group aims to understand how malaria parasites become resistant to antimalarial compounds. They study drugs in clinical use as well ...
 

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Parkhill Group

Pathogen Genomics

The Pathogen genomics team, headed by Julian Parkhill, used high-throughput genomic and phenotypic analysis of bacteria to understand their virulence, ...
 

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PlasmoGEM

Parasites and Microbes

PlasmoGEM (the Plasmodium Genetic Modification Project) is an interdisciplinary group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute focussed on changing the scale of ...
 

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Rayner Group

Human-parasite interactions in malaria

The group uses large-scale experimental approaches to identify and prioritise drug and vaccine targets in malaria. Focusing on the blood stages ...
 

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Wright Group

Cell Surface Signalling Laboratory

The Cell Surface Signalling Laboratory investigates the molecular basis of cellular recognition processes to identify new therapeutic targets for both genetic ...

Related Faculty

 

Faculty

Dr Josie Bryant

Josie uses genomics to investigate how microbes in people's lungs - the respiratory microbiome - evolve and adapt over time and how ...
 

Faculty

Dr Trevor Lawley

Trevor's research investigates the mechanisms that underlie how micro-organisms on mucosal surfaces (gut, nasopharnyx, urogenital tract) interact with their host ...
 

Faculty

Professor Nicholas Robert Thomson

Nick is a microbiologist and bioinformatician and is interested in bacterial evolution and spread with a focus on sexually transmitted and ...

Related Career Development Fellows

 

Career Development Fellow

Dr Stephen Doyle

Steve is a molecular and computational biologist interested in the evolutionary history and genetic change of parasitic worms that infect humans ...

Related Associate Faculty

 

Associate Faculty

Prof Jukka Corander

Professor Jukka Corander has collaborated with teams at the Sanger Institute since 2010, on both developing and applying statistical methods for ...

Related International Fellows

 

International Fellow

Prof Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

Alfred is a Cameroonian Biochemist with experience and research interest in the use of biotechnology and genomics to understand the evolution ...
 

International Fellow

Dr Claire Chewapreecha

Claire is a computational biologist based in Thailand and committed to improving public health in Southeast Asia through the development of ...
 

International Fellow

Dr Annettee Nakimuli

Annettee Nakimuli is a leading maternal health researcher based in Uganda, focused primarily on investigating the aetiology, treatment, prevention and long ...
 

International Fellow

Prof Pablo Tsukayama

Pablo Tsukayama is a Peruvian microbiologist with a long-standing interest in infectious diseases affecting Latin American populations.
 

International Fellow

Dr Gregorio Iraola

Gregorio is a computational microbiologist based in Uruguay. He applies high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics and culturing to investigate the evolutionary patterns of ...

Related Honorary Faculty

 

Honorary Faculty

Prof Stephen Baker

Stephen Baker is a molecular microbiologist with an interest in the microbiology, genetics, epidemiology and treatment of enteric infections in developing ...
 

Honorary Faculty

Prof Martin Donnelly

Martin Donnelly is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He works in collaboration with the Sanger ...
 

Honorary Faculty

Prof Abdoulaye Djimdé

Abdoulaye Djimdé is a leading malaria researcher based in Mali, working primarily on the genetic epidemiology of antimalarial drug resistance in ...
 

Honorary Faculty

Dr Samuel Kariuki

Sam utilises molecular tools to investigate the field epidemiology of major enteric infections and antimicrobial resistance ecology and transmission in Kenya ...
 

Honorary Faculty

Prof Marc Lipsitch

Marc Lipsitch is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. ChanSchool ...
 

Honorary Faculty

Prof Chris Newbold

Chris Newbold is a molecular parasitologist interested in the basis for adherence related pathogenesis, antigenic variation and immunity in the malaria ...

Associated research

 

Collaboration

50 Helminth Genomes Project (50HGP)

We are surveying the genomes of the parasitic worms that have the greatest impact on human, agricultural and veterinary disease ...
 

Collaboration

BUG consortium

A BBSRC-funded consortium exploiting genomic approaches to understand anthelminthic drug resistance in GI nematodes of small ruminants
 

Collaboration

Genomic Surveillance Unit

The Genomic Surveillance Unit (GSU) improves global human health by accelerating the use and impact of genomic surveillance. We deliver products, ...
 

Collaboration

Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Project

A worldwide genomic survey of the impact of vaccination on the pathogen population
 

Collaboration

MalariaGEN (Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network)

MalariaGEN is a data-sharing community that creates genetic data resources to support the control and elimination of malaria.
 

Collaboration

Wellcome Connecting Science Global Training

The Pathogen groups work with Wellcome Connecting Science to develop and deliver a number of training courses on pathogen genomics, surveillance, ...
 

Collaboration

MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH)

From 2008 until 2021, this hub for collaboration created networks and infrastructure that turned large-scale genomic data into effective tools to ...
 

Collaboration

The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance (CGPS)

Our mission is to inform pathogen control strategies and interventions on a local, national and international scale.

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