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Tree of Life

Overview

The Tree of Life Programme investigates the diversity of complex organisms (eukaryotes - organisms that have a nucleus) through sequencing and cellular technologies. We generate and use high-quality genome sequences to explore the evolution of life, provide the raw materials for new biotechnology and deliver tools and understanding for biodiversity conservation.

Tree of Life Twitter channel

The Tree of Life Programme has a Twitter feed of its latest developments, projects and work. To keep up to date with the latest news, please visit: https://twitter.com/sangertol

Tree of Life Programme Twitter Channel

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The Tree of Life assembly team develops and maintains QC, assembly and analysis pipelines as part of the Tree of Life ...
 

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The Core Laboratory team provides molecular biology support for all projects within the Tree of Life Programme.
 

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Our team is responsible for writing and maintaining the core software used in the Tree of Life programme. We work closely ...
 

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Tree of Life Informatics Infrastructure

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The Informatics Infrastructure team oversees the implementation and delivery of the genome assembly pipelines in the Tree of Life programme, and ...
 

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Tree of Life Project Management and Operations

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The Project Management & Operations team supports and facilitates the cutting-edge science of the Tree of Life programme. This takes many forms: ...
 

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Tree of Life Sample Management

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Our team oversees the supply of samples – collected from organisms in the field or from the laboratory – that feed into the ...

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Honorary Faculty

Prof Gene Myers

Since 2012 Gene Myers has been the founding director of the Systems Biology Center – Dresden (CSBD) that is part of the ...

Related news and blogs

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8 Dec 2022

Brazil, bats and GoaT

Find out about Genomes on a Tree (or GoaT) database, which will hold data for the hundreds of thousand of species that are currently having their genomes sequenced for the first time.

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Software to sort samples and sequence species at scale

Meet the software developers, informaticians and bioinformaticians who are helping to sequence the DNA of all life on earth.
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New genomes to help protect Britain’s wild and ancient apples

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