COVID-19 surveillance (as of 11 October 2021)
788,538
coronavirus genomes sequenced by the Sanger Institute
1,153,347
coronavirus genomes sequenced by COG-UK
300+
Sanger staff are part of the 7-days-per-week operation
How COVID-19 surveillance works
Sanger Seminar: Comprehensive genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK
Seminar: How we read SARS-CoV-2 genomes, and how these data are used by the COG-UK Consortium to track the spread of the virus, and identify new variants; including B.1.1.7.
Q&A session with Dr Jeff Barrett, Director the Wellcome Sanger Institute COVID-19 Genomics Initiative.
Human Cell Atlas COVID-19 research
As part of our work in the Human Cell Atlas initiative, our research teams explore how the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters people’s cells and cause symptoms.
To find out more, please visit: https://www.humancellatlas.org/covid-19/
Latest COVID-19 News and Blogs
29 Jun 2021
Covid Connections – Variant or Villain
The second COVID connections talk brought together experts from COG-UK to discuss SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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27 May 2021
Genomics in a pandemic – Shedding light on the invisible
Experts from the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium discuss sequencing SARS-CoV-2, variants, and viral fitness landscapes.
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18 May 2021
Car manufacturing, cellular biology and COVID
Rachel Nelson, head of the Cellular Generation and Phenotyping (CGaP) facility, reflects on managing science at scale, including the lessons Car manufacturing, cellular biology and COVID appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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30 Apr 2021
Championing Team Science
Professor Muzlifah Haniffa shares her thoughts achieving large-scale science.
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29 Mar 2021
Fighting Pathogens with Data and Partnerships
"Data analysis in genomics means that you can work in something that is meaningful."
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11 Mar 2021
Genomic surveillance – the world’s binoculars focused on infectious diseases
Monitoring the microorganisms that cause COVID-19, malaria, cholera and a whole range of other diseases enables researchers to track outbreaks, Genomic surveillance – the world’s binoculars focused on infectious diseases appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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5 Feb 2021
Sequencing COVID: our latest stats
As the sequencing hub of COG-UK, the Sanger Institute is sequencing the genomes of coronavirus samples from across the country. Sequencing COVID: our latest stats appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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21 Dec 2020
20 Things We Learned in 2020
This has been a year that none of us will forget in a hurry. The Institute is immensely proud of 20 Things We Learned in 2020 appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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3 Nov 2020
Sequencing COVID – what now?
Helping to track coronavirus outbreaks.
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22 Oct 2020
Sequencing COVID-19 at the Sanger Institute
This photo essay goes behind the scenes of the effort to sequence the genome of the COVID-19 virus at the Sequencing COVID-19 at the Sanger Institute appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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19 Aug 2020
The race to sequence SARS-CoV-2
The Sanger Institute is built for high-throughput science – but the project to sequence coronavirus demanded more samples were handled more The race to sequence SARS-CoV-2 appeared first on Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog.
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27 Jul 2020
Impact of The Technician Commitment
Kelly Vere, Programme Director of the Technician Commitment, explores the progress of the scheme across the UK.
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