‘Gene misbehaviour’ – genes active when they should be switched off – is surprisingly common in healthy people 🧬
The new insights could inform precision medicine approaches 💊
Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Wellcome Sanger Institute
@sangerinstitute
We are a world leader in genomics research. We apply and explore genomic technologies to advance the understanding of biology and improve health 🧬
- In response to the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic, we will deploy our large-scale genome sequencing platform, alongside regional sequencing centres, to better understand the coronavirus outbreak in the UK bit.ly/2J7XFQC
- We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Sulston, founding director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. He was a great scientific visionary and leader who made historic contributions to science.
- The Earth BioGenome Project launches today – a historic mission to read the genetic code of 1.5 million known species of animals, plants, fungi & protozoa on Earth bit.ly/2OhnXQv #EarthBioGenome #SequencingLife @genomecenter @latrobe @smithsonian @EarlhamInst @Sydney_Uni
- #OnthisDay we celebrate the centenary of Fred Sanger - inventor of DNA sequencing, double Nobel Laureate & self-described ‘chap who messed about in the lab’. Read more on the father of genomics @yourgenome buff.ly/2wbJH9F
- #OTD Rosalind Franklin was born in 1920. She is best known for producing Photograph 51, an X-ray image used by Watson & Crick to create their model of the structure of DNA. Franklin’s work was unacknowledged at the time, but Crick later called her contribution critical.
- It's our anniversary! 🎉🎂 #OnThisDay 1993, the (then called) Sanger Centre opened, leading the UK contribution to the Human Genome Project 🧬 Warm wishes to all of our staff, collaborators and friends from the past 29 years
- #OnThisDay Barbara McClintock was born in 1902. She developed theories to explain the suppression and expression of genetic info from one generation of maize plants to the next. She is the only woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. #WomenInSTEM
- 🧬 The Sanger Institute was opened in 1992 to be a major contributor to the Human Genome Project. #OTD 2000, the first draft was published, revolutionising biological research as we know it 🔬🧪🦠🧫 #HumanGenome20
- Congratulations to Sarah Teichmann, who has been elected a Fellow of @royalsociety 🎉 Awarded for her contributions to computational biology and #genomics, including her role in founding @humancellatlas #RSFellows @teichlab
- It took us 25 years to read the same amount of DNA that we have been able to read in the past 12 months. Rapid technological advancements and the @uk_biobank project have led to a huge acceleration in our data production #10petabases #BigData @illumina
- Huge congratulations to Prof Matt Hurles (@mehurles ) who has been appointed as the new Director of @sangerinstitute! 🎊 Currently Head of the Human Genetics Programme, Matt will formally take up the Directorship later this year. Find out more⤵️ bit.ly/3Xq3T26
- The mission to map the genetic code of 66,000 UK species has begun. We are delighted to welcome Mark Blaxter to lead our new Tree of Life programme & Sanger’s contribution to the UK-wide Darwin Tree of Life Project. #SequencingLife bit.ly/2JtuF8M
