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Sequencing COVID-19 at the Sanger Institute
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This photo essay goes behind the scenes of the effort to sequence the genome of the COVID-19 virus at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
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Sanger Institute 💬 “The #COVID19 pandemic is a terrible thing, but it’s been an honour to be a part of the effort to do something about it” 📸 Our new photo essay goes behind the scenes of the effort to sequence the genome of #SARSCoV2 at Sanger 🧬 #ScienceTwitter 84d
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Sanger Institute 📸 Read the full story in our new photo essay, which goes behind the scenes of the effort to sequence the genome of #SARSCoV2 at Sanger 🧬 #MondayMotivation #ScienceTwitter 81d
The Sanger Prize Competition 2021 - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 87d 1 tweets
The winner of the Sanger Institute Prize will be offered a three-month internship with a research group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award.
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Sanger Institute Applications for the Sanger Prize are now open! This prize gives LMIC undergrad students the opportunity to work in one of our labs for three months, all expenses paid 🏅🧪🔬🥼 📅 Deadline 11 December Full info on how to apply 👉 #SciencePrize #Funding 87d
PhD Programme - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Wellcome Sanger Institute Four-Year PhD Studentships Registered at the University of Cambridge The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world leading genomics institute at the forefront of experimental and comput
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Sanger Institute Our #PhD programme is open for applications! 📅 Applications close 3rd December 2020 (09:00 GMT) 🔗For more info see 👉 88d
Study linking 28 genes to developmental disorders will mean diagnoses for around 500 families - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 93d 1 tweets
The scientists analysed 31,058 sets of exome sequences from a child with a developmental disorder and their parents. The sample was created by combining datasets from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Radboud University Medical Center and GeneDx.
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Sanger Institute Diagnoses for ~500 families of children with rare conditions are now possible, as 28 genes linked to developmental disorders have been identified 🧬👇 #RareDisease 93d
Comeback of drug-resistant neglected tropical disease tracked through genomic surveillance - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Genome sequencing has shed light on the re-emergence of the bacterium that causes yaws, a neglected tropical disease of the skin, bones and joints. The results will influence the global elimination strategy for this disease.
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Sanger Institute 🔍 Researchers have used genomic surveillance to track the re-emergence of yaws, a neglected tropical disease of the skin, bones, and joints #NTDs #BeatNTDs 99d
Song Chen to lead research group in Cellular Genetics Programme - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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His research will focus on mapping cells in the brain and other tissues using single-cell methods, to determine how each type of cell forms, what it does, and how it contributes to the developing tissue
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Sanger Institute We are delighted to welcome Song Chen to our Faculty! 🎉 His new group will focus on mapping cells in the brain using single-cell methods 🧠 Find out more about his work and vacancies in his team 👇 #SingleCell #CellBiology 102d
DNA changes in healthy bladder provide clues on how cancer arises - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 106d 1 tweets
The first comprehensive study of DNA changes in healthy and diseased human bladder tissue has revealed that ‘cancer-driving’ mutations are common in healthy bladder tissue. The study provides an unprecedented view of the first steps towards bladder...
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Sanger Institute New insights as to how #BladderCancer can arise have been revealed in the first comprehensive study of DNA mutations in the human bladder 🧬👇 #SomaticMutations 106d
Cause of 1990s Argentina cholera epidemic uncovered - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 106d 1 tweets
The evolution of epidemic and endemic strains of the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae in Argentina has been mapped in detail by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University...
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Sanger Institute 🇦🇷 The 1990s #cholera epidemic in Argentina has been mapped, shedding light on how the bacterium which causes this disease has evolved 🧫👇 106d
Ambitious genomics project seeks to understand how aquatic species thrive together - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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The genetic codes of 1,000 aquatic species – representing 500 symbiotic partnerships – will be sequenced by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and its collaborators
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Sanger Institute 🌱🦠🧽 In a mission to understand how aquatic species depend on each other for survival, the genetic codes of 1,000 aquatic species - representing 500 symbiotic partnerships - will be sequenced 💦👇 #Symbiosis #Genomics 114d
Dinosaurs and the high seas
Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog 115d 1 tweets
Eugene Gardner is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Human Genetics Programme. His research focuses on the genetics of developmental disorders.
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Sanger Institute Meet , a Sanger researcher talking developmental disorders, dinosaurs, and his science heroes 🦕👨‍🔬 #NPAW2020 #SangerPostdocs 115d
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cell Atlas
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COVID-19 Cell Atlas
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Sanger Institute 📊 Data on immune cells from the #COVID19 Cell Atlas are now available, hosted in collaboration with 👇 These data are shared before publication to maximise benefit to #coronavirus research worldwide 🌍 120d
How Dantu blood group protects against malaria – and how all humans could benefit - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 121d 1 tweets
The secret of how the Dantu genetic blood variant helps to protect against malaria has been revealed for the first time by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme,...
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Sanger Institute Providing a new direction for malaria drugs, scientists have found how and why some people have natural protection against #malaria 💊🩸 #EndMalaria 121d
The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases
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Blood cells play essential roles in human health, underpinning physiological processes such as immunity, oxygen transport, and clotting, which when pe…
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Genetic information can predict predisposition to blood diseases - Wellcome Sanger Institute
Sanger.ac.uk 134d 1 tweets
Two large-scale genetic studies have identified the bulk of genetic variation that influences medically-important characteristics of our blood cells
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Sanger Institute Scientists have shown for the first time how a person’s genetic profile contributes to their risk of developing blood diseases 🩸👇 #BloodDiseases 134d
Unprecedented national effort by UK immunologists to search for answers on COVID-19  - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Three UK-wide studies will receive £8.4 million to understand immune responses to the novel coronavirus
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Sanger Institute 🥼 Sanger researchers are joining a UK-wide effort to understand patients' immune responses to #COVID19 Understanding these complexities is key to developing new diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines 🔍💊💉 137d
Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution
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Hemocytes are key immune cells of insects, playing a major role in how vector species transmit disease. Raddi et al. collected and sequenced the RNA of more than 8000 individual hemocytes from the disease-carrying mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and...
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Inspiring prisoners and their families with genomics
Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog 143d 2 tweets
“I want to inspire kids, let them know that though they are having a really tough time now, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I want them to know they can do well, whatever happens.”
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Sanger Institute ✨"Engaging with external groups reminds you that what you do here, every day, is amazing. And it's fun" has been inspiring prisoners and their families with science 🦠🧪 #PublicEngagement #STEM 141d
New podcast to provide digital mentoring tips for early career researchers - Wellcome Sanger Institute
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The ‘Your Digital Mentor’ podcast aims to kickstart the conversation around mentoring and other aspects of research culture, with a special focus on low and middle-income countries (LMIC)
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Sanger Institute The Your Digital Mentor podcast series launches on 5 August! 🎉Tune in to explore topics around #mentoring and career development #DigitalMentorPodcast 164d
Genomes within Genomes
Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog 164d 1 tweets
Hiding in the genome of a newly-sequenced red colobus monkey, there was a second species – a parasite descended from malaria.
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Sanger Institute Open, collaborative and digital – the story of new, fundamental insights into parasite biology that were made possible through social media and blogging 👨‍🔬🖥️👨‍🔬 #BigData #Malaria #OpenScience 164d
PiggyBac mutagenesis and exome sequencing identify genetic driver landscapes and potential therapeutic targets of EGFR -mutant gliomas
Genome Biology 169d 1 tweets
Glioma is the most common intrinsic brain tumor and also occurs in the spinal cord. Activating EGFR mutations are common in IDH1 wild-type gliomas. However, the cooperative partners of EGFR driving gliomagenesis remain poorly understood. We explore...
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