Wellcome Connecting Science
@connectingscience.bsky.social
Enabling everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society. Funded by Wellcome and part of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
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We’re delighted to share that @hilarycmartin.bsky.social has been invited to deliver the prestigious 2026 Balfour Lecture, awarded by @gensocuk.bsky.social 🎉
Click below to learn more about Hilary's research ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sa...
Click below to learn more about Hilary's research ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sa...
Congratulations @hilarycmartin.bsky.social from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Balfour Lecture!
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re delighted to share that @hilarycmartin.bsky.social has been invited to deliver the prestigious 2026 Balfour Lecture, awarded by @gensocuk.bsky.social 🎉
Click below to learn more about Hilary's research ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sa...
Click below to learn more about Hilary's research ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sa...
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A few thoughts for the @newscientist.com about how recent research from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social into selfish sperm tells us a lot about biological evolution – and even ourselves:
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A few thoughts for the @newscientist.com about how recent research from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social into selfish sperm tells us a lot about biological evolution – and even ourselves:
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Our next #GenomicsLite session is on next Wednesday at 3.30pm.
🎯 Our next #GenomicsLite session will explore: How many cells do I have?
Join us as we explore just how many cells it takes to build a human and the amazing methods scientists are using to explore them.
📅 Wednesday 12 November, 3.30pm BST
🔗 https://cstu.io/59cdc7
Join us as we explore just how many cells it takes to build a human and the amazing methods scientists are using to explore them.
📅 Wednesday 12 November, 3.30pm BST
🔗 https://cstu.io/59cdc7
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Our next #GenomicsLite session is on next Wednesday at 3.30pm.
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We start #Day3 of #CancerGenomeAnalysis Asia 🇹🇭 with a lecture by @erictdawson.bsky.social on how #mutation calling works and how to use the available tools. Bonus: we're all sporting new mustaches! @connectingscience.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
We start #Day3 of #CancerGenomeAnalysis Asia 🇹🇭 with a lecture by @erictdawson.bsky.social on how #mutation calling works and how to use the available tools. Bonus: we're all sporting new mustaches! @connectingscience.bsky.social
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Yesterday we had great sessions on data formats (my section!), and talks on #Asian genomics by Sabari Radhakrishnan and Jia Wang. I closed with a discussion of #ethics in patient sample collection #CancerGenomeAnalysis @connectingscience.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yesterday we had great sessions on data formats (my section!), and talks on #Asian genomics by Sabari Radhakrishnan and Jia Wang. I closed with a discussion of #ethics in patient sample collection #CancerGenomeAnalysis @connectingscience.bsky.social
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The so-called 'London Underground mosquito' linked to West Nile Virus evolved over 1,000 years ago — not 200 years ago in Europe. 🦟
New research reshapes our theories of urban mosquito evolution. 👇
http://bit.ly/4qnJOJi
New research reshapes our theories of urban mosquito evolution. 👇
http://bit.ly/4qnJOJi
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The so-called 'London Underground mosquito' linked to West Nile Virus evolved over 1,000 years ago — not 200 years ago in Europe. 🦟
New research reshapes our theories of urban mosquito evolution. 👇
http://bit.ly/4qnJOJi
New research reshapes our theories of urban mosquito evolution. 👇
http://bit.ly/4qnJOJi
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Meet our speakers for #SynBio26 🌟
Field experts will provide fascinating insights on how synthetic based-biology innovations are transforming human health and planetary sustainability.
Submit an abstract by 1 December 2025 - bursaries available
📎 bit.ly/43nlbBW
#ALife ⚙️🧫
Field experts will provide fascinating insights on how synthetic based-biology innovations are transforming human health and planetary sustainability.
Submit an abstract by 1 December 2025 - bursaries available
📎 bit.ly/43nlbBW
#ALife ⚙️🧫
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Meet our speakers for #SynBio26 🌟
Field experts will provide fascinating insights on how synthetic based-biology innovations are transforming human health and planetary sustainability.
Submit an abstract by 1 December 2025 - bursaries available
📎 bit.ly/43nlbBW
#ALife ⚙️🧫
Field experts will provide fascinating insights on how synthetic based-biology innovations are transforming human health and planetary sustainability.
Submit an abstract by 1 December 2025 - bursaries available
📎 bit.ly/43nlbBW
#ALife ⚙️🧫
This is very sad news indeed.
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r
Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is very sad news indeed.
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Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.
A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Training the next generation of scientific leaders in #genomics is at the core of our mission 🚀 #PostDocAppreciationWeek
Every year, we host an EMBO Lab Leadership Course for Postdocs to gain the skills and confidence to grow as leaders.
What was this year's edition like? 🎥👇
youtu.be/7EEYdKQKKkc
Every year, we host an EMBO Lab Leadership Course for Postdocs to gain the skills and confidence to grow as leaders.
What was this year's edition like? 🎥👇
youtu.be/7EEYdKQKKkc
EMBO leadership course at the Wellcome Sanger Institute
YouTube video by Wellcome Sanger Institute
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Training the next generation of scientific leaders in #genomics is at the core of our mission 🚀 #PostDocAppreciationWeek
Every year, we host an EMBO Lab Leadership Course for Postdocs to gain the skills and confidence to grow as leaders.
What was this year's edition like? 🎥👇
youtu.be/7EEYdKQKKkc
Every year, we host an EMBO Lab Leadership Course for Postdocs to gain the skills and confidence to grow as leaders.
What was this year's edition like? 🎥👇
youtu.be/7EEYdKQKKkc
Thanks @lshtm.bsky.social for organising this event yesterday! Great discussion on such a timely topic from all the speakers, and really important hearing perspectives from the Global South 👏👏
Missed out on a ticket for LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED?
Our event is proving so popular we’ve released EXTRA online tickets so more people can learn how to fight dangerous health #misinformation!
Get your ticket👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Our event is proving so popular we’ve released EXTRA online tickets so more people can learn how to fight dangerous health #misinformation!
Get your ticket👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thanks @lshtm.bsky.social for organising this event yesterday! Great discussion on such a timely topic from all the speakers, and really important hearing perspectives from the Global South 👏👏
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Last week we joined Hills Road Sixth Form college for their EPQ Stimulus Day, alongside colleagues from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
The event gave Year 12 students a chance to explore exciting ideas for their #EPQ. It was fantastic to see the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm.
#Genomics
The event gave Year 12 students a chance to explore exciting ideas for their #EPQ. It was fantastic to see the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm.
#Genomics
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Last week we joined Hills Road Sixth Form college for their EPQ Stimulus Day, alongside colleagues from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
The event gave Year 12 students a chance to explore exciting ideas for their #EPQ. It was fantastic to see the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm.
#Genomics
The event gave Year 12 students a chance to explore exciting ideas for their #EPQ. It was fantastic to see the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm.
#Genomics
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If you could reimagine the global health system, what would it look like?
We commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health.
Five discussion papers outline their bold and ambitious ideas.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
We commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health.
Five discussion papers outline their bold and ambitious ideas.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
Bold ideas for a reformed global health system | Reports | Wellcome
Discussion papers commissioned by Wellcome bring together bold proposals from five different regions of the world for a reimagined global health architecture.
wellcome.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you could reimagine the global health system, what would it look like?
We commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health.
Five discussion papers outline their bold and ambitious ideas.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
We commissioned five thought leaders from around the world to share their vision for the future of global health.
Five discussion papers outline their bold and ambitious ideas.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/reports/bold...
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🆕 Mastering Micropipetting is an engaging activity that helps learners develop essential lab skills by practicing accurate and precise pipetting techniques.
👩🏫 Ideal for young people and educators!
🧒 Suitable for: age 9+
🕒 Estimated duration: 30-45 minutes
🔗 Start exploring: cstu.io/d1d11f
👩🏫 Ideal for young people and educators!
🧒 Suitable for: age 9+
🕒 Estimated duration: 30-45 minutes
🔗 Start exploring: cstu.io/d1d11f
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🆕 Mastering Micropipetting is an engaging activity that helps learners develop essential lab skills by practicing accurate and precise pipetting techniques.
👩🏫 Ideal for young people and educators!
🧒 Suitable for: age 9+
🕒 Estimated duration: 30-45 minutes
🔗 Start exploring: cstu.io/d1d11f
👩🏫 Ideal for young people and educators!
🧒 Suitable for: age 9+
🕒 Estimated duration: 30-45 minutes
🔗 Start exploring: cstu.io/d1d11f
Great to catch up with one of our former colleagues and @eventswcs.bsky.social team alumni Jorge in their new role! 👏👏
Meet @spider-m4n.bsky.social (Jorge Batista da Rocha) in our #TEAMsembl series, where he reflects on his first year at #Ensembl, training on the new browser, AI in learning, and… two dogs who can sniff out cheese 🧀 🐾
Read more at www.ensembl.info/2025/09/08/g...
Read more at www.ensembl.info/2025/09/08/g...
September 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Great to catch up with one of our former colleagues and @eventswcs.bsky.social team alumni Jorge in their new role! 👏👏
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We are excited that the Earth BioGenome Project, a global network of scientists including those from the Sanger Institute, has mapped the second phase of its ambitious plan to sequence all 1.67 million known species on Earth by 2035. 👏
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We are excited that the Earth BioGenome Project, a global network of scientists including those from the Sanger Institute, has mapped the second phase of its ambitious plan to sequence all 1.67 million known species on Earth by 2035. 👏
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
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Are there any pink mosquitoes?
For #WorldMosquitoDay, we answered four deceptively difficult mosquito questions from 7-year-olds. 🦟
Find out how genomics can answer them all ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...
Artwork & inspiration from @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
For #WorldMosquitoDay, we answered four deceptively difficult mosquito questions from 7-year-olds. 🦟
Find out how genomics can answer them all ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...
Artwork & inspiration from @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Are there any pink mosquitoes?
For #WorldMosquitoDay, we answered four deceptively difficult mosquito questions from 7-year-olds. 🦟
Find out how genomics can answer them all ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...
Artwork & inspiration from @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
For #WorldMosquitoDay, we answered four deceptively difficult mosquito questions from 7-year-olds. 🦟
Find out how genomics can answer them all ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...
Artwork & inspiration from @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
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Watch the @connectingscience.bsky.social team discussing the nasal microbiome.
🔗 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNs9...
🔗 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNs9...
Staff Scientist Katie Bellis and Postdoctoral Fellow Róisín Boggan from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social joined us to explore the concept of the microbiome.
Watch the full video: cstu.io/aeadd9
#genomics #science #microbiome #nasalmicrobiome
Watch the full video: cstu.io/aeadd9
#genomics #science #microbiome #nasalmicrobiome
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Watch the @connectingscience.bsky.social team discussing the nasal microbiome.
🔗 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNs9...
🔗 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNs9...
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The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
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@daniela-oaks.bsky.social talking about how to use social networks in favor of science!
#PuraVidaSingleCell
@connectingscience.bsky.social
#PuraVidaSingleCell
@connectingscience.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@daniela-oaks.bsky.social talking about how to use social networks in favor of science!
#PuraVidaSingleCell
@connectingscience.bsky.social
#PuraVidaSingleCell
@connectingscience.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course bursary winners!
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS
#EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS
#EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance
July 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course bursary winners!
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS
#EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS
#EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance
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Scientists are taking the first steps towards the first synthetic human genome.
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomes | Wellcome
Scientists are developing technology to create the first synthetic human chromosome. The ability to write large genomes could transform our understanding of health.
wellcome.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Scientists are taking the first steps towards the first synthetic human genome.
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
We’re proud to announce £10 million funding for the SynHG project.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/researc...
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🛩️We loved meeting lots of people at @IWMDuxford to show that #genomics is for everyone!
We shared the exciting science happening at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and our @yourgenome.org careers resources, highlighting the variety of people and roles available in genomics. 🧬
We shared the exciting science happening at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and our @yourgenome.org careers resources, highlighting the variety of people and roles available in genomics. 🧬
What do the BIOSCAN project and the Duxford Imperial War Museum have in common? They are both interested in things that fly! ✈️ 🐝
It was amazing to be at the Duxford Air Show with @engagewcs.bsky.social to discuss how the BIOSCAN project uses DNA barcoding to study flying insects in the UK 🧬
It was amazing to be at the Duxford Air Show with @engagewcs.bsky.social to discuss how the BIOSCAN project uses DNA barcoding to study flying insects in the UK 🧬
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🛩️We loved meeting lots of people at @IWMDuxford to show that #genomics is for everyone!
We shared the exciting science happening at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and our @yourgenome.org careers resources, highlighting the variety of people and roles available in genomics. 🧬
We shared the exciting science happening at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and our @yourgenome.org careers resources, highlighting the variety of people and roles available in genomics. 🧬
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We’re thrilled to welcome over 600 attendees from 75 countries to the AI x BIO Conference!
Whether you’re one of the 232 scientists joining us in person or among the 400+ tuning in online, a warm welcome to you all.
Stay connected and share your conference moments using our hashtag: #AIxBio25
Whether you’re one of the 232 scientists joining us in person or among the 400+ tuning in online, a warm welcome to you all.
Stay connected and share your conference moments using our hashtag: #AIxBio25
June 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome over 600 attendees from 75 countries to the AI x BIO Conference!
Whether you’re one of the 232 scientists joining us in person or among the 400+ tuning in online, a warm welcome to you all.
Stay connected and share your conference moments using our hashtag: #AIxBio25
Whether you’re one of the 232 scientists joining us in person or among the 400+ tuning in online, a warm welcome to you all.
Stay connected and share your conference moments using our hashtag: #AIxBio25
Coming (very) soon! ⏱️
🎯 Our next #GenomicsLite explores: What is the #microbiome?
Join us live on YouTube with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social ute.bsky.social staff to dive into the amazing world of microbes living in and on our bodies!
📅 Thurs 19 June, 3pm BST
🔗 Click 'notify me': cstu.io/c58138
#EduSky#ChatBiology 🧪🧬🔬
Join us live on YouTube with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social ute.bsky.social staff to dive into the amazing world of microbes living in and on our bodies!
📅 Thurs 19 June, 3pm BST
🔗 Click 'notify me': cstu.io/c58138
#EduSky#ChatBiology 🧪🧬🔬
June 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Coming (very) soon! ⏱️