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Professor Mark Blaxter shares the story behind a career shaped by curiosity – from childhood encyclopaedias and nematodes to leading Sanger’s Tree of Life programme. A fascinating read on science, collaboration and biodiversity. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4pFJoOs

The #BigButterflyCount is back! 🦋 Sanger scientist Charlotte Wright studies these insects by peering into their evolutionary history ⤵️ https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/11/five-questions-on-butterfly-and-moth-genomics-with-charlotte-wright/

Bad hair day? Blame biology. 💇 Six surprising hair facts you did not ask for – but will definitely share. Plus, how our researchers are uncovering the science behind every strand. Read more 👉 sangerinstitute.blog/2026/07/21/s....

Read ‘Extensive parasite transmission and variation in a functional receptor associated with drug resistance in endemic Schistosoma mansoni' in @science.org here ⤵️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Early warning signs of drug resistance in parasitic worms have been revealed 📢 Scientists have identified genetic changes in the parasite that causes schistosomiasis that may reduce its response to praziquantel, the only widely available treatment. Read more here 👇 bit.ly/4yuCEXP

Parasitic worms are a big deal, but their genomes have been tricky to study 🪱. New technologies now let us generate high-quality genomes from individual worms, opening the door to a new era of parasite genomics. Steve Doyle (@stephenrdoyle.bsky.social) and I discuss what this means for the field 👇

❄️🧬 Can we generate high-quality reference genomes without the cold chain? A new study suggests the answer is yes. DNA preserved at room temperature for up to one week produced chromosome-scale reference genomes. 📖 tinyurl.com/3zwtj9ka #Genomes @gigascience.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Cholera is an ancient disease that still impacts millions of people today. Here, Lia Bote answers our questions about the past, present, and future of cholera research. ⤵️ https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/07/14/5-questions-on-cholera-with-lia-bote/

Can we predict what cancer will do next, and find ways to target its vulnerabilities at every stage? 🔎 This is what a new international initiative, PRECISE, plans to do. Find out more ⤵️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/building-on-cancer-dependency-maps/

Read 'Common and rare genetic variant associations with cognitive performance across development in British cohorts' in @nathumbehav.nature.comm here 👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02491-8

Using DNA data from UK birth cohorts, researchers have found that rare DNA changes are most strongly linked to cognition in early childhood, while common DNA changes become more influential as children grow. 🧬 https://bit.ly/4b5w0xh

Read: 'Phylo-Plex: A phylogenetically informed, low-cost amplicon sequencing platform for deployable high-resolution genomic epidemiology' in @natcomms.nature.com here 👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75002-y

A faster, lower-cost way to track microbes. 🦠 Researchers have developed a new platform that sequences DNA of bacteria and other harmful microbes more efficiently, making it easier to monitor outbreaks in resource-limited settings. Read more here 👇 https://bit.ly/4phwvdu

For Joe Christopher, collaboration is at the heart of better science. Working alongside patients, families, and researchers, he is helping to uncover the earliest genetic changes linked to inherited cancer risk. Read more 👉 https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/07/07/detecting-cancer-early-together/

Eczema is more than “just dry skin.” Read our latest blog to explore what it really is – and how our researchers are working to better understand it 👇 https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/07/01/5-questions-on-eczema-with-anna-vathrakokoili-pournara/

Congratulations to Iñigo Martincorena, who has been elected as an EMBO member for his contribution to the understanding of somatic evolution and its role in disease. 👏 Read more: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sanger-scientist-recognised-by-embo/

Bit late posting this... MicroFinder is now published in GigaScience: academic.oup.com/gigascience/....

It's certainly not classic springtail weather out there. Most are reliant on the cool & damp and have hidden themselves away. But there are some summer specialists: on Monday, I found all 3 of the UK's Deuterosminthurus species in the grounds of the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social ☀️ 🧵⬇️

Meet Cecilia, PhD student, whose research sits at the intersection of genomics and microbiology. 🦠 She hopes to develop new methods and apply genomics to study and treat chronic airway infections. 🫁 https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/06/24/breathing-new-life-into-cystic-fibrosis-research/

Major recognition for Sanger science 🎉 David Adams and Jukka Corander have both been awarded the @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant to support pioneering research into rare genetic diseases and bacterial evolution, respectively. Read more here 👇 https://bit.ly/3Qh7ORl