Beautiful! @projectpsyche.bsky.social would totally agree #monthsmatter!

Great news - congrats Dr. Amjad! @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social can't wait to see where this degree and life take you next on your journey!

Great to see this report about an @ebpgenome.bsky.social affiliate project now live! 🧬

Unlocking the value of biodiversity in the UK and Ireland A new economic report analysing the financial impact of sequencing all complex life in the UK and Ireland has shown a huge return on investment and expected growth in scientific research.

Sequencing all complex life in the UK & Ireland could add up to £3bn to the economy over 30 years, a new report finds.

Explore the impact of the Darwin Tree of Life Project ⤵️
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/unlocking-the-...

It was such a pleasure to interview @peterhousecam.bsky.social PhD student @jamesimcc.bsky.social.

Writing this blog allowed me to bask in the springtail enthusiasm; I now think of these soil creatures whenever I am in the garden!

Thank you James for sharing your inspiring story with us all!

This is BEAUTIFUL! I need to replicate, at my house. Can pay you in coffee vouchers!? 😃

Many wonderful scientists at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - even some I'm lucky enough to call friends - featured in this series of videos introducing the basics of DNA.

Well done to those involved instructing and filming! I've had a look through the offerings, it seems really great.

I can't resist sharing this wonderfully wormy blog about helminths of all sorts.

My all-time favourite course in undergrad was one term of parisitology - so gross but so cool. 💩

Featuring @phylewgenetics.bsky.social and @stephenrdoyle.bsky.social 's research group this was well worth a read!

Hope it isn't to cold for her though!

366 days ago I started my PhD at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. No better time to publish my profile on the Sanger website ⬇️

www.sanger.ac.uk/person/mccul...

I tend to have my taxonomic hat on when posting here, but there is a bigger picture!

A water-borne pathogenic microbe masquerading as a Vibrio? Do tell me more... ⬇️

There will be signs that you are an academic and an international couple: For jobs, visas, and finding a place we want to call home, in the last 5 yrs we've lived in 4 countries and at five addresses.

Anyone else? Would love to know what spots around the globe you've called home.

#AcademicChatter

Nature’s power couples: Cosying up to symbiotic partnerships - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog From sponges to the human gut, partnerships in nature are everywhere. In this blog, we caught up with Sanger scientists who use genomics to study species that love living together.

Forget complicated 'situationships'; read about symbioses - partnerships found everywhere in nature.

I had access to some seriously expert brains @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social, @mmontonerin.bsky.social @utehentschel.bsky.social and others to discuss.

Enjoy: sangerinstitute.blog/2026/02/13/n...

With great images by @nhm-london.bsky.social 's alumna (and current Sanger Institute postdoc) Dr Maggie Georgieva - dive into seven unique, strange, and wonderful symbioses I wrote about for this Valentine's blog ⬇️

🧽's might be my personal fave...

beautiful piece by Nadieh Bremer sponsored by @googletrends.bsky.social 🦜 could we please do moths/butterflies next with @projectpsyche.bsky.social ?

Searching for Birds An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations

I'm currently writing about tools created to study bird genomes. Birds are on my brain.

@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social + @kiricarini.com here's some dreamy bird #dataviz!

searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com

This blog was incredibly fun to write. I was able to gain access to all sorts of fascinating freezer drawers (under close supervision of course!).

Siberian tiger colons, deep-sea isopods, worms of all sorts - have a read to learn more about them! ⬇️

I've never drawn anything in my life and my girls were drawing bugs so I joined in! LOVED IT!

What a breath of fresh air! After four years diving into the microbiology of the cystic fibrosis lung, it’s cool to see how spatial techniques are opening up new ways to understand microbiology and host tissues. Scientists, take these tools and run with them! Such exciting work!

Worth a read ⤵️

"We have made great strides in cancer research in recent years, but there is much more to discover."🔬

At the Sanger Institute, we aren't short on inspiring researchers; yet when one of the greatest of the greats get recognized internationally for cancer research, it is still very special. 🧬🎉

Share your thoughts on what you want from future genomics training & events 📢

Our colleagues at Wellcome Connecting Science are looking to understand how their offerings can best support the genomics community.

Anyone can take part via the link below ⤵️
survey.rigourresearch.co.uk/wix/7/p71781...

Such a great illustration and such a FAB topic to learn more about!

It is no secret that women's health as a research topic is dramatically understudied. Which is why I'm incredibly proud to work somewhere that is actively changing that. ♀️

Read on for a story about curiosity-driven and urgently needed science ⤵️

Congrats to the team led by Prof. Vento Tormo. 🎉

One of my favourite projects to write about - Project Psyche (an @ebpgenome.bsky.social affiliate) and the wonderful researchers whose collaborative efforts.

The Project Psyche team are pushing the envelope for genomics-informed evolutionary biology.

Please have a read. ⤵️

1,000 butterfly and moth genomes to investigate evolution, climate change resilience, and tackle food security issues These freely available genomes can be used to answer evolutionary questions, inform conservation and improve food security around the world.

You can now find the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social news story about @projectpsyche.bsky.social 's recent collaborative white paper here online: www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/10...

🚨🧬 #Breakthrough alert! 🧬
Caroline Howard and the Tree of Life Core Laboratory at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social are releasing powerful new extraction methods designed for the toughest #species on Earth. These #innovations are helping #genome scientists crack samples once considered impossible.

Largest study of nose microbiome helps highlight those at risk of Staph aureus infection A study of the human nasal microbiome has allowed scientists to rethink how bacterial communities interact in the nose.

And here is the press release that accompanies the blog, highlighting Aggarwal et al., recently published in @nature.com Communications.

www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/la...

Why bacterial carriage matters for antimicrobial resistance - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog The CARRIAGE study reveals critical insights into the role of Staphylococcus aureus in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We caught up with Dr Ewan Harrison to discuss how the CARRIAGE study impacts our ...

The infectious disease researcher in me will never not read a blog about bacteria - and this blog about the biggest study of the human nose microbiome is no exception. 👃

The CARRIAGE study impacts our understanding of how to tackle #AMR so do read on ⤵️

sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/02/w...

Finally got my hands on one! What an amazing piece of science communication. Brava to all involved.

High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications Here, the authors report within-host diversity and body site translocation dynamics in hospital samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reveal that body site sharing was likely due to within-patient tra...

Read 'High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com here ⤵️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...