Wellcome Connecting Science

Watch the @connectingscience.bsky.social team discussing the nasal microbiome.

🔗 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNs9...

A Common Blue butterfly is perched on heather against a pink background. Text overlay reads "Get out for the count" with Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo above it. In the bottom right corner, the text reads 'exclusive media partner' with BBC Countryfile Magazine logo. Photo credit Matt Berry

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

@daniela-oaks.bsky.social talking about how to use social networks in favor of science!

#PuraVidaSingleCell
@connectingscience.bsky.social

Bursary winners of the Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course smiling proudly on the Hinxton Hall Conference Centre stairs.

🎉 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

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.

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 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’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

Coming (very) soon! ⏱️

Thank you to everyone who joined us and our @sangerinstitute.bsky.social colleagues last week! 👏👏

A woman with short blond hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and dark vest, stands next to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics logo. Below is a quote on supporting ethics in genomics research by Sarah Cunningham-Burley.

We are pleased to announce we are working with @genomicsengland.bsky.social, Our Future Health, @ukbiobank.bsky.social and @sangerinstitute.bsky.social to create a new genomics ethics network, shaped by the needs of the #genomics community.🧬

Find out more:➡️https://bit.ly/NCOB_Genomics

We are pleased to welcome @investinmeresearch.bsky.social and many other contributing bodies to Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, for the International ME conference week events 2025! We hope the week is going very well.

#IMECW2025 #youngEMERG #EMERG #brmec14 #IIMEC17 #mecfs #MEresearch #SPARKME

Our two poster prize winners, and one short talk winner for Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology accepting their certificates. They are standing on stage within an auditorium, next to two Committee members. They are standing in front of a digital slide carrying the name of the conference. Our winners are standing in between our conference Committee members: (LEFT) Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, University of Oxford, UK, and (RIGHT) Senjuti Saha, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), Bangladesh

Last week we welcomed over 600 attendees to #ABPHM25!

Congratulations to Idowu Olawoye, ‪@westernu.bsky.social‬, for winning the Best Talk prize.🥇

Congratulations also to our joint Poster Prize winners: Farron Brooke, @Stellenbosch University, and Francesca McDonagh, University of Galway. 👏

Intergenerational insect investigators - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog We explore how the Barcoding for Beginners programme and BIOSCAN project are using genetic tools to investigate insect diversity across the UK.

Find out how - thanks to funding from @royalsociety.org - students on our Barcoding for Beginners programme are using genetic tools to investigate UK insect diversity, enjoying learning hands-on skills, and contributing data to an important scientific project.
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sangerinstitute.blog/2025/04/29/i...

Wellcome Connecting Science Single Cell Technologies: Practical Approaches Advancing Research Course dates: 10-16 July Location: University of Costa Rica Application deadline: 28 April Apply now

Free single cell #genomics training for researchers exploring challenges for #LatAm populations- all levels of expertise welcome! #SingleCellLATAM2025

Gain skills, mentorship, and join a collaborative regional community!

📅 10–16 July 2025
⏰ Apply by 28 April

📎bit.ly/3QW9Frq

#CélulasÚnicas

Wellcome Connecting Science AI x BIO Conference dates: 23-25 June 2025 Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK Abstract deadline: 29 April - submit now

Help shape the future of medical science using #AIforBiology - final call for abstracts!

Present your insights on the emerging benefits that #AI and machine learning offer for research, innovation, and #biomedicine at #AIxBIO25.

📅 23-25 June 2025
⏰ Abstracts deadline: 29 April

📎 bit.ly/4hAAXig

National data service will simplify access to health data for research | News | Wellcome Wellcome is partnering with the UK Government to establish a £600 million health data research service. It will simplify secure access to health data for research.

There’s so much we can learn from health data.

Our new partnership with the UK Government aims to unlock it.

By simplifying access to secure data for research, we can improve understanding of ill health and accelerate discoveries that improve health.

Read more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/nationa...

Wellcome Connecting Science Science Policy: Improving the Uptake of Research into UK Policy Workshop dates: 18-20 August 2025 Location: The Moller Institute, Cambridge, UK Application and bursary deadline: 3 June

Don't let financial barriers prevent you from shaping the future of science policy.

#Bursaries are available to support your participation at #SciPol25 - apply by 3 June!⏰

Collaborate with fellow researchers and policymakers, to improve research uptake into policy decision making.

📎bit.ly/41GxNmG

Amazing work by our @engagewcs.bsky.social team who curate, manage, and produce digital content for Your Genome! 👏👏

This digital resource provides a range of interactive content based around the field of genomics and the work of our @sangerinstitute.bsky.social colleagues.

Time to get voting! ⌛🧬

Congratulations to our @ebi.embl.org colleagues! 👏

Two men standing at a table, smiling to camera.

We announce changes in EMBL leadership as Edith Heard steps down as Director General.

EMBL will be led jointly by Peer Bork as Interim Director General and Ewan Birney in a new role of Executive Director until the appointment of EMBL’s next Director General.

www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Arriving at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social as a seasoned science communicator, I was still star-struck by the sheer volume of data being generated and made openly and freely accessible.

Tuesday I found myself star-struck once again. I was fortunate to get to listen to International Fellows

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Wellcome Connecting Science Do you need help with accessing research meetings or training courses? Find out more about our financial support options

💵 Are fees preventing you from participating in research meetings or training? #AcademicSky

We provide #bursaries and carers' grants to support our scientists (at all career stages), to access our #genomics courses and conferences.

🔍Discover more about our support options

➡️ shorturl.at/YXLVH

There are a whole range of activities and events that have been developed by our colleagues in Cambridge as part of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social #CamFest

And this one features a special appearance by our @engagewcs.bsky.social team PhD student Lydia! 👇

Great to see the latest Genome Watch article on antimicrobial resistance from Sanger scientist Vignesh Shetty (@vignesh-shetty.bsky.social) and Ankur Mutreja! ⤵️

https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/invention_9994334 via @flaticon

Coming up this week our #ChatBiology theme is all about inventions and discoveries in biology!

Join us at 8:30pm on Tuesday💡

#EduSky #iTeachBio 🧬 #SciTeachUK

Searching and Evaluating Publications and Preprints Using Europe PMC In the field of life sciences there is a growing need for literature analysis tools that help scientists tackle information overload. Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), a partner of PubMed Central…

🔍 Have you tried using #EuropePMC for your #LiteratureSearch? It offers powerful tools to help you find:

▶️ Articles & preprints
▶️ Methodology details
▶️ Biological interactions
▶️ Links to data & more!

Read our publication to perform more efficient and effective searches: buff.ly/7JgMnYZ

The new sequencing data encompasses samples from the Millennium Cohort Study (@clscohorts.bsky.social), the Children of the 90s study, and Born in Bradford.

Find the data note, here ⤵️
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...

Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology (hybrid conference) Dates: 21-23 May 2025 Location: Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK and online Bursary deadline: 25 February 2025 Abstract deadline: 25 March 2025 In-person registration deadline: 29 April 2025 Virtual registration deadline: 13 May 2025

Showcase your insights on data-driven #genomics and public health at #ABPHM25 conference 🌟

Elevate your research profile by sharing your knowledge on the latest #bioinformatics tools driving advancements in infection surveillance and #PublicHealth.

📝Submit an abstract by 25 March
📎bit.ly/4fc0T28

K-mer based methods can be very powerful in the context of biodiversity genomics. Join us @eventswcs.bsky.social and a range of other expert colleagues to find out more!