Improving human health through cutting edge genomics and computational biology
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Dr Adrian Ibrahim SANGER INSTITUTE
Head of Technology Transfer and Business Development Contact : adrian . ibrahim @ sanger . ac . uk
International hub of genomics
Improving human health through cutting edge genomics and computational biology
Dr Joanna Mills WELLCOME GENOME CAMPUS
Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Centre Manager Contact : joanna . mills @ sanger . ac . uk
Dr Jeffrey Barrett SANGER INSTITUTE
Group Leader and Director of Open Targets Contact : jeffrey . barrett @ sanger . ac . uk
The Wellcome Genome Campus at Hinxton near Cambridge houses some of the world ’ s foremost institutes and organisations in genomics and computational biology . The Campus is at the cutting-edge of genomic research and many scientific discoveries that have dramatically changed our understanding of human health and disease continue to be made here .
The campus has its origins in the original Human Genome Project . The Sanger Centre ( as it was known in 1993 ) was built on the site as a major part of the global effort to sequence the first human genome . The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is now a world-leader in genomics research , with a mission to use genome sequences to increase understanding of human and pathogen biology to improve human health worldwide .
Funded by the Wellcome Trust , the Sanger Institute has five programmes of research which investigate Cancer , Cellular Genetics , Human Genetics , Infection Genomics and Malaria .
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