- Sanger Institute
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (formerly the Sanger Centre) is a
genome research centre in theWellcome Trust Genome Campus inCambridgeshire ,England . It was set up in1992 by theWellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, the purpose of which is stated as "to further our knowledge of genomes, and in particular to play a substantial role in the sequencing and interpretation of the human genome. This information will underpin research on human biology and disease in this century and beyond" [cite web|url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/|title=Sanger Institute - General Information|publisher=Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute|accessdate=2008-06-24] and was named after the doubleNobel Laureate biochemist Frederick Sanger . TheNobel Laureate John Sulston acted as director of the institute upon its inception until 2000.Besides its involvement in a large number of
genome sequencing projects, the institute hosts many different (large-scale) research projects and is regarded as a key player in the international research community.Fact|date=June 2008The projects include:
*Human Genome Project [cite web|url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/HGP|title=Human Genome Project|publisher=Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute|accessdate=2008-06-24]
*Cancer Genome Project [cite web|url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP|title=Cancer Genome Project|publisher=Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute|accessdate=2008-06-24]
*Genes to Cognition Project [cite web|url=http://www.genes2cognition.org/consortium.html|title=G2C::Consortium|publisher=Genes to Cognition |accessdate=2008-06-24]
* [http://www.ensembl.org Ensembl] TheEnsembl Genome Browser
* [http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/Pathogens Pathogen Sequencing]PhD students trained at the institute are registered at the
University of Cambridge .References
External links
* [http://www.sanger.ac.uk/ The Sanger Institute]
* [http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/Intro/sanger.shtml About Fred Sanger, biography from the Sanger Institute]
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